Private Downtown Pest Walking Tour

5.0 (5 reviews) Budapest, Hungary
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Duration3h
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish
Private tourOnly your group will participate
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

Spend 3-hours walking through Pest, Budapest's lively downtown area on the east bank of the Danube River. Explore the architectural beauty and rich history of the city. 

Your private guide will share cultural insights and knowledge about the city's most loved and historic buildings. Explore extravagant palaces built for the stock exchange and banks, the city's immense basilica, an impressive new synagogue, the Andrassy út – an elegant boulevard modelled after the Champs Elysée in Paris, the first subway on the European continent, the Opera House, a river promenade, theatres, and city parks.

What's included

  • 3-hour guided walk through Downtown Budapest
  • Professional guide
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities

What to expect

  1. Great / Central Synagogue (Nagy Zsinagoga)
    10m
    This ornate synagogue is the second largest in the world and a testament to the vitality of Budapest's Jewish community in the 19th Century.
  2. Hungarian Parliament Building
    20m
    The monumental Parliament at Kossuth Square, the most expensive structure ever built in Hungary at its inauguration, is the symbol of Budapest’s rise in the 19th century.
  3. Heroes' Square
    20m
    This iconic statue complex features the Seven chieftains of the Magyars and other important Hungarian national leaders.
  4. Andrassy Avenue
    30m
    This noble avenue was Budapest's answer to Paris's Champs-Élysées in the 19th century, a statement of the Hungarian capitals increasing sophistication and affluence.
  5. Ronald Reagan Statue
    10m
    Lean about the Ronald Reagan statue and the Hungarian sense of obligation to this US president for his efforts to bring down the Iron Curtain.
  6. Kossuth Lajos Square
    20m
    Take in the monumental Parliament at Kossuth Square, the most expensive structure ever built in Hungary at its inauguration.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point
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Please meet your guide outside Café Smúz, Kossuth Lajos tér 18, Budapest, 1055, Hungary.

End point
Pickup details

Unless hotel pick up has been arranged, please meet your guide 15 minutes before start time at the default meeting point, Café Smúz, Kossuth Lajos tér 18, Budapest, 1055, Hungary.

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Your tour guides are professors, doctoral students, historians, journalists and passionate hosts and storytellers. We thrive on helping travelers explore our cities.

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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