Private Jewish Heritage Tour including Hotel Pickup
Recommended by 91% of travelers
Budapest, Hungary
- 5 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Discover Budapest’s Jewish heritage past and present on a private walking tour that lets you explore Hungary's capital at your own pace. Choose your start time and set off with a private guide, hearing about the sights as you walk at your own speed. Visit the Dohány Street Synagogue and Jewish Museum, enjoy time at the Jewish Centre’s Family Research Center, and see the Martyrs’ Cemetery, memorials, and more. Choose from several tour durations, all with flexible itineraries.
- Exploring on foot lets you focus on the finer details
- Stroll around Budapest’s key Jewish sites for a different take
- Get personal attention from your guide on this private tour
- This private tour can be customized to suit your interests and needs
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Hotel pick up
- Private tour
- Entry to the Dohany Street Synagogue
- Entry to the Kazinczy Street Synagogue
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
We pick up guests from centrally located hotels in Budapest.
Operating hours.10:00 am
Itinerary
Book your required tour and start time. Then, after Budapest hotel pickup, set off with your private guide to learn about the city’s Jewish heritage. Let your guide know if there’s anything you want to see more of: your itinerary is flexible.
Small Tour (2 hours):
Start at the Jewish Museum, exploring the art collections and Holocaust room with a local guide. Visit the Dohány Street Synagogue, Europe’s biggest working synagogue, and see the Martyrs’ Cemetery, and Raoul Wallenberg and Tree of Life memorials. Pass the Heroes’ Temple, and visit the Jewish Centre to spend time at the Family Research Center.
Essential Tour (2.5 hours):
Start at Deák Ferenc Square, learning about historical Pest and the Jewish Market, and seeing the Gábor Sztehlo memorial. Continue to Madách Square, site of Pest’s first synagogue, and pass the Rumbach Street Synagogue before following the Small Tour itinerary.
Grand Tour (4.5 hours):
Follow the Essential Tour route before heading to the Carl Lutz Memorial Park, dedicated to ‘Hungary’s Schindler,’ and after passing by the Rumbach Street Synagogue, we visit the Gozsdu Passage and Orthodox Jewish Quarter, then visiting the Kazinczy Street Synagogue. On route, stop for some delicious kosher cake at Budapest’s Fröhlich Confectionery.
Small Tour (2 hours):
Start at the Jewish Museum, exploring the art collections and Holocaust room with a local guide. Visit the Dohány Street Synagogue, Europe’s biggest working synagogue, and see the Martyrs’ Cemetery, and Raoul Wallenberg and Tree of Life memorials. Pass the Heroes’ Temple, and visit the Jewish Centre to spend time at the Family Research Center.
Essential Tour (2.5 hours):
Start at Deák Ferenc Square, learning about historical Pest and the Jewish Market, and seeing the Gábor Sztehlo memorial. Continue to Madách Square, site of Pest’s first synagogue, and pass the Rumbach Street Synagogue before following the Small Tour itinerary.
Grand Tour (4.5 hours):
Follow the Essential Tour route before heading to the Carl Lutz Memorial Park, dedicated to ‘Hungary’s Schindler,’ and after passing by the Rumbach Street Synagogue, we visit the Gozsdu Passage and Orthodox Jewish Quarter, then visiting the Kazinczy Street Synagogue. On route, stop for some delicious kosher cake at Budapest’s Fröhlich Confectionery.
Hungaria Koncert (Pass By)
1
Great / Central Synagogue (Nagy Zsinagoga)
2 hours • Admission Ticket Included
2
Deak Ferenc Square
2 hours 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
3
Kazinczy Street Synagogue
4 hours 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- From 5 participants reduced group prices are available
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
Reviews
4.6
based on 35 reviews
Gil_L, Nov 2025
Benjamin was amazing guide and very relatable
Knowledgeable and friendly
Went out of his way
Very accommodating
Barbara_W, Sep 2025
The Jewish history walking tour was great. Petra is a wonderful guide with years of experience. We learned a ton and got to see inside two amazing synagogues.
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Thank you for your lovely feedback! We're delighted you enjoyed the tour and Petra's guidance. It's great to hear you found it informative and enjoyed visiting the synagogues.
Michael_B, Aug 2025
Itinerary was comprehensive and the guide was knowledgeable and helpful. The tour is highly recommended.
Michael_H, Jun 2024
Our guide, Greta was knowledgeable, enthusiastic and able to answer questions easily. We enjoyed conversing with her and learned how the Jewish community evolved , adapted over the centuries. Greta’s depth of knowledge was evident as we learned more about Hungary’s holocaust history.
Response from Host, Jun 2024
Thank you for choosing us and joining us on our tour! We hope you were able to learn a lot from us and get a little closer to Jewish history and culture! Come to us another time!
Howard_K, May 2023
Our tour guide brought the information to life and in general made for a most memorable and informative experience. Her knowledge was exceptional. This is an experience not to miss.
Response from Host, Jun 2023
Thank you very much for choosing us to learn about Jewish history! We are very glad that you joined us during this tour and that you could get even closer to jewish culture and history!
ken, May 2023
Our guide, Benjamin, exceled with his knowledge and the way in which he expressed it. The tour was most fascinating, both visually and by listening. The itinerary cover many aspects of the Jewish area with visits to the inside of Synagogue. very good value for money
Response from Host, Jun 2023
Thank you very much for choosing us to learn about Jewish history and culture! We are really glad that you had a great time with us during the tour! Thank you for your kind words that strengthen us!
Andre_S, Dec 2022
This was an amazing tour! Our guide Benjamin was a very intelligent and well-spoken student of Jewish history and enriched our lives with his personal family stories. Highly recommended!
Ilene_M, Aug 2022
Abel was a great tour guide. Highly recommend. Kept it interesting for parents and two sons, ages 18 and 22.
Karsten_K, Oct 2021
I liked this tour very much. It is highly recommendable. And the guide (Patricia) is very professional and knowledgeable.
Richard_C, Sep 2019
The guide was wonderful
Knowledgeable pleasant and very nice
A real pleasure to walk with and talk to
Response from Host, Oct 2019
Thank you for your kind words. Glad to read your satisfaction!
Best regards,
Gabriella
Dan_S, Oct 2018
Company that was supposed to pick up at hotel and take us on the tour never showed up and even though we had confirmation for pick up time they continued to claim we didn’t have a pick up time. We are currently waiting for refund to be processed to our account.
Megan I, Feb 2018
Victoria was a wonderful tour guide! We were very glad to have booked the private tour with her, because we were able to ask questions and get information that was specifically tailored to my family's historical background. She seemed to know everyone that worked at each of the places we visited and had great relationships with them, even allowing us to see the Orthodox Synagogue that was supposed to be closed that day. I definitely recommend this tour as there were so many interesting facts - my husband was very intrigued the whole time as well! Great job!
Robert_G, Oct 2017
Guide was prompt and set a comfort level. We cannot speak more highly of her knowledge and pace.
Martin D, Jun 2017
Petra was our tour guide for 4 1/2 hrs. We specifically requested her because of reviews we read about her. Our experience exceeded expectations! We thought the length might be too long especially since we were going to be skipping lunch. Not so. The time flew. We visited all sights with the exception of the childrens' shoes, which is not located in the ghetto area. The tour was an easy stroll, with Petra sharing information throughout. She is an excellent communicator and very well informed. Petra was sensitive to my interest in pausing along the way to take pictures. We visited two synagogues, Doheny and the NeoCon, as well as walked by another where restoration has just begun. Petra clearly has a passion for her work and we highly recommend her. I told Petra that I considered her the Queen of the area since everyone we encountered in the museums and elsewhere knew her and greeted her with a smile. She has some wonderful tips for places to eat in the quarter and we leave it to you to ask her. Please know while we toured with a heavy heart because of family history this visit was especially important to us and Petra sensed that. The tour guide in the Jewish Museum who is an older gentleman was also was very special.
Jan T, Mar 2017
We had a most awesome and knowledgeable young woman named Petra as our guide . Her knowledge of history and that of Judaism was amazing, her attitude friendly, and she paced the tour for my husbands age. She actually took an hour longer because we were so interested in everything. We had been concerned that 4and a half hours might be too long, but it was slow paced, and we could sit down in many of the places while she explained things.We would highly recommend this tour to anyone who is interested in the history of the Jews in Europe and Hungary in particular . Very well presented and organised. Thank you. Jan and Ian Tait. Sydney, N.S.W Australia.
Maureen_L, Mar 2017
Our tour guide, Viktoria, was wonderful. She was very knowledgable and full of information about the buildings and history of the Jewish quarter. We were disappointed however that this tour did not include some Jewish sites such as the shoes on the Danube and the Holocaust museum. When we booked there should have been an option to add these sites on for a charge, and we would have happily done so. We did add them on our own, but would have liked and expected them to be part of this tour. Nonetheless the tour was a good value for the money and gave us a good overview of the Jewish Heritage of Budapest. We would give the guide 5 starts, and are giving 4 because Viator did not have the option for a more inclusive tour.
Michael_R, Dec 2016
A great experience and definitely a highlight of out time in Budapest.
Or guide was a lovely person who was extremely knowledgeable and personable.
We would most highly recommend this tour in this wonderful city.
Edward F, Nov 2016
Victoria was extremely knowledgeable and provided us with a beautiful experience.
Judith K, Nov 2016
We were, indeed, picked up at our ship's dock. Our guide, Victoria, was wonderful. Our guide at the Museum was barely audible and truly difficult to hear her. We were all disappointed after the tour, when we found out Victoria was leaving us, and we were responsible for getting ourselves back to our ship.
SUE B, Oct 2016
What an amazing tour. I dont remember our tour guide unfortunately but she was fantastic. I even found names of my grandparents on the tree that is out the back of the Synagogue. Worth doing
Jill_T, Sep 2016
This tour was fantastic. We were guided by Petra who gave us a personalized and energetic, informative and exciting tour. We learned so much, and got insights and stories as well as seeing intriguing sights. We also got advice on things to continue to see and discover. I would recommend everyone to be guided by Petra and the Private Jewish Heritage Tour.
Howard R, Sep 2016
Fatima was so interesting, personable, and knowledgeable - I had so many Ah Ha moments with her -
my husband and I were so happy we took your tour -
Thanks for making such great memories
Thomas_K, Aug 2016
Really interesting tour. The tour guide was knowledgable and spoke good English. Would highly recommend this tour .
David K, Jul 2016
Our private tour with Fatima was excellent our guide was very knowledgeable and lovely.
Fatima also helped us with a personal matter and arranged for a car and a driver for us that was excellent. We would highly recommend her and the tour that was fabulous.
Rachel David
Brenda_P, Jun 2016
Petra our guide performed to the highest standard full of information and delivered a light and charming manner I would highly recommend her she made t
Marion E, May 2016
fatima was an exceptional guide. she knew her stuff and her language skills were great. she gave us insight into all the historical sites and did not rush us .we would recommend her to anyone taking the tour. gilbert and marion epstein
Fiona_E, May 2016
Wonderful and knowledgable guide. Really interesting with so much history. A big part of the Budapest culture and a must do experience
isaac_s, Oct 2023
Anny Fisher es la mejor guía, informada, atenta, dedicada a hacerte pasar una mañana mágica en el barrio judío de Budapest!!!
Response from Host, Oct 2023
¡Muchas gracias por sus comentarios! ¡Nos alegra que se haya unido a nosotros durante nuestro recorrido!
Marielle_T, Jan 2017
Nous avons beaucoup apprécié notre visite de 2h avec la synagogue et le musée juif . Notre guide Joel était très intéressant et il a su nous retracer l'histoire de la Hongrie depuis la guerre. Je garde un souvenir ému de cette visite et je remercie notre guide pour ses qualités professionnelles sa gentillesse son humour et son excellent français . À recommander chaleureusement .
Marielle Tanguy
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