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Explore Budapest from the Local's Perspective - Public Transportation Tour

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Explore Budapest from the Local's Perspective - Public Transportation Tour

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Travel with the Funicular

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Duration: 1 hour: Add a special experience and an extra hour to your tour, and dive into the Buda"s and the Castle's history.
Funicular: Ride Budapest's historic funicular to Castle Hill for stunning views of the city. Explore the its history and many insights.
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Public Transport Tour of Bp

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Meet locals and save on taxi costs!
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Highlights

Budapest features a remarkably comprehensive and efficient public-transportation system, so to truly experience Hungary’s capital the way that locals do, there is no better way than getting around the city by tram, bus, metro, and even ferryboat. During this 2.5-hour tour, participants will have the opportunity to try five different means of transport and see the city in a different way. This guided tour of the city allows you to experience it like a local and get to know Budapest and its dwellers as they live their everyday life.

Itinerary

  • Andrassy Avenue(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    Andrássy Avenue is a boulevard in Budapest, Hungary, dating back to 1872. Lined with spectacular Neo-renaissance mansions and townhouses featuring fine facades and interiors, it was recognised as a World Heritage Site in 2002. It is also one of Budapest's main shopping streets, with fine cafes, restaurants, theatres, Embassies and luxury boutiques.
  • Heroes' Square

    15 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    Heroes' Square is one of the major squares in Budapest, Hungary, noted for its iconic statue complex featuring the Seven chieftains of the Magyars and other important Hungarian national leaders, as well as the Memorial Stone of Heroes, often erroneously referred as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
  • Vajdahunyad Castle (Vajdahunyadvar)(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    Vajdahunyad Castle is a castle in the City Park of Budapest, Hungary. It was built in 1896 as part of the Millennial Exhibition which celebrated the 1,000 years of Hungary since the Hungarian Conquest of the Carpathian Basin in 895. The castle was designed by Ignác Alpár to feature copies of several landmark buildings from different parts the Kingdom of Hungary, especially the Hunyad Castle in Transylvania (now in Romania). Today, it houses the Museum of Hungarian Agriculture, the biggest agricultural museum in Europe.
  • Museum of Fine Arts(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    The Museum of Fine Arts is a museum in Heroes' Square, Budapest, Hungary, facing the Palace of Art. It was built by the plans of Albert Schickedanz and Fülöp Herzog in an eclectic-neoclassical style, between 1900 and 1906. The museum's collection is made up of international art (other than Hungarian), including all periods of European art, and comprises more than 100,000 pieces.
  • Kunsthalle(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    The Budapest Hall of Art is a contemporary art museum and a historic building located in Budapest, Hungary. The museum building is on Heroes' Square, facing the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts. The art museum hosts temporary exhibits contemporary art. Its government partner is the Ministry of Education and Culture. It has a bookshop, library, and the Műcsarnok Café that overlooks the square.
  • Varosligeti Mujegpalya Es Csonakazoto(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    The City Park Ice Rink is a public ice rink located in the City Park of the Hungarian capital Budapest, opened in 1870, it is the largest and one of the oldest ice rinks in Europe.
  • Jászai Mari tér

    10 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    Spaceous hub of public transport and social life directly at the easer foot of the Margaret-bridge, named after Mari Jászai, one of the most influential actor in the Hungarian theatrical world of her time.
  • Margaret Bridge

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    Margaret Bridge is a three-way bridge in Budapest, Hungary, connecting Buda and Pest across the Danube and linking Margaret Island to the banks. It is the second-northernmost and second-oldest public bridge in Budapest.
  • Szent István körút(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    On this ring runs one of the busiest tram lines of the world (legend says it’s *the* busiest!) – these two lines transport millions of passengers every year along Budapest’s big ring road (“Nagykörút”). All of this at max. 15min-intervals, although during rush hours they run every 2 minutes.
  • Budapest Western Railway Station

    10 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    Nyugati pályaudvar (English: Western railway station), generally referred to simply as Nyugati, is one of the three main railway terminals in Budapest, Hungary. The station is on the Pest side of Budapest, accessible by the 4 and 6 tramline and the M3 metro line. The surrounding are has became one of the busiest meeting point in the city, the area is rich in restaurants, bars and diverse stores.
  • Deak Ferenc Square

    10 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    The square is named for Ferenc Deák, "The Wise Man of the Nation". It's a major intersection and transport junction in Budapest. Three lines of the Budapest Metro each converge on the station under the square. Tram lines 47 and 49 also originate from the square, as well as several bus lines.
  • Elizabeth Square

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    This park, next to Deák Ferenc tér is a popular gathering for young people. Alcoholic beverages are sold at the grassy area, and it is common for Deák Ferenc tér to be populated until the midnight hours.
  • Buda Castle

    45 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    Explore the Buda Castle Area instead Gellert hill with the "Travel with the Funicular" option!
  • Szent Gellert Square

    10 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    St Gellért Square is dominated by water-themed design. Waves of the Danube are represented in wavy benches and a small fountain with a pond decorates the entry to this unique underground station.
  • St. Gellert Thermal Bath and Swimming Pool(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    Part of the famous Hotel Gellért in Buda, the Gellért Thermal Baths and Swimming Pool (also known as the Gellért Baths or in Hungarian as the Gellért fürdő) is a bath complex in Budapest, Hungary.
  • Gellert Hill(Pass by)

    Admission Ticket Free
    Gellért Hill is a 235 m high hill overlooking the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. It is located in the 1st and the 11th districts, and undoubtably is the best panorama point above the capital. The hill was named after bishop Gellért who came to Hungary from Italy around 1000 AD. King St. Stephen invited him to help converting the Hungarians into Christianity. Some resisting pagans rolled him down the hill in a barrel into the Danube in 1046.
  • Liberty Bridge (Szabadsag hid)

    5 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    We walk across one of Budapest's most beautiful bridges to arrive to the foot of the emblematic Gellért hill where we find our next stop.
  • Kalvin Square

    10 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    Kálvin tér is a major square and intersection in the city center of Budapest. It was named after the French Protestant Reformer John Calvin, due to the large Reformed Church located there. Being a major thoroughfare and locality, the square is a major transport hub with tram, bus, and trolleybus routes serving the square. The Hungarian National Museum is near Kálvin tér.

What's included

INCLUDED

24-hour pass for any means of transportation
Local guide
Map showing the route of the tour
Rider’s Booklet (manual for Budapest public transport)
Souvenir pen
Notebook

NOT INCLUDED

Food and drinks
Gratuities

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Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Good To Know
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult

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