Free Tours in Budapest

Budapest is an excellent choice for budget travellers: take a look at our Budapest Budget Tips, or see the best Budapest hostels where you can get hostel rooms and beds for dirt cheap.

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Free Budapest Walking Tours – photo by Trip To Budapest

Free Tours in Budapest
Free walking tours in Budapest are getting very popular due to appreciative tourist reviews and high rates on travel sites.

The free walking tours are indeed free, you do not have to pay a dime, nevertheless, if you are satisfied with the tour, you can tip your guide. Further, free tours are drop-in tours, so you don’t need to register for the free walking tours in advance. Tourists report that Budapest free tours have no hidden agenda, and the guides have very good command of English. Tourists seem to have been absolutely satisfied with the following free walking tours in Budapest:

The are 2 free Budapest Walking tours that comes with your Budapest Card.

The walking tours in Buda and Pest are guaranteed to start every day, therefore there is no need to book your places in advance.

They usually last 2–2.5 hours long and they come with an English speaking tour guide.

Meeting time and location of Buda Walking tour: 2 pm at the Holy Trinity Statue near the Matthias Church in the Buda Castle District, Holy Trinity Square, 1014 Budapest
Meeting time and location of Pest Walking tour: 10 am at Molnar’s Kurtoskalacs: 31 Vaci street, 1052 Budapest

Trip To Budapest runs (walks) free walking tours with the greatest success: 3 tours per day, all week, all year. They have 3 major themes: General sightseeing tours (daily 10:30 & 14:30), themed tours: Communist Budapest walking tours (10:00 and 15:30), and Jewish Budapest walking tours ((10:00 and 15:30). Most of the tours start on Vorosmarty square at the lion fountain, in the city centre (yellow metro station), with the exception of the tours leaving at 2:30 pm at St. Stephen’s Cathedral (St Stephen’s Basilica) at California Cafe Company. You can book the tour, but in fact, no reservation is needed: just turn up at the given time at the meeting point.

Free Tours to the Parliament in Budapest
Unfortunately the tours inside the Hungarian Parliament are no longer free (not even for EU citizens). As the Parliament is one of the top Budapest attractions,  you can expect long queues build up in front of the ticket office. Advance Parliament Tour booking is highly recommended. Packages are also available, such as a Danube Cruise & Parliament Tour, which can be a nice whole day program during your holiday in Budapest.

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