Jewish Essential Tour Budapest
The Basic Jewish Heritage Tour – 2,5 hours
First, your guide shows you the most important chapters of the Hungarian Jewry’s history and the Elizabethtown. Meanwhile we walk on the streets of the so-called Pest Jewish Quarter, we are going to explore the „status quo ante” Rumbach Street Synagogue (outside visit).
As the highlight of the tour, we visit the Dohány Street Synagogue (interior visit), which is the largest in Europe and the second largest in the world.
You also get a local guided tour in the Jewish Museum, where you get acquainted with the Hungarian Jewish heritage trough 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 Hungarian Holocaust.
Beside these we visit the Martyrs’ Cemetery, the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park with the Tree of Life and the Heroes’ Temple (outside visit). After the tour it is possible to visit the Jewish Quarter Exhibition in the Goldmark Hall and the Family Research Center.
At the end of the tour you will be given a Jewish Centre entrance ticket. These tickets are valid for one entry during next 24 hours. If you would like to go back the next day to the Jewish Centre, please keep your ticket and show it at the entrance gate.
The dates of the Jewish Heritage Essential Tour in English language:
From November 2nd to 30th:
Every day at 10 am except on Saturday.
From May 1st to October 31th:
Monday to Thursday at 10 am and 2 pm and on Friday and Sunday at 10 am- except on Saturday.
From November 2nd to 30th:
Every day at 10 am except on Saturday.
We don’t have tours on Jewish holidays, when the great Synagogue is closed for guiding. (those dates can not be booked on the sites linked below).
THE TOUR
MAIN STOPS
1 – Deák Ferenc square – the history of the old Pest, the old Jewish market
2 – Gábor Sztehlo Monument – the statue of a Lutheran pastor, he was the first Hungarian who was awarded as righteous with the Yad Vashem honour by the State of Israel
3 – Király utca – the first Jewish Center in Pest
4 – Madách Square
5 – Jewish Museum with local guiding
6 – Interior visit of the Dohány Street Synagogue
7 – Martyrs’ Cemetery – Holocaust Memorial Park
8 – Raoul Wallenberg Park
9 – Tree of Life
10 – Heroes’ Temple – (outside visit)
11 – Jewish Centre
PRICE INCLUDES:
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
RESERVATION
Essential tour
In case of booking adult and student tickets, you can add them to your cart separately.
You can pay with Paypal, Credit Card or Direct Bank Transfer. If you prefer Credit Card please choose Paypal, you can pay with your Credit Card even if you don’t have a PayPal account.
MEETING POINT
Meeting point: H-1074 Budapest, Dohany utca 2. ( in fron of the synagogue )
Meeting time: 15 minutes before the program starts
Getting there by: Metro lines number 1, 2, 3; tram 47, 49; bus 9, 16, 105;
PRIVATE TOURS
If you are interested in a private tour (English, German or French), we are there for you during the whole year! A private tour ensures that you have your very own guide, start the tour whenever you want and decide what you want to see! In case you want to have more information or want to set up your tour, do not hesitate to contact the Hungária Koncert Ltd.
