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Which Rome hop-on hop-off bus to book: three routes, City Sightseeing or Big Bus?

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Open-top red sightseeing bus passing ochre façades on a broad Roman avenue

Choose City Sightseeing bus with audio guide if its current route and selected ticket suit your plans: €18 per person. Compare three-route ticket at €18.04 per person and Big Bus at €19.55 per person. All offer several ticket variants; check validity, operating stops and accessibility before paying.

TicketDurationFromRatingReviewsSuits
City Sightseeing with audio guide1 circuit / 1 day / 24–72 h€184.0/519,363Select the option
Full access to three routes9 h–3 days€18.043.9/519,487Select the option
Big Bus open-top tour3–72 h€19.554.1/513,700Select the option

Who each one suits

  • City Sightseeing: choose the circuit or hop-on-hop-off option that fits.
  • Green Line: three routes, but no wheelchair access.
  • Big Bus: several validity options, with a night circuit in the 72-hour ticket.

City Sightseeing: select the ticket type

Choose a single circuit, a day ticket or a 24-, 48- or 72-hour option. The single-circuit option is not hop-on-hop-off. The Colosseum stop and Yellow Line stop 8 at Piazza Navona are suspended according to the operator. Check the current map. Eight audio languages include English, Italian, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese; check wheelchair accessibility on the booking page before paying.

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Green Line: three routes

The booking offers daily and 24-, 48- or 72-hour options, with a headline range of nine hours to three days. Its sixteen audio languages include English, Italian, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese. Wheelchair users are excluded. Choose the route and validity you need; the starting price does not cover every option.

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Big Bus: validity and extras depend on the option

Choose a three-hour half-day, one day, 24, 48 or 72 hours. The 72-hour option includes a separate night circuit without hop-on-hop-off. Eight audio languages include English, Italian, Spanish, French, German and Portuguese; the lower deck is wheelchair accessible. The booking page reports the Colosseum stop suspended and suggests Circus Maximus or Piazza Venezia instead. Multiday validity is also sold by the other two operators.

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Our recommendation: choose City Sightseeing when its operating route and ticket option fit. Compare the others by stops, accessibility and included extras; Big Bus is not the only multiday choice.

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