Your tour begins with a glimpse into the State Opera House, followed by a stroll along the decorated Andrássy Avenue Budapest's Christmas fairs have been chosen as the best in Europe for several years, thanks to their focus on handcrafted products from local artisans and small manufacturers. Your guide will show you around City Hall Courtyard, where you can admire the ice skating rink and visit charity points that showcase how Hungarians donate to people in need during the Christmas season. Strolling along Fashion Street, you'll reach the first market at Vörösmarty Square, where you can enjoy the famous chimney cake and warm up with a cup of mulled wine. Along the Danube, you'll take in breathtaking views of the Buda Castle District and Matthias Church before arriving at St. Stephen's Basilica, home to Budapest's largest illuminated Christmas market. Your guide will then lead you inside this magnificent Roman Catholic church for a tour. The tour concludes in front of the Basilica
Out at sunset: the 3:00 PM departure is under way when the sun sets, around 4:35 PM in the coming weeks.
In demand: 30 of the next 30 departures are already sold out.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 14.
Your tour begins with a glimpse into the foyer of the magnificent State Opera House
Stroll along the decorated Andrássy Avenue—Hungary's Champs-Élysées and hear about noble families who lived here
Walk through Erzsebet Square
Walk on the famous shopping streeet
Visit to the beautiful Christmas Market
The tour concludes on the square
You will stop at the river Danube, where your guide will tell you about the times the river was almost constantly frozen on Winter times.
Take a photo at the Little Princess statue with beautiful backgrounds of the Buda Castle District.
Pass the oldest bridge of the downtown and learn about its history
Walk along the Danube Corso and enjoy views of the Buda Castle District, Matthias Church on the way.
Guided tour in the Church
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Budapest Christmas Walking Tour & Entry to St Stephen's Basilica lasts about 2h 30min. The itinerary has 11 stops.
Prices start at $101 per person for this Budapest experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day, starting at 3:00 PM.
Children aged 3–12 pay from $51, adults from $101.
It can: 30 of the next 30 departures are already sold out, so booking ahead is a good idea.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is Meet your guide IN FRONT OF the Hungarian State Opera House on the stairs. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 10 participants.
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 4.4 out of 5 across 20 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Absolute Tours.
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Budapest is definitely the best place for beautiful christmas market experience! And the mulled wine in Hungary is just something different than anywhere else. We loved this tour!
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a 5-star review and we are happy that you enjoyed the tour with us.
The Guide, a young girl, was amazing! She shared so much knowledge and was so nice and also fun. The tour had great stops and included mulled wine, chimney cake and entrance into the Basilica! She, the guide, also gave us a lot of good recommendations!
Thanks so much Anita for taking the time to leave us a 5-star rating of our Christmas Market Walking Tour – it’s much appreciated! We’re glad that you enjoyed your experience with Virag. Hope to see you in Budapest again.
A great 2.5 hours! Basilica was really interesting and our guide adapted to our group by telling us more about the history of the city while we walked around. Highly recommended!
Not only did our guide not show up, but they told us they weren't even aware of that tour.
Hello, Please note that the tour you booked is not provided by our company. Based on the voucher you attached this is a tour leaving from Deak Square at 2pm, our tour leaves from our office located behind Opera House at 2.30pm and if you booked with us, you could meet your guide here. Please, post it to the right site and remove it from our site.
Very nice and well structured markets. The food area excels over everything. Interesting craftsmanship but not cheap prices. The craft part was discontinued on the morning of December 31 to make room for the celebrations, in my opinion modest and contained compared to what I would have expected after reading various reviews on the web.
Thank you for your feedback Michele. We're happy to see that you enjoyed the Chirtmas market in Budapest. Hope to see you again soon (maybe in summer time too:)).
Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and was able to provide us with great conversation while wine tasting.
Christina could not have been better. Very knowledgeable and impeccable English. The Christmas markets may be the best in Europe.
Thank you for getting back to us John. It’s delightful to see that you enjoyed your Budapest private tour with Christina. Hope you will join us in Prague and Krakow too.
My wife and I took this fantastic tour on our second day in Budapest on the 6th December , which happened to be Santa Claus day in Hungary. Christine was our guide and she was the most fantastic tour guide ever! She told us lots about the history of the country, the city, the economics and culture, and most especially about Christmas celebrations and traditions in Hungary. The tour starts behind the Opera House in the office of Absolute Tour company. We visited the splendid St Stephens Basilica first and then as we wandered round our first market, Christine pointed out all the different types of Hungarian food and drink. We were able to sample chimney cake. We then visited a very cosy classic old strudel bakery and we sampled all sorts of different types of strudel, and we saw it being made, and we also tasted 3 local wines, all included in the price. After that it was dark outside so all the festive lights were on, and our next markets on the tour were various stalls of handicrafts and mulled wine, where Christine bought us some hot spiced tea and mulled wine. Christine was such a great guide, we just can't praise her enough, we learnt so much and had the best time ever ! Do this tour and then you will have a lot more knowledge and confidence as you tour the Christmas market stalls by yourself afterwards. I definitely recommend.
Thank you very much for sharing your experiences with us. We are delighted that you enjoyed your stay in Budapest and could learn much about its sights with Christine. Please, don’t hesitate to visit us in Prague and Krakow too.
I had a wonderful time on this Christmas market tour. Edit told me fascinating new facts about the Basilica, we listened to a concert inside, and looked at the beautiful building. We went to a nice little restaurant where we had dessert and 3 types of wine. We also walked to Vorosmarty Ter and saw the lovely markets there. At the end, she gave me a great recommendation for dinner. The whole evening was so fun and informative. I highly recommend this tour and Edit as a guide!
<p>This tour was GREAT! Our young tour guide was just so sweet, knowledgeable, and nice, Kriszti Kovcs. Ask for her if you can The wine was good and the desert was nice. The Christmas market is so beautiful. We learned a lot and had a great time!</p>
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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