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Budapest City Landmarks Walking Tour in 2 Hours
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Budapest
Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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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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 har...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
The booking fee is directed towards administration and does not contribute to the guide's earnings.
booking fee
tips to your tour guide
Our guides depend entirely on your donations at the end of the tour.The amount is at your choice.
Meeting Points
Departure
Ferris Wheel of Budapest
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.
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Hungarian Parliament Building
Budapest City Landmarks Walking Tour in 2 Hours
(2201) Reviews
Budapest
About
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 har...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
The booking fee is directed towards administration and does not contribute to the guide's earnings.
booking fee
tips to your tour guide
Our guides depend entirely on your donations at the end of the tour.The amount is at your choice.
Meeting Points
Departure
Ferris Wheel of Budapest
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.
Return
Hungarian Parliament Building
Itinerary
1
Elizabeth Square
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.
15 minutes
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.
8 minutes
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.
10 minutes
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.
8 minutes
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.
You will also learn about the Christmas markets and traditions in Budapest.
5 minutes
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.
10 minutes
7
Little Princess Statue
We stopping here for making a secret wish while touching the shiny knees of the Little Princess Statue.
2 minutes
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.
2 minutes
9
Szechenyi Lanchid
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.
5 minutes
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.
8 minutes
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.
8 minutes
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.
8 minutes
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.