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A Journey through Jewish Budapest - Walking Tour
(16) Reviews
VII. kerület
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Please note that visitors to the Dohány and Kazinczy Synagogues are requested to have their shoulders and knees covered.
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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This 3-hour Jewish Budapest tour follows the varied history of a thriving Jewish community that made up nearly one-fourth of the Hungarian capital’s population before WWII. While exploring Budapest’s Jewish District, our Jewish Studies scholar guide will explain how from the 18th century, Budapest’s Jews played a profound role in the social and economic modernization of the city. As we consider the essential cultural contributions of Budapest’s Jewish citizens, we also reflect on their harrowing persecution, culminating in 20th-century genocide in the Holocaust. As we pass by kosher pastry shops and restaurants, we will ponder the ways the community and its culture are being revitalized toda...
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
3-hour guided walking tour
Historian guide
Food and drinks
Dohány Synagogue, Rumbach Street Synagogue, & Kazincky Street Synagogue Tickets
Meeting Points
Departure
Kamara Café
A cafe right opposite the Great Synagogue. You will recieve your guide's photo, phone and bio after booking.
Return
Shoes on the Danube Bank
The Shoes on the Danube Bank is a memorial erected on April 16 2005 to honour the Jews who were massacred during WWII. They were ordered to take off their shoes, and were shot at the edge of the water.
A Journey through Jewish Budapest - Walking Tour
(16) Reviews
VII. kerület
About
This 3-hour Jewish Budapest tour follows the varied history of a thriving Jewish community that made up nearly one-fourth of the Hungarian capital’s population before WWII. While exploring Budapest’s Jewish District, our Jewish Studies scholar guide will explain how from the 18th century, Budapest’s Jews played a profound role in the social and economic modernization of the city. As we consider the essential cultural contributions of Budapest’s Jewish citizens, we also reflect on their harrowing persecution, culminating in 20th-century genocide in the Holocaust. As we pass by kosher pastry shops and restaurants, we will ponder the ways the community and its culture are being revitalized toda...
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
3-hour guided walking tour
Historian guide
Food and drinks
Dohány Synagogue, Rumbach Street Synagogue, & Kazincky Street Synagogue Tickets
Meeting Points
Departure
Kamara Café
A cafe right opposite the Great Synagogue. You will recieve your guide's photo, phone and bio after booking.
Return
Shoes on the Danube Bank
The Shoes on the Danube Bank is a memorial erected on April 16 2005 to honour the Jews who were massacred during WWII. They were ordered to take off their shoes, and were shot at the edge of the water.
Itinerary
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Great / Central Synagogue (Nagy Zsinagoga)
Explore the Dohány Street Synagogue, the largest temple in Europe, with the assistance of a Jewish Studies Scholar. Take in the lavish, Moorish Revival style before visiting the Temple of Heroes, the Jewish Museum, and a Memorial Park, all within the complex.
30 minutes
2
Kazinczy Street Synagogue
Walk to the neighboring Ghetto Wall Memorial, erected in 2014, before passing a luxurious Mikve (or Jewish ritual bath) and continuing to the Art Nouveau orthodox synagogue on Kazinczy Street. We visit the interior of the synagogue when open to the public.
35 minutes
3
Rumbach Street Synagogue
Discover the history of the Status Quo Ante stream of Judaism while observing the Rumbach Street Synagogue. We visit the interior of the synagogue when open to the public.
25 minutes
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Shoes on the Danube Bank
Conclude paying our rspects at the Shoes on the Danube Bank, a memorial erected on April 16 2005, to honour the Jews who were massacred here during WWII. They were ordered to take off their shoes, and were shot at the edge of the water so that their bodies fell into the river and were carried away. It represents their shoes left behind on the bank.
