Budapest Tuk Tuk City Tour

Summary

Budapest is a beautiful city with a rich history. The Tuk Tuk City Tour is a great way to get a taste of the city's highlights.

Description

Budapest Tuk Tuk City Tour

Explore Budapest on three wheels during this lively, 2.5-hour tuk tuk tour. Most commonly found in Asian cities, tuk tuks are perfect vehicles to discover Budapest without compromise. Your guide, who is also your driver, will fill you in on Budapest’s major landmarks and historical events as you zoom around town, stopping to take photos and admire the sights. You can enjoy the free mobility without exhaustion or the crowd.

What's included

Below are items that the provider has stated are included with Budapest Tuk Tuk City Tour at no additional cost

What's NOT included

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Points Of Interest

• minutes: Andrássy Avenue is a boulevard in Budapest, Hungary, dating back to 1872. It links Erzsébet Square with the Városliget. Lined with spectacular Neo-renaissance mansions and townhouses featuring fine facades and interiors, it was recognised as a World Heritage Site in 2002.
• minutes: The Hungarian State Opera House (Hungarian: Magyar Állami Operaház) is a neo-Renaissance opera house located in central Budapest, on Andrássy út. Originally known as the Hungarian Royal Opera House, it was designed by Miklós Ybl, a major figure of 19th-century Hungarian architecture.
• 15 minutes: 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.
• minutes: The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath in Budapest is the largest medicinal bath in Europe. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is 74 °C (165 °F) and 77 °C (171 °F).
• minutes: Part of the "party quarter", crowded with restaurants bars and cultic places, with low traffic but many pedestrians. It is the northwestern boundary of the historic Jewish Quarter.
• minutes: The Dohány Street Synagogue, also known as the Great Synagogue is a historical building in Erzsébetváros, the 7th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is the largest synagogue in Europe, seating 3,000 people and is a centre of Neolog Judaism.
• minutes: The Great Market Hall or Central Market Hall (Hungarian "Nagyvásárcsarnok") is the largest and oldest indoor market in Budapest, Hungary.
• minutes: The Liberty Bridge connects Buda and Pest across the River Danube. It is the third southernmost public road bridge in Budapest, located at the southern end of the City Centre. It was originally named Franz Joseph Bridge.
• minutes: 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.
• 15 minutes: The Citadella is the fortification located upon the top of Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. Citadella is the Hungarian word for citadel, a kind of fortress. The word is exclusively used by other languages to refer to the Gellért Hill citadel which occupies a place which held strategic importance in Budapest's military history.
• 15 minutes: The Liberty Statue or Freedom Statue (Hungarian: Szabadság-szobor) is a monument on the Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. It commemorates those who sacrificed their lives for the independence, freedom, and prosperity of Hungary.
• 10 minutes: OPTIONAL STOP, as an alternative panorama point and photo op, instead of the Citadel. Above the reservoir below the Gellért Hill, there lays the Garden of Philosophers, where there are fewer tourists, but there is also a wonderful view of Budapest. One of the specialties of the place is a group of philosophers, where Jesus Christ and Buddha meet, for example, for a better understanding of one another (as can be seen on the pedestal).
• minutes: The Castle Garden is Budapest's unique jewelery box where art and nature complement each other. It is a distinctive work of architecture capable of offering an experience of history, culture and nature all at the same time, which makes it the perfect venue for entertainment, leisure and cultural events.
• minutes: The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Designed by the English engineer William Tierney Clark and built by the Scottish engineer Adam Clark, it was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary. It was opened in 1849.
• 15 minutes: Castle Hill is a kilometre-long limestone plateau towering 170m above the Danube. It contains some of Budapest’s most important medieval monuments and museums and is a Unesco World Heritage Site. Below it is a 28km-long network of caves formed by thermal springs.
• 10 minutes: The Halászbástya or Fisherman's Bastion is a terrace in neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque style situated on the Buda bank of the Danube, on the Castle hill in Budapest, around Matthias Church. It was designed and built between 1895 and 1902 on the plans of Frigyes Schulek.
• 15 minutes: Matthias Church (Hungarian: Mátyás-templom) is a Roman Catholic church located in Budapest, Hungary, in front of the Fisherman's Bastion at the heart of Buda's Castle District. According to church tradition, it was originally built in Romanesque style in 1015, although no archaeological remains exist.
• minutes: 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.
• 15 minutes: The Hungarian Parliament Building (Hungarian: Országház, pronounced) , which translates to House of the Country or House of the Nation, also known as the Parliament of Budapest after its location, is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination in Budapest. This tour does not include the visit of the Parliament's interior.

Additional Information

• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Please note: the advertised time may be subject to change, the maximal change is 1 hr.
• This Itinerary is a basic outline to our tours which may be subject to change. Changes may be made in order to personalize the experience.
• Tour must be booked 6 hours in advance to ensure confirmation
• Please dress accordingly to the weather
• Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date.
• Accessible for wheelchair users, although there is not sufficient space to transport a wheelchair in a TukTuk
• Minimum of 2 people is required
• One TukTuk is comfortable for 2-3 people. If you have odd number of people in your group, please specify if you would like to seat one traveler in an another TukTuk
• Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
• Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
• Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
• Guides required to regularly wash hands
• Regular temperature checks for staff
• COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
• Our team follows increased hygiene precautions: despite the low alternation in our vehicles we frequently clean and thoroughly disinfect the passenger area, and our guides carry sanitisers and maintain high manual hygiene.