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Communist Budapest Walking Tour
Communist Walking Tour of Budapest Led by Historian
Communist Walking Tour of Budapest Led by Historian
Communist Walking Tour of Budapest Led by Historian
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Communist Budapest Walking Tour

By Insight Cities
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Free cancellation available
Price is €170 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Overview

With the help of a historian, this 3 hour walking tour allows you to grasp the “goulash communism” of Budapest’s decades under totalitarianism, the soft dictatorship in which Hungarians had certain liberties in exchange for obedience on major issues. Learn why, for all the suffering of Budapest’s citizens under the communist regime, Hungary was called “the happiest barrack in the Soviet Bloc.”

Activity location

  • Hungarian Parliament Building
    • Kossuth Ter 1-3,
    • 1055, Budapest, Hungary

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Frankel Leó út 2-4
    • 2-4 Frankel Leó út
    • 1027, Budapest, Hungary

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Start Times
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h3h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
€170.44 x 1 Adult€170.44
Total
Price is €170.44
Until Mon, 2 Dec

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included3-hour guided walk in the company of a historian
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedYour guide will help you to purchase Budapest Tram and Metro tickets if you do not already have a visitor pass

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Your tour guides are expert local historians and enthusiastic hosts who love helping travellers from all over discover Budapest.
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Hungarian Parliament Building
  • 25m
Travelling by subway to Kossuth Square in front of Parliament, we explore monuments from the 1956 revolution, before continuing to Liberty Square where we discuss aspects of the Cold War before the US Embassy, the monument to the Soviet Army, the statue of Ronald Reagan and an atomic shelter.
House of Terror Museum
  • 15m
  • Admission ticket not included
We conclude outside the House of Terror, the imposing museum housed in the former headquarters of the communist secret services with a slab of the Berlin Wall in front. (Although the exhibit within is not included in the tour, this is the perfect endpoint for those interested in delving deeper into Hungary’s Cold War experience)
Stade Puskas Ferenc
  • 20m
Dropping by the former People’s Stadium (now Puskas Football Stadium), with classic socialist realist statues still standing, we can explore the heavy-handed propaganda favoured by the regime.
Ronald Reagan Statue
  • 10m
Discover the Ronald Reagan statue and the Hungarian sense of obligation to this US president for his efforts to bring down the Iron Curtain.
Kossuth Lajos Square
  • 25m
Explore Bem József Square, where the first big demonstration of the 1956 uprising started. On the square is also a coffeehouse that has retained its original interior from the 1960s.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESHungarian Parliament Building
    • Kossuth Ter 1-3,
    • 1055, Budapest, Hungary

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEFrankel Leó út 2-4
    • 2-4 Frankel Leó út
    • 1027, Budapest, Hungary

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