Private Jewish Heritage Tour including Hotel Pickup

Summary

Book your required tour and start time. Then, after Budapest hotel pickup, set off with your private guide to learn about the city’s Jewish heritage. Let your guide know if there’s anything you want to see more of: your itinerary is flexible. Small Tour (2 hours): Start at the Jewish Museum, exploring the art collections and Holocaust room with a local guide. Visit the Dohány Street Synagogue, Europe’s biggest working synagogue, and see the Martyrs’ Cemetery, and Raoul Wallenberg and Tree of Life memorials. Pass the Heroes’ Temple, and visit the Jewish Centre to spend time at the Family Research Center. Essential Tour (2.5 hours): Start at Deák Ferenc Square, learning about historical Pest and the Jewish Market, and seeing the Gábor Sztehlo memorial. Continue to Madách Square, site of Pest’s first synagogue, and pass the Rumbach Street Synagogue before following the Small Tour itinerary. Grand Tour (4.5 hours): Follow the Essential Tour route before heading to the Carl Lutz Memorial Park, dedicated to ‘Hungary’s Schindler,’ and after passing by the Rumbach Street Synagogue, we visit the Gozsdu Passage and Orthodox Jewish Quarter, then visiting the Kazinczy Street Synagogue. On route, stop for some delicious kosher cake at Budapest’s Fröhlich Confectionery.

Tour info

Duration
5 hours
Group Size
Pricing (From)
Commentary
Meeting Point
Dropoff location

Why take this tour?

Taking a private Jewish heritage tour ensures a thorough visit to the points of interest with your very own professional guide. Start the tour whenever you want, including sights of your preference. Take a walk through the former ghetto, the historical Jewish Quarter of Budapest, visit the largest functioning synagogue of Europe in addition to other monumental ones, witness the everyday life of the still active and lively area with numerous kosher shops, restaurants and monuments representing the events of the past, and honoring the deeds of well-known and nameless heroes. Pickup a tiny bit of information on each corner, and combine it with the general knowledge of Budapest granted to you through the guide, and during the visit to the Jewish Museum.

What’s included?

  • Professional guide

  • Hotel pick up

  • Private tour

  • Entry to the Dohany Street Synagogue

  • Entry to the Kazinczy Street Synagogue

  • Entry/Admission - Great / Central Synagogue (Nagy Zsinagoga)

  • Entry/Admission - Deak Ferenc Square

  • Entry/Admission - Kazinczy Street Synagogue

  • Food and drinks, unless specified

  • Gratuities

Things to know

Before you book

  • Duration: 5h

  • Mobile tickets accepted

  • Instant confirmation

Covid Policy

  • Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized

Cancellation Policy

    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operated by:

Hungaria Koncert

About operator:

Hungaria Koncert Ltd. was established in 1995 to assist foreign visitors to Budapest in gaining insight into the renowned Hungarian culture. We offer not only Folklore Performances and Classical Music Concerts, but we would also like to show our guests the most beautiful sights of the capital's cultural heritage: Dinner & Cruise programs provide an opportunity for our guests to take delight in the unique panorama of Budapest from the River Danube

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