We visited Edinburgh, Scotland on May 6, 2023. We skipped the cruise ship's excursion and decided to see Edinburgh on our own. We took the hop on hop off Big Bus and met Johnny, the bus tour guide on the top deck. He was very charming, funny and professional. He looked like Santa Clause. He was very good in introducing Edinburgh to us, before we say our goodbyes, we told him that we were disappointed for we could not get any tickets to visit the Edinburgh Castle, Johnny sprang into action immediately. At the bus stop, he introduced us to the supervisor who sold us 8 tickets to tour the castle !! Johnny gave us a tip about the best location to watch the gun salute at the castle. It was the King's coronation day and the gun salute was impressive!! Thank you, Big Bus company, thank you, Johnny. (PS Lesson learned, do not get discouraged about not been able to buy entry tickets for the castle, you can buy them from the Big Bus company, much easier then going on line).
We took the train from Milan to Torino for a day trip. Hop on Hop Off is always a great way to see a city. The automated guided tour is brief but still informative. They stopped right in front of the National Automobile Museum and picked up at the same stop. The Museum was huge with so many beautiful old cars and even a couple new ones. Definitely worth checking out. 🇨🇦👍
It was a great experience to be able to see lots of different cars from classics to new. Being able to sit in them and take pictures is great!
Absolutely beautiful museum. I don’t even like cars but I was blown away by the beautiful displays. My husband spent literally hours marveling over the cars
The Turin city open bus is expensive but we made use of the 48 hour ticket. We used the 3 different lines to move around the city. The only complaint is that the busses finished at 1800 hours - too early. The automobile museum gives a great insight into the history of the automobile. There are excellent vehicles on display from the first design by The great Leonardo Da Vinci to recent prototypes. Some rare card on display. Well worth the entry ticket if you are interested in cars.