Description:
This Jewish private grand tours would appeal to those who want to have an intimate experience about the Hungarian Jewish culture and the incredible amount of Jewish heritage the city of Budapest can offer. Your very own private tour guide will lead you through the most important and exciting parts of the Jewish district. This way you can have a more personal, insightful look into the Jewish life and culture of Budapest, and have inward conversations with a professional local guide about the country’s history and their own, personal experiences.
MAIN STOPS:
1 – Jewish Museum with local guiding where you get acquainted with the Hungarian Jewish heritage through a unique collection of art pieces from Hungary and Eastern Europe, and the rich tradition of Judaism, its holidays and everyday life. A separate room commemorates the Holocaust in Hungary.
2 – Interior visit of the Dohány Street Synagogue which is the largest operating synagogue in Europe and the second largest in the world.
3 – Martyrs’ Cemetery
4 – Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park
5 – Tree of Life Memorial
6 – Heroes’ Temple – (outside visit)
7 – Jewish Centre where you can visit the Family Research Center
After a short break, we continue our walk through the Jewish Quarter, on the streets of the former Budapest Ghetto, which hosts synagogues, monuments, kosher restaurants, and kosher shops. While your guide tells you important facts and local stories of this area, you also get basic information about Budapest. Other main attractions of the Synagogue Triangle Tour:
8 – Carl Lutz Memorial Park dedicated to the Swiss diplomat who is also known as Hungary’s Schindler
9 – Rumbach Street Synagogue (outside visit)
10 – Madách Square – the history of the Orczy house
11 – Gozsdu Passage
12 – Orthodox Jewish Quarter
13 – Interior visit of the Kazinczy Street Synagogue, the only one built in Hungarian folklore style
To end the tour, visitors get to choose between two options:
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to enjoy a piece of cake at the glatt kosher Fröhlich confectionery; or
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to receive a 10% discount in the glatt kosher Carmel restaurant
Meeting point: At the reception of your hotel in Budapest or meet us at H-1074, Budapest, Dohany utca 2. (In front of the Synagogue)
Meeting time: 15 minutes before the tour starts
How to get there: Metro lines number 1, 2, 3; tram 47, 49; bus 9, 16, 105
What's included & what's not
Price includes:
- 4 hour Jewish Heritage Essential Tour
- Professional guiding during the whole tour
- Entrance fee to the Jewish Museum
- Entrance fee to the Dohány Street Synagogue
- Entrance fee to the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park
- Entrance fee to the Jewish Centre, where you can visit the Hungarian Jewish Archiv and an audio-visual exhibition about the past of the Jewish Quarter in Budapest
- Entrance fee to the Kazinczy Street Synagogue
- A cake in the glatt kosher Fröhlich confectionery or 10% off your order at the glatt kosher Carmel Restaurant
Price does not include:
- Interior visit of Heroes’ Temple
- Interior visit of Rumbach Street Synagogue
Important notes:
- Due to high demand, should your preferred date is not available and an alternative date is not possible, iHoppers will provide full refund.
