Walking Tour Budapest incl. the Shoes on the Danube Bank
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Budapest, Hungary
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
This guided walking tour is an affordable way to get a quick overview of the city without the worry of getting lost. Led by a guide, you can check off key landmarks, such as the Chain Bridge, St. Stephen’s Basilica, Vaci Street, and Vorosmarty Square—all with insightful commentary to keep you up to speed on the sights. Tips for the tour guide are not included.
- Check off key Budapest landmarks in a couple of hours
- No need for a map: A guide leads the way
- Enjoy commentary to learn about local history
- Lots of photo opps, such as the Little Princess Statue
What's Included
- Tour guide
- Coffee and/or Tea
- Tips for the tour guide
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Budapest, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 16, 1051 Hungary
Saint Stephen's Basilica, behind the building, on its right side. Look for the purple umbrella.
End point
- Hungarian Parliament Visitor CentreBudapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 1, 1055 Hungary
Hungarian House of Parliament
Operating hours.11:00 am
Itinerary
1
Szent Istvan Bazilika
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
2
Shoes on the Danube Bank
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
3
Hungarian Parliament Building
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
4
Liberty Statue
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
5
Vorosmarty Square (Vorosmarty ter)
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
6
Vaci Street
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
7
Little Princess Statue
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
8
Gresham Palace
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
9
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
10
Szechenyi Lanchid
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
11
Erzsebet ter
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 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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Reviews
4.9
based on 390 reviews
Wendy_E, Apr 2026
Our guide was excellent and very informative and helpful. We have used viator before with a guide in Paris and it was excellent also.
Vittorio_F, Apr 2026
Never seen such a committed passionate tour guide !Thanks Rebecca for the wonderful experience!👏👏🍾🍾
Marcia_L, Dec 2025
This is a great tour! The guides are delightful, knowledgeable and engaging. By chance, I took the tour twice, and guides Juan and Claudia each made their tour special and exciting. • Please note that this is the same tour that the Big Bus includes with their ticket price. (and yes, I was fine to take the tour twice, as the guides make it special, and there is so much to see and experience). • Please consider writing reviews and tipping to support these wonderful guides. • (I believe this tour is also available free through LUNA TOURS- with the purple umbrellas. Please support the tour companies and the guides)
Helen_S, Nov 2025
Definitely recommend doing a free walking tour on your first morning. It’s a great way to have a quick overview of the main sights and get your bearings.
Made us realise that most of Budapest is walkable.
Our guide, Sau, was friendly and funny and gave us so many interesting facts about everywhere.
Ruma_S, Oct 2025
Loved our guide -- she was great! Told us lots of stories and history. Highly recommend!
Just make sure people know where they begin and end -- It was unclear on the website.
David_E, Sep 2025
There was a lot of walking, but very interesting tour. Our guide was excellent and told us stories to make the history come alive.
Pia_J, Sep 2025
Rebecca led an insightful walking tour of Pest, and her knowledge of the city's history and architecture was impressive. The tour covered many fascinating sights, but be prepared for the summer heat. Rebecca liked to walk through some of the unshaded, open areas, so I recommend bringing a hat and some water. Overall, it was an informative experience, but a little more time in the shade would have made it more comfortable.
Dewi_P, May 2025
Rebecca was brilliant and sweet. She performed above and beyond. I highly recommend this tourvif you visit Budapest.
Patrick_R, May 2025
Sophie was a brilliant guide. Recommend the tour as intro to central Pest. Started at Cathedral and past a number of squares in very interesting anecdotes and history. Well worth catching!
Kellie_H, May 2025
Rebecca the guide was brilliant, knowledgeable! She kept apologising (not her fault). I sent What’s App message right on start time from Viator details, as not a soul was waiting at address nominated on the booking. I never heard back from them.
However after I panicked and approached a big red bus person selling tickets about 40 m down the road, he directed me; I arrived a few minutes late, after waiting over 5 minutes at meeting point as advertised before start of tour.
When I did arrive (after running to catch up the tour) at the first stop (front of St Stephen’s basilica), there were NOT 20 people on the tour (it was advertised as max 20 people on the tour), but at least 40!
Response from Host, May 2025
Thank you for your feedback and for sharing your experience. We're glad to hear that you found Rebecca to be a brilliant and knowledgeable guide, and we sincerely apologize for the confusion at the meeting point. It’s unfortunate that there was a delay in communication, and we understand how frustrating that must have been.
Regarding the group size, we want to clarify that there were two tour leaders guiding the tour that day, which is why the group was larger than expected. We strive to provide an excellent experience for all our guests, and we appreciate your understanding. Your feedback is invaluable to help us improve for future tours.
Thank you again for your review!
MARY_H, Mar 2025
Great tour guide, Klaudia. She was informative, interesting, and humorous. Knew her historical facts and figures.
Carol_H, Mar 2025
Claudia is an exceptional guide, funny informative, caring and full of insider knowledge. Excellent tour!
Gail_G, Feb 2025
Very informative walk around Pest at a very relaxed pace
Great way to learn about the beautiful buildings in the this city.
Heather_H, Jan 2025
A good walking tour to get bearings in the city. A little history too. Marc was an excellent guide despite the weather being so cold.
Nicholas_C, Dec 2024
Sophia had vast knowledge of the history of Budapest, including the folklore. We saw many of the main points of interest.
Jo_B, Dec 2024
It was very informative and interesting. Juan our Chilean guide was excellent, funny and knowledgeable. Thoroughly recommend it.
Chloe_T, Dec 2024
We really enjoyed seeing all the landmarks and hearing all the stories behind them. The tour guide was very friendly and knowledgeable, we had a great time!
Suzanne_K, Dec 2024
Great way to see Budapest through the eyes of a local. Rebecca was friendly and knowledgeable. It helped when she showed photos of the things and people she was talking about. I would definitely recommend this tour.
deb_c, Nov 2024
The subway train
Make sure you validate your ticket we got fined £60
Lovely day Lovely young lady very knowledgeable.
Joseph_P, Oct 2024
Rebecca was lovely, what a great tour! Well timed, loads to see, and Rebecca led it well. A no brainer to book for first timers to Budapest!
Akta_P, Oct 2024
Our guide Sofi was very informative and interesting. It would be helpful if the tour was renamed to specify that it was a walking tour of the Pest side of the city only.
Limor_R, Oct 2024
It was wonderful! Light and engaging. It gave me plenty of ideas for the rest of my stay in Budapest.
Jenny_C, Oct 2024
Rebecca our tour guide was very knowledgeable and her English was excellent. Her presentation of the Hungarian history interspersed with fun stories kept us interested.
Derrick_P, Oct 2024
Easy informative walk, great friendly guide, helpful and very knowledgeable. Would highly recommend.
Catherine_D, Sep 2024
Rebecca was very knowledgable and good fun. Lovely walk and interesting stories. Shame Danube was flooded so had to miss a couple of stops.
Erika_O, Sep 2024
Claudia provided a great tour experience. Our group was HUGE so I was quite concerned that the tour would be disappointing but Claudia did a great job of keeping the group together and on track. She ensured her voice was loud enough for everyone to hear and provided the right amount of information at each stop. Definitely recommend!
James_C, Sep 2024
Claudia was a fantastic Guide, happy, friendly and very informative.
She was always able to ensure all participants heard the information.
I would recommend you try the tour.
Cristina_L, Aug 2024
Good tour por Budapest. We started besides the Basilica, we went to Sissi square, cafe Gerdaue, statue of a little princess, shoes e Parliament
Emily_Y, Aug 2024
Klaudia was a great tour guide. She had the right amount of humor, and could tell a good story. We enjoyed the tour, it was very informative. I would recommend!
Sara_D, Aug 2024
Claudia was energetic and tried to make the tour interactive and fun. I was enjoying the tour until we got to the memorial of the shoes. I have traveled to many different countries and attended many Jewish memorials, and this is the first tour guide who presented the history with a lot of sympathy for the people who killed thousands of Jews. She also did not know the most updated information about the Hungarian Jewish experience during world war 2. When showing her updated information about the 1941 deportations from Yad Vashem she told me it’s absolutely not true without any explanation. This echoes holocaust denialism, especially with the extreme sympathy for the Hungarians for not only cooperating with the Nazis, but aligning with the Nazis. Very not impressed.
Response from Host, Aug 2024
Thank you for sharing your feedback and for acknowledging Claudia's energy and efforts to make the tour interactive. I'd like to address some of your concerns to provide a fuller picture.
First, it's important to recognize that this walking tour is focused on Budapest's main highlights, with a brief mention of the Shoes on the Danube memorial. This tour is not specifically a Jewish-themed tour, which might have influenced how the information was presented. Evaluating the entire tour based on one aspect may not fully capture the overall experience.
Regarding Claudia's presentation at the memorial, I'd like to emphasize that she is a highly experienced local guide with over 8 years of experience. She has led many Jewish groups to the Shoes on the Danube memorial, and in all that time, her expressions and style have not raised concerns among participants. While differing perspectives on historical events can occur, Claudia’s intent was certainly not to diminish the gravity of the Holocaust or align with Holocaust denialism.
I hope this provides some additional context to your experience, and I appreciate your understanding.
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