This 3.5 hour customized walking tour takes you to the most spectacular and outstanding locations in Budapest through fascinating explorations of famous monuments and iconic neighborhoods on both sides of the Danube river, offering you an overall picture of the city.
You will discover Pest including Heroes’ Square and Vajdahunyad Castle among other sights, as well as the Castle Hill on the Buda side, starting from the Royal Palace through Fisherman’s Bastion to Matthias Church. Your personal art historian guide will introduce you to Hungarian history and architecture through a local's eyes, tailoring the tour according to your needs. You will get the chance to relax in a breathtaking historical café enjoying a refreshing drink, to enter Matthias Church and to take a ride on the Millennium Underground.
Highlights
- Family-friendly
Duration
3.5 hours
Included
- Private licenced guide
- Pick-up from your accommodation in Budapest
- Insider tips and recommendations
- A soft drink or a coffee
- Return ticket for the Millennium Underground
- Entrance fee to Matthias Church
Not Included
- Ticket for the Funicular
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Details
To start the tour, your private guide will pick you up from your accommodation or any other previously agreed location. All is flexible and customized according to your requests so the itinerary may vary according to your needs and to the meeting point. Nevertheless the tour always contains all the sights described hereby.
It is practical to begin our walk on the Pest side of the city at Heroes' Square where you will have the chance to learn about the iconic statue complex representing the most famous historical figures of Hungary thus offering a good introduction into our nation's past
Strolling around in the City Park right behind the square, you will find yourself in the courtyard of a fairy-tale like building- Vajdahunyad Castle built to display the ruling architectural styles of Hungary for the 1896 World Fair. One sight that must not be left out is Szechenyi Bath House where you will get an insight to our spa culture
To head back to downtown Pest we take the Millennium Underground, and once we have gotten off, it will be just about time to take a break in a splendid historical café for a drink and time- travel back to the turn of the 1900s. Strolling down on Andrássy Boulevard full of neo-renaissance appartment houses and high brand fashion stores, we will have a look at one of the great architectural masterpieces of Budapest- the State Opera House.
Once we have reached the end of Andrassy Boulevard, we will have arrived to St. Stephen’s Basilica, the third biggest church in the country, named after our first Christian King.
On the second leg of our program, we will cross the majestic Danube River through Chain Bridge to the Buda side. We will walk around in the Castle Hill area getting an amazing view of the Parliament on the other side and of the Buda Hills. Apart from visiting the Royal Palace and Fisherman’s Bastion our walk also offers a tour inside Matthias Church. Apart from the main sights in this district you will find the little gems of residential villas from the Medieval Times with richly ornate baroque facades. Let us show you Budapest according to our motto "My City, Your Way!"
