Buda Castle District Dark History, Legends and Vampire Night Tour
Overview
Available languages
1 hour 50 minutes
Mobile ticket
With Mysterium Tours®, spend approx. 2-hours exploring the exterior of the Buda castle district by night and listen to gruesome historical facts and the bloody side of Hungarian history in the XV-XVII century, and learn the myths of Vlad Dracula and the blood countess Elizabeth Báthory. Finally your Storyteller will tell you Hungarian folktales and vampire stories of the 19° century.
Away from the crowds of Pest, this informative and entertaining tour, guided by a professional actor in period costume, takes you to some of the charming, magical places of the city: the Buda castle courts.
This activity is an immersive storytelling experiences about legends, dark medieval history, tales and folklore.
The tour is more ideal for adults and youth. If you wish to bring your children, they can go for free (up to 6 years old).
Also note this tour starts from the bottom and temporarily includes a stairway leading up the castle district.
Additional Info
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Not recommended for small children
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Turul Bird Statue
Visiting one of the most beautiful lookout to the Danube river while stopping and listening to histories of old Hungary.
Prince Eugene of Savoy's Equestrian Statue
We’ll stop at the majestic terrace with the equestrian statue of prince Eugene of Savoy, one of the most successful military commanders in modern European history. You will listen to more histories while taking the possibility to take photos from the top of the hill.
What‘s Included
Guided tour in English or Spanish
Local professional actor guide in historical outfit
Coffee and/or Tea
Snacks
Admission tickets to attractions
Options
Tour in Spanish
Tour in English
Reviews
1,209 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
brilliant!
suzanne m,,Dec 21, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00absolutely the best thing we did there and funnily enough the least expensive!! the girl was excellent who took us on the tour. only thing you need to know is there are a lot of steps though!
Great fun well worth the...
Valerie B,,Dec 19, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Great fun well worth the money. Our guide played the role with great enthusiasm and was very well informed.
Unforgettable Budapest night tour
beauw162,,Dec 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Absolutely amazing our guide virag was truly great at giving you an image of the stories she describes, very engaging, as well as considerate to the more elderly crowd making sure they were comfortable and moving at a manageable pace, overall very enthusiastic about the entire tour. I would advise bringing a coat and some warm clothes as it can get quite cold, and prepare to walk up quite a few stairs. For the price the length of the tour was was long around 2 hours and I was soo engaged it seemed to fly by, I would highly recommend for those who enjoy historical stories and unsolved mysteries Truly an unforgettable experience that was one of the highlights of my trip very helpful to have such a great guide
Virag mean flower in Hungarian excellent tour guide.
226masonw,,Dec 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The tour was amazing, Virag which means flower in Hungarian was an amazing tour guide, very friendly and very well knowledgeable, also made sure she was loud enough for our big group of strangers to hear well (Being partly deaf wearing one hearing aid) I heard everything she said. If you get her you're in for a very good tour. Money well spent. Is abit of walk up stairs towards the castle but she made sure noone was left behind being very patience and even gave us time to take pictures. Wanting to know the history of Budapest this is the tour you need to do.
Great stories of history and vampires
Don O,,Dec 18, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Our guide (Flower) was awesome here knowledge and how she told the story was great. We do these around the world and she was the best
Fantastic couple of hours...
Michael W,,Dec 16, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Fantastic couple of hours with our guide Bernadette. Glimpse into the story of Buda castle and vampires. Cold dry night when we were there so wear plenty of layers
Fantastic tales from an interesting time in Hungarian history
Natalie P,,Dec 14, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Most enlightening. Wonderful to hear some of the stories with the amazing backdrop of the castle district.
Highly recommended
Wendy S,,Dec 10, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Large group but no problem hearing everything Bernadette said. Great tour which told about the city's darker history. And in the loveliest settings. Make sure you are wrapped up warm if doing the tour at night in the winter. Meeting point really easy to find.
Great tour! Zoltan is the best!
Joshua D,,Dec 2, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00We booked this for the night we got into Budapest! We started out with around 10 people and our group was cut to around 4/5 by the end! Not because of they were attacked by vampires - but more by the cold Hungarian winter, ha. Just be mindful of the weather when you go and you'll have a great time. Zoltan was knowledgeable and energentic, combining tales of folklore and mythology with their real world inspiration and likely motives. My favorite kind of spooky tours are those that draw on history and real events, and, as you may know from Vlad the impaler, sometimes fact is indeed scarier than fiction. We covered a lot in this evening and it was a great time - highly recommend.
A theatrical tour of castle grounds
Damien B,,Nov 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our guide, Virag was very good. Very entertaining. Well informed and stayed in character throughout the tour. Would advise to wrap up warm, as tour is all outside and it gets v cold on those ramparts
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