Jewish Heritage tours
Budapest has the largest Jewish community in Central Europe, with an active religious, artistic and historical Jewish heritage. Through centuries the Hungarian and Jewish history has been intertwined. Hungarian Jews played and are also playing today an important role in the country’s economical, cultural and political life.
Since 1995 we show to Budapest visitors the Hungarian and Jewish culture in our country. Our well trained guides have the necessary qualifications to help you understand the Jewish past and present in Budapest and in Hungary. Tours are organized in two languages (English and German). We try to keep the sightseeing tours with small groups of guests. To customize your needs we prepared two types of Jewish Heritage Tours.
To customize your needs we prepared two types of Jewish Heritage Tours.
Essential tour –
The Basic Jewish Heritage Tour (1,5-2 hours)
Those who are short of time can take our 1,5- 2 hour Jewish Heritage Essential Tour. With the help of our English speaking guides you will be acquainted with the most important chapters of the history and culture of the Hungarian Jewry.
The tour includes an interior visit to the Dohány Street Synagogue, which is the largest in Europe and local guided tour in the Jewish Museum, which has an important and unique collection of art pieces from Hungary and Eastern Europe. After the synagogue we visit the Martyrs’ Cemetery where thousands were buried, who were killed in the Ghetto. We continue our tour in The Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park with the Tree of Life which was created to remind us of those, who perished in the Holocaust. We will pass by the Heroes’ temple, built in memory of the Jewish soldiers who gave their lives for Austria-Hungary during the WWI. After the tour it is possible to visit the Jewish Centre with exhibitions about Jewish history.
Further important information:
At the end of the tour you will be given a Jewish Centre entrance ticket. These tickets are valid for one entry during next 24 hours. If you would like to go back the next day to the Jewish Centre, please keep your ticket and show it at the entrance gate.
MAIN STOPS
Jewish Museum with local guiding
Interior visit of the Dohány Street Synagogue
Martyrs’ Cemetery - Holocaust Memorial Park
Raoul Wallenberg Park
Tree of Life
Heroes’ Temple – (outside visit)
Jewish Centre
PRICE INCLUDES:
professional guiding during the whole tour
entrance fee to the Jewish Museum
entrance fee to the Dohány Street Synagogue
entrance fee to the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park
entrance fee to the Jewish Centre, where you can visit the Hungarian Jewish Archiv and an audio-visual exhibition about the past of the Jewish Quarter in Budapest
Meeting point: in front of the entrance of the Dohány Street Synagogue, 15 minutes before the program starts (see below)
Grand tour-
An expanded Jewish Heritage Tour (3,5-4 hours)
This tour was created for those, who would like to get an overview of the past and present of Hungarian Jewry’s and would like to understand the differences between our main religious wings. With the help of our English speaking guides you will be acquainted with the most important chapters of the history and culture of the Hungarian Jewry.
We visit the Synagogue triangle, which shows different views of Jewry in Budapest. The tour includes an interior visit to the Dohány Street Synagogue, which is the largest in Europe and local guided tour in the Jewish Museum, which has an important and unique collection of art pieces from Hungary and Eastern Europe. You will see The Martyrs’ Cemetery where thousands were buried, who were killed during the WWII. Our next stop will be the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park with the Tree of Life which was created to remind us of those who perished in the Holocaust. We pass by the Heroes’ Temple, built in memory of the Jewish soldiers who gave their lives for Austria-Hungary during WWI.
To understand the past and the present of the Budapest Jewish culture, we continue our walk through the Jewish Quarter,which was used as a ghetto during the WWII and today hosts synagogues, monuments, kosher restaurants, and kosher shops. We will arrive for a few minutes from the main synagogue to our second Memorial Park, which is dedicated to Carl Lutz, „Hungary’s Schindler”. Then we will walk along the Rumbach Street, where we will stop bythe Rumbach Synagogue and by an another historically important place for the Hungarian Jewry, Madách Square. After a short walk trough the famous Gozsdu Passage we arrive to the center of the orthodox Jewish community in Budapest, where we visit the interior of the Kazinczy Street Synagogue.
After our tour, we will invite you to have a cake in the glatt kosher Fröhlich confectionery. Another option is, to have 10% discount in the glatt kosher Carmel restaurant.
Further important information:
At the end of the tour you will be given a Jewish Centre entrance ticket. These tickets are valid for one entry during next 24 hours. If you would like to go back the next day to the Jewish Centre, please keep your ticket and show it at the entrance gate.
MAIN STOPS
Jewish Museum with local guiding
Interior visit of the Dohány Street Synagogue
Martyrs’ Cemetery - Holocaust Memorial Park
Raoul Wallenberg Park
Tree of Life
Heroes’ Temple – (outside visit)
Jewish Centre
Carl Lutz Memorial Park
Rumbach Street Synagogue - (outside visit)
Madách Square
Gozsdu Passage
Orthodox Jewish Quarter
Interior visit of the Kazinczy Street Synagogue
Cake in the glatt kosher Fröhlich confectionery or you can have 10 % discount in the glatt kosher Carmel Restaurant.
PRICE INCLUDES:
professional guiding during the whole tour
entrance fee to the Jewish Museum
entrance fee to the Dohány Street Synagogue
entrance fee to the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park
entrance fee to the Jewish Centre, where you can visit the Hungarian Jewish Archiv and an audio-visual exhibition about thepast of the Jewish Quarter in Budapest
entrance fee to the Kazinczy Street Synagogue
a cake in the glatt kosher Fröhlich confectionery or 10% off your order at the glatt kosher Carmel Restaurant
Essential Tour : 4900.- (no studentprice)
Grand tour: 9900.- , students 9400.-
No tours on Saturdays and on jewish holidays.
Address: Dohány u. 2. Budapest 1074