DISCOVERY TOUR

City, harbour and Alster tour with one ticket

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Hop on Hop off
at 20 Stops

Hop On Hop Off

Hop On
Hop Off

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One-hour
Alster cruise

Alster

cruise

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One-hour
harbour tour

Harbour

tour

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One wheelchair

per bus possible

Wheelchair

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Dogs are allowed

on board

Dogs

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Can be split

over different days

Min.
3,5 h

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Hop on Hop off

at 20 stops

Hop On-
Hop Off

Alsterfähre icon

One-hour

Alster cruise

Alster cruise

Hafenrundfahrt icon

One-hour

harbour cruise.

Harbour cruise

Rollstuhl_icon

One wheelchair

per bus possible

Wheelchair

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Dogs are allowed

on board.

Dogs

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Can be split over different

days

Min.
3,5 h

Overview of the Discovery Tour

Tickets included in the Explorer Tour:

          Day ticket for the city tour line A

          1-hour harbour cruise

          1-hour Alster cruise

          Three tours, redeemable within three days

Departure point, start of the tours:

          City tour: To city map

          Harbour tour: St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, pier
          Alster round trip: Jungfernstieg pier, stop Rathaus

Hamburg in threes:

If you want to see where Hamburg’s heart beats, you also have to go on the water. That’s why, in addition to the city tour, the Alster and harbour tour are an integral part of our discovery tour. Three tours that you can take on three days of your choice! On board the launch, let a humorous ‘harbour guide’ introduce you to the secrets of this maritime world and enjoy the magnificent villas and Hanseatic way of life on the Alster tour.

Tickets: The Explorer Tour includes:

          Day ticket for the city tour line A

          1-hour harbour cruise

          1-hour Alster cruise

          Three tours, redeemable within three days

Departure point, start of the tours:

          City tour: To city map

          Harbour tour: St. Pauli Piers, landing stage
          Alster round trip: Jungfernstieg pier,
          stop Rathaus

Hamburg in threes:

If you want to see where Hamburg’s heart beats, you also have to go on the water. That’s why, in addition to the city tour, the Alster and harbour tour are an integral part of our discovery tour. Three tours that you can take on three days of your choice! On board the launch, let a humorous ‘harbour guide’ introduce you to the secrets of this maritime world and enjoy the magnificent villas and Hanseatic way of life on the Alster tour.

Tickets, die Entdecker Tour beinhaltet:
           Tagesticket für die Stadtrundfahrt Linie A: Zur Linie A…

           1h Hafenrundfahrt

           1h Alsterrundfahrt

Abfahrtsort, Start der Touren

:
           Stadtrundfahrt: Zum Stadtplan…
           Hafenrundfahrt: St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, Haltestelle
           Alsterrundfahrt: Anleger Außenalster, Haltestelle Rathaus
Alles zur Stadtrundfahrt:

           11- Sprachiges GPS-Audiosystem an Bord der Roten Doppeldecker
          Zur Linie A…
          Zum Haltestellenplan…
          Zum Fahrplan…
          Zum Stadtplan…

         Fragen zur Hafenrundfahrt:

           +49 40 31 78 22 0

         Fragen zur Alsterrundfahrt:

           +49 40 35 74 240

Tickets:
           Tagesticket für die Stadtrundfahrt Linie A:
          Zur Linie A…

           1h Hafenrundfahrt

           1h Alsterrundfahrt

Abfahrtsort:
           Stadtrundfahrt: Zum Stadtplan…
           Hafenrundfahrt: St. Pauli Landungsbrücken,
           Haltestelle
           Alsterrundfahrt: Anleger Außenalster,
           Haltestelle Rathaus
Alles zur Stadtrundfahrt:

           11- Sprachiges GPS-Audiosystem an Bord
           der Roten Doppeldecker
          Zur Linie A…
          Zum Haltestellenplan…
          Zum Fahrplan…
          Zum Stadtplan…

        Fragen zur Hafenrundfahrt:

           +49 40 31 78 22 0

        Fragen zur Alsterrundfahrt:

           +49 40 35 74 240

Logo Sprachen Headphones

Audio Guide in 11 Sprachen,
Deutsch über Lautsprecher,
alle weiteren über Kopfhörer.

Ticket booking

Further information about the Discovery Tour

Interesting facts about the city tour

Our hop-on, hop-off day ticket allows you to plan your visit to Hamburg individually. You can get on, off and change buses at a total of 20 stops. The buses pass each stop regularly.

Our starting points at the St. Pauli Landungsbrücken 1-2 and at the main train station/Kirchenallee are ideal for starting the tour.

Along the Waterkant to the Elbphilharmonie, then through the HafenCity and into the Speicherstadt, the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other districts worth seeing, such as Harvestehude with its magnificent villas on the Outer Alster, Hamburg-Mitte with its beautiful town hall or St. Pauli with the sinful Reeperbahn, always offer opportunities for further exploration.

Starting points:
Stop St. Pauli Landungsbrücken or Stop Hauptbahnhof/Kirchenallee.

The tour also starts at all the other 18 stops.

To the stop map

The tour can be started at any of the 20 stops: To the city map

Our bus tours of Hamburg feature recorded commentaries that provide fascinating insights into the city’s history, culture, architecture and sights. The commentary is available in the following languages:

  • German
  • English
  • French, German
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • Chinese
  • Japanese
  • Danish
  • Russian
  • Arabic
  • Portuguese

German is played via loudspeakers on the bus and no headphones are required. All languages, including German, can also be heard via headphones with a jack plug, which are available free of charge on every bus. For the sake of the environment, please bring your own headphones.

For a detailed timetable, click here: To the timetable

1 April to 31 October

Departing from stop no. 1, St. Pauli Landungsbrücken

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 09.25–16.55, every 30 minutes

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, public holiday: 09.15 – 16.55, every 20 minutes

Departing from stop no. 6, Hauptbahnhof/Kirchenallee

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 09.35 – 17.05, every 30 minutes

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, bank holidays: 09.30 – 17.10, every 20 minutes

1 November to 5 January and 1 February to 31 March

Departing from stop no. 1, St. Pauli Landungsbrücken

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 09.55 – 14.55, every 60 minutes

Friday, Sunday, bank holidays: 09.25 – 14.55, every 30 minutes

Saturday: 09.25 – 15.55, every 30 minutes

Departing from stop no. 6, Hauptbahnhof/Kirchenallee

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10.05 – 15.05, every 60 minutes

Friday, Sunday, public holidays: 09.35 – 15.05, every 30 minutes

Saturday: 09.35 – 16.05, every 30 minutes

6 January – 31 January

Departing from stop no. 1, St. Pauli Landungsbrücken

Sunday to Friday: 09.55 – 14.55, every 60 minutes

Saturday: 09.25 – 14.55, every 30 minutes

Departure from stop no. 6, Hauptbahnhof/Kirchenallee:

10.05 – Sunday to Friday: 15.05, every 60 minutes

Saturday: 09.35 – 15.05, every 30 minutes

Closing dates BLOCKED DAYS

The buses on route A run daily.

No city tours on route A in 2025 on the following days:

27 April (HAMBURG Marathon)

1 June (IRONMAN HAMBURG)

17 August (CYCLASSICS)

In rare cases, we may have to temporarily suspend all services in the event of very bad weather or unplanned city events. We will do our best to inform customers of any service changes or suspensions on this page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

One wheelchair per bus is possible. The entrance for passengers with wheelchairs and pushchairs is located at the rear bus door. Wheelchair users can board the bus via a mobile ramp.

There is space for one wheelchair or pushchair inside the bus. You are welcome to register with us by telephone and we will reserve a space for your wheelchair.

Please note that the upper deck can only be reached by stairs, but you can be assured that the city tour experience is also guaranteed on the lower deck.

Severely disabled passengers who are significantly limited in their ability to walk (disability code G), are helpless (disability code H), are deaf (disability code Gl) or are blind (disability code Bl) can, upon request, receive a supplement with a token from the pension office with their severely disabled person’s pass with an orange-coloured area printed on it. The supplement entitles you to free travel on local public transport throughout Germany, so you can travel for free on the red double-deckers on route A when you present your pass and the supplement with token. Severely disabled persons whose pass entitles them to take one companion (code B) can take one companion with them free of charge, even if they do not have a supplementary sheet with a valid token.

Interesting facts: harbour tour

Experience the flair of the Speicherstadt warehouse district and the giants of the seas with romantic or modern launches and elegant salon ships. We offer you year-round canal trips to the historic Speicherstadt warehouse district and harbour tours in the large container ports. Our skippers will entertain you with lots of character, live with up-to-date information and funny as well as exciting stories about Hamburg and the harbour. So you can fully enjoy your boat trip in Hamburg and experience the Port of Hamburg with its many facets up close.

With our entire fleet of rustic or modern harbour tour launches, as well as cosy and spacious salon ships, we offer you the great, one-hour Hamburg harbour tour through the harbour every day.

Whether you take the launch through the historic Speicherstadt, the undisputed heart of our world port, and to the large container terminals, or you take the comfortable salon boat first downriver and through the various harbour basins with the huge container terminals – the Port of Hamburg, with its many faces, is always a magnificent experience.

St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, Brücke 1

Standard translation tools? You won’t need them anymore! Instead, you will find 10 languages in our new Rainer Abicht app. Our app also offers you comprehensive information about our harbour tours, your personal favourite ship and current events.


 

OUR DEPARTURES FROM 01/03 – 31/10

Monday to Thursday: between approx. 10:00 and 18:00, approx. every 20 minutes

Friday to Sunday: between approx. 10:00 and 19:00, approx. every 15-20 minutes

OUR DEPARTURES FROM 01.11. – end of February

Monday to Sunday: between approx. 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., approx. every 30 minutes

The tickets for the Hamburg harbour tour are so-called OPEN TICKETS, which are not fixed for a specific date but are valid for all one-hour harbour tours on our maritime launches and large passenger ships (see above for departure times).

On 24 December (Christmas Eve), the last tour takes place at 3:00 pm.

The times given are for guidance only and are intended for your orientation. Since we organise our departures individually, we are also happy to run more frequent services and have later departure times if required. Just give us a call if you need to. There is always a ship ready for you to board at the pier.

Our passenger ships RIVER STAR and HAMBURG and our paddle steamer LOUISIANA STAR are all barrier-free and can be accessed via a gangway. They also have appropriate sanitary facilities. Due to local conditions, we are unable to provide you with exact information in advance regarding the times at which the above-mentioned ships will be used for the harbour tour (no fixed departure times). Our luxury barges and our traditional barges are not barrier-free.

Do you have any questions about the harbour tour?

+49 40 3178220

kontakt@abicht.de

Interesting facts about the Alster tour

You don’t have much time, but still want to feel the charm of the Alster? Then this city tour on the water is perfect for you. The white Alster steamers take you around the Outer Alster, close to the shore, from where you can explore the popular sights and world-famous buildings of the Hanseatic city from the water. The ‘pearl of the city centre’ sparkles particularly brightly when viewed from the white Alster steamers.

from the Jungfernstieg pier

pier 2

Boarding 20 minutes before departure

Audio guide in English. Please bring your own headphones.

06/01/2025 – 30/03/2025

11:00, 12:30, 14:30 and 16:00

 

Summer season

31/03/2025 – 05/10/2025

10:30 to 17:30 every half hour

 

06/10/2025 – 31/10/2025

10:30, 11:00 to 17:00 hourly

 

01/11/2025 – 02/11/2025

11:00, 12:30, 14:30 and 16:00

 

30/11/2025 – 31/12/2025
11:00 (11:30*) 12:30 (13:30*) 14:30 (15:00*) 16:00 (16:30*) Uhr

*Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and on public holidays

040 – 35 74 240

Do you have questions about the Alster round trip?

+49 40 3574240

info@alstertouristik.de

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