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Sightseeing Manchester
Sightseeing Manchester
Sightseeing Manchester
3.5
10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Monday
10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Tuesday
10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Wednesday
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Friday
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Saturday
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Sunday
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
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Sightseeing Manchester, the hop on – hop off city bus tour. The official, daily and all year round city tour showing you the best of Manchester. Tours start from Manchester Town Hall / Albert Square (post code M2 5HD).
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3.5
116 reviews
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Dermot M
5 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
Bought 2 tickets online but bus never came. Messaged the business on Facebook but no reply. This business may not exist. There is a free for bus provided by the city metro, take that instead.
Written 19 October 2023
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Paul S
1 contribution
Sep 2023 • Couples
They seemed celebrating with big fanfare their new timetable, which looks like someone wasted their time dedicating some passion to it. Sadly they can't live up to it!
Driver was 40min late. The contact email is a black hole and the phone number goes to an answering machine. The bus is tatty and worn.
The driver eventually dragged his arse down the street with coffee in hand at 11:10am when the bus was due to leave at 10:30. Obviously there was no apology.
He then spent the time rallying the bus through the streets to make up for lost time and he was pretty relaxed about running red lights.
The tour is ok, but it misses a lot out. Simple things like the Etihad stadium for instance! You will spend much of the time in traffic starting and stopping between traffic lights and flying through areas like the Media centre.
I would recommend visitors to get a pass for the trams.
I would recommend the company go to Edinburgh to see how tours should be operated.
Driver was 40min late. The contact email is a black hole and the phone number goes to an answering machine. The bus is tatty and worn.
The driver eventually dragged his arse down the street with coffee in hand at 11:10am when the bus was due to leave at 10:30. Obviously there was no apology.
He then spent the time rallying the bus through the streets to make up for lost time and he was pretty relaxed about running red lights.
The tour is ok, but it misses a lot out. Simple things like the Etihad stadium for instance! You will spend much of the time in traffic starting and stopping between traffic lights and flying through areas like the Media centre.
I would recommend visitors to get a pass for the trams.
I would recommend the company go to Edinburgh to see how tours should be operated.
Written 2 October 2023
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Adedoja Abidemi O
1 contribution
Aug 2023
It's okay but could do more by going round more strategic locations such as Manchester City Stadium etc
Written 13 August 2023
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Mandyandstephen
5 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
Terrible
£12 for one adult
Then paid £8 for a day pass for 2 adults and one child on the trams which covered all of the same areas we wished to visit
ie etihad Manchester United media city and the imperial war museum.
The biggest let down was not being able to hear the commentary… no earphone socket with multi lingual commentary available very poor show
£12 for one adult
Then paid £8 for a day pass for 2 adults and one child on the trams which covered all of the same areas we wished to visit
ie etihad Manchester United media city and the imperial war museum.
The biggest let down was not being able to hear the commentary… no earphone socket with multi lingual commentary available very poor show
Written 9 August 2023
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Rick Louw
Manchester, UK17 contributions
The narration couldn’t keep up with the geo-location meaning key information was missed during the trip. We expected the bus to stop at the Manchester cathedral but this was not the case. We really wanted to get off at this point so not happy that the driver didn’t stop. Compared to other city tours I’ve been on, this one was a bit lacking.
Written 29 June 2023
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Anette W
Greater Manchester, UK5 contributions
Jun 2023 • Friends
Did the 2.00 p..m. tour today in temperature of high twenties. We sat on the upper back seat to get a good view but soon realised that the foam inside the seats was soaking wet and seeping through the seams and damaged areas onto the back of our jeans. Because it was a hot day and the vinyl seat covers also hot, we did not notice this at first. When we did notice, we had to move seats and advised another passenger who got on during the tour not to sit there. At the end of the tour we pointed this out the driver who had a quick look and said there was nothing wrong with the seats. He wasn't the one who ended up with wet jeans though!! Apart from this, the tour was ok but not one which I would repeat because of our adverse experience.
Written 14 June 2023
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liz705
London, UK14 contributions
Jun 2023 • Family
No seats left on the bus and only one bus an hour. Husband had to stand, we gave up!
Have complained by email and asked for refund for our family ticket and have not even received a reply!
Have complained by email and asked for refund for our family ticket and have not even received a reply!
Written 14 June 2023
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Kjay S
1 contribution
Jun 2023 • Family
The trip gave a sense of the city. We had a lot of trouble retrieving our tickets through TripAdvisor, and we’re given plenty of irrelevant adverts during the process. This was frustrating, and we nearly missed the departure as a result
Written 12 June 2023
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ALWinn45
Langley Park, UK11 contributions
Absolute waste of time. The bus turned up at 13:20 when it said 13:00 on the timetable and then the driver wouldn’t let us on and proceeded to tell us he wouldn’t be starting until the 14:00 tour.
People stood with young kids in 27° for 30 minutes to be told that. Absolutely shocking service & a waste of time
People stood with young kids in 27° for 30 minutes to be told that. Absolutely shocking service & a waste of time
Written 10 June 2023
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Marc T
1 contribution
The tour did not start at Albert Square as had been advised by the website, so we had to find the bus stop opposite the Alan Manchester hotel, Princess Street. The driver was rude and unhelpful.
The tour itself was informative and interesting, albeit on one occasion the audio commentary was not reflective of what we could see from the bus (maybe the driver went off the prescribed route).
The tour itself was informative and interesting, albeit on one occasion the audio commentary was not reflective of what we could see from the bus (maybe the driver went off the prescribed route).
Written 20 March 2023
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Morgan J
2 contributions
Hello, my classmates and i are looking to use the Sightseeing Bus tour in December. When looking on the website it isn't very clear with the timetable as how frequently the buses were.
Were they frequent? If so how frequent?
Was there a guided tour?
Kind Regards,
bam49
yorks101 contributions
Yes they were frequent, but if they have padded seats upstairs don’t be fooled!! I ended up with a very wet behind after sitting on what I thought was a dry seat! Water had soaked into the cushion..... had to do the walk of shame getting off the bus!!
jabbaclarke
Bridlington, UK10 contributions
Where do you catch the bus?
SightseeingMCR
Manchester, UK
The stops for Sightseeing Manchester are Albert Square, Piccadilly, the Northern Quarter, National Football Museum, Manchester Cathedral, Salford Cathedral, Salford University, The Quays, IWMN, Manchester United, Museum of Science & Industry and The Bridgewater Hall. Full details can be found on our website.