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Budapest Jewish Heritage: Synagogues, Shoes, Secrets & Flódni
Budapest, Hungary, Europe
$291.05
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Overview
Embark on this private, personalisable Jewish heritage tour and discover the past and present of the Jewish culture in Budapest.
It is a beautiful tapestry dating back centuries, with the community’s contributions visible in the architecture and lifestyle in of many places citywide today.
Our tour provides an exclusive guided walking excursion with detailed insight for those who want to get a comprehensive picture of the roles of the Jews in 19th-century Hungary, and to identify causes of 20th-century anti-Semitism culminating in the Holocaust.
While walking through Budapest’s historic and lively Jewish Quarter, an expert historian will brief you on the very complex subject of the Hungarian Jewish identity, and highlight how and why Jews integrated into Hungarian society over many centuries, while explaining attitudes of the Hungarian majority toward the Jewish population over time.
It is a beautiful tapestry dating back centuries, with the community’s contributions visible in the architecture and lifestyle in of many places citywide today.
Our tour provides an exclusive guided walking excursion with detailed insight for those who want to get a comprehensive picture of the roles of the Jews in 19th-century Hungary, and to identify causes of 20th-century anti-Semitism culminating in the Holocaust.
While walking through Budapest’s historic and lively Jewish Quarter, an expert historian will brief you on the very complex subject of the Hungarian Jewish identity, and highlight how and why Jews integrated into Hungarian society over many centuries, while explaining attitudes of the Hungarian majority toward the Jewish population over time.
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Shoes by the Danube Memorial
Extra locations: This version includes The Shoes on the Danube Promenade and two contradictory memorials on the Liberty square.
Extra locations: This version includes The Shoes on the Danube Promenade and two contradictory memorials on the Liberty square.
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours 45 minutes
- Historian guide
- Hotel pickup
- We’ll end the walk with an authentic Jewish dessert – how about a heavenly flódni?
- The tour is conducted by a genuine Jewish guide.
- Public transportation ticket
- Entrance tickets
Meeting point
Each time, it's the kind tourist who decides where the most convenient meeting point would be – whether it's a café or their hotel.
Return details
Each time, it's the kind tourist who decides where the most convenient meeting point would be – whether it's a café or their hotel.
- From Herzl Square and the Great Synagogue we begin the guided walk in the Jewish Quarter, including major landmarks of the city’s World War II ghetto of 1944. (pass by)
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Great / Central Synagogue (Nagy Zsinagoga)Stop at 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. You will discover not only why this synagogue is unique architecturally, but also find out about the fate of Hungarian Jewry at the time of the Second World War, as well as learning how many internationally famous personages were Hungarian Jews.
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Rumbach Street SynagogueStop at the Moorish Rumbach Sebestyén utca Synagogue was built in 1872 by Austrian Secessionist architect Otto Wagner for the "moderate Conservative" community. The interior decorations shine in their old, graceful light after the long-overdue facelift. Come with us and see this unusual and beautiful synagogue and find out how it differs from the others in the area.
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Carl Lutz MemorialDuring the war, Swiss diplomat Carl Lutz helped save tens of thousands of Jews in Budapest from persecution and deportation. Located in the area of the former Budapest ghetto is a monument dedicated to his memory.
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Kazinczy Street SynagogueIn a small side-street you can find Budapest's Orthodox synagogue. The Orthodox Synagogue was built in 1913 in what was at the time a very modern design. It has late art nouveau touches and is decorated in bright colours throughout. The stained-glass windows in the ceiling were designed by Miksa Róth.
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Shoes on the Danube BankWe pay our respects at the Shoes on the Danube Bank memorial, which was unveiled on April 16, 2005, in memory of the Jewish victims who were murdered at this site during World War II. They were forced to remove their shoes before being shot at the riverbank, their bodies carried away by the Danube. The sculpture, depicting the shoes left behind, stands as a poignant symbol of loss and remembrance.
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Jewish QuarterTowards the end of WWII, the Jews of Budapest were herded into a ghetto, and a small section of the ghetto’s wall still stands in the heart of Budapest. Come with us and find out the secrets of the ghetto, the life of its inmates and their eventual fate.
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End the tour with a bite of history – flódni, a heritage of flavors.
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Budapest Jewish Heritage: Synagogues, Shoes, Secrets & Flódni
Budapest, Hungary, Europe
$291.05
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!