{"id":159927,"date":"2025-06-05T10:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T10:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/159927\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T10:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T10:09:12","slug":"bright-bus-tours-becomes-big-bus-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/159927\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright Bus Tours becomes Big Bus Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        McGills Bus Group is partnering up with Big Bus Tours to launch their open top sightseeing bus tours in the capital. <\/p>\n<p>This will take Big Bus tours into their 28th city in the world \u2013 and the company is the largest operator of open top bus tours in the globe. The Big Buses will replace the Bright Bus Tours run by McGills which they say they are welcoming as a \u201cproud new addition to the McGills family\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Pat Waterman, Executive Chairman of Big Bus Tours, said: \u201cWe are delighted to welcome Edinburgh to our expanding portfolio of world-class destinations. Edinburgh\u2019s fascinating history, vibrant festivals, rich culture and architectural splendour make it an outstanding addition to our global offerings. Our goal is to give our customers a truly immersive experience as they explore this iconic Scottish city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company believes that Edinburgh, with its blend of medieval heritage, Georgian architecture, and contemporary culture, is the ideal setting for Big Bus Tours\u2019 flexible sightseeing concept. Visitors can explore iconic landmarks from the top deck of an open-top bus while enjoying expert commentary in nine languages.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BigBus-RichardWalter-v4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-600205\"  \/>PHOTO Richard Walter<img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/BigBus-RichardWalter-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-600203\"  \/>PHOTO Richard Walter<\/p>\n<p>Tony Williamson, CEO of McGill\u2019s Group, said: \u201cThis is an incredibly exciting moment for McGill\u2019s. Bright Bus Tours has become a much loved part of the Edinburgh tourism landscape and this new partnership with Big Bus Tours takes that offering to the next level. We\u2019re proud to bring our local expertise to the table, and equally proud to join forces with a global leader in sightseeing. Together, we\u2019re ready to create something exceptional for the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigbustours.com.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Bus Edinburgh<\/a> will cover these routes:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201c<strong>Royal Mile and Grassmarket (City Tour).\u00a0<\/strong>Wander through Edinburgh\u2019s historic heart, lined with medieval architecture, charming shops and lively pubs, all steeped in centuries of history.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Edinburgh Castle (City Tour).\u00a0<\/strong>Dominating the skyline from the Castle rocket, this fortress offers breath taking views and centuries of Scottish history.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Palace of Holyroodhouse (City Tour).\u00a0<\/strong>The official Scottish residence of the King, rich in royal history and a striking example of baroque architecture.<\/li>\n<li><strong>St Andrew Square (Britannia Tour).\u00a0<\/strong>A lively city centre hub surrounded by Georgian architecture, high-end shops, and restaurants.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Royal Yacht Britannia (Britannia Tour).\u00a0<\/strong>Step aboard the former royal yacht of Queen Elizabeth II and explore five decks of regal history, a top-rated visitor attraction.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/010719TERBrightBus-32.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275768\"  \/>Bright Bus Tours were launched by McGills in 2019<a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/06\/bright-bus-tours-becomes-big-bus-edinburgh\/?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749118151_565_pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/06\/bright-bus-tours-becomes-big-bus-edinburgh\/?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749118151_181_print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/author\/phyllis-stephen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749118152_23_Phyllis-Summer-2022-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-100x100 size-100x100\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Founding Editor of The Edinburgh Reporter.<br \/>Edinburgh-born multimedia journalist and iPhoneographer.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McGills Bus Group is partnering up with Big Bus Tours to launch their open top sightseeing bus tours&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4154,4155,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-159927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-edinburgh-local-news","11":"tag-edinburgh-news","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114630214675799448","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}