Route 99 is a tourist route, making 28 stops at major tourist attractions such as Mount Scopus, the Western Wall, Herzl Museum, Yad Vashem, the Israel Museum, and Knesset, as well as major hotels, on a two hour loop of the city. The buses are equipped with a stereo system and headphones are provided to all riders, allowing them to hear a description of the route in one of eight languages (Hebrew, Arabic, English, French, German, Russian, Italian and Spanish) as they travel. Tickets for Route 99 are valid all day on the day of use and riders can hop on and hop off the bus as much as they want. Route 99 makes 4 complete loops of the city Sunday through Thursday and operates a more limited schedule on Friday.
In 2005, Egged retrofitted several of its retired Neoplan Skyliner double-decker buses to operate on Route 99 in Jerusalem; some of these buses came with open tops for use in the summer while the remainder were closed for winter service. In 2010, a new double decker bus built by MAN with a roof that can be opened like that on a convertable car was delivered and entered service. The Neoplans are now in storage and used only as backups.
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 Neoplan Skyliner 38943 on Yitzchak Kariv between Hativat Yerushalayim and Shlomo Hamelech, near the Mamilla bus stop, December 14, 2009  MAN Double-Decker 43190 on King David Street at Keren Hayesod, April 27, 2010  MAN Double-Decker 43190 on King David Street between Sderot Blumfield and Emek Refaim, April 27, 2010  MAN Double-Decker 43190 on Daniel Yanovski at Derech Hevron, April 28, 2010  MAN Double-Decker 43190 on Daniel Yanovski at Derech Hevron, April 28, 2010  MAN Double-Decker 43190 on Derech Yafo (Jaffa Road) in front of the Central Bus Station, October 26, 2010  MAN Double-Decker 43190 on Derech Yafo (Jaffa Road) at Nordau, October 26, 2010 | ||||||||||||