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Dundee in August - bus dayrider or suchlike?

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We will have a Thursday afternoon and evening plus the whole of the following day in Dundee, having arrived by train.

We have been to Dundee before for a few hours and visited RRS Discovery and also the Verdant Works but would like to see some other places, including the view from Law Hill, this time.

I can see that we can buy train tickets for the very short ride to Broughty ferry to go and see the castle and we like wandering around a place to see what we find but I'm wondering if we do feel the need to hop on a bus, eg to get to or from Law Hill, whether we would be better to buy a day ticket of some kind rather than pay on each bus (our English ITSO bus pass doesn't count in Scotland of course).

Any advice very welcome - and thanks.
 
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DelW

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We will have a Thursday afternoon and evening plus the whole of the following day in Dundee, having arrived by train.

We have been to Dundee before for a few hours and visited RRS Discovery and also the Verdant Works but would like to see some other places, including the view from Law Hill, this time.

I can see that we can buy train tickets for the very short ride to Broughty ferry to go and see the castle and we like wandering around a place to see what we find but I'm wondering if we do feel the need to hop on a bus, eg to get to or from Law Hill, whether we would be better to buy a day ticket of some kind rather than pay on each bus (our English ITSO bus pass doesn't count in Scotland of course).

Any advice very welcome - and thanks.
I don't have any local knowledge, but this website looks useful:
If you'll make more than a single journey, the £5 adult DaySaver ticket looks best, unless there are three, four or five of you, who could use the £13.65 GroupSaver.
Obviously worth checking that your intended routes are covered!
 
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Milton Keynes
I don't have any local knowledge, but this website looks useful:
If you'll make more than a single journey, the £5 adult DaySaver ticket looks best, unless there are three, four or five of you, who could use the £13.65 GroupSaver.
Obviously worth checking that your intended routes are covered!
Thanks
 

DesDobramento

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The local A B C (all bus companies) ticket covering Dundee and parts of Fife is more useful than the Xplore-only one because of the amount of local coverage by different operators.

A B C details at the Stagecoach East Scotland website …. Needs a degree of preparation.
 

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