HopTour — Local services in Trieste

This Hop On/Hop Off tour (11€ if you book direct online or at their small shop) in a small 24-seater minibus is a good introduction to Trieste and helps you get your bearings, so well worth doing on the first day. Be warned: at Miramare the stop is at least a 20–25 minute walk from the castle with not much shade around, so in summer don´t forget a hat and water as we did!

We also took the weekly tour to Ljubljana and Lake Bled (60€). Our bilingual Italian/English guide in Slovenia, Tamara moved effortlessly between the two languages with a great sense of humour and without ever losing her group´s attention. An...

I purchased a 24 hour hop on/off ticket with audio guide and the return boat option from the castle. It was easy to use. I chose the earliest option at 1000 am and was able to see the castle (stop 10), the cathedral (stop 6), and hiked 1 km from stop 9 to the lighthouse. I was unable to download the app because my Android was too new. I found the audio guide more informative than a walking tour. Highly recommended for a short visit or cruise stop. They offer 48-hour hop on/off as well. Unfortunately I won't be here on a Monday to take the trip to Slovenia. I wish the Slovenia tour was...

Overall poor experience. Bus was 20 min late. When we wanted to get back on it was full. All we did was wait, wait, wait. It was obvious to us the the full bus was caused by a cruise ship in town. At probably one of the most important stops, San Guisti, no one got off of the full bus. This is poor planning by the company to sell out the bus to a tour and then the people who bought the day tickets were majorly inconvenienced. I don’t know if this is same company as Hop On Hop Off which we have taken in several other cities. Never had this...