Highlights
- 3-hour Budapest Small-Group Bike Tour around the city
- Innovative, entertaining, easy and relaxing way to see Budapest best sights
- See the major Budapest UNESCO World Heritage sites
- Learn everything about Hungarian history and culture
- See the Heroes' Square, City Park, the Buda Castle District and the Matthias Church (day tour only)
- Maximum of 15 participants ensures a more personalized experience
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Useful Information
Budapest Biking Tour
On the tour you'll be escorted by an English speaking guide, the use of a comfortable bike, great tips and stops along the way for incredible photo opportunities. During the day tour, you'll also stop for a coffee and a traditional Hungarian pastry!
Please refer to Itinerary (below) for tour description.
Itinerary
Departs at 11am (March to November)
Your small-group cycling tour begins on Andrassy Boulevard and at the Opera house. Ride to Heroes Square and city park along the tree lined boulevard where you will learn about Hungarian history and culture before biking through the park to Vajdahunyad castle complex. Continue back to the city center and down to St Stephen's Basilica, named after the first Hungarian King. After visiting the beautiful church and square you will ride to Liberty Square for a picture of the last Soviet remembrance, then on to Parliament, the second largest in Europe with its huge neo-gothic facade.
Next, cross the mighty Danube river over the first and oldest bridge, the Chain Bridge. Now at the foot of the Buda Castle your guide will talk about the sights and stories surrounding you before a leisurely ride up the old road to the base of the Royal Palace. A break here allows you to view the UNESCO World Heritage lookout panorama where here you can capture the best views of Budapest. Ride through the old castle district streets to the Matthias Church and Fisherman's Bastion, followed by your reward - the ride back down! On the back road of the castle coast in comfort to the green park of the Taban and back over to the Pest side, bringing your tour to a leisurely end. You will be offered discounted rentals if you wish to take some more time to explore the city or Margit Island further.
Budapest Night Tour
Departs at 5pm (July to August)
You Budapest Night Tour will take a more relaxed and very flat ride and cover more areas along the bank of the Danube river. You’ll cruise along Andrassy Boulevard before taking in the magnificent St. Stephen’s Basilica, Liberty Square and the Parliament. Then, you'll cross the Margit Bridge over to the Buda side. Here you’ll ride along the banks of the Danube taking in the Chain Bridge, Clark Adam Square, Elizabeth Bridge, Rudas baths and the famous Gellert hotel and baths before crossing the Liberty Bridge back over to the Pest side to see the Grand Market Hall (a peek inside when open), and passing by the National Museum and the Great Synagogue before turning back onto Andrassy Boulevard and checking out the Opera House before finishing the tour. All of the sights will be seen at dusk and some will even be illuminated, giving great photo opportunities during the stops.
Reviewed by Mrs TC B, April 2013
An excellent way of seeing the sights. Thought I may have had problems as I hadn't ridden a bike for many, many years, however, no problems at all! Thoroughly enjoyable! Would certainly do it again.
Reviewed by Miss RE B, March 2013
This was a fabulous tour, the it ended up just being myself and my mum... (ideal!) and our fantastic guide who was informative, really great fun, and we had four hours of tremendous culture, history, exercise and banter! My mum was really worried not having ridden a bike for a while and the fact she has arthritic knees, but she had need not worry! The free drink and hungry pastry tasting was amazing...we ended up with 6 pastries and they were awesome! We had such a great day, and i think cycling (i am slightly biased being a cycle instructor/coach!!!) is the only and best way to really experience a city. The bikes were of good standard and the city geared towards cyclists so really in a nutshell, you would be silly not to do this tour, go on, you will NOT regret it!!! (treat yourself to a authentic thai massage after! boy that will blow your socks off!!!)
