Hamburg Suggested Itineraries
Written by Viator, August 2010
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Reply by Viator, August 2011
Doing what: Hamburg Hop-on Hop-off Tour - Red Double Decker
The guide spoke just enough English to be understood for most attractions while concentrating on German - of course. They only allow you to do one complete lap. Should be unlimited for a day so that you can go completely around and then hop-on-off. Overall a great time and we highly recommend it for first time visitors at least.
Reply by Viator, August 2011
Doing what: Hamburg Hop-on Hop-off Tour - Red Double Decker
The tour bus only stopped one place to "Hop-on/Hop-off" so the name is misleading.
Also, I only speak English, and certainly did not get the same tour as the German speakers. The guide would talk for 2 minutes in German and then in English say, "Right hand is the oldest post office in Hamburg." This was very frustrating. Also, no world war II history was discussed during the tour. I understand it is a sensitive topic to Germans and was not promised, but prospective tour guests should be aware of this. Other than that, the people were nice, the bus was clean, and it indeed did last 2 hours.
Reply by Viator, August 2011
Doing what: Hamburg Hop-on Hop-off Tour - Red Double Decker
The first thing one noticed when starting the bus tour at the main station is that there are several tour companies offering this same tour, perhaps on a slightly different route. Tickets, unfortunately, were not interchangeable on other coloured buses...
Commentary in 2 German and English was very basic in its content; buses did not stop at designated stops as marked, but carried on UNLESS you tell the guide prior. Overall very average ..
Reply by Viator, August 2011
Doing what: Hamburg Hop-on Hop-off Tour - Red Double Decker
The first thing one noticed when starting the bus tour at the main station is that there are several tour companies offering this same tour, perhaps on a slightly different route. Tickets, unfortunately, were not interchangeable on other coloured buses...
Commentary in 2 German and English was very basic in its content; buses did not stop at designated stops as marked, but carried on UNLESS you tell the guide prior. Overall very average ..
Reply by Viator, August 2011
Doing what: Hamburg Hop-on Hop-off Tour - Red Double Decker
I bought the bus AND boat tour online, the coupon they emailed me only said 'bus', I called to confirm by phone that my tour was indeed both and over the phone they said YES... but when i got to the tour boat I couldn't get on because my coupon didnt say boat on it. SO I had to buy two more tickets for the boat so I wouldn't miss the tour. By the way... the tour cruise was nice.
Update: Viator addressed my issues promptly and was reimbursed for the part of my tour that I (obviously accidentally) was not given tickets for in Hamburg. I would definitely recommend this tour to others. I especially liked how I got to pay for this in my home currency so I got to avoid foreign transaction fees.
Reply by Viator, July 2011
Doing what: Hamburg Hop-on Hop-off Tour - Red Double Decker
We did not realize that this tour was commentated in German, and so it was difficult to follow what we were seeing. The commentator did speak English quite well, and was happy to answer any questions.
Reply by Viator, June 2011
Doing what: Hamburg Hop-on Hop-off Tour - Red Double Decker
Nice city for sightseeing, good bus ride, on board commentary satisfactory overall 80/100.
Reply by Viator, June 2011
Doing what: Hamburg Hop-on Hop-off Tour - Red Double Decker
It was useful but frequency should increase.
Reply by Viator, December 2010
Doing what: Hamburg Hop-on Hop-off Tour - Red Double Decker
We were extremely disappointed with this tour. The voucher said that we were supposed to go on a Hummebahn tour- when we reached Hamburg, the bus guide told us that it's not running any more. The boat trip guide spoke entirely in german. We were told that the next english speaking guide would be available next day at 12 noon but our voucher was valid for only a day. The bus tour guide spoke barely in english and even then, her english was difficult to understand, so we missed out on the significance of many things we saw. As she was sitting some distance away, we had to ask about certain places we were interested in, such as where the Beatles stayed, about the tropical diseases hospital etc after we got off. However, the bus guide didn't forget to mention that we were very welcome to give her a tip and she said that in very clear english, much better than her commentary!
Reply by Viator, October 2010
Doing what: Essential Hamburg Combo: Hop-on Hop-off Tour, Cruise and Lake Alster
The process to convert voucher to tickets was not smooth, in fact is was a bad experience. The tour of the lake and harbor were good but the town tour left an lot to be desired. It was more of a hop off and forget tour.
Reply by Viator, September 2010
Doing what: Hamburg Hop-on Hop-off Tour - Red Double Decker
Great to do when you don't know where to go or what to see.
Reply by Viator, September 2010
Doing what: Hamburg Hop-on Hop-off Tour - Red Double Decker
It was good.
Reply by Viator, August 2010
Doing what: Essential Hamburg Combo: Hop-on Hop-off Tour, Cruise and Lake Alster
harbour tour was very interesting ...well worth doing
Reply by Viator, August 2010
Doing what: Hamburg Hop-on Hop-off Tour - Red Double Decker
Great on a sunny day
Reply by Viator, July 2010
Doing what: Essential Hamburg Combo: Hop-on Hop-off Tour, Cruise and Lake Alster
Excellent - liked the bus tour - wonderful guide - and the canal tour the best. This tour is a great way to see the sites of Hamburg!
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