Great tour with Kristina. She had an extensive knowledge of the history of Hungary and local architecture.





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 hard for tips, and you are guaranteed to have a great tour! Important note: Groups of 8 or more people are required to contact us at least 24 hours in advance and they have to pay a minimum 8 €/ person minimum fee for the tour, whether they booked as a group or separately.
Out at sunset: the 4:30 PM departure is under way when the sun sets, around 5:45 PM in the coming weeks.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 8.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We stopping here for making a secret wish while touching the shiny knees of the Little Princess Statue.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Budapest City Landmarks Walking Tour in 2 Hours lasts about 2 hours. The itinerary has 13 stops.
Prices start at $3 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 10:30 AM and 4:30 PM.
Children aged 7–14 pay nothing, adults from $3. Infants go free.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is 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. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 30 participants.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Wheelchair accessible Transportation options are wheelchair accessible All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
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Great tour with Kristina. She had an extensive knowledge of the history of Hungary and local architecture.
Dora was great! So enthusiastic, generous and informative! Covered the highlights of central Pest side, but also with enough information to get a good idea of what else to explore. Tip well.
“Bolash” was a very enthusiastic and entertaining guide. Full of knowledge and had a great sense of humour. Walk was at a comfortable pace and a very informative and interesting way to see the key sights of Budapest.
Tour was a great overview of the Pest side. Glad we did the tour our first day to get an idea of what we wanted to see further. Tour guide was very good and did a great job!
Our guide Kristina was good, knowledgeable. However, the itinerary that was advertised was not exactly as delivered, which was disappointing.
Our guide Julia was amazing - she asked what we’d like to see and she incorporated our request into an informative two hour walking tour providing just the right amount of historical context to appreciate the many landmarks in Budapest.
Very knowledgeable guide. Recommended
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Sophia was great, informative, friendly and funny. She did a great job considering the size of the group. My only negative was that with a group of that size (30+) it was often hard to hear Sophia but she certainly did a great job regardless.
Thank you for the lovely review! We’re delighted that Sophia made the tour informative, friendly, and fun despite the size of the group. We understand that larger groups can sometimes make it harder to hear, and we appreciate your understanding and kind words about Sophia!
Sophie was very good. My only comments are: When we ended the tour at the Parliament building it was starting to get dark, and it would have been helpful to get directions on how to get back to where we started or to the town centre. The tour was 2 hours, so being elderly, it would have been helpful for a toilet break somewhere. When the tour ended I did ask Sophie where the nearest toilets were and she pointed to where the Visitor Centre was, but when I got there it was closed, leading to me searching for a toilet in an area I was unfamiliar with.
Thank you for taking the time to share your detailed feedback. We’re glad you enjoyed the tour with Sophie, and we appreciate you pointing out these practical aspects as well. Our tours do involve around two hours of walking, and we understand that a longer tour without a planned toilet stop can be challenging for some guests. We’ll certainly keep this in mind when guiding future groups. We’re also sorry that the Visitor Centre was already closed when you went there — Sophie was trying to point you towards the nearest available facility, but we understand how frustrating it must have been to arrive and find it closed. We hope you still had a wonderful time discovering Budapest, and thank you again for your constructive feedback.
Great way to see and learn a little about Budapest our guide was Dora who was very informative about Hungarian history and of buildings and monument that we pat during our 2½ hour walk
Thank you for the lovely review! We’re delighted that Dora gave you such an interesting introduction to Budapest and its history. We truly appreciate your kind words!
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