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Historical Revolution Walk - Contemporary Budapest Historical Overviews - 3 hours
The graceful remembrance
Last 200 years of Hungarian history: War of Independence, Great Compromise, WWI, WWII, Communism, 1956 Revolution, Free Elections and return to capitalism.
Highlights and Themes
-War of Independence 1848-9
-World War I & II
-Start of communism
-1956 Revolution: Speeches, Protests, Marches, Imre Nagy – Call to the West, Parliament first shootings, Storming of the Hungarian Radio, Soviet invasion and Corvin battle area
- Prelude to freedom with fall of the Iron Curtain & free elections
Experience the build up, follow the marches, re-live the battles, remember the stories! The Revolution Walk takes a historical approach through the last 200 years of contemporary Hungarian history.Hungary's past is filled with victories, failures and struggles. We lead you through these eventful times through the sights depicting the historical outcome and how it shaped Hungary today.
Through our guides the walking tour will visit landmarks of Hungarian history that “shook” the world with the 1956 revolution as one of the main highlighted themes.Prior to the revolution in 1956 a plethora of events such as the War of Independence, Great Compromise, WWI, WWII gave huge significance to the meaning behind the Hungarian quest for freedom. After delving through the recent history we take a microscopic approach towards the newly appointed communism government after World War II that led to the events of the 1956 Revolution. The tour leads you through the remembrance of the first protests and marches and the first shootings and killings that led the Hungarians to fight back against an unethical regime. Some of our stops and stories will be about our Liberty Squarefor Cardinal Mindszenty’s part in the revolution as well as the significance of the square and the last remaining tribute to the Soviet Union!We will embrace the character of Imre Nagy by his memorial in remembrance of the man who defied the leaders in Moscow and paid dearly on the gallows two years later. Another stop will be the Parliament area where shots were fired, which instigated the revolt to take up arms and defend one’s freedom.After these short stops we will visit more locations and memorials for stories about how the Hungarian freedom fighters fought major battles where boys and men lost their lives to protect their dreams of freedom with nothing more than Molotov cocktails and small fire arms against a well equipped Soviet Red army.
The 1956 Uprising was a short lived battle on the streets but silently in the back of the minds of many Hungarians they plotted their flight from communism and finally laid to rest the memories through the reburial of Imre Nagy leading to free elections and a return to a free society.
Get into some caving gear and get ready to crawl and climb around Budapest's famous caves for 2,5 hours with a guide.
This tour goes:
Every Mon, Wed, Fri at 3:45 PM No tours on March 15th, Aug 20th, Oct 23rd, Dec 24-26th, Dec 31st, Jan 1st
Meet tour at Nyugati tér (West Railway station) on the side at bus stop number 206. Tickets available at Yellow Zebra Stores and Discover Budapest Sudent 4500 Ft Adult 5000 Ft
Learn why Budapest is called “Paris of the East”! We take you for an evening stroll for the best photo ops & stories surrounding these famous sights. Afterwards we cruise the Danube for a 1 hour sightseeing boat trip and you get a free welcome drink and another beverage of choice!
Don’t get caught up in some touristy place trying watered down Gulyás. We take you on a taster extravaganza that let’s you try it all & even throw in a 3 tier wine tasting with the meal to give you a complete picture of what everyone is raving about!
Relax don’t stress! This is not a tour, it is a good time! Designed to introduce the traveler to the local pub and nightlife scene while bringing travelers together to share stories & create new ones J!
Highlights & Themes
-Welcome shot
-Power hour of beer drinking
-Another Beer and shot
-Local secret bars and pubs you would never find
-local places visited, no touristy ones!
- Free club entry
A night out with us makes a fun and easy time, no stress in finding your own party as we take to them. A Budapest time that will always be remembered. We lead you to a minimum of 4 locals’ only establishments where you’ll enjoy not being a tourist and hanging out and being treated like a local.
Besides the good times you’ll be having the tour focuses on the importance of alcohol and the types Hungarians like to drink, usually in large quantities.For our cellar stop we provide a small wine tasting of the most famous and typical wines in Hungary to help you get an idea of the correct stuff to order next time you are out for that fancy dinner.We tell you about the local Hungarian beer types and you’ll even get one in each of the set places we visit.We’ll also teach you the most important lesson, the shots!We provide two taster ones so you can experience what we drink and learn about what they are made from.
After all that learning and drinking you’ll be doing, you get to mingle with locals, share stories and make new ones, meet other travelers and make new friends.The guide is also and endless fountain of information at your undivided attention during course of the evening to be pumped for all that insider information. The tour is designed to move around to the “in” and “fashionable” local places so never expect a dull time with us but a moving party.This tour makes an excellent intro to the nightlife of Budapest on your first night or visit to the city and makes for a great base for you to go on your own afterwards. All drinks are provided in establishments and not on the street.
The way it was, Comrade! Your private tour to communism and more!
Go back to the good old times when we drove Trabants, drank spirits at work, lived in block flats, stood in Banana Lines, had two passports, coupon books, no TV on Mondays and no freedom of speech!
On the tour we go out to the famous outdoor Statue Park (where we put all the communist statues after our change in 1990) for a guided tour learning the symbolism of the statues from Lenin, Marx and Engels, Friendships’ and “liberations.” We cover the ideas behind them and where they were placed in the city and for what reasons.Also at the park we will visit some exhibitions of communism related themes that is ever changing along with a real Trabant car that was originally designed to be a covered motorcycle and became a trademark as the “Hungarian family car!”
Also included on the tour is our own private exhibition room.Where we will introduce you to the real features of a Hungarian home through relics to typical furniture and furnishings.Furthermore we have an extensive collection of many communist related relics, such as red and blue passports, party member’s registration book, pins, medals, currency and huge placards to help your understanding of the propaganda we once lived in!
The most recommended tour in Budapest! A complete overview of history, Buda Castle, Inner Pest, City Park & all the major sights in between in an entertaining & interactive walk divulging Budapest’s best kept secrets.
Our tour is small groups so you can interact with our innovative guides along the whole tour to get the most out of your time with us.
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