Double Decker Austin Single Loop Sightseeing Tour

Badge of ExcellenceAustin, USA

1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Save time looking up bus schedules and opt for this hassle-free Austin sightseeing bus tour instead. Travel on a loop around the city that passes by top landmarks in Austin’s downtown area. Along the way, listen to commentary from a guide, get great photos from the top deck, or sit in the climate-controlled lower deck. Highlights include 6th Street, The Museum of the Weird, The Driskill hotel, Texas State Capitol, and the Texas Governor’s Mansion.

Tick off lots of Austin sightseeing spots in a short space of time
Flexible seating choices—the bus has an open-air top deck and a lower deck
Get your bearings of Austin, as well as learning about its history
Pass by top landmarks such as the Texas State Capitol

What's Included

Cold Water
Sunscreen

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Austin Visitor Center
602 E 4th St, Austin, TX 78701, USA
Bus stop is on Red River Street between 4th Street and 5th Street.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Your Double Decker Austin sightseeing tour begins at the Austin Visitor Center on Bus on Red River Street between 4th Street and 5th Street.

Boar your double-decker bus and choose to sit on the open top deck or the climate-controlled lower deck. Sit down, relax, and travel on a loop around the top landmarks in Austin while listening to live commentary from your guide.

Pass by e6th Street, The Museum of the Weird, The Driskill hotel, Texas State Capitol, and other top highlights. Get your bearings, learn about local history, and end your tour back at the visitor center.

6th Street (Pass By)

Austin Convention Center (Pass By)

Austin Fire Museum (Pass By)

Joseph and Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum (Pass By)

O. Henry Home & Museum (Pass By)

Museum of The Weird (Pass By)

The Driskill (Pass By)

Texas State Capitol (Pass By)

Texas Governor's Mansion (Pass By)

Capitol Complex Visitors Center (Pass By)

LBJ Presidential Library (Pass By)

Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (Pass By)

University of Texas Tower (Pass By)

Bullock Texas State History Museum (Pass By)

The Blanton Museum of Art (Pass By)

Harry Ransom Center (Pass By)

Congress Avenue Bridge Bat Watching (Pass By)

SoCo District (Pass By)

Long Center (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 1 hours of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 35 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

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569 reviews

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Fantastic experience!

Anna_N, Apr 2024

Great tour, very informative and fun! Tour guide was very engaging and ride was smooth and on time. I definitely recommend it!

Austin - Fresno State bulldog tour

Gloria_S, Apr 2024

Love double decker tours in big cities. Prefer hop on hop off, but it was sold out... this was fun though, alot of information. Good guide. Thank you

Austin In the morning

Eileen_M, Apr 2024

Texans are very friendly people even early in the morning, the city is hopping Our Tour guide was born and raised in Texas and was very knowledgeable about the city, the state and the history of Texas

Very Interesting Tour

StuartBate, Apr 2024

The tour was very good and interesting. The guide was excellent and very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about Austin.

Everything you need to know about Austin

jill_k, Apr 2024

Wonderful guide! He was right on with everything AUSTIN. Jason was great and knowledgeable. Easy online tickets

Enthusiasm for Austin

Mary_M, Apr 2024

This was awesome! The leader is an Austinite with honest views who has the inside scoop on what to see and do. We enjoyed every minute.

Funny and Knowledgeable Guide to Austin

Gene_N, Apr 2024

A fantastic way to learn about the history and sites of Austin. The bus was fun and provided great views. Our live guide was very knowledgeable and funny. The length of the tour was perfect and it gave a perfect overview of Austin.

Double Decker Fun

John_M, Apr 2024

Great way to start your Austin experience. Very good people, proud of Texas and Austin. They want to make sure you have good information about Austin and good direction to you for a wonderful experience in their city.

Trip around Austin

Cynthia_S, Apr 2024

The gentleman who facilitated the tour the view of the city was awesome …the tour was awesome thanks

Great quick view of...

James_P, Apr 2024

Great quick view of Austin. Jason was great, if a little fast on his delivery. Also a little heavy on all the dozens of bands and singers he admires.

great way to see and learn the city

Joseph_C, Apr 2024

The title says it exactly. It was our first time to Austin and we learned a lot about the city and its highlights. The commentary was excellent. It didn't hurt that the weather was 80 and partly sunny!

Great experience!

Sharon_G, Apr 2024

Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable. He pointed out significant places, shared anecdotes, and was personable.

Great day on the bus!

Michele_K, Apr 2024

The guide! He was entertaining, very knowledgeable , talked the entire time, and made the experience so worthwhile!

Great for 1st time visitors

Michelle_B, Apr 2024

Our guide was very knowledgeable & had a good sense of humor. Great way to get an overview of Austin, especially for a first time visitor.

Amazing Tour

Shirley_S, Apr 2024

Wonderful tour filled with so much information about Austin. Jason added his personal anecdotes which made it that much more memorable! We got there early and Trey accommodated us with an earlier tour. Mike was a great driver. Slowed down so we could enjoy the sites! After we enjoyed a lovely lunch at Moonshine. Highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Austin!

Great to start your visit and get a lay of the land

Paula_P, Apr 2024

Great at giving you a review of the city so you can plan out your adventures. Bring an extra layer if you ride on top in the morning. It can get surprisingly chilly.

The tour guide was...

Jeffery_R, Apr 2024

The tour guide was awesome. Overall a lot of history given. I was just put in a negative mood from the start because we got there 1 hour early cuz your staff member said the tour was sold out and folks compete to get the good seats on the top of the bus. We wanted to sit in the very front so we stood in the sun for almost an hour to be the first. People started to line up behind us as it got closer to time. At 3:52 an employee came up to the end of the line and told everyone they were moving the pick up spot down to end of street which made people at the end of line first and we were last. There was some lady ahead of us in the tour whose entire party wasn’t there yet and she was asking every employee about where her friends could get on and holding up the line to get on the bus. The entire line was getting annoyed with her continuing to talk to the guy checking us in and then again to the bus driver etc. by time I got upstairs there were miraculously two seats left in the front so we went to sit on them. Nope…the lady was being allowed to hold them for the friends who never showed up. So that’s why no one else ahead of us took them first. Tour staff should not have allowed saving of seats. Then throughout the tour that same lady kept interrupting the tour guide to ask him where we were stopping next so her friends could meet us. She’d literally interrupt him mid sentence and then he’d engage with her in a discussion about where we were stopping next etc. he should have just said if they don’t make the beginning of the tour they don’t get on. For safety reasons. We ended up having to sit all the way in the back of the bus and everyone back there was getting annoyed with this lady and the guide not shutting her down.

Nice short intro to Austin

sylwesley, Apr 2024

Meeting people from different places & hearing their questions about Austin Hearing the excellent narration of the local guide & his POV

Girls trip

Robin_W, Apr 2024

Absolutely outstanding. Loved our guide. He was so knowledgeable and the sound volume was perfect. It was a great way to learn the history of Austin and to get situated on the layout of the city.

Double decker bus tour of Austin.

Sharon_Z, Apr 2024

Hearing about the African American man who was originally denied law school entrance and Thurgood Marshall defended him and he got into law school. Best piece of history for me. University of Texas was awesome.

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