Jewish Heritage Essential Tour in Budapest

Guests who are short of time can take the 2 hour Jewish Heritage Essential Tour. The tour includes an interior visit to the Dohány synagogue, which is the largest in Europe.

First, we will visit the Dohány Street Synagogue (interior visit), which is the largest in Europe and the second largest in the world. 

You also get a guided tour by a local in the Jewish Museum, where you see the Hungarian Jewish heritage through a unique collection of art pieces from Hungary and Eastern Europe, and the rich tradition of Judaism, its holidays and everyday life. A separate room commemorates the Hungarian Holocaust. 

Besides these, we visit the Martyrs’ Cemetery, the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park with the Tree of Life and the Heroes’ Temple (outside visit). 

After the tour, it is possible to visit the Jewish Quarter Exhibition in the Goldmark Hall and the Family Research Center. 

At the end of the tour, you will be given a Jewish Center entrance ticket. These tickets are valid for one entry during next 24 hours. If you would like to go back the next day to the Jewish Center, please keep your ticket and show it at the entrance gate. 

Those guests who are short of time can take this 2 hour Jewish Heritage Essential Tour.

With the help of English-speaking guides, you will be acquainted with the most important chapters of the history and culture of the Hungarian Jewry. 

Tour dates: from 1st May - 30th November, 

Monday to Thursday at 10am and 2pm 

Fridays and Sundays at 10am ONLY 

Saturday NOT available 

Duration: 2 hours

Meeting time: 15 minutes before the program 

Meeting place: In front of Dohány Street Synagogue, Budapest, Dohány street. 2, 1074