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24-Hour Cologne Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

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£17.00

Free cancellation

Language: English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese

Mobile voucher accepted

Validity: 24 hours

Wheelchair accessible

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Tour with Audioguide

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Why you’ll love this…

Take advantage of a 24-hour hop-on hop-off ticket
Discover Cologne's highlights like the Cathedral and the city wall
Learn more about the eventful history of the city with the audioguide

What to expect

Discover Cologne, the vibrant metropolis on the Rhine, and see its most important sights from the top deck of a red double-decker bus. Hop on and off wherever you want and explore the city at your own pace with a ticket that is valid for 24 hours!

Join a 90-minute ride through Cologne and learn more about the eventful history of the city, associations and personalities. During the tour, pass many of the city's highlights, including the cathedral, the historic city wall, the banks of the Rhine including Rheinauhafen, the zoo and the Mediapark.

Take advantage of your hop-on hop-off ticket and leave the bus at one of the 14 stops, explore the surrounding highlights on foot or visit one of Cologn's many museums, then simply get on the next bus.

What's included

Audio guide
24-hour hop-on hop-off bus ticket

Where

Burgmauer, 50667 Köln, Germany

Meeting point:

Board your bus in front of the Cologne Tourist Info Center. The buses are red and yellow.

What to remember

Know in advance:

Your ticket is valid for 24 hours
Infants (age 0-3) get free admission
Buses are equipped with a ramp and two wheelchair spaces (only located on the lower deck)
The tour has 14 stops and takes 90-minutes if you don't get off
Departures from the different stops have a frequency of approximately every 30 minutes
You'll find the map in the photo gallery
1. Cathedral Burgmauer / Tourist-Info (10.00 am - 5.00 pm); 2. Old Town Markmannsgasse / KD-pier (10.08 am - 5.08 pm); 3. Gürzenich Hard Rock Cafe / in front of Deiters) (10.10 am - 5.10 pm); 4.Neumarkt Cäcilienstraße / Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum (10.20 am - 5.20 pm); 5. Rothgerberbach KVB-Bus Stop / Wasserturm (10.23 am - 5.23 pm); 6.Chlodwigplatz Ubierring Nr. 12 / KVB-Bus Stop (10.30 am - 5.30 pm); 7. Chocolate Museum Rheinauhafen (10.35 am - 5.35 pm); 8. Triangel tower Station Deutz Auenweg (10.45 am - 5.45 pm); 9. Lanxess Arena Gummersbacher Str. / KVB-Bus Stop (10.53 am - 5.53 pm); 10. Odysseum / Köln Arcaden Corintostr. / KVB-Bus Stop (10.57 am - 5.57 pm); 11. Zoo / Flora Stammheimer Weg (11.05 am - 6.05 pm); 12. Eigelstein Ebertplatz / Theodor-Heuss-Ring 9 (11.12 am - 6.12 pm); 13. Mediapark Gladbacher Str. 1 (11.20 am - 6.20 pm); 14. Friesenplatz KVB-Bus Stop (11.25 am - 18.25 pm)
City bus tours are not available on Women's carnival, carnival Sunday, rose Monday, Christopher Street Day parade, marathon, Christmas days (24 and 25 of December)

Provider

Willms Touristik GmbH & Co.KG

Booking fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Cancellation policy

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 24 hours before the experience begins.

What people say about this experience

Berni
From United Kingdom - April 2025

45 - 54 years old

Excellent
Overall rated
5/5

Enjoyed all of it. No complaints.
Alan Riley
From United States of America - December 2024

Travelled as a couple

35 - 44 years old

Excellent
Overall rated
4/5

The bus tour was a standard tour, more commentary would improve thr experience.
Katrina
From United States of America - December 2024

Travelled as a couple

Excellent
Overall rated
5/5
Julie
From United States of America - December 2024

Travelled as a couple

45 - 54 years old

Great
Overall rated
3/5
Lynne
From United States of America - October 2024

Travelled with a group of friends

45 - 54 years old

Average
Overall rated
3/5

We found, surprisingly, that there was very little of interest on this bus tour of Cologne. It was difficult to listen to the English commentary on ou ...
Nick Kimber
From United Kingdom - July 2024

Travelled as a couple

45 - 54 years old

Average
Overall rated
3/5

The onboard commentary was coming over the earphones in two languages simultaneously. A bit of experimentation finally found it just in English.

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What people say about this experience

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