Riga Sightseeing Service - is a tourist agency that for over 17 years has been offering Hop on-Hop off sightseeing tours in Latvia, Riga, on the red double-decker buses. Today, we are the largest company in the city providing this kind of service in 11 languages - Russian, Latvian, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Spanish, French, Italian and Lithuanian. In the summer, our double-decker open-top buses depart from the Triangula Bastion (11.Novembra Krastmala 17) of the Old Town between 9:45 and 15:45, every 60 minutes(June-September) and 10:15-14:45(October-May) . There are main and additional stops on the routes. In the autumn/Winter, in the cold season we operate warm and cozy double-decker buses. Depart from the Triangula Bastion between 15:15 and 14:45, every one and a half hour. The route of our buses are maximally adapted for effective acquaintance with the city. Ticket for our bus you can use up to 24h!
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From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 6.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
24h Riga Sightseeing Red Bus Grand Tour lasts about 1 hour.
Prices start at $34 per person for this Riga experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day, starting at 10:15 AM, 11:45 AM, 1:15 PM, and 2:45 PM.
Children aged 3–8 pay nothing, adults from $34. Infants go free.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The experience is available in NO, DE, SV, RU, FI, EN, IT, PL, FR, ES.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 3.4 out of 5 across 20 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Riga Sightseeing Service.
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Wow! Everyone that was associated with this hop on hop off was rude. Signs are not helpful. Staff is not helpful. When you ask a question you just get yelled at. It was really stressful! You don’t get a physical ticket so have to pull up bar code on phone every time you board only to get yelled at! Website says they are pushing operations when you send an email as instructed , an AI answer comes back and is not helpful!
I find a sightseeing bus a convenient way to get a picture of a new city. That's why I used the red bus in Riga. This has 2 routes, which are driven consecutively in low season and take almost 2 hours together. I already got a nice impression of the city and then continued exploring on my own.
We wasted our money because we couldn't find the bus. Then bus driver had some problems. We had to transfer the bus.we hardly enjoy your tour for less than 1 hour.
excellent bus tour , which shows the highlights of the lovely city of Riga. Highly recommended tour to do.
Stops are not clearly marked, we waited for a bus at the place we had been dropped off, eventually we called a taxi as we wasn't sure it was even a bus stop. Riga is small you can easily walk around and see everything without having to get a bus
NOTHING Waited to collect tickets for 45 min in freezing weather .Returned to hotel and phoned to find out no bus trips run on the day we booked and paid for .i now expect a full refund thank you Bo.oking ref BR-1192788295
Stood for ages in the cold at the location given to redeem tickets on the Viator app as advised. Found out this is completely the wrong place to be and missed the bus. The guy in the main square was rude and just told us he has nothing to do with internet bookings. This is a really difficult trip to navigate. So t bother booking online.
Nice overall look at the city for people spending only one day there. Good historical explanations also
We are used to discover a city with this kind of bus because it allows to have a comment in French. what disappointed us is the schedule "high season"!!; We took the 1st bus at 9:45. The tour lasts about 1 hour. Which we did fortunately. According to the brochure in "high season" (we are in August) there is a bus every 30 minutes (sometimes 10 min late). First bad surprise we waited more than an hour to catch the bus (after our visit to the Cathedral of the Nativity). What a waste of time to visit. We finally got a bus at 3:40. Arriving at the Check-out point at 4pm, the driver told us it was the last lap. The last round starts at 14:45 and ends at 16:00!! This is the first time that such a tour is done between 9.45am and 4pm, in the other cities tested (Brussels, Dublin, Oxford..) the last tour is at 6pm. Really disappointing. Even if it is cheaper than in the other islands, it is not worth the Award given.
The bus tour and narration of the city was informative. The city was in the midst of setting up for a festival but even with the closed streets and heavy traffic on the route the ride good. Well worth the money.
| Tour | Duration | Rating | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24h Riga Sightseeing Red Bus Grand Tour | 1 hour | 3.4 (20) | $34 | |
 Riga-Vilnius Sightseeing Tour Bus | 9 hours | 4.8 (16) | $142 | View |
 Riga Sightseeing Tour by Canal Boat with Audioguide | 1 hour | 4.4 (147) | $15 | View |
 Private Grand Riga City Tour | 4 hours | 4.9 (16) | $227 | View |
 Riga Old Town walking tour | 1h 45min | 4.7 (381) | $19 | View |
 Latvian food tasting tour at Riga Central market (20 tastes) | 2 hours | 4.4 (299) | $40 | View |
 2 countries! Hill of Crosses, Rundale Palace and Bauska castle | 8 hours | 4.9 (261) | $148 | View |