Hop On Hop Off Tours, Munich

Hop On Hop Off Tours, Munich

One of Germany's major cities, Munich is Berlin's more cosmopolitan alter ego, with several art galleries, museums, and gardens. Explore the highlights of Munich on a hop on hop off tour aboard a double decker, with convenient stops for a great introduction to the city.

If you are strained for time, the Hop On Hop Off Express tour along the City Circle run by Gray Line or the City Sightseeing Small City Tour are the best options. They cover the essential must-sees in the heart of Munich, with high frequency buses that allow you to take quick stops for exploring and photographs.

• The Hop On Hop Off Express has a 24 hour ticket, with blue open-top buses running every 20 minutes from 9.40 am to 6 pm in summer (April – October), and 30 minutes during the remainder of the year. It starts from Hauptbahnhof, stopping at ●Alte Pinakotheken -, an excellent art museum, from where you can explore the rest of Kunstareal and the Neo-Classical Konigsplatz, ●Odeonsplatz and Max-Josef-Platz, where you can see the Munich Residenz, Theatinerkirche, Staatsoper, and Feldherrnhalle, ●Marienplatz, where the Altes Rathaus, Neues Rathaus with its Glockenspiel, and Mariensaule stand, with Frauenkirche and the Viktualienmarkt farmers market a few blocks away, ●Karlsplatz – Stachus, where you can see the Karlstor gate flanked by rondell buildings, and the Justizpalast.
• The Small City Tour red buses start from Hauptbahnhof, go through ●Odeonsplatz, ●Oper, close to the Residenz, ●Mariensplatz, ●Haidhausen, the French Quarter of Munich where the Bayerischer Landtag sits, and ●Karlsplatz – Stachus. Buses run every 20 minutes between 10 am to 5 pm in summer, and every 30 minutes in winter.

If you have 1 to 2 days to spare, take the comprehensive Grand Circle Tour by Gray Line, or the 24/ 48 hour tour by City Sightseeing.

• The Grand Circle tour covers all points of the Hop On Hop Off Express, and also ●Schloss Nymphenburg, the magnificent summer residence of Bavarian rulers with gardens, stables, winter ice-skating, natural history and science museum, and public parks, ●Olympiapark, adjacent to the Sea Life Aquarium, and the impressive BMW Welt, Museum and Plant, ●Siegestor, the triumphal arch near the English Garden in Schwabing. Buses have a frequency of 1 hour on these additional route points.
• The City Sightseeing Buses run on 2 routes – Nymphenburg – Olympia, and Schwabing. The Nymphenburg – Olympia route covers ●Neuhausen, ●Schloss Nymphenburg, and ●Olympiapark. The Schwabing route goes through ●Odeonsplatz, ●English Garden, ●Schwabing, and ●Pinakotheken.