Private Tour

Private Downtown Pest Walking Tour

Overview

Available languages

English

3 hours

Mobile ticket

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.

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Your tour guides are professors, doctoral students, historians, journalists and passionate hosts and storytellers. We thrive on helping travelers explore our cities.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What To Expect

Great / Central Synagogue (Nagy Zsinagoga)

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.

10 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Hungarian Parliament Building

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.

20 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

What‘s Included

3-hour guided walk through Downtown Budapest

Professional guide

Food and drinks, unless specified

Gratuities

Meeting points

Budapest

Budapest Hungary

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Reviews

5.00

5 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

A comfortable walk
975tizianod,,Jan 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Quiet city and very clean. Quality shops but prices absolutely similar if not greater than Italy. Pay attention to the exchange rate that in euros is always disadvantageous. Divide the price by 400.
Getting to know Budapest with a local guide
Alexandre C,,Feb 5, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Our guide was Andras. He knew all dates, historical sites and contents of everything we visited. We super recommend him
Best guided tour EVER!
Beentheredone1t1,,Dec 29, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We spent two weeks touring the Christmas Markets along the Danube. The most memorable days, by far, were the two days we spent with Kata in Budapest. These days felt like exploring the city with a close friend. We saw fabulous places we would never have discovered on our own and enjoyed an abundance of really great food. Katas’ knowledge of Budapest and it’s history and culture were extremely impressive. We all felt we now have a much deeper appreciation for these people and their country. This was, by far, the best tour we have ever taken. When we are able to visit other cities where they offer tours we will certainly sign up with Insight City Tours.
Kata Shares Budapest
StephenInWSeattle,,Dec 7, 2022
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Kata provided a warm welcome, as she shared a brief overview of the tour and we were off! We so appreciated her historic knowledge of Budapest and her deep understanding of the communities, past and present. She also shared so much about the architecture of the buildings on both sides of the Danube, which added a great deal of historic interest as well. One of our favorite parts of the tour was her focus to help us recognize the impact of history of Budapest on Europe as a whole. Kata was also very generous with volunteering to take photos at many historic locations all over the community. Thank you so much for a wonderful, informative and interesting tour of Budapest. We will be back!
Top shelf guiding
Phyllis S,,Sep 20, 2021
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
The description of the tour says it all "undivided attention". Our guide Balint was wonderful! We have traveled extensively and despite having spent quite a bit of time in Budapest, we wished we had signed up earlier. Balint very quickly determined our interests and customized our tour sharing places and information we found intriguing. Naturally, there are many tour companies to choose from, and I highly recommend booking a tour with people who are super well informed, educated and able to read people - been on many 'yawn' tours where the guide is all about impressing you with his/her knowledge whilst ignoring your interests. We canot wait to return and will use Insight City Tours anywhere they offer tours.