Recently Viewed
Budapest Half Day Tour with a Local: 100% Personalized & Private
4.7
6 Ratings
Budapest
Experience the best of Budapest with a personalized and private half-day tour. Explore grand palaces, ancient districts, delightful cafés, and quirky ruin bars with a knowledgeable local guide.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
learn more
Highlights
- Buda Castle - Follow your host on a grand adventure to discover the many breath-taking sights like the Buda Castle \n\nIMPORTANT: As this is a private and personalised experience, the places you visit may differ from those listed and these will be chosen by your host based on your interests and preferences
What's Included
- 4 hours with a personal host
- Customized and private tour
- Convenient hotel meetup (upon request for central locations)
- Tailored walking experience with optional public transport or taxi guidance
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Transport costs
- Tickets to any attractions
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Optimize your Budapest adventure by exploring it with one of our passionate Budapest hosts. Experience the city like a local, visiting magnificent palaces, historic neighborhoods, lush promenades, charming cafés, and distinctive ruin bars. Marvel at the staggering views of Buda Castle or the neo-gothic styles of Fisherman’s Bastion along the Danube River, or immerse yourself in pop-up markets, indulge in delectable pastries from traditional bakeries in the Jewish Quarter, or visit a ruin bar.
Within a day of your booking, we’ll send you a brief questionnaire to learn more about your personality and preferences. Using this information, we’ll match you with a host who shares your interests. This host will then reach out to you directly to propose a personalized itinerary that showcases what makes Budapest special. You’ll also set up a time and place to meet. Keep in mind that your itinerary is flexible - if your preferences change during the tour, you’re free to adjust your plans.
- Itineraries are fully personalized so any additional requirements like tickets, transportation and food & drinks can be arranged for an additional cost
- Private groups are normally no larger than 6 people (if your group is larger, please make this known so that arrangements can be made)
Location
Deák Ferenc tér
After booking, you can adjust the meeting point to fit your preferences with the help of our Experience Planners.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(6 Ratings)
5 stars
4 stars
3 stars
2 stars
1 star
Brian_m
Sep 23, 2023
Flexible, informative and entertaining - Richard was flexible, informative, and entertaining as he lead eight of us on a 4 hour private tour. We had proposed an ambitious tour through the Jewish Quarters to City Park and back. However, as we approached City Park and began to flag, he adjusted our plan so that instead of walking back to the hotel we took the underground, which he had told use we should experience, back to city center and closer to our Hotel.
Our party peppered Richard with questions and discussions about how Budapest compared to other cities, the origins of the Hungarian language and the Ottoman influences on Budapest. As a history teacher Richard kept the conversation going with interesting insights.
We had a physicist amongst use who was ecstatic to hear that Edward Teller went to High School nearby and oohed and awed over the plague on the school listing other Noble laureate scientists who attended the school. Richard knew all the names and the history of the school and scientists.
As usual with Viator, arranging the tour, communicating with Richard before hand to customize the tour and meeting up with and being dropped off at the hotel went smoothly and easily.
Review provided by Viator
Jorge
Mar 7, 2023
The best Guide in Budapest - A great Guide Full of stories about the city, with deep knowledge about the local history but funny and clever! We walk for four hours in Pest side of Budapest with amazing chat. Highly recommended!
Review provided by Tripadvisor
A.
Oct 15, 2022
Touring Budapest with a new friend - My husband and I booked a private tour with Krisztian and couldn’t have been happier with that decision. He met us in the lobby of the Ritz Carlton and did not seem to mind that it took us a few minutes to come down. He greeted us with a warm smile and an encouraging word about the tour we were about to go on. From the moment we walked out the door until the tour was finished he over flowed with fun and interesting facts. It was like having a friend along with us and not just a guide. We truly appreciated his upbeat manor, enthusiasm and sense of fun, not to mention his vast knowledge. If you are able to book him for a tour, do it. Your visit to Budapest will be better because of it.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Mabbers1
Oct 24, 2019
A really interesting tour of the Jewish quarter with lots of history and a visit to an orthodox Synagogue - Richard was really excellent - tremendously knowledgeable and informative, perhaps not surprisingly, given that he has a degree in history. He even managed to read some inscriptions in Hebrew! Another excellent tour with City Unscripted following others than have been equally good and all very reasonably priced. I am a big fan and it will be my first port of call at any new city.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Peter
Nov 8, 2017
We had a great tour with Agnes. Very... - <p>We had a great tour with Agnes. Very friendly, informative and personalised tour. This was a great way to see the city.</p>
Review provided by Viator
Mbeecheno
Jun 4, 2022
Disappointing - Our guide was cheerful and eager to please.
Sadly he was 15 minutes later to arrive. He clearly did the work as a hobby and as he said” it helps me improve my spoken English. Perhaps not the smartest of comments. His historical knowledge of the city was really dismal and our guiding was really little more than directional. A guide book would have been just as useful. Nevertheless, we enjoyed our outing though shall employ p[roperly accredited guides in future as this was really poor value.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
