Free Budapest Walking Tours’ was created in the Hungarian capital city by knowledgeable and fun-loving, licensed, professional local tour guides that have a great passion for showing their home and culture to travelers.
Free Budapest Walking Tour
Summary Description
Highlights
- We start at Elisabeth Square
- We pass St Stephen's Basilica
- We visit Archduke Joseph Square
- We walk across Budapest's most famous pedestrian bridge
- We end the tour at the second largest Parliament in Europe
Description
WHAT WE DO ON FREE BUDAPEST TOUR
It is an insightful, fun-filled, and informative walk on the Pest side of Budapest. You can learn on this tour about Hungarian culture in general. In the end you’ll know about our history, culture, society, architecture, food, nightlife, and what the locals are actually like. The tour is focused on the best sights that Pest has to offer. The goal of this Budapest city walk is to discover and experience our city through the eyes of an insider. We have been offering a great variety of free walking tours (and private tours as well) since 2008. TriptoBudapest was the first to offer free walking tours in the city and has the longest running public free tours.
Included / Excluded
- Friendly-English Speaking Guide
- Unique Story Telling
- Local Recommendations
- Voluntary payment for the guide
Start / End Locations
Start Location: Elizabeth Square, Budapest, Deák Ferenc tér 2, 1052 Hungary
End Location: Parliament, Budapest, Alkotmány u. 4, 1155 Hungary
Important Information
Know Before You Book
- We welcome wheelchair users and limited mobility devices on all tours except Free Buda Castle Hill tour as there are some challenges to face uphill upon the stairs.
- We don’t have any scheduled toilet breaks during our tours
- Free Budapest Tour covers about 2 miles (i.e. about 2.5 kilometers if you think metrically). The tour goes at a moderate pace for the average walker.
- If you are a group of 8 or more, please contact us before booking so we can coordinate the best option for your group
- Please arrive 10 minutes before the start of the tour
- Our guides hold a blue flag that says FREE TOUR on it
- Pest-side tours (free Budapest-, Jewish- and communism walks) leave from Elisabeth (Erzsébet) square (address: 1051 Budapest, Erzsébet tér) We meet about 10-15 meters away from the Budapest Eye Ferris wheel, next to the fountain, in the middle of the square. Free Buda Castle Tour leaves from Batthyány square (address: 1011 Budapest, Batthyány tér) next to the metro stop. Please see the website map for details! Scroll down the “Home” page to find google maps for both of the meeting points. Our guides hold a blue flag that says FREE TOUR on it, sometimes they wear royal blue raincoats on the meeting points. To join our walking tours, meet your guide and your fellow travelers at the indicated meeting points at the indicated times, at lease 5 minutes before the tours start. Free Budapest Walking Tours are held rain or shine. Wet weather gear is useful. If needed, we do some route adjustments to accommodate poor weather conditions.
Cancellation
Cancellation Cutoff: 24 hours
Cancellation Notes: Up to 24 hours before the beginning of the activity: full refund Less than 24 hours before the beginning of the activity or no-show: no refund
Points of interest
- St. Stephen's Basilica, Budapest, Szent István tér 1, 1051 Hungary
- Archduke Joseph's Palace, Budapest, Palota út 1, 1014 Hungary
- Vörösmarty tér, Budapest, Vörösmarty tér 3, 1051 Hungary
- Danube Promenade Tour, Budapest, Sztehlo Gábor rkp., 1011 Hungary
- Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 1-3, 1055 Hungary
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Basic Information
- Duration: 120 hours - 150 hours
- Trip difficulty: Easy
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