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Budapest Dohany, Heroes', Rumbach synagogues & Jewish Ghetto Tour
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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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Pay for the synagogues' admission tickets only and enjoy a free, complex tour of about 2.5 hours with experts. Your Budapest experience must include the Jewish district - the former Ghetto area. We have been on a mission to passionately help visitors learn about the Hungarian Jewish history, culture and heritage for over 25 years now. On this tour we present Europe's largest synagogue the Dohany, the Heroes' Temple synagogue and the recently renovated magnificent Rumbach synagogue from inside, while we stroll along the streets of the former Budapest Ghetto and learn about Righteous Gentiles who helped save many lives during the dark times of the Hungarian Holocaust and Jewish life in Budapes...
Highlights
2 hours and 20 minutes
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 20 minutes
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
All Fees and Taxes
Gratuities
Meeting Points
Departure
Dohány u. 2
Meet the coordinator/guide with a blue flag/umbrella in front of the Security Entrance before the Ticket Office lane.
Return
Budapest Dohany, Heroes', Rumbach synagogues & Jewish Ghetto Tour
(233) Reviews
Budapest
About
Pay for the synagogues' admission tickets only and enjoy a free, complex tour of about 2.5 hours with experts. Your Budapest experience must include the Jewish district - the former Ghetto area. We have been on a mission to passionately help visitors learn about the Hungarian Jewish history, culture and heritage for over 25 years now. On this tour we present Europe's largest synagogue the Dohany, the Heroes' Temple synagogue and the recently renovated magnificent Rumbach synagogue from inside, while we stroll along the streets of the former Budapest Ghetto and learn about Righteous Gentiles who helped save many lives during the dark times of the Hungarian Holocaust and Jewish life in Budapes...
Highlights
2 hours and 20 minutes
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 20 minutes
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
All Fees and Taxes
Gratuities
Meeting Points
Departure
Dohány u. 2
Meet the coordinator/guide with a blue flag/umbrella in front of the Security Entrance before the Ticket Office lane.
Return
Itinerary
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Great / Central Synagogue (Nagy Zsinagoga)
Visit the largest Jewish temple of Europe, learn about the Hungarian Neologue Jewish Community and the history of the Hungarian Jewry.
See the spectacular architectural masterpiece of the 1850's Budapest and admire the organ played by Franz Liszt as well.
30 minutes
2
Raoul Wallenberg Holocaust Memorial Park
Learn about the Hungarian Holocaust and the Righteous Gentiles who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews risking their own lives.
Visit the Emmanuel Tree of Life Memorial.
Visit the Holocaust Cemetery created on the territory of the Budapest ghetto, the resting place of more than 2000 victims.
20 minutes
3
Rumbach Street Synagogue
The Rumbach Synagogue is a remarkable masterpiece of the Viennese architect Otto Wagner from 1872. The synagogue has recently reopened after many years of renovations. It is a spectacular Moorish building, a true hidden treasure of the Budapest Jewish district, a breath-taking building to visit along the streets of the former Budapest Ghetto.
45 minutes
4
Kiraly Street
The Kiraly street was the high street of Pest in the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. As a commercial and trade center it became the cradle of Jewish life in Pest. Today it is bustling with commercial and cultural life again.
10 minutes
5
Gozsdu Udvar
This is the most colorful spot in the Jewish district, the location of entertainment and cultural life. In the past this place housed kosher salami stores, food stores as well as apartments. Today you can meet here local Jewish artists, local artisan and antique products or eat and drink with friends.
10 minutes
6
Carl Lutz Memorial
Meet one of the brave Righteous Gentiles who risked his own life to save thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.
5 minutes
7
Spinoza Szinhaz
See the restaurant, gallery, cultural stage and theatre named after the Jewish Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Sephardi origin, who was an early representative of the Enlightenment in the 17th century.
5 minutes
8
Dob u. 22
See one of the best known places in Budapest for kosher flodni, the most delicious Hungarian Jewish cake.
9
Dob Street
The street running parallel to Kiraly was the central street of the Jewish district of Pest. It also ran in the center of the Budapest ghetto. Today again this is the scene of the revival of Jewish life in Budapest and Hungarian Jewish orthodoxy.
10 minutes
10
Kazinczy Street Synagogue
The Kazinczy street is called today the cultural street of Budapest. It is full of ruin pubs but also the Hungarian Orthodox Jewish Center is here, with a synagogue, a mikveh, Kosher restaurants and cafes, schools, butchery, Kosher food stores and a lot more.
Admire the architectural beauty of the early 20th century Art Noveau - called Secession in Budapest - architecture. The Orthodox synagogue serves the Hungarian traditional Orthodox Jewish Community.