Free tour

Past and present of Budapest Jewish District free tour

5.00

Excellent(12)

Budapest

Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Languages: English

Guru: Trip To Budapest Free Budapest Walking Tours

Registered on 3 March 2020

Our team is made up of talented, professional locals that speak several foreign languages and are not only highly motivated, unquenchable enthusiastic, and critical but also radiate great charisma. We are legally registered. Our motto is: Join as a Traveller, leave as a Friend!

Free reservation and cancellation

Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

This tour takes you to the main sights and hidden symbols of the Jewish District. You will learn the deep and sensitive history based on touching (personal) stories. Since the Jewish District is now the epicenter of Budapest nightlife and gastronomy your guide will also tell you funky stories on street art, ruin bars, and street food.

You learn about:
"Gaudiopolis" the City of Joy in Latin the Schutzpass
Neologue and Orthodox movements, the Zionism. at the Dohány street Great Synagogue beautiful murals and other pieces of urban street art around the Rumbach Synagogue,
entertainment, culture, and market at the Gozsdu Passage.

Last piece of the ghetto wall in Király street
the kosher food, Jewish ritual bath, and much more at Kazinczy Synagogue.

Tour participants will enjoy a unique, engaging, entertaining, and educational walk through our city’s Jewish history and the street and urban art scene of the neighborhood. We have stories that can't be found in history books. We do not enter any Synagouge, but give you an indepth information about the interior.

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

F3X2+8WX Budapest, Hungary

We meet at Budapest Eye Ferris Wheel, next to Danubius Fountain. Look for blue flag that says FREE TOUR.

Outside visit

Dohány Street Synagogue

You will learn everything you need to know about the largest synagouge in Europe, the Neologue and Orthodox movements, the Zionism. Tour does not enter the Synagogue but you will see the Memorial Courtyard with the weeping willow tree of Emmanuel and the cemetery from outside.

Outside visit

Rumbach Street Synagogue

You will learn about the beautifully restored Rumbach street Synagogue and the the beautiful murals and other pieces of urban street art. We do not enter the Synagogue.

Outside visit

Orthodox synagogue

We stop just outside the Kazinczy street Synagouge, that belongs to the Ortodox community of 50-60 families. We also speak about the kosher food, Jewish ritual bath and much more. We do not enter the Synagogue.

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).