Budapest City Landmarks Walking Tour in 2 Hours
- 2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
First time in Budapest? Take this tour on your first day in Budapest and visit the most famous landmarks with us. You will learn about Hungarian history, language, architecture, cuisine, and thermal baths with lots of personal touches. Joining our tour has loads of benefits. Ask for our personal Budapest map and newsletter. Learn about free activities, do's and don'ts, must-see places with opening hours, and much more. The small booking fee you have paid to Viator is an administrative and marketing fee to guarantee your spot on the tour. You are encouraged to tip your guide what you feel the tour was worth at the end. Most guests tip €10 per person, some even more. Our guides work very hard for tips, and you are guaranteed to have a great tour! Important note: Groups of 8 or more people are required to contact us at least 24 hours in advance and they have to pay a minimum 8 €/ person minimum fee for the tour, whether they booked as a group or separately.
Inclusions
What's included
- The booking fee is directed towards administration and does not contribute to the guide's earnings.
- booking fee
What's not
- tips to your tour guide
- Our guides depend entirely on your donations at the end of the tour.The amount is at your choice.
Itinerary
Our licensed local tour guide holding a small blue flag will meet you 20 meters from Budapest Eye on Elisabeth Square. He will introduce you the tour that combines history, architecture, public art, society, food, basic Hungarian language and what Hungarians are actually like. Your guide will show on the map and list all those iconic Budapest landmarks and off the beaten track backstreets that are scheduled in the tour.
You will learn about the largest church in Budapest -seating 8500 people-, about its architecture that is much like Budapest itself, marked by different periods of splendor. You will also see beautiful houses at this pedestrianized space and much more. This tour does not enter the Basilica.
Public art about fat policemen with shiny belly. You will learn about the Hungarian culinary art, the history of cooking, what to eat in Budapest and how to avoid the tourist traps.
You will learn about the most Hungarian Habsburg and will see the world’s most prestigious hand-painted porcelains called Herendi and beautifully glazed colorful ceramic masterpieces called Zsolnay.
This great park area for people watching is located at the end of the famous pedestrian street Vaci utca. This is where the second oldest underground in the world has built one of its terminals. We introduce you to neo-classical-style buildings the posh Gerbaud café and tell you what Hungarians are like. You will also learn about the Christmas markets and traditions in Budapest.
We show you the first non-Communist statue in Budapest, the most panoramic tramline in Central Europe, the main riverside buildings, the wonderful view of the Castle Hill including Matthias Church, Fisherman’s Bastion, Buda Castle, and Gellert Hill with Citadel. Majority of the above sights are listed on UNESCO World' s Heritage List of Sights.
We stopping here for making a secret wish while touching the shiny knees of the Little Princess Statue.
This is the place where Franz Joseph’s and Sissy's coronation banquette was held in the XIX century and where the most outstanding Central European musicians like Franz Liszt, Debussy and Brahms were playing.
We have a short stop here to learn about the history of Pest and Buda told through the story of the Chain Bridge the first permanent bridge built in the city.
We show you this exceptional secessionist building built in the golden age of Budapest at the turn of the century and speak about the history and major ornaments of Art Nouveau style.
We teach you some Hungarian words and phrases to impress your friends and tell you why Hungary has the largest Noble- Prize Awards per capita. You will also learn about the most famous people of Hungarian origin and those Hungarian inventions that you would miss in your everyday life.
These 60 pairs of shoes were placed on the stretch of the riverside to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Holocaust. We speak about WWII history, the deportations, and the recent history of the Hungarian Jewish people. We ask you to close your eyes and imagine those individuals who died here from synagouge goers to assimilated Jewish people, from dignified grandmothers to blonde and brunette grandchildren, from factory workers to factory owners.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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5Tour guide was very...
Tour guide was very knowledgable. Tour was exactly what we needed - insights into the sights! Would highly recommend it.
5Excellent
Excellent tour. Andy was very knowledgeable and humorous.
5Excellent Walking Tour led by Sophia
Took the walking tour today and Sophia was excellent, showed us the best sites of Budapest and was funny and engaging. Highly recommended if you are new to Budapest like we were.
5The walking tour was a...
The walking tour was a great way to learn more about Budapest. Our guide was knowledgeable and engaging, and the two-hour duration was just right for getting a good feel for the city.
5Definitely a tour not to be missed
Really worth while, great guide Rita. Took us round the different main sites and explained as we went. Some interesting facts, very easy to listen to and she was extremely knowledgeable and welcoming for questions. Would certainly recommend this tour and have now booked others with the same tour company. A great way to explore and gain some knowledge whilst visiting Budapest for a few days.
4Well worth it!
Guide was knowledgeable and engaging. She shared history and personal favourites.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- We’ll meet about 15 meters from the Budapest Eye Ferris Wheel cashier, right next to the Danubius Fountain—the one with the muscular six-pack figure on top and three ladies around the sides. The area can get quite busy, so to make us easy to spot, your tour guide will be holding a small blue flag.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 30 travellers
- Operated by
- Triptobudapest.hu - Free Budapest Walking Tours
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Budapest
- Its from-price is 98% below the median of the 1255 experiences we list in Budapest.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 5 of 1255.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Budapest
Budapest joins hilly Buda and flat Pest across the Danube, a grand capital of thermal baths, riverside palaces and lively ruin bars.
On the Buda side, Castle Hill holds Buda Castle, the Matthias Church and the white turrets of Fishermen's Bastion, all looking down on the river. The Chain Bridge crosses to Pest, where the Hungarian Parliament Building stretches along the bank and St Stephen's Basilica rises a few streets inland. Gellért Hill and its Citadella give the widest views.
Top-ranked sights in Budapest: House of Parliament (Országház), Buda Castle (Budai Vár), Chain Bridge (Széchenyi Lanchid) .
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