Best of Buffalo Double Decker Bus Tour
Description
This tour is regarded as the #1 bus tour in Buffalo because we use a unique blend of humor and history to tell the story of Buffalo. Your guide for this trip is a costumed Irish police officer compete with brogue who has been transported from 1860 to today. Expect wit, engaging stories and a bit of blarney on this tour that has been described at "...where the History Channel and Comedy Central meet." If you crave creative storytelling and audience participation, you'll love this tour experience. We start with a walking tour aboard the ships in the Naval Park, America's largest inland Naval Park. From there we hop aboard our bus for an open air experience highlighting all the best sites in Buffalo including Millionaires Row, City Hall, the sprawling former Psychiatric Hospital and much more. Children 5 years and under are free.
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Itinerary
Tour begins with a 25 minute walking tour aboard the ships at the Buffalo Naval Park including the infamous USS The Sullivans.
One of the world's 1st skyscrapers
Hotel Lafayette built by the world's first female architect.
Time permitting we stop at this sprawling former psychiatric center.
In Niagara Square we see City Hall, The Federal Court House, McKinley Monument and various statues.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Upper Deck seats require navigating some small steps
Reviews(433)
Great history experience. Guide was very knowledgeable about the history of buffalo and its architectures. Well organized and informative.
Great to have you aboard, thanks for the review it helps this family company immensely.
Lots of fun and informative. The Guide was very funny!!
Many thanks for taking a moment to share your experience aboard our double Decker Bus. It was our pleasure to have you aboard during our City Tour.
If you find yourself in Buffalo whether it be vacation sports events or concerts…weather permitting this is a MUST! Our tour guide officer O’Connor. If that’s his real name …not sure. He was hilarious yet courteous and overwhelmingly entertaining yet knowledgeable of his history. I learned more about Buffalo on this tour than I ever learned in a book. Your Canadian friends. Cheers!
Thank you Canadian friends! Please send more to Buffalo we love being your neighbor.
We went on this tour in August 2026. It was priced fairly low, and we just didn't expect much from it. But we were pleasantly surprised. The tour narrator, an Irish guy with a heavy accent, was very informed and geniunly funny. He didn't mind getting risky from time to time. Hard to make me laugh, but this guy had me laughing a few times. Between the laughs, his narratives were informed, detailed, and even tragic. He told the story of the Sullivan brothers, the 5 brothers who served on 1 ship during WW2, and that alone was worth the price of the entire tour. You start off doing a ship tour and then you do a very thorough bus tour around Buffalo, including a nice stop at a former insane asylum. Not only was everything fun and informative, the price was very reasonable. I highly recommend this tour.
Your thoughtful review is greatly appreciated. We try to make people laugh, cry and think! Looks like we hit the target with you. It was a pleasure to have you aboard.
This bus ride was interesting, educational, fun, hilarious and enjoyable! Thank you to officer O’Connor and Tim for taking us around your wonderful city! The naval yard at the beginning was incredible! Loved this tour to learn about somewhere new!
It is lovely to hear from you. We are so happy that our tour resonated with your group. Thank you for taking time out of your day to share your experience.
I went on this tour with my extended family, including several kids aged 4-8. I was honestly unsure of what to expect, given after all this is Buffalo. I was very pleasantly surprised. The tour guide was absolutely hilarious and had everyone in stitches the whole time. There was a lot to see and it was incredibly informative. I truly think this is the best place to see the city. I don’t know how it could have been better. I highly recommend if you’re visiting Buffalo. Even if you’re from here you’ll learn a lot.
We enjoyed the tour very much, especially the tour guide’ would have liked to know about the boat portion in advance. Also, that there would be stairs to climb.
Thank you for the review. We will add this info.
Incredible all around. Our tour guide O’Connor was very informative, helpful and added humor to make it fun.
We appreciate your thoughts on our city tour. It was our pleasure to have you aboard.
Our family of adults and teens really enjoyed this experience. The tour guide was great about explaining what to expect, and engaged our group right from the start. I didn’t realize that Buffalo has such an interesting history, from the earliest settlers, to the present day. If you want a good dose of history, and constant laughs along the way, this tour is for you. There are some stairs, but mostly manageable and can be eliminated on the bus and at the one bus stop.
Thank you for bringing your family to our tour. It was wonderful to have you aboard.
Excellent tour - it hits the highlights of Buffalo! Exceptional tour guide - O’Connor was incredibly knowledgeable about Buffalo. He was solemn when describing the history of the Sullivan brothers and history of The Richardson; humorous the rest of the time. We all thought he was great!
Thank you very much for your thoughtful review. It means a lot to this family run company.
