Private Downtown Pest Walking Tour

5.0
(5 reviews)

3 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

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

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
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.

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Meeting point
Budapest

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

End point
Budapest

Itinerary

Duration: 3 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Great / Central Synagogue (Nagy Zsinagoga)

    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.

    10 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Hungarian Parliament Building

    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.

    20 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Heroes' Square

    This iconic statue complex features the Seven chieftains of the Magyars and other important Hungarian national leaders.

    20 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Andrassy Avenue

    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.

    30 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 5

    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.

    10 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Kossuth Lajos Square

    Take in the monumental Parliament at Kossuth Square, the most expensive structure ever built in Hungary at its inauguration.

    20 minutes Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • 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.
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Half-day Tours
Private Sightseeing Tours
Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
Walking Tours
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Cancellation Policy

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

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