Launched in 2015, Extrapolitan is a global alliance of the best local hop-on hop-off open-top sightseeing operators. Extrapolitan is now established in 17 cities worldwide: Paris, London, Hong Kong, Nice, Marseille, Bath, Windsor, Cardiff, Riga, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Tallinn, Berlin, Athens, Budapest and Split. Extrapolitan is part of RATP Group, one of the leading public transport operators worldwide.
On this page you can find the most recent news and press releases pertaining to the operations.
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Cardiff Open-Top buses celebrate Cardiff City Football Club’s promotion to the Premier League 14/05/2018 Thousands of fans took to the streets on Sunday 13th May 2018 to celebrate Cardiff City’s promotion to the Premier League... |
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Open Tour Paris first 100%-electric, hop-on/hop-off, double-decker bus enters service 05/04/2018 On Thursday, 5 April, RATP Group President and Chief Executive Catherine Guillouard and Anne Hidalgo, the Mayor of Paris, officially inaugurated the first 100%-electric sightseeing bus for Open Tour Paris, the RATP Group sightseeing subsidiary... |
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The Extrapolitan Sightseeing Alliance is Expanding in Budapest and Split 21/03/2018 The Extrapolitan alliance of Hop-on Hop-off sightseeing tours is welcoming two new key tourist destinations in its network: Budapest and Split... |
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Navigatours Cardiff awarded Best Told Story 2018 by Visit Wales 07/02/2018 Cardiff Sightseeing has been awarded the accolade of “Best Told Story 2018” by Visit Wales. This is the third year running that our Cardiff team have won this title... |
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The Original Tour Windsor to be launched on 10 February 2018 31/01/2018 After their success in London, The Original Tour is launching a new tour of Windsor. This picturesque area has long been connected to the British Monarchy with the stunning Windsor Castle at the heart of it... |
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Extrapolitan releases its third app: Open Tour Paris! 22/01/2018 We are pleased to announce that we have today released our latest app: Open Tour Paris. The app, which is available from Google Play and the App Store will help Open Tour customers make the most of their Hop-on Hop-off sightseeing tour. |
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Bath Bus Company's Special Commendation at the UK Bus Awards 2017 24/11/2017 Bath Bus Company and Industry Colleagues received a Special Commendation for Imberbus at this year’s UK Bus Awards, held at Troxy in London’s Docklands. |
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Real time functionality now available for London in the Extrapolitan app 24/11/2017 Real time is now available from the Extrapolitan app, meaning that The Original Tour customers can now better plan their time in London. |
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Open Tour Paris launches the first 100%-electric, hop-on, hop-off sightseeing bus in Paris 20/10/2017 Open Tour, the RATP Dev subsidiary and leader in hop-on, hop-off double-decker buses in Paris, is going electric. The world-first will be presented at Busworld in Courtrai, Belgium, on 19 October. The first electric bus will enter service on network lines by the end of the year. |
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De nouvelles couleurs pour les bus touristiques d’Open Tour Paris 19/10/2017 Open Tour, filiale du groupe RATP et leader du bus touristique hop-on hop-off (montée et descente libres à des arrêts fixes) à Paris, dévoile sa nouvelle livrée qui habillera les bus touristiques iconiques de la ville à partir du 20 octobre. |
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Extrapolitan expends its sightseeing network to a 15th city! 16/10/2017 We are pleased to announce that Sights of Athens, the unmissable Hop-on Hop-off sightseeing tour of the Greek capital, has joined our network. |
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The Extrapolitan App is now LIVE! 14/09/2017 Available for free from the App Store and Google Play, the interactive app has been designed to enhance your Hop-on Hop-off experience by helping you plan your day in London and providing a fun new way of discovering the city thanks to our unique Augmented Reality technology. |
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Free Wi-Fi on-board The Original Tour Buses 30/08/2017 The Original Tour is pleased to announce that clients can now take advantage of complimentary Wi-Fi on- board their buses, powered by the UK’s fastest mobile network EE which is part of the BT Group |
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Navigatours Launches in Bath 22/08/2017 The new brand in open top bus sightseeing has expanded its portfolio of locations once more. Bath Bus Company, the operator of Bath’s bright red open top bus tours, has launched a bus in the new Navigatours livery. Navigatours has previously been seen in Cardiff & Windsor. |
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A brand new tour experience with 360° Virtual Reality glasses 20/07/2017 Extrapolitan launches a new virtual reality experience in the heart of London. Visitors to The Original London Visitor Centre next to Trafalgar Square can now take a virtual tour of London, Paris or Hong Kong with cutting-edge 360° VR glasses. |
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Top 10 Paris attractions 07/07/2017 Paris did not become the most popular tourist destination in the world by some fluke. The city has everything: food, history, architecture, museums, art, entertainment, and more! |
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20th anniversary of Bath Bus Company 04/07/2017 Bath Bus Company is celebrating twenty years of serving the Bath area by painting a bus in the company’s original livery of 1997 comprised of bright cream and red. It also carries a number of the brand names which have applied over the past two decades. |
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Extrapolitan becomes Europe’s largest hop-on hop-off sightseeing network 03/07/2017 The global alliance, Extrapolitan, has partnered with Touristry AB to expand its sightseeing bus network, moving into six new cities (Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Riga and Tallinn) and securing the largest presence in Europe. |
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TramOramic and Navigatours awarded Certificate of Excellence 27/06/2017 We are pleased to announce that both our Hong Kong TramOramic Tour and Navigatours operations (Bath, Cardiff, and Windsor) have been awarded the Tripadvisor’s Certificate of Excellence for the year of 2017. |
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Local cuisine in Extrapolitan's nine cities 21/06/2017 Exploring a new city can be both a tiring and hunger-inducing experience. After hours of sightseeing atop one of our open-top buses, one will likely begin to feel the pangs of hunger. Fortunately, the nine cities Extrapolitan caters to all boast a diverse and delicious array of cuisines. |
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Le groupe RATP lance son premier escape game à bord d’un bus touristique 16/06/2017 L’OpenTour, filiale du groupe RATP leader du bus touristique à Paris, s’associe à Team Break, le spécialiste français des escape game, pour innover avec une visite insolite de Paris. |