Guided tours in Budapest
Budapest is a uniquely beautiful European capital, and visitors are offered various guided sightseeing tour options, both by bus and Danube sightseeing boats.
A typical Budapest city tour with guide and bus is 2, 3 or 4 hours in duration. When picking your Budapest tour, take into consideration that a 2-hour tour will probably not have time to stop at the major sights - if you would like to stop at the tourist sights of Budapest, you will need to book a 3 or 4-hour program.
The major sights where every decent Budapest city tour will take you to are: Heroes' Square, Andrássy Avenue, St. Stephen's Basilica, Parliament, Castle District and the Citadel.
Write us an e-mail to arrange your private sightseeing trips in Budapest with an English-speaking guide and a driver: this option costs more than most group tours, but you definitely will not miss anything you were planning to see.
Private sightseeing has a number of advantages: you are not hindered by members of a group you don't even know, and you can ask the guide as many questions as you like, and generally do things in your pace.
Danube cruises, especially in the evening, are very popular, as many of the sights are located just along the river (the Parliament, the Castle District, the Danube Promenade, university buildings and the Gellért Hill), and are spectacularly lit in the evening.
You can either take a 1-hour guided boat tour, or a 90-minute dinner with cruise on the Danube, with pleasant music - the latter is one of the most popular programs in Budapest
Before making a reservation, make sure whether you are booking a seat on a live guided tour, or just a bus with headphones where a computerized voice recites the information about Budapest.
A smart way to get good service is to check if the live guided tour is conducted in one or more languages: a cacophony of English, Italian, German and French guiding on the same tour can be very disturbing.
