Complete Budapest - Full Day Private Tour with Lunch (8hr)

Name: Complete Budapest - Full Day Private Tour with Lunch (8hr)
Brand: Tabl
SKU: 760A4F
Price: 308.00 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)

8 hours

Group

English

What you’ll do

Get acquainted with Budapest’s highlights—and enjoy an intimate way to explore the city—on this private, full-day tour. Meet your guide at your Budapest hotel, and set off on foot and via public transportation. You’ll discover many of the city’s key landmarks and will admire its wealth of art nouveau architecture. Following breaks for coffee and lunch, you’ll venture to District VII: the city’s historical Jewish District, and now one of its trendiest neighborhoods. Finish the tour with a stop at a distinctive ruin bar.

Highlights

A private tour gives you the freedom to explore Budapest at your own pace
Try traditional Hungarian dishes during stops for pastries and lunch
Follow your guide to the city’s key landmarks, and learn about its history
Visit District VII, and discover the city’s vibrant ruin bar scene

Itinerary

This is a possible meeting place if you would prefer it to hotel pick-up.

The Great Market Hall or Central Market Hall (Hungarian "Nagyvásárcsarnok") is the largest and oldest indoor market in Budapest, Hungary.

Two floors are covered with every imaginable type of food, including Hungarian specialities you won't find elsewhere. On the top floor are literally thousands of quality craft items you could buy as souvenirs - at better prices than you'll find in the tourist shops.

The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Designed by the English engineer William Tierney Clark and built by the Scottish engineer Adam Clark, in 1849.

Castle Hill is a kilometre-long limestone plateau towering 170m above the Danube. It contains some of Budapest’s most important medieval monuments and museums and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Below it is a 28km-long network of caves formed by thermal springs.

We will walk around the castle district taking in the Matthias Coronation Church, the Fishermen's Bastion - with its unrivalled views across the Danube to Pest - and the many noteworthy buildings in this special area.

The Hungarian Parliament Building (Hungarian: Országház, pronounced) , which translates to House of the Country or House of the Nation, also known as the Parliament of Budapest after its location, is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination in Budapest.

We will walk around the outside of the building taking in the most important statues and discussing what makes this building unique.

This breathtaking building on Hold utca is one of the greatest examples of Secession artwork in the whole city. It was designed by famous secessionist artist Ödon Lechner in 1901. It is an extravaganza of colourful tiles and folk motifs.

St. Stephen's Basilica is a Roman Catholic basilica in Budapest, Hungary. It is named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary, whose supposed right hand is housed in the reliquary. It was the sixth largest church building in Hungary before 1920.

Andrássy Avenue is a boulevard in Budapest, Hungary, dating back to 1872. Lined with spectacular Neo-renaissance mansions and townhouses featuring fine facades and interiors, it was recognised as a World Heritage Site in 2002. It is also one of Budapest's main shopping streets, with fine cafes, restaurants, theatres, Embassies and luxury boutiques.

We will walk along this impressive avenue, pointing out the many stunning buildings it houses - some which played an important historical role, some which had famous occupants, and some with dark secrets.

Heroes' Square is one of the major squares in Budapest, Hungary, noted for its iconic statue complex featuring the Seven chieftains of the Magyars and other important Hungarian national leaders, as well as the Memorial Stone of Heroes, often erroneously referred as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

We will look at these statues and also take in the impressive art galleries and other significant buildings round this square.

The first trees and planned walkways were established in 1751 , but the public park was only created in the first decades of the 19th century, when the present-day name, "Városliget" was accepted and it became one of the first public parks in the world.

We will look at the beautiful skating rink/ boating lake overlooked by the Vajdahunyad Castle, as well as other buildings which make this area so visited by Hungarians and tourists alike.

The streets of District VII closest to the city centre have been home to the religious centres of Orthodox Jews of Budapest since the 19th century.

We will walk the streets of the old ghetto area, learning about the fate of Hungarian Jewry in the war years, taking in the synagogues, the old ghetto wall, and mentioning some important people who helped the escape of Jews, as well as discussing their present-day situation in Hungary today.