Buda Castle Private Walking Tour: A Kingdom of Many Nations
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Buda Castle Private Walking Tour: A Kingdom of Many Nations
By Insight Cities Budapest
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Ages 0-99, max of 10 per group
Duration: 3h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English
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- 3-hour guided walk through Castle Hill
- Professional guide
What's not included- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
- Buda Castle, Matthias Church, & Fisherman's Bastion tickets
- Entry/Admission - Matthias Church
- Entry/Admission - Budapest
- Start:Traveler pickup offered.
- Budapest, Országház u. 31, 1014 HungaryPlease meet your guide outside Bálthazár, a hotel with a café Országház utca 31, 1014 Budapest 50m from the first bus stop on Castle hill (which is on the Bécsi kapu tér).
Pickup details- Unless hotel pick up has been arranged, please meet your guide 15 minutes before start time at the default meeting point, Bálthazár, a hotel with a café Országház utca 31, 1014 Budapest 50m from the first bus stop on Castle hill (which is on the Bécsi kapu tér).
End:- Budapest, Hungary
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 10847P50- Most travelers can participate
- A maximum of 8 people per booking
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 10847P50
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- Sandy12550 contributionsInformative and enjoyableAnna was very knowledgeable and explained the history of the Jewish Community of Budapest extremely well. She was a lovely person and explained everything as we walked around. Definately worth doing, made it all enjoyable despite the cold! Thank youWritten February 13, 2025
- Dream7265880 contributionsWe learned so much!There is so much to see when visiting the extraordinary city of Budapest. Our tour helped us to better understand the history and architecture of the region. Our tour guide was delightful and very knowledgeable. She was prompt and provided us with an amazing overview of the art nouveau movement. We were able to see and experience so many buildings and neighborhoods during our tour. Would highly recommend.Written January 8, 2025
- nataliefO6696QW0 contributionsA wonderful cultural and historical tourThis tour was amazing! Our guide, Orsolya, was so very knowledgable and provided us with so many historical facts and cultural details. We walked away from this experience with a better understanding of the Jewish experience in Budapest. The sites and museums were interesting, and having a guide explaining things to us was such a great addition to the overall experience and provided a deeper meaning to the standard tourist experience. Orsolya happily answered questions, and was able to direct us to other points of interest in Budapest.Written January 6, 2025
- H2325MWcamilav0 contributionsTo learn how digestive communism was in HungaryWe had a wonderful time in our tour. Andras Is extremely knowledgeable and had so much to share with us. Before we started our tour he asked us what we were most interested in learning about communism to make sure we would leave the tour extremely happy. This tour is great for adults, history enthusiasts and even children. Andras was able to make the tour interesting not only for the adults who had more background on the topics covered as well as for the young who needed a bit of introduction to what we would cover in the tour. Hungary is extremely interesting and different to what you usually learn was communism in school books and this tour was wonderful to help us learn about Hungary!Written January 3, 2025
- ArjenL100 contributionsVery good and informative excursionWe had a wonderful guide called Anna . She was very well educated and told us everything about the Jewish Quarter. She spoke a little but Dutch language so we felt comfortableWritten December 9, 2024
- mcheungca0 contributionsGreat tour! Good value!Absolutely loved this tour with our tour guide, Kata! She did an amazing job showing us many interesting aspects of the Buda Castle district. This was by far one of the best tours that we took in Budapest! We got great value for our money. Greatly recommend this tour and especially Kata as the tour guide!Written November 11, 2024
- Stephen L0 contributionsMore than a tourZsuzsa was so bright and knowledgeable. We talked about history, art, architecture, language and politics. Our trip to Budapest would not have been the same without this very special 3 hours we spent together. We saw layers of history and atmosphere that were hidden in plain site. It was so much more than just a tour of buildings. We can't recommend this experience highly enough.Written June 4, 2024
- lindamD4241JM0 contributionsI don't recommend this particular tour.Super disappointed with this tour. Really didn't learn much at all, and didn't seem like our tour guide, Valeria was very passionate for what she was doing. She would point to things and more/less say you can go visit these places later. We could hardly hear what she was saying and that's standing close to her. She used a little speaker thing that hung around her neck, but again really couldn't hear. Seems like she also always stopped at places that were noisy to talk (ie, a band playing loudly in the background, church bells going off. Would have been better if she stood elsewhere to deliver what ever she had to say). I felt it was a total waste of our time, and I have been on free walking tours before that have been wonderful. PS. the 2nd sentence out of her mouth when we met her is how we should tip, that was a turn off to address right out of the shoot.Written June 3, 2024
- mjad4960 contributionsFantastic start to our Budapest tripMy husband and I did this tour with Andras, and it was absolutely incredible. Andras is so knowledgeable about Hungary's history with communism, and told us about his own first-hand experiences living under that regime. He was super personable and he added a ton of color to the city. This was our first booked event in Budapest and we were so lucky to get such an amazing view and history of the city from this remarkable guide, I highly recommend it!Written May 31, 2024
- swatidatar0 contributionsAmazingAnna was amazing. She was very informed, took time to explain every detail to us. She also recommended some good outlets. 5 stars to Anna.Written May 23, 2024
- Wander6864170 contributionsFantastic Tour, Wonderful GuideMy husband and I thoroughly enjoyed this tour. The main focus was the city's surprisingly rich and deep coffee house culture. We visited a whole slew of old and often restored cafes and even ate pastries at one of them. But our guide - Orsi- was so knowledgeable that I feel like we got multiple tours in one. A Budapest native, she wove in information about the city's Jewish history (she had an advanced degree in the subject), architecture, restoration efforts, Hungarian wine and her own family's experiences before and after communism. We got a big kick out of her funny and often irreverent anecdotes and urban legends. Wonderful person and so easy to hear and understand. Highly recommend!Written April 27, 2024
- sooner19770 contributionsGreat walking tour of BudaWe had a great experience on our walking tour of Buda with Kata. She was full of historical information and blended what we were seeing on our walk with the history of the area. Additionally we visited many sites (e.g. art exhibit, hidden memorials) which we never would have found on our own. Highly recommend.Written April 22, 2024
- Deluca R0 contributionsArt nouveau in BudapestAnna was kind and friendly and that is count very much , second she knew very well the history of Budapest and actually the history of the other countries too . She made this 3 hour very confortable and very interesting stories about buildings in Budapest with details . I really enjoyed guide like her . From beginning until the end at list for me was breathtaking and interesting , well obviously I am art lover so I tried to catch and learn new things . I appreciate her and I will suggest everyone take this tour . I want just add , art de nouveau is not for everyone who just want turn around city . You need to be art lover . You need love of architecture , I do. Thanks again to Anna .Written April 19, 2024
- knoxmom9000 contributionsPride, Culture, and Jewish HistoryKata was an utterly amazing and very informative tour guide. She gave us important insights into Hungarian and Jewish history while also being very personable and recommending some great cafes and restaurants. Would go with her again in a heartbeat!!!Written December 20, 2023
- Freedom595047226180 contributionsGood, excellent, friendly, lovely enthusiastic, historical, knowledge, lovely, Jewish, friendly, worthy, we liked it a lKata is very enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the Jewish and Hungarian history. We asked her a lot of questions and she was very kind to answer all of that. At the date we booked the tour, one of the Jewish church was not open, so she took us to a lovely museum to see Jewish life from 1500 to 1900, it was very interesting. We liked her so much so that we asked her to take her to the Buda castle on the next day.Written December 14, 2023
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Joseph G
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Sep 2023 • Couples
Kata is such a talented tour guide! What an experience to explore Budapest with her on our second day . She was full of energy and truly excited to show us everything she could and to explain what it all meant. Her knowledge of the city and the country’s history was broad and deep. It is hard to believe how much we crammed into just one day.
Kata was so easy to listen to. We had questions not only about what we were seeing in Budapest, but how people were living and what life was really like. She had fantastic insights into life in Budapest. She knew every herb that was growing wild, as well as the intricacies of Budapest’s architecture. We hope that when we return to Budapest, she will be available to show us even more. We will never forget her smile. A+ for Kata.
Kata was so easy to listen to. We had questions not only about what we were seeing in Budapest, but how people were living and what life was really like. She had fantastic insights into life in Budapest. She knew every herb that was growing wild, as well as the intricacies of Budapest’s architecture. We hope that when we return to Budapest, she will be available to show us even more. We will never forget her smile. A+ for Kata.
Written September 20, 2023
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Thank you, again, for reviewing your tour with Kata as well as Endre. We're lucky to have them on our team! Glad you have such great memories from both tours to bring home. Insight Cities
Written October 14, 2023
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Lori R
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We have used InsightCities for several tours in Vienna and they were truly fabulous and we did not hesitate to reach out for our quick overnight trip to Budapest.
Bonita and her awesome team paired my husband, young adult son and I with another amazing guide Andras!
Andras was so lovely, friendly and knowledgable about Budapest and Hungary and we learned so much from him about the rich history and current place in the world. We loved Budacastle and surrounding palaces and churches. He had great insights and knew secret places to go to the learn more about every place we visited.,He even altered our tour to combine it with the Jewish history of Budapest and took us to Dohany Street Synagogue and surrounding area. His love of learning and expertise on all of Budapest was so delightful and we do loved our amazing 3 hour your with Andras! Thank you all for another day!
Bonita and her awesome team paired my husband, young adult son and I with another amazing guide Andras!
Andras was so lovely, friendly and knowledgable about Budapest and Hungary and we learned so much from him about the rich history and current place in the world. We loved Budacastle and surrounding palaces and churches. He had great insights and knew secret places to go to the learn more about every place we visited.,He even altered our tour to combine it with the Jewish history of Budapest and took us to Dohany Street Synagogue and surrounding area. His love of learning and expertise on all of Budapest was so delightful and we do loved our amazing 3 hour your with Andras! Thank you all for another day!
Written March 25, 2023
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Jim H
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Aug 2022
The entire tour of Pest and Castle Hill was quite informative and very engaging. Our tour guide, Kata, was quite well versed in the history of the area and she had a number of "stories" about the history and the persons in that history that made the entire tour very entertaining. In fact, her stories made the tour the high point of our brief stay in Budapest before boarding our river cruise ship. Kata offered much behind the scenes information about the culture, architecture and events surrounding Buda Castle that was engaging for everyone and even for our teenage granddaughters who were with us.
The entire family enjoyed the tour and would recommend it to anyone.
The entire family enjoyed the tour and would recommend it to anyone.
Written August 20, 2022
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Zeina F
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Mar 2023 • Friends
Kata was an amazing guide. Very knowledgeable, generous with her time, patient with our questions and so passionate about her country and its history. We learned so much with her and strongly recommend her !!!
Written March 10, 2023
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What a lovely review. You makes us proud of our guide team. Thanks for booking with us and for taking the time to give feedback!
Written March 11, 2023
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Alexandre C
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Our guide Andras took us by bus to the far part of the hill to gives us content to the history of the Castle. Could not have been better
Written February 5, 2023
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Thanks for the lovely review. We're so pleased that you enjoyed our tour! Safe travels.
Written February 17, 2023
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Mimi I
4 contributions
Aug 2019 • Family
Excellent guides who provided all of us with a deep knowledge and appreciation for the site’s visited
Written July 2, 2020
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Thanks for the warm words. It's especially encouraging to our whole team of historian guides as we wait for travel to recover from the pandemic so we can get back to a job we all love.
Written July 3, 2020
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