Private Downtown Pest Walking Tour with Historian

Spend 3-hours walking through Pest, Budapest's lively downtown area on the east bank of the Danube River. Explore the architectural beauty and rich history of the city. 

Your private guide will share cultural insights and knowledge about the city's most loved and historic buildings. Explore extravagant palaces built for the stock exchange and banks, the city's immense basilica, an impressive new synagogue, the Andrassy út – an elegant boulevard modelled after the Champs Elysée in Paris, the first subway on the European continent, the Opera House, a river promenade, theatres, and city parks.

Itinerary
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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

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

Lean about the Ronald Reagan statue and the Hungarian sense of obligation to this US president for his efforts to bring down the Iron Curtain.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Kossuth Lajos Square, Budapest Hungary

Take in the monumental Parliament at Kossuth Square, the most expensive structure ever built in Hungary at its inauguration.

Duration: 20 minutes