Dundee in August - bus dayrider or suchlike?

[WolvertonWorks]

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.

 

[gazthomas]

Dundee is available as part of PlusBus but the destination on your rail ticket would have to be for that. https://www.plusbus.info/dundee

 

[WolvertonWorks]

Thanks, we will have arrived by train the previous day so plusbus isn't appropriate for our exploring on Friday.

 

[DelW]

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:

Adult (16+) tickets

A flexible selection of great-value tickets to suit your travel needs. For passengers aged 16+.

www.xploredundee.com

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!

 

[WolvertonWorks]

I don't have any local knowledge, but this website looks useful:

Adult (16+) tickets

A flexible selection of great-value tickets to suit your travel needs. For passengers aged 16+.

www.xploredundee.com

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]

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.

 

[matchmaker]

The V&A on the waterfront is worth a visit.