The Nutcracker at the Hungarian State Opera
Tchaikovsky's Christmas ballet in the Opera House on Andrássy út, with matinees for families: 19 November 2026 to 10 January 2027, including Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
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Every tour is private — your group only, no strangers, no headset, no flag. We walk you through the city we live in and tell you what actually happened here.
This season
What's on in Budapest
🎄 FeaturedChristmas in Budapest13 November 2026 – 6 January 2027Christmas markets, light trams, skating and the Nutcracker: the whole season from 13 November to Epiphany in one place, with the dates and the Christmas Eve hours that matter.See Christmas in Budapest →Christmas Market at Vörösmarty tér
Budapest's oldest and largest Christmas market, on the square at the end of Váci utca, running from 13 November to New Year's Eve.
Advent in Buda Castle
The Castle District's own Christmas market, on the square beside Matthias Church, with the Fisherman's Bastion a minute away. 27 November 2026 to 3 January 2027.
Bonjour Monsieur Gauguin at the Museum of Fine Arts
The first large Gauguin exhibition in Hungary: about 80 of his works among 150, with loans from the Musée d'Orsay, on Heroes' Square until 28 February 2027.
Christmas markets with a local: a private evening walk, €240 per group →
Featured tours
Our most popular tours
All private: just you and the guide, never strangers. For two from €160; three to eight pay one group price, not per person. Children are inside it, and families pay 15% less again. VIP and custom days are priced to your plan.
Budapest in a Day: Private Walking Tour
Buda Castle District Private Walking Tour
Pest Private Tour: Parliament and Andrássy
Private Budapest Food Tour with a Local Guide
Budapest Thermal Baths Tour: A Private Walk
Budapest at Night: Private Evening Tour
Tokaj Wine Tour from Budapest
Budapest VIP Private Tour with Driver
Hi Pedro, it was a pleasure to meet you … You really are a professional, and you kept us thoroughly entertained in Budapest and Szentendre … we had a wonderful time with you!!! I’ll send you the photos with the princes and princesses I told you about when I get home. A big hug
ClaudiaMadrid · Written in Spanish
The visit was completely satisfying — both for your impressive city, even though we only had time for a short panoramic tour, and for Pedro’s professionalism and skill; his help could not have been bettered. We found him attentive, well prepared, cultured, with an excellent command of the language and entirely adapted to what we were after. He kept scrupulously to what had been agreed. Whenever I get the chance, I will recommend your services. Thank you for everything.
ServandoWritten in Spanish
Very good, Peter. Thank you for everything, the tour was really interesting, thanks again. I’ll tell friends coming out here to do the tour with you.
RodrigoWritten in Spanish
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Go beyond the ordinary
Special experiences
The moments people actually remember, and the small decisions that make them possible — which hour to go, which door to use, which of the famous things is worth your morning.
Read our Budapest guidesSunrise at Fisherman’s BastionThe terraces are free and almost empty before nine. Two hours later it is a queue.Thermal baths like a localNot the outdoor pool everyone photographs — the indoor thermal rooms, where the city actually sits.What Hungarians actually eatGulyás is a soup. Sorting that out is the first twenty minutes of the food walk.Simple from the start
How booking works
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Tell us the day and what interests you
Message us, or build the whole trip in thetrip planner and send it over. Say how many people, which day, and whether you lean towards history, food, architecture, or just want to walk and talk.
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We confirm a guide and a meeting point
Usually within a few hours. Your hotel lobby is the easiest place to meet, and it costs nothing extra.
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You walk
Plans change. Tell us at least 24 hours ahead and we move the date free of charge, subject to availability.
Why private
A group of thirty can't stop for the thing you noticed
On a large walking tour the route is fixed, the pace belongs to the slowest person, and the guide is talking into a microphone. Nobody asks a question, because asking one holds up twenty-nine other people.
Private costs more per group and less per hour of attention. You can change the plan halfway through. You can sit down. You can ask why the building across the street has bullet holes in it, and get a real answer instead of a rehearsed one.
Actual photographs
What the tours actually look like
None of these are stock. They were taken on real tours with real guests, and they are published with their permission.
Not sure which tour?
Tell us how long you're in Budapest and what you'd like to see. We'll say honestly which tour fits — or that none of them do.