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City Sightseeing Double-Decker Bus Tour

  • April 18, 2007
  • Rated 5 of 5 by goodtogo from Oakdale, Connecticut
City Sightseeing Double-Decker Bus Tour

COST: Included in GO San Diego Card purchase. Cost varies according to tour purchased. Check out the website or call for the latest info as the tour company seems like it's a work in progress. Just was added as an available tour on the GO San Diego card.

THE BUSES: These double-deckers were originally in service in Great Britain. They are open at the top for better views. We sat at the front seat on the upper level (seats were easy to snag since the tour bus wasn't busy). These seats offer the best views, in my opinion, but watch out for overhanging branches (seriously). My daughter sat next to Heather, one of the tour guides, who showed her a button on the upper level that the British patrons of the bus used to push to get the bus drivers to stop. It now serves only to annoy the tour bus driver! Very fun for Heather and my daughter.

THE SCHEDULE: There are two loops that can be purchased, either separately or together. The first is the Harbor Loop (Red Line) that visits the Embarcadero, USS Midway, Seaport Village, Harbor Drive, Convention Cneter, Petco Park, Gaslamp Quarter, Broadway Ave., Financial District, and Little Italy. The other is the Parks and Zoo Loop (Blue Line) that visits Heritage Park, Sunset Blvd., San Diego Zoo, Balboa Park, US Hwy. 163, Cabrillo Bridge, and Bankers Hill. We took the Red Line and got off at the zoo. After the zoo visit, we got on the Red Line to finish the loop and got off at their office in Old Town. There we got on the Blue Line to complete our overview of the city. (Tour did not include Coronado Island.)

IMPRESSION: Fun, very friendly guides who work to earn your business. Since they aren't as well-known and busy as the Old Town Trolley Tours, you'll likely get more of your individual questions answered in between their spiel. Don't know how they compare to the other bus tour companies in terms of being able to get off/on the trolley. The City Sightseeing tour doesn't go to Coronado Island.

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