Top 10 City Bus Trips
From Harlem down
Broadway to Greenwich Village and Little Italy, a bus tour provides
great views of New York City’s diverse neighborhoods.
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- New York City
Start in Harlem, famous for its African-American
culture, then it’s on to Central Park and Fifth Avenue. The bus takes you down
Broadway and through the theater district—show-business
mecca—passing Greenwich
Village and Little Italy farther south. End at Whitehall Terminal and ride the
Staten Island Ferry with spectacular views of the Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn
Bridge, and Manhattan.- Beijing, China
Board the air-conditioned bus near Xi Hai lake, with
its goose-pagoda island and traditional fishermen—fragments of an old Beijing
that include the nearby Forbidden City. The landscape changes dramatically as
you travel from high-rise modernity to mountainous Badaling and the 25-foot
(7.6-meter) Great Wall. Imagine five horses or ten soldiers marching side by
side to defend against barbarian hordes.
- Moscow, Russia
Victory Park, the starting point, celebrates Soviet
triumphs in World War II. After that, you pass the grand triumphal arch that
commemorates victory in an earlier war—against Napoleon. Spot the Hotel Ukraina
and the University—two of Stalin’s monumental “Seven Sisters” wedding-cake
skyscrapers. See the Sparrow Hills, and end up at Kamenny Bridge behind the
multicolored onion domes of St. Basil’s Cathedral, Red Square, for a panoramic
view.
- Tallinn, Estonia
Board at the ultramodern mall by the medieval gate.
Ride beside the Baltic, past the bronze angel of mercy extending her hand to
drowned sailors. Pass the Singing Grounds where in the late 1980s thousands of
Estonians gathered to sing patriotic songs banned by the Soviet regime. End
behind the park of the Swedish nunnery, ruined in a 16th-century war, near a
beautiful cemetery in a quiet forest.
- Stockholm, Sweden
See this beautiful city built on 14 islands by
environmentally friendly bus. Peer into a maze of medieval streets in the Old
Town and spot the cathedral and royal palace. You travel along the waterfront
opposite, then head north. Look for the spire of the Town Hall, where Nobel
prizes are awarded. End at the University hospital and walk the campus grounds.
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6. Budapest, Hungary
It’s not far from St. Stephen’s Cathedral to Castle
Hill but you’ll go from one city (Pest)—location of the huge
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(Buda) as you cross the Danube on the Chain Bridge. End at the Royal Palace,
now home to several museums. Explore the Matthias Church and admire the vista
from the Fishermen’s Bastion.
- Paris, France
Start at the Porte d’Orléans, where in 1944 tanks
first rolled in to liberate the city, and travel past the Luxembourg Gardens,
through the Latin Quarter, and across the Seine to Notre-Dame Cathedral. Note
the Gothic tower of Saint-Jacques by the bus stop for the Hôtel de Ville. You
carry on past the Pompidou Arts center and finish at the Gare du Nord.
- Rome, Italy
Explore the Tiber’s right bank, starting with
colonnades that follow the curve of ancient baths. Marvel at the Trevi
fountain. Whizz past the Capitoline Hill, Forum, Colosseum, and Circus Maximus,
where you sense the gore and glory of ancient Rome. Get off at Ostiense for a
rest and a gelato.
- Madrid, Spain
Starting from the leaning towers of Puerta de Europa
(Gateway of Europe), you pass through Columbus Square and on past Cybele,
goddess of fertility, in her chariot surrounded by fountains. Art galleries and
gardens follow before you return to Earth again in the commercial center.
- London, England
Hop on a red bus at Trafalgar Square, home of Nelson’s
Column, then go down the Strand and on past St. Paul’s Cathedral. See the tallest
stone column in the world at Monument (where the Great Fire started in 1666)
and end at the Tower of London, trying not to lose your head.
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