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City Sightseeing Liverpool

  • August 1, 2007
  • Rated 2 of 5 by rufusni from Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
City Sightseeing Liverpool

City Sightseeing have many hop-on hop-off buses in different cities but I wasn't all that impressed with the Liverpool version. Since we only had a few hours in Liverpool to sightsee, we decided that this bus was a good option to get quickly between the various sights in the city centre. That I cannot fault, it did go past and stop at all the main tourist sites - the 2 cathedrals, Chinatown, Albert Dock, Mersey ferry are all on the route. So our reason for using it was fulfilled.

We caught up with the bus at the Catholic Cathedral, and bought a ticket from the driver- that is another benefit of this bus is you can buy a ticket from the driver at any stop on its route. All the drivers were very pleasant and efficient. The open decked double-decker was great as it was a beautiful, hot sunny day, so the breeze was very appreciated as well as great views driving around. The tour commentary is pre-recorded in English, so is dependent on the driver making precise timings on the route to line everything up correctly. The commentary also wasn't great in quality with what I think were several errors. Since we got on and off a couple of times, we managed to go round the whole route a couple of times but you could plan your time a little better than we did if you look at the map and timetable.

If you want a tour of Liverpool, there are other options that you probably should try out. However, if you are looking for ease and speed of reaching all the sights of the city then this is a reasonable option.

Tickets cost £6 with concessions available and are valid for 24 hours. Buses stop at each stop every 30 minutes and the full tour takes an hour.
Details of the Liverpool tour can be found on the company's website at: www.city-sightseeing.com including a map and full timetable.

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