City Sightseeing Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour with Audio Guide
Los Angeles, USA
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Discover the best of Los Angeles without the heat or the hassle on this open-top, hop-on hop-off bus tour—an easy, breezy way to cover ground without walking for hours. With four scenic route options and over 40 stops, explore iconic neighborhoods like Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Downtown LA, Santa Monica, and Venice Beach at your own pace. Catch views from the open-top deck, hop off to explore must-see sights like the Walk of Fame, Rodeo Drive, and the Sunset Strip, then hop back on when you're ready. Buses run regularly and come with engaging audio commentary in nine languages, making it easy to soak in LA’s culture, coast, and character—without the stress of driving or parking.
- Choose between four different routes to suit your interests
- Save your feet from hours of walking with a more convenient, and restful, option
- Choose how long to explore for at each stop
- Skip the hassle of navigating LA's notoriously busy roads
Why Travelers Choose This Tour
Multiple routes allow you to see many different parts of this sprawling city at your own pace.
What's Included
- 1, 2, or 3-day hop-on hop-off bus pass
- Access to 3 scenic routes
- Audio guide in 9 languages + free earbuds
- Free Wi-Fi on most buses
- Real-time bus tracking via CitySightseeing LA app
- Mobile tickets accepted — no printing needed
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting and Pickup
Departure Point
- You may start this tour at any of the stops listed.
Ticket Redemption Points
Itinerary
Choose which route you want to explore—and for how many days. Start your tour at any of the stops along the route.
Travel by open-air, double-decker bus around Los Angeles at your own pace, choosing where to jump off board and how long to spend at each destination. Check your provided brochure for details on bus routes and timetables. Alternatively, stay on the bus to complete the entire route at once.
Put on your provided earbuds to tune into the audio commentary, which provides insights into each of the landmarks you pass. See famous sights and natural wonders including coastline and beaches.
Travel back to the pickup point or end your tour at one of the dozens of stops.
Travel by open-air, double-decker bus around Los Angeles at your own pace, choosing where to jump off board and how long to spend at each destination. Check your provided brochure for details on bus routes and timetables. Alternatively, stay on the bus to complete the entire route at once.
Put on your provided earbuds to tune into the audio commentary, which provides insights into each of the landmarks you pass. See famous sights and natural wonders including coastline and beaches.
Travel back to the pickup point or end your tour at one of the dozens of stops.
Hollywood & Beverly Hills (Red Route)
15 Stops
11 Points of Interest
Duration: 2 hours
Operating Schedule: Red Route Departures - Stop #1 "Dolby Theatre (Home of the Oscars)" at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. every 45min - 1 hour from 10:00am (last departure at 4:30pm). Download the free 'CitySightseeing LA' app for the route map, timetables and live bus tracking.
1
Dolby Theatre
2
Guitar Center
3
Laugh Factory
4
The Comedy Store
5
Whisky a Go Go
6
Chase Bank
7
9333 W 3rd St
8
Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles At Beverly Hills
9
Beverly Center
10
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
11
Farmers Market Place
12
Melrose Avenue
13
7018 Melrose Ave
14
710 Vine St
15
6231 Hollywood Blvd
Points of interest passed by on this route
TCL Chinese Theatres
Dolby Theatre
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Sunset Strip
Rodeo Drive
Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
La Brea Tar Pits & Museum
The Original Farmers Market
The Grove
Pantages Theatre
Santa Monica & Venice Beach (Yellow Route)
7 Stops
10 Points of Interest
Duration: 2 hours
Operating Schedule: Yellow Route Departures - Stop #57 Santa Monica Pier at 1515 Ocean Ave. every 50min - 1 hour from 10:00am (last departure at 4:20pm). Download the free 'CitySightseeing LA' app for the route map, timetables and live bus tracking.
1
1515 Ocean Ave
2
210 Wilshire Blvd
3
9333 W 3rd St
4
Fairmont Century Plaza Los Angeles at Beverly Hills
5
South Beach Park
6
122 Windward Ave
7
Santa Monica Walk-In Visitor Information Center
Points of interest passed by on this route
Rodeo Drive
Santa Monica Pier
Third Street Promenade
University of California
Hammer Museum
Westfield Century City
Venice Beach
Santa Monica Pier
South Beach Park
Los Angeles
Downtown LA (Purple Route)
1 Stop
9 Points of Interest
Duration: 2 hours
Operating Schedule: Downtown LA Route Departures - Stop #1 "Dolby Theatre (Home of the Oscars)" at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. every 50min - 1 hour from 10:00am (last departure at 2:30pm). Download the free 'CitySightseeing LA' app for the route map, timetables and live bus tracking.
1
6801 Hollywood Blvd
Points of interest passed by on this route
Dolby Theatre
Echo Park
Dodger Stadium
Union Station
Little Tokyo
Grand Central Market
Fashion District
The Santee Alley
Crypto.com Arena
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
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Helen_G, Jun 2026
Not the best city tours, grumpy monosyllabic drivers and dispatchers. The only friendly staff were the sales people.
Red tour- the commentary was switched off for half of the stops, didn’t mention stop 7 which was a crucial one for switching to Santa Monica tour. I only realised we had missed half of red tour when did it again next day to get to stop 7 for yellow tour. Day 2 red bus driver was very helpful and friendly.
Yellow tour - driver not too bad, bus was ancient. Several numbers in the commentary didn’t line up with the map
Purple tour - another monosyllabic driver and numbers not lining up between commentary and map. Live tracking wasn’t working/turned on. One good point about the yellow tour was that the driver stopped at every single stop which didn’t happen with the other ones. The dispatcher at the desk (between CVS and Target) didn’t even look up from his phone when asked for help.
We eventually found a leaflet with the times throughout the day but nobody seemed too keen to share this info, I even emailed and got first and last buses but not the services throughout the day.
Having just come from San Fran where we did similar city tours with different hop on hop off company, their drivers and dispatchers were very friendly, and City Sightseeing really could up their game.
joancanzone, May 2026
The bus’ top deck is very dirty, old and extremely uncomfortable. The windshield is filthy with limited visibility if you want a front row seat. There is hardly any legroom for adults, leaving your legs trapped and squeezed in between seats which are dated and out of shape. The headphones were useless because the radio was broken and we learned almost nothing about where we were or the history of what we were seeing. The routes were very limited. I’ve been on many city sightseeing buses throughout many cities including internationally, and the buses in Los Angeles were horrible, the worst bus experience by far. Pretty embarrassing. Tourists near me were also more than displeased.
Michele_B, Feb 2026
It is great in theory but be warned that there is a ton of waiting around. I know it’s off season and I do understand traffic but the amount of time we spent waiting on the next bus made us wish we did something else. Could be waiting an hour and there is no way even in the app to track where the next bus is. The best you get is an estimate of > 30 minutes but that could change. We missed things we wanted to see because we could not risk missing the bus. One of our drivers was super friendly. It was cold and rainy and so was the bus! Saw more buses with other companies. Maybe book the official timed tour
carlos_A, Jan 2026
The pick up location in downtown Los Angeles is non existent.
I had to get an Uber ride to Hollywood.
Lorensia_S, Dec 2025
I cancel this trip we wait for 2 hours with all diffrent information buss never arrive. CS dont help the worst tour in my Life!!!!!!!!!
Eileen_T, Nov 2025
I’ve used Viator and hop on hop off buses in several cities with my family. This LA tour was disappointing. We were detoured for a good portion of the ride seeing nothing of importance with no audio commentary . The driver of our LA tour bus was unhinged, the audio told us we were at a stop, the bus stopped and everyone on the top level stood up to leave. She yelled at us through the speakers to sit back down and through the speakers actually said, “What is wrong with you people.” She moved up about 20 feet and then told us we could depart.
An overall bad experience. Wouldn’t have spent the money if we knew the LA tour was going to be this bad.
Elizabeth_C, Sep 2025
Excellent way to see the city if you’re limited for time from Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Santa Monica in a day
Fatima_M, Sep 2025
Good except we had trouble with the app and getting the tour details. That was very frustrating.we tried to get assistance with this issue but was unsuccessful.
Andrea_M, Jul 2025
On Saturday, July 26, there were bus problems. One bus on purple route 2 was out of service making it impossible to jump on and off at will. Leaving you stranded i. Areas for at least 2 hours at a time. Then the red line bus was running late by at least 20 minutes so when we did schedule to hop from red to purple, we missed the 1:10 switch time at stop 1. We were told we could wait till the 3 pm purple but that would not allow us time to hop off and would just be riding the loop for 2 hours. Stop 1 personnel failed to tell us that route 2 wasn’t going to be there at 2 pm until 2:15 when we started asking where the bus was. We weren’t the only people waiting.
Jane_C, Jun 2025
Poor service
Ear plug leads too short
Bus needed a clean
Disappointing considering we have done many hop on hop off bus tours
Brian_S, Jun 2025
Not very frequent only managed to do 2 routes as wasted time and never got off at all staff were nice though. Expensive for what is was
stanley_A, May 2025
Great experience, but you should do at least 2 days
Enjoyed the interesting points at each stop and in between each
Michele_C, May 2025
So great to see all the famous places along the way! It was a fun tourist thing to do while visiting LA.
Monica_S, Apr 2025
I enjoyed riding around Hollywood and Beverly Hills sightseeing. The ridecwas easy, driver was pleasant , and the toyr itself was in a timely manner.
Steve_n, Apr 2025
Fantastic way of see los Angeles get to see loads driver's are brilliant as well really helpful and friendly would certainly say best way to travel
Vicky_N, Apr 2025
Was a good way to drive around LA and would highly recommend you only do this on a weekend day as the week day traffic slows the service down. There was too long a wait between buses if you did want to get off and then if you wanted to connect to a different line, they didn’t meet up very well. If you do the whole round trip then there is nothing to worry about
Susan_N, Feb 2025
Hop on hop off was great!! Lots of traffic, so busy was late. Make sure to leave plenty of time so you don't miss the last bus because of traffic. We had a great time seeing Beverly Hills downtown L.A and Dolby theater.
Jimmy_M, Sep 2024
Worth the money you paid for. I dont know how i managed to squeeze my time to take all the red, yellow and purple routes, all in a single day! Perhaps, i dodnt get down the bus the whole time. I only made 1 stop at the farmer's market to grab some dinner, but that was it! And hop on back again with the next bus.
Ken_D, Aug 2024
No air on bottom floor of bus. So hot that I had to get off. Got on another bus. Pretty much the same heat wish but the upper level was actually open air as advertised. Had to sit up top just to deal. First driver not friendly or happy at all. And she drove very slow. Second driver was at least nice. Narration was sparse.
Vanessa_M, Aug 2024
All divers were nice and friendly. They informed us of bused coming and going. Great tour. Alot of things to do and many stops.
Emerald_C, Jul 2024
I bought 2 day tickets for 4.It was a waste of money. So much traffic on the road. We sat on the lower deck of the bus, it was very hot. We only took the Hollywood and downtown routes for the first day. I don't really like it. We did use our ticket the second day because we just took public transport to get santa monica beach. I would not recommend this, just get the small bus tour. Bit pricy but worth it.
Michael_M, Apr 2024
Poorly narrated and hop on and off locations are to far away from sites. Driver was rude and not informative at all.
Bobbie_H, Mar 2024
Wasn’t ’up to par’. Write up indicated we could just ‘stay on’, but we were told we had to disembark so driver could take his lunch break. We were shuffled between 3 buses, taking many more hours than we had planned for. Used another company tour the following day and it was stellar!
sscarrera, Mar 2024
Beautiful view of the city and very nice drivers. I enjoyed touring this way and look forward to doing this more in the future in other cities.
Michelle_S, Jan 2024
The audio was good and informative and was the only thing worthwhile, once the bus didn’t come forcing us to meet the bus at another area $25 in a taxi, when we confronted staff members about it they said they were missing a bus , rather than send another bus, they then said a bus did pick up from our stop and that is a not the truth we were waiting at that stop for over an hour before getting a taxi as the bus for that time and route was out for the whole day, they just crossed out what was on the timetable completely and did not replace the bus at all, also requiring that whole purple route to be cancel for the entire day, this bus was the only bus to and from our hotel. So the cost of our ticket doubled due to the expense of our taxi transportation, the whole reason we chose this tour is that it came by our hotel having to avoid using taxi and public transport, there was no apology just lies that the bus did come when it did not, leaving us stranded. Someone should have come back to the passengers stranded at these stops to let them know
Teresa_A, Dec 2023
Wonderful way to see Hollywood and Santa Monica all in one day! We even walked the Santa Monica Pier!
Nabeel_A, Sep 2023
It covers all important land marks of Hollywood. However bus frequency is low and closed too early at 4 30pm
Cristina_R, Sep 2023
Would NOT recommend the hop on hop off in LA to ANYONE. The bussed TAKE FOREVER to pass by. We waiting 1 hour and 25 minutes for the bus to come, ended up requesting and Uber. For us this was definitely a waste of money. We have done Hop-On-Hop-Off in Rome, Paris and San Francisco the most time it takes between busses is 20 to 30 minutes; 1 hour and a half is a ridiculous amount of time!!!!! DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY IN THIS!!!! NOT WORTH IT!
Justin_R, Aug 2023
Our bus tour on the redline was amazing. She was very informative and was able to help us out with city directions as well.
Elizabeth_C, Aug 2023
I always do the hop on hop off in all cities. A very relaxed way to get to know a city with limited time
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