Downtown Budapest 3-Hour Small Group Tour with a Historian

This tour takes you through Pest, the busy and lively centre of Budapest on the east bank of the river Danube. In the second half of the 19th century, Budapest become the opulent political, financial and religious centre of the newborn Hungarian nation.

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Stop At: Great / Central Synagogue (Nagy Zsinagoga), Dohany utca 2-8, Budapest 1074 Hungary

This ornate synagogue is the second largest in the world and a testament to the vitality of Budapest's Jewish community in the 19th Century.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Hungarian Parliament Building, Kossuth Ter 1-3, Budapest 1055 Hungary

The monumental Parliament at Kossuth Square, the most expensive structure ever built in Hungary at its inauguration, is the symbol of Budapest’s rise in the 19th century.

Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: St. Stephen's Basilica (Szent Istvan Bazilika), Szent Istvan ter 1, Budapest 1051 Hungary

Built between 1851 and 1905, this revered neoclassical church accommodates 8,500 people and and contains Hungary's most revered Catholic relic: the mummified right hand of the church’s patron, King St Stephen.

Stop At: Heroes' Square, Andrassy Avenue Next to City Park in the VI. District, Budapest 1062 Hungary

This iconic statue complex features the Seven chieftains of the Magyars and other important Hungarian national leaders.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Andrassy Avenue, Andrassy ut, Budapest 1061 Hungary

This noble avenue was Budapest's answer to Paris's Champs-Élysées in the 19th century, a statement of the Hungarian capitals increasing sophistication and affluence.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Ronald Reagan Statue, Liberty Square, Budapest Hungary

Learn about the Hungarian sense of obligation to this US president, Ronald Reagan, for his efforts to bring down the Iron Curtain and the creation of this memorial.

Duration: 10 minutes