Welcome to Budapest Walking Tour

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Duration:2 hours (approx.)
Location: Budapest, Hungary

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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.

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Our licensed local tour guide dressed in royal blue uniform shirt,hoody or rain coat 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.
2. St. Stephen's Basilica (Szent Istvan Bazilika)
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.
3. St. Stephen's Square
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.
4. Jozsef Nador Ter
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.
5. Vorosmarty Square (Vorosmarty ter)
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.
6. Korzo - Danube Embankment (Dunakorzo)
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.
7. Little Princess Statue
We stopping here for making a secret wish while touching the shiny knees of the Little Princess Statue.
8. Vigado Square (Vigado ter)
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.
9. Szechenyi Lanchid
The Chain Bridge is under construction until 2023. 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.
10. Gresham Palace
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.
11. Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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.
12. Shoes on the Danube Bank
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.
13. Hungarian Parliament Building
You will learn about our recent history, elections and we also speak about the neo-gothic architecture of this harmonically beautiful building. This is the final stop of our walking tour, we provide you with useful recommendations about restaurants, nightlife or what to do on your next days and there is a final orientation as well.

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Posted By : kristinp68
Excellent guide, shout out to Boulash for a good paced, informative tour which we enjoyed very much. The tour gives you a good overview of sights you may want to come back and visit in detail.
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Posted On : 2024-06-30 07:25:51

Posted By : JENNISTRAVELS
After a late arrival to the city last night it was great to begin our first day on this walking tour. Balaza was a perfect guide showing us some great sites around the city with some humor. Would highly recommend.
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Posted On : 2024-06-30 06:39:21

Posted By : Tour789860
This was an amazing tour!!! Our tour guide Bolazs was so so good and hilarious, he made the tour very interesting and fun. Would defo recommend
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Posted On : 2024-06-30 06:34:56

Posted By : 118pardeeps
Definately worth it. We had a nice tour with Eszter. Eszter did wonderful job. I would highly recommend it to everyone..
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Posted On : 2024-06-29 13:17:12

Posted By : k8lyn7
Such a great tour, filled with key information about the history of the country and city itself! Our tour guide Emma was funny and helpful throughout the tour, would definitely recommend!
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Posted On : 2024-06-29 06:39:49

Posted By : olliev182
The tour was very engaging and interesting In spite of being during a heat wave. The guide, Bolage/Goulash, was informative and fun. 10/10 would recommend.
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Posted On : 2024-06-29 06:25:06

Posted By : Sarah_M
Boulash was an amazing tour guide who is passionate about what he does.The tour was very informative and full of fun. Definitely recommend it.
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Posted On : 2024-06-29 02:46:24

Posted By : 744martc
Very interesting tour to get a first impression of Pest and Budapest's history. Veryvnoce guide Emmy. Highley reccomend!
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Posted On : 2024-06-26 15:24:10

Posted By : Mohamed_N
The tour was pretty good and Gulasch 😁 was very nice with his jokes .. he told us the history with a very nice and amusing way. I’d totally recommend it.
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Posted On : 2024-06-26 08:46:42

Posted By : 705yasnah
The tour was better than expected. Emi (our guide) was very knowledgeable and quite funny. This was a brilliant overview of the history and the stops on the Pest side were really interesting. I hughly recommend
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Posted On : 2024-06-25 04:24:31