A day on the Barcelona Bus Turistic
Peep-peep; Peeeep! Hark— what was that? Herb Alpert’s smash hit Tijuana Taxi? Noo! That’s the Barcelona hop on hop off Bus Turistic come to pick you up. Hop aboard and let’s go for a bus tour of this grand yet delightful city. You can either stay on the same bus for a round-trip tour or hop off and hop on, as your fancy grabs you, at any stop. Depending on the season, a Bus Turistic will pause each stop every five to 25 minutes so you never have to wait long. Your pass remains valid no matter how often you disembark or embark. Prices range from €15 for a child day pass to €34 for an adult two-day pass.
Bus turistic Barcelona, Spain / Photo by bcn.travel
At these prices, the pass is a steal! That’s because the Bus Turistic – specially designed as a connector between Barcelona’s key sites and most popular attractions – covers a total span of over 30 kilometres, whose non-stop tour takes about five hours.
The hop on hop off buses runs on three routes: Blue Line in the north half of the city and Red Line in the south, both of which operate year round, and the Green Line – a coastal route – which operates between April and September. The three lines’ expansive range is bounded by F.C. Barcelona’s Camp Nou in the western corner, Montjuic down in the south, Parc del Forum in the eastern corner, and Park Guell to the north. All told, the routes connect about 50 locations! These include Barcelona’s major landmarks such as Placa de Catalunya and Sagrada Familia, cultural attractions such as the Museum Strip and Poble Espanyol, relaxing diversions such as the Miramar and the zoo, plus many other places you may like to visit – yet more reasons that the pass’s price is a steal.
When you buy a hop on hop off Bus Turistic pass, you get rather more than a pass for bus travel:– Included is a booklet with coupons for discounted admission to many of the attractions and diversions on the bus’s route. Every bus has a tour guide who will be happy to answer your questions. Finally, each bus is equipped with an audio-guide which you can listen to in your choice of ten languages.
And, oh, who said double-decker buses are a London monopoly? All Bus Turistic buses are double-deckers – with the upper deck being open-top so that Barcelona’s refreshing cool breezes during our warm summers riffle your hair and keep you perked up.
Among the massive number of visitors a large proportion uses a hop on hop off bus in Barcelona, for which reason it has a fleet of 74 buses. This fact in and of itself demonstrates Barcelona’s ‘pull’ as a Continental destination. But don’t let that scare you off: if you don’t care for the hum and throb of crowds, simply come to Barcelona during the off-season – and you might get nearly a whole Bus Turistic to yourself!
La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain / Photo by bcn.travel
After a day’s exhausting excursion on the Bus Turistic, simply disembark at either Barcelona Walks (North end of La Rambla) or Museu Maritim (South end), take a short stroll, and enjoy a delicious dinner at any of the many fine restaurants on La Rambla. And though you will probably not hear Herb Alpert’s Tijuana music on this lively and ‘happening’ promenade, you will surely thrill to the sounds of Flamenco!
This post was brought to you by Kersie from www.bcn.travel – Barcelona’s local travel expert.
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