One Edinburgh ticket is all you need to get the most out of your visit to the Old Smoky! The Royal Edinburgh Ticket treats you to a 48-hour hop-on hop-off bus tour across three services as well as admissions to three of the best Scottish attractions - Edinburgh Castle, the Royal Yacht Britannia and the Palace of Holyroodhouse. This is truly your all-access pass to explore the splendours of Scotland's capital city and experience its magnificent royal attractions. Not to mention, you can save over 20% when compared to the total cost of tickets when bought separately.
HOP-ON HOP-OFF BUS TOUR
The hop-on hop-off bus ticket allows you 48 hours of unlimited travel on three bus routes – Regal Tour, The Edinburgh Tour and City Sightseeing Tour, covering the length and breadth of the city. The routes are interchangeable, giving you even more flexibility to travel around the city with minimal hassles. You can additionally listen in on immersive commentary across all the routes, either through headphones or from a live guide.
Some of the stops covered
ATTRACTION TICKETS INCLUDED
EDINBURGH CASTLE
One of the most beautiful castles in the world, the Edinburgh Castle is a truly magnificent sight to behold. With our guaranteed entry, you can dig into spectacular views across the capital, browse through the nation’s Crown Jewels, including the Stone of Destiny, witness the breathtaking One o’ Clock Gun - the famous time signal firing since 1861 as well as traverse through the oldest building in Edinburgh.
ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA
Follow in the footsteps of Royalty and discover The Queen’s former floating palace at the magnificent Royal Yacht Britannia. With a fascinating audio tour available in 30 languages, you can discover how the Royal Family and their 220-member crew lived, relax and enjoy waiter service in the Royal Deck Tea Room.
PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE
Discover His Majesty the king's official residence in Scotland - the Palace of Holyroodhouse - with our guaranteed entry. Lose yourself to the unmistakable grandeur of the Palace as you wander around the State State Apartments used by the Royal Family, the historic chambers of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the romantic ruins of Holyrood Abbey. There’s audio commentary available in 9 languages to keep your engaged.
Voucher information: You can show your voucher on your smartphone (But if you’d rather print a copy – that’s fine too!)
Wheelchair accessibility: Yes (please check accessibility guidelines for attractions)
Tickets are valid for 6 months from the date of purchase, with their 24 or 48 hour validity activated when your confirmation is scanned by a member of staff.
Edinburgh is a functioning city and weather, traffic and events may occasionally cause disruption. Times and stops are subject to change.
The operator will reserve your timed entry ticket to Edinburgh Castle when you exchange your voucher. The other two attractions can be visited at any time within the 48 hours – this can stretch over 3 days if started midday day 1 – valid until midday day 3.
Edinburgh Castle is open seven days a week.
Palace of Holyroodhouse is closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week from October – June inclusive. There will also be Royal closures if The King is visiting (no alternative offered to Royal Edinburgh Ticket holders). Head in with your Royal Edinburgh Ticket – no prebooking required. Palace of Holyroodhouse is open 7 days July-September.
The Royal Yacht Britannia is open 7 days. Head in with your Royal Edinburgh Ticket – no prebooking required.
The Queen’s Gallery is closed until 2024 to allow essential maintenance work to take place
Due to works at Ocean Terminal – home of Britannia, The Royal Yacht will be closed 11-23 March ( also we now know 25-28 June)
Due to emergency gas works , the Lawnmarket stop for Edinburgh Castle is closed until further notice.
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Excellent way to orient yourself to three of the many attractions of Edinburgh. Very friendly drivers and service people.
The combo ticket allowed us to use any of the red, green or blue buses and gave us tickets to the three main attractions. The castle was sold out for the day we arrived, but the bus ‘conductor’ had tickets for that day. Each bus was slightly different. The blue bus allowed access to the royal yacht, but my favourite was the green bus, with a tour guide. The little details made exploring such a beautiful city fun and engaging. I’ll definitely use them again when I come back. Being able to hop on and off at different places allowed greater access to tourist attractions and the bus frequency meant you weren’t left waiting for long before the next bus arrived.