Open Top Tour

When looking up Yelp for Rothesay places I was delighted to see a review for a sightseeing bus - I love (flat) walking but not being a driver can be problematic when you want to go exploring out of the city.

We had brunch then got the 12noon bus. It's £9 at full adult price and lasts around 90 minutes. The driver, Paul, was full of facts and was very entertaining. I presume you could stop off on the way if you wished and catch the bus back to the town later but he said most people stay on for the loop. Your ticket does do you for the whole day on and off the local buses, and everywhere we passed seemed a bit isolated so with us only being here for the day and the weather being sunny and rainy interchangably by the hour, we were happy to just do the loop then go for a woodland walk then to the pub.

Upstairs about half of the floor is covered so you can still feel the air whilst it's bucketing with rain. As it was, after half an hour or so the sun came back out so we moved seats further back to the exposed area. We were the only folk on the bus; I hope it's busier on weekends as it's a great service!

Paul is an excellent tour guide, very informative and fun. Great overview of the island to start our stay.

Wonderful bus trip in an open-top double decker with an experienced, and very knowledgeable, local man, who entertained us with many anecdotes and the interesting background of all the little places we passed through. Such glorious views from up there! Highly recommended.