
City Sightseeing’s Melbourne HOP-ON HOP-OFF allows you to discover all the sites and major attractions of Melbourne! It’s a city tour that gives you the freedom to get on or off the open-top double-decker buses at over 27 stops around the city. At any stop you can spend as much time as you want shopping, eating at various restaurants or checking out attractions. When you are ready to continue with the tour, you can refer to our timetable and get on the next scheduled bus.
If you are unfamiliar with a town or city, we recommend taking one complete circuit and listening to the commentary. You can then decide which places of interest you want to visit, hopping off to see them up-close before hopping back on the bus. You can use the bus as much as you wish during the valid ticket period.
Each city has a different number of routes and a different number of stops. All the stops are indicated in our maps which can be downloaded from this website or in our brouchers available at our City Sightseeing Stand at DFO South Wharf, onboard the buses or in our Visitor Centers. All the stops along the entire route are marked by signs.
Our bus tour's are the same each week. There can be changes on weekend's and on holidays and special events.
However, all the routes can be modified as a result of local conditions and events; Were possible we will post any variations to a bus tour on our Social Media feeds (Facebook, Twitter & instagram and as well on this website.
Our City tour had a standed 40 minute timetable between services.
Our St kilda tour changes the most to a hourly service to a 2 hourly serive in our Off Peak season
Hours of operation change during our PEAK and OFF PEAK season times.
In our Peak Season Summer times are
City Tour first tour departs 9:30am Last tour departs 5:30pm with a 40 minute timetable
St Kilda tour first tour departs 9:45am and the Last tour departs at 4:45pm with services 1 hour apart
Off Peak Season (Winter)
City Tour first departure time is 9:30am, Last Tour departs at 4:10pm with a 40 minute timetable
St Kilda tour first departure time is 9:45am, Last Tour 3:45pm and tours depart every 2 hours.
* Servies may be delayed due to local conditions, We do try our best to run to time but conditions can alter this.
Our buses do provide some access issues for passengers in Wheelchairs. Passengers who are unable to be helped onto our buses outside of a wheelchairs cannot be accomodated on our buses at this point in time. Passengers with reduced mobility are advised that our vehicles do have steps to enter them and they may find it difficult.
Yes. City Sightseeing Melbourne will not be operating services on the following dates
New Years Day 1st January
Australia Day 26th January
Good Friday
Christmas Day 25th December
Run for the Kids (date to be confirmed)
NOTE: Due to CBD road closures on New Years Eve the last services to depart from Federation Square will be the 3:30pm City Tour and 3:45pm St Kilda Tour.
