City Sightseeing Cambridge tour – hop on, hop off!

Enjoy a City Sightseeing Cambridge open top bus tour with Stagecoach. You can also choose to take a leisurely punt along the River Cam with our combined ticket bus tour and punting ticket!

Your bus ticket is valid for twenty four hours from when you first buy it. This means there’s plenty of time to hop on and off the Cambridge sightseeing bus to see lots of attractions in this historic and beautiful city.

The open top bus tour

The Cambridge sightseeing tour operates via nineteen stops all over the City, taking you on a tour of all the city's top tourist attractions. Be inspired by the museums and art galleries, or relax in the evening in the enchanting restaurants and pubs. 

Take a look at our Cambridge City Sightseeing tour map and bus stops to find what you can see on route. Highlights of the tour include:

• Kings College Chapel – completed in 1547, it has the world’s largest fan vault and stained glass windows
• University Botanic Garden – discover plants from all over the world in forty acres of beautiful gardens and glasshouses
• Fitzwilliam Museum –  See everything from Egyptian coffins to Impressionist & 20th century masterpieces; illuminated manuscripts to Renaissance sculpture; rare coins and medals to Asian arts. Admission to the Museum and exhibitions is free. The upcoming major exhibitions are:

• Things of Beauty Growing: British studio pottery
  20 March - 17 June
  For almost one hundred years, British potters have led the way in re-inventing traditional ceramic forms. Things of Beauty Growing showcases the history and ongoing practice of one of the most dynamic art forms in the UK today. Featuring works from museums and private collections across the UK and America.
  http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/calendar/whatson/things-beauty-growing-british-studio-pottery
• Flux: Parian unpacked
  6 March - 1 July
  Exploring themes of mass production, celebrity, colonialism and our notion of history, this impressive installation by ceramic artist and curator, Matt Smith, features over 100 sculptural Parian busts from the Glynn collection. Highlighting previously widely-celebrated 19th century figures, Matt challenges the traditional reading of these figures and their achievements.
  http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/calendar/whatson/flux-parian-unpacked

• Cambridge Folk Museum – get a fascinating insight into the history of Cambridge
• River Cam – take a leisurely walk along the river banks or take a punting trip with our combined ticket!
• All Saints Church Cambridge - Built in the 1860s to the plans of the famous 19th-century architect G.F. Bodley, All Saints’ is a triumph of Victorian art and design, with patterns and colour on almost every surface. Step into our Victorian architect’s studio and find out more about how this fascinating church was created!
  

Combined bus tour and punting trip

Punting on the River Cam is a great way to relax after a day's sightseeing. Scudamore’s punt trips leave from near our bus stop in Silver Street.  Your punt guide will take you along the famous College Backs entertaining you with insight into the history of our city and its famous university. 

The punts can seat up to twelve people and are dressed with cushions and blankets. They come equipped with additional blankets and umbrellas, in case the weather changes.

When the tours run

Bus tours

Cambridge City Sightseeing bus tours are available daily all the year round. 

From  25th March 2018    the tours will start at 10:10 and leave every   twenty    minutes until 18:30 from Silver Street (stop 1).

A full tour takes about 1 hour 20 minutes.

For full bus times, contact us on 01223 433 250.

Alternatively, click here for the full timetable.

Punting tours

Shared punt tours along the College Backs are available daily from 09:00. They leave every fifteen to twenty minutes. 

* Family tickets include two adults and up to three children 5-15 years of age. Under 5s travel free.

How to buy tour tickets

Cambridge sightseeing tour tickets can be purchased on the bus from the driver – there’s no need to book in advance.

You can also buy an e-ticket online for the  open top bus tour  or the  combined bus and punting tour .

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