The hop-on hop-off buses in Rome are an efficient and convenient way to explore the city, especially for tourists visiting Rome for the first time or only briefly. The buses run along a route that covers all the main sights and allow passengers to hop on and off as often as they like. On board, passengers receive headphones with audio guides in several languages.
Tickets and providers
There are 5 major providers of hop-on hop-off buses in Rome: BIG BUS, Greenline, IOBUS, City Sightseeing and Gray Line. You can find a price comparison in the following table.
Tip: the ticket for the hop-on hop-off bus is already included in some City Passes. If you also need tickets for the Vatican, the Colosseum or Castel Sant'Angelo, you can save time and money.
Hop-on hop-off bus Rome: route of the city tour
The main route of all 5 providers is practically identical and starts and ends at Termini station. This will take you close to the most important attractions in Rome:
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Termini train station
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Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
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Colosseum
Roman Forum, Palatine Hill -
Circus Maximus
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Piazza Venezia
Pantheon, Capitoline Museums, Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II -
Vatican City
St. Peter's Basilica, St. Peter's Square, Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Gardens, Castel Sant'Angelo -
Trevi Fountain
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Piazza Barberin
Spanish Steps, Villa Borghese, Via del Corso