Easy to use, you can hop on the bus at any of their stops, once you are on there is someone watching to scan your electronic ticket and issue you with a paper version, headphones for an audio guide on the bus which has 15 languages and a map should you chose this. It is really easy to use, just remember which buses to look for as there are 2 different lines which cover different routes. This bus is red and follows a green and orange route. Great value for money and you can get on and off when you like. Buses run all day from 9am-8pm ish. It is great to see the city and worth a 2 day ticket.
This was an excellent choice to see Barcelona. Would suggest a hop on/hop off the day of arrival to get a lay of land and see the city in short time period to allow for selections of sites to revisit later. The stations were easy to locate using their map and guide. We missed our first tour on date of arrival due to weather delay in USA arriving 3 hours late so this option on date of arrival would have been perfect. Booking through the app was easy and have best discount
It was good overall , but compared to the one I rode in Paris, the narrated content was not as good. The content should be expanded with more information and be better timed to when we are actually approaching the locations being explained. Also, there should be clearer documentation of how to get to the locations from the busstops. At Park Guell, we struggled to find the park, and then when we left the park from a different gate, it took us a long time to find the bus stop.
Every city break I go on i make sure to explore the city on a hop on hop off bus because it's the best was of finding out interesting facts and see all the hidden gems of the city. I'm so glad I booked a 48 hours ticket as there were 2 different routes to explore. I had plenty of time to visit attractions at most stops during the 2 days of using hop on hop off. Definitely recommended.
Although very busy, it moved quickly and safely. Don’t loose your paper ticket. Even though you have electronic confirmation of purchase they only let you on with the paper version. If you loose it you’ll have to pay 1/2 the fare in order to continue.
Very good option to see Barcelona in 1 day. We did both routes. They give you headphones and you listen to data from the places you see. The waiting music was too much for us, but hey. You can get off at any stop and take the next bus that passes. There is always room even upstairs.
We took the 48 hour pass, and did the 2 different routes on 2 separate days. The routes are perfect, taking you exactly where you want to go, to see all the attractions of Barcelona, and you can get off to see things, and go back on when you want. It's the best way to see a city as far as I'm concerned. Some of the speakers don't always work, and you have to fiddle around with your earphones, but on the whole or was fine
The map & audio are very easy to follow & understand. We did another company's HOHO in Lisbon and it was impossible to figure out where we were (we would have easily chosen the City Sightseeing company instead, but we didn't choose this other company!) This was something I didn't know to appreciate until I went to Lisbon & that HOHO was so hard to figure out.
A great way to get an overview of Barcelona, and if you time it right, drop you off and pick you up at the key sites that you want to visit. Many of the things you'd want to see (Casa Battlo, Sagrada Familia require tickets with specific times. You should purchase purchase prior to visiting.
Positive: Definitely pays off, you get a good overview of the city, the bus intervals are also good, you don't have to wait very long. The station at Park Guell is not easy to find if you don't already have a map of the routes and stops. (was the first stop for us, came by taxi to Park Guell). You get the plan on the bus. Negative: The app's e-vouchers are exchanged for paper tickets the first time you board, I don't understand the point because I'm more likely to lose the paper than my cell phone. If you lose your paper ticket, you have to buy a new one.
I bought the 2 day pass, but could've got away with just the one day as everything is quite close proximity. I mainly bought it for Park Guell/Mount Tibidabo as they seemed the furthest away from everything. However, for both of these places, the stop doesn't stop by/outside the attraction. Tibidabo you have to walk for a minute or so then get a 10 minute bus ride. Park Guell, you have to walk up a very steep hill. In fairness, the streets surrounding here are very narrow and probably not suitable for a double decker bus. It would be better if the bus ran later than 7pm. We had a 50 minute walk back to our hotel, aftet visiting the Montjuic area. Overall, would recommend.
The hop on/off bus was very handy in getting around Barcelona, especially to and from la Sagrada Familia and Park Guell (green line). We did not utilize the catamaran option because we were too busy with other activities and the tangerine line, with its Olympics venues, was of limited interest to us because we covered the area on a separate tour of Montserrat with Barcelona highlights.