Budapest Historical Sightseeing - Free Walking Tour
This walking tour covers all the major historical sites and attractions of Budapest. Explore and gain a historical understanding which covers 50 points of historical interest.
The tour will give you the chance to view, explore, and gain a historical and cultural understanding of the country. The tour covers 50 points of interest. The tour gives an introduction to the arrival of the first Magyar tribes, the Ottomans, the Hapsburg Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, WW1, WW2, The Soviet Occupation, and life in current-day Hungary. Complete with recommendations for the best bars, restaurants, spas, and cultural spots in the city.
You can tip the guides as little or much as you wish depending on the experience. There is a booking fee payable to trip adviser.
Our tours are fast-moving and our guides are professional historians. We also keep our tour groups small, below 25 people, to allow you to hear and see the guide easily and to have plenty of time to ask questions.
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Budapest Historical Sightseeing - Walking Tour
What's included in Budapest Historical Sightseeing - Free Walking Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Kalvin Square
Meet the your guide at 12 Kalvin ter. Our guides are dressed in yellow. The square is French Protestant Reformer John Calvin. the area has places to sit and shelter from the elements.
Hungarian National Museum
Stand in the gardens of the National Museum: -See the statue of the mythical turul bird. -Learn about the museum, its collections, and its founder. -Hear about the 1948 uprising. -Discover the secrets of the notorious viii district, once home to grand palaces.
Stand in the courtyard of Miklós Ybl's unique creation of mixing many styles: Byzantine, Gothic, Moorish, Renaissance, and Romantic elements, all make up the glory of this fading palace.
Inclusions
- In-person guide
- A short 5min break to buy drinks and go to the toilet there is no food/drink served on this tour. Guests should pay for their own if they wish to have them.
- Cost of using a public toilet. 100huf to 500huf
- Tips for the guides.
- Guides are not able to carry guest luggage or equipment
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Not recommended for travelers whom are unable to walk 3 miles.
- We suggets bringing water to drink and sunscreen, umbrellas or warm jackets depending on the weather.
- The tour is best enjoyed by adults and children over the age of 12 years. Younger children are welcome.
- Dogs are not permitted on this tour. However guide dogs are permitted the owner must carry the dogs offical papers with them.
- Metro and bus to Kalvin ter have wheelchair access.
- Please inform us in advance if you need wheelchair access, the guide needs to make 2 slight adjustments to their route to accommodate you.
- We do not offer a hearing induction loop.
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- You'll find us outside of the OTP bank/the chemist, 12 Kalvin ter. Use metro exit b look for our guides holding yellow umbrellas!
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
Look for our guides holding yellow umbrellas with our logo on, outside OTP bank, 12-13 Kalvin ter, 1085, Budapest Hungary. Use metro exit B at Kalvin Ter (all metro exits have orange letters on them). https://maps.app.goo.gl/e3SRFgGg6zJg97ea6 The tour is in English as advertised. YOU PAY ONLY A BOOKING FEE. GUIDES WELCOME TIPS IN ANY HARD CURRECNY. Please ARRIVE ON TIME for your tour. Late arrivals are disruptive for our guides and other guests. If you are more than 10 mins late, it will not be possible for you to join the tour, however it is possible to swap the ticket free of charge and join the next available tour. If you are running late text/whasapp the guide: 0036703405060. The guide may not respond to your message immediately because they are either driving to work/taking their tour. Dress for the weather 43oc in summer to -25oc in winter.