Budapest Dohany Synagogue & Hungarian Jewish Museum & free extras
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Budapest, Hungary
- 45 minutes (approx.)
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Visiting the Dohány Street Synagogue, an important Jewish heritage, can mean long waits and limited context if you go alone. This skip-the-line guided experience ensures priority entry and deeper insight into Hungarian Jewish history, the Holocaust, and the synagogue’s striking 1850s architecture, offering a meaningful, time-efficient way to understand Budapest’s past.
- Secure tickets to the Dohány Street Synagogue and Hungarian Jewish Museum
- Visit the largest Jewish temple in Europe, and learn about Hungarian Jewry
- See the Holocaust Cemetery, and Raoul Wallenberg Holocaust Memorial Park
- Choose the entry time that's convenient, with three times available daily
What's Included
- All Fees and Taxes
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Budapest, Dohány u. 2, 1074 Hungary
Meet the coordinator/guide with a blue flag/umbrella in front of the Security Entrance before the Ticket Office lane.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Ticket Redemption Point
Budapest, Dohány u. 2, 1074 Hungary
Itinerary
1
Great / Central Synagogue (Nagy Zsinagoga)
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
2
Raoul Wallenberg Holocaust Memorial Park
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
3
Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Please respect the dress code: regular clothing can be worn, however shoulders and thighs must be covered. Legs have to be covered down to the knee before entering, beach-type outfit is not acceptable (cover available for purchase on the spot). Head cover for men is available upon entry.
- Visitors must go through a security control. Large backpacks or suitcases are not allowed nor can be stored.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 35 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Don’t miss this opportunity. Our guide was very knowledgeable and experienced. She gave us true insight into the traditions of the Jewish community. It was an emotional experience for us. Pay a visit to the museum. It’s worth it.
Dave was an amazing guide He is so knowledgable about Hungarian history and the struggles the Jewish people endured. He speaks with empathy and is easy to hear and understand.
Milan was an excellent tour guide, explaining how the Jewish people first came to Hungary and their history through the years. He gave an excellent history of the synagogue as well as a personal accounting of how his ancestors survived the Holocaust.
There's a lot to learn about this synagogue, from the reason it looks like a cathedral to the history of the people who built it. The tour guide presented the story clearly and answered all our questions. Really beautiful building and the outdoor museum of famous and accomplished Jews from Hungary was well done.
very impressive synagogue, The guide was not good , not organized speech and with heavy accent not easy to understand and jumping between topics
Don’t miss seeing the Dohany synagogue. Very beautiful and an interesting history. Tour guide adds to the experience.
Disappointing. The guide was not professional enough in my opinion. Spoke very fast. Not knowlegable enough to my opinion for such an importent issue of the Jewish community and genocide in hungary. Spoke too much about himself. Total waste of time.
Women need to have their knees covered and it would have been helpful to have known this in advance. I had to purchase a ‘wrap’ prior to entering the synagogue as I was wearing shorts. Also the guide Milan was very knowledgeable but a little hard to understand.
Interesting but painful information about history of Jews in Hungary then and now
Tragedy of innocent people
Sometimes you get the perfect tour guide and an amazing tour. We had both with Flavia. So knowledgeable, easy to understand, funny, and a total pleasure!!!! This was one of the highlights of our trip. Thank you Flavia!!!
A personalized tour with a knowledgeable friendly tour guide Claudia - really stands out as a tour guide
Flavia was enthusiastic, engaging with children and adults; she made sure to provide info relevant to the range of participant knowledge of Judaism and Jewish history in Europe/Hungary; she imparted info humanely and sensitively; we thoroughly enjoyed our tour
David was an excellent tour guide. He provided the perfect amount of history and was a great storyteller. Couldn’t have had a better guide.
David was a fantastic tour guide! Very thorough and engaging.Be sure to check out museum after the synagogues.
Miki was a very knowledgeable guide who provided a very interesting and informative commentary for this tour this was very much appreciated by us.
It was a very informative tour. Our tour guide Milan was very friendly and took his time explaining the sad history of Hungarian Jewish experiences during the war.
Milan was one of the best tour guides ever! His vast knowledge of history, Budapest, and personal experiences made this tour extremely interesting and enjoyable!
It's a great tour of a superb place to see the atmosphere and a lot to learn and if all the guides are as educated as mine was you will enjoy
The synagogue was absolutely spectacular it was much more ornate than expected but still very beautiful. our guide was interesting. I wish he gave us a little bit more of the Jewish history throughout the ages not only of ww2. I also wish he gave us more history and of the symbolism of the interesting items within the synagogue.
The guide I had was excellent, very knowledgeable, informative and covered the history in great detail and open to questions. I was very lucky on this occasion, as I was the sole guest. I would not hesitate to recommend this chap..made my day..
Great private tour. Guide had knowledge of history and synagogue. Highly recommend for any individual or group
Very informative guide; beautiful, majestic synagogue, powerful and emotionally gripping cemetery with mass grave from victims of the holocaust.
What a very informative tour this was. We learnt so much about the history of the synagogue and its heritage. It was also very sad with how the jews were treated. Very much enjoyed this tour.
Very interesting stories told by our guide . Informative and humours as well as lots of history about the Hungarian and Jewish past. Beautifully building worth the trip .
Loved the tour. So much history and information up for grabs. The tour guide was very interesting to listen to and gave us a detailed background of Judaism and its history associated with Hungary. Only wish it would have been a bit longer considering the high amount we paid for the tickets.
It was amazing, our tour guide Milan was absolutely brilliant, knowledgeable & humorous. The synagogue is beautiful & Milan brought a personal touch to the information.
Excellent tour guide. Very knowledgeable and professional. And a very wonderful person as well. Highly recommended.
Our guide, Milan, was excellent. His explanation of the Hungarian history and it's parallels to Hungarian Jewish were very helpful.
Very disappointing. Description seemed to indicate that this would be a special tour with extras. Turned to be one hour with guide in the synagogue complex only - no extras. Not value for money. Would have been better off paying admission fee and then using The synagogue's free tour. Using Viator for years and this is the first disappointing tour.
Great tour with a great guide. Easy to register. On time and very informative. We learned so much about this Jewish community.
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