We are back! Here is some practical info…

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Restarted our Free Budapest Walking Tours !

Dear Travelers, as you can see on our website and Facebook page, too, we have reopened our free tours in Budapest on the 23rd of July! It has been great to see and guide you again in our capital city! 🙂
Let us share some practical information with you that is good to keep in mind!

Closure of the Chain bridge

Due to the renovation of the Chain bridge they have closed it until about the end of 2023… NO cars and NO pedestrians can cross the bridge. Please be careful when you are approaching the meeting point (Batthyány square metro station on the Buda side) of our Free Buda Castle Tour! You will NOT be able to cross the Chain bridge. You have to cross either the white Elisabeth bridge or the Margaret bridge (this one is closer to the meeting point of the Free Buda Castle Tour). OR you can take the metro line nr.2 from the Parliament on the Pest side to the Batthyány square on the Buda side (it is only 1 stop).

All our other free walking tours (Free Budapest Tour, Free Communism Tour, Free Jewish district tour, Free Evening Tour) meet on the Pest side, on the Elisabeth square, about 20 meters away from the big white Ferris wheel.

Please see the Daily tour schedule HERE or click the button on our Home page.

About booking our free tours

Please keep in mind that booking our free walking tours in Budapest is NOT mandatory. We have a booking system to show you that we are operating and you can come join us on the days which are active in the calendar of the booking system, but you can arrive to our meeting points without a registration as well, our guides are always there at the time advertised.

If you have any further questions do not hesitate to message us or call us at +36203409217 (between 9am and 6 pm every day).

4 days left till our Reopening!

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Reopening our Free Budapest Walking Tours

Dear Travelers, as we have shared in our previous blog post, we are going to reopen our free tours in Budapest, the Hungarian capital city, on Friday the 23rd of July after a looong break because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

We are going to operate the following walking tours in Budapest:

Free Budapest Tour: Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun at 10:30

Free Buda Castle Tour: Fri, Sat, Sun at 14:30

Free Jewish Quarter Tour: Thu, Fri, Sun at 15:30

Free Communism Tour: Fri, Sat at 15:30

Free Evening Tour: Fri, Sat, Sun at 18:30

All tours meet on Elisabeth square on the Pest side close to the big white ferris wheel.

It is only our Free Buda Castle Tour that has a different meeting point: the Batthyany square on the Buda side.

You are very welcome to join us without a booking, too, but if you would like to secure your spot at our free Budapest walking tours, then you can make a reservation on our website, on the subpage of each of our free walks. /Selection of our free tours

You can also book a private paid tour with us if you would like to have a more detailed and more personalized walk in Budapest bu local guides!

Hope to see you soon! 🙂

 

REOPENING ON 23rd JULY 2021

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Reopening our Free Budapest Walking Tours

Dear Travelers,

We announce it with an extremely happy heart that our Free Budapest Walking Tours are operating again from Friday, the 23rd of July 2021 🙂

We have been waiting for this moment for such a long time and we are very excited about being able to guide you again in our city, Budapest.

To join our free tours, it is not mandatory to have a booking, but if you would like to secure your spot, you can place a booking on our website by clicking on the ‘Book now’ now button on each free walking tours’ subpage. See our daily free tour schedule HERE!

You are also welcome to book a Private Budapest Walking Tour with us HERE!

See you very soooon!

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Dear Travelers!

We hope that a lot of you are dusting off your suitcases and getting ready to travel somewhere, maybe to Budapest! 😉

Here are the latest news, you can read our Previous blog article here , too!

The Covid-19 situation in Hungary has not gotten any worse during these last weeks, so hopefully more openings will be possible in the near future and you can start travelling to Hungary without too much hussle. We are planning to reopen our daily free walking tours im Budapest in the middle of July, possible on the 16th!
So, hope to see you soon! Until that take care!

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Dear Travelers,

We, the Free Budapest Walking Tours Team regularly write about the latest Covid-19 pandemic related news of Hungary and our Team, so here is our latest update:

Firstly, let us share that we are still not running our daily Free Budapest Walking Tours, we are planning to reopen in the middle of July, thank you for your understanding. Until that, if you are interested in a private walking tour in Budapest with us, do not hesitate to contact us at booking@triptobudapest.hu or info@triptobudapest.hu or via the contact form on the subpage of our Private Budapest Walking Tours.

Regarding the Coronavirus pandemic situation of Hungary

Things are pretty okay now, about 5.4 million Hungarians got their first dose of the 5 vaccines that we are using in our country and about 4.5 million got their second jab, too. The population of Hungary is about 10 million.

Hungary has opened its inner Schengen borders and has mutual agreements with some countries, where Hungarians can travel freely and people from these countries can travel to Hungary with their immunity certificates, too. These countries are: Slovenia, Croatia, Bahrain, Romania, Turkey, Czech Republic, Mongolia, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Cyprus, Ukraine, Slovakia, Netherlands, Morocco, Albania. Other than these, hopefully soon the European Union’s vaccine passport will be accepted as well.

Other Budapest related News

A resting area has been be set up on the closed section of the lower quay of the Pest side of the river Danube between the Chain Bridge and the Parliament for two months between the 18th of June and the 15th of August. No cars are allowed but pedestrians and cyclists can occupy the road. The quay between the Chain Bridge and the Margaret Bridge is closed due to renovation, which gave rise to the possibility of setting up a resting beach on the said vacant section on a temporary, experimental basis.

We have tried this resting area and it is cool, hopefully you can see it soon, too! 🙂

 

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Covid-19 related news of Hungary and the Free Budapest Walking Tours Team

As usual, we are coming up with a fresh blog article about what is happening with the Coronavirus pandemic and our daily free walking tours in Budapest:

  • Firstly, our free tours are still not running in the Hungarian capital city, we are planning to reopen them in the middle of July! Stay tuned for up-to-date information shared here and on our Facebook page as well!
  • Regarding the Covid-19 pandemic we can say that the situation is quite okay in Hungary and Budapest right now. The vaccination went quite well (using past tense, because there’s not a lot of people left who want to take the vaccination, most of those who wanted it, got it already…) about 5 376 000 Hungarians got their first dose and about 4 300 000 people got their second jab as well (out of the 10 million Hungarians)
  • Inside of the country almost everything is open now and people with their vaccine certificates can go to hotels, restaurants, bars, cinemas, gyms, pools, museums etc… We have a mutual agreement with some countries about accepting each others immunity certificates, meaning these nationalities do not have to quarantine themselves after entering Hungary: Slovenia, Croatia, Bahrain, Romania, Turkey, Czech Republic, Mongolia, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Cyprus, Ukraine, Slovakia, Netherlands, Morocco, Albania. Plus hopefully soon the European Union’s vaccine passport will be accepted, too.

Closure of the Chain bridge & a new boat to replace it

As we have shared earlier, the iconic first bridge on the Danube in Budapest has been closed for renovation. From the 16th of June there is a boat that rides back and forth next to the Chain bridge and it can accommodate about 250 people. It takes about 5 minutes for the boat to cross the river and it rides from Monday to Sunday between 7 am and 8:15 pm. The name of the two stops between which the boat crosses: Jégverem street and port Akadémia 1. On weekdays it can be used with a public transport monthly pass or a single ticket, on the weekends the price of the ticket is 500 HUF (about 1.5 EUR). Masks must be worn on the boat.

Hoping that we are gonna ride together soon again:

The Free Budapest Walking Tours Team 🙂

 

News 8th June 2021

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Covid-19 News of Hungary and the Free Budapest Walking Tours Team

Dear Everyone!

We keep sharing on our blog what is new with the Coronavirus pandemic in Hungary and with our Free Budapest Walking Tours, so here is our latest update. You can read our previous blog post on the following link: Gradual reopening of Hungary part 4.

At the moment we are still not operating our daily free walking tours in the Hungarian capital, but are planning to reopen them in a few weeks. We are keeping you updated with fresh information here on our website and Facebook page, as well!

Right now Hungary is establishing agreements with countries about accepting each others’ immunity certificates, meaning people from the following countries do not have to quarantine themselves after entering Hungary if they have their vaccination certificates (and Hungarians can travel freely too to these countries): Slovenia, Croatia, Bahrain, Romania, Turkey, Czech Republic, Mongolia, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Cyprus (+ Slovakia very soon).

Hopefully the European Union’s mutual vaccine passport will be valid as well soon in Hungary and we can see you on our daily Private and Free Budapest Walking Tours!

Gradual reopening of Hungary 4.

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Covid-19 related news of Hungary

As we have shared in our previous blog posts (see the 2 latest Here and Here), Hungary has started easing Covid-19 related restrictions.

Inside the country almost everything is open now and can be visited with our immunity certificates (at the moment out of 10 million about 5.3 million Hungarian people got their first jab and about 3.7 million got the second dose of the Coronavirus vaccination).

However, at the moment there are only 11 nationalities that can enter Hungary without having to quarantine themselves, if they are vaccinated and have their immunity certificates with them. These are: Slovenia, Croatia, Bahrain, Romania, Turkey, Czech Republic, Mongolia, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia, Montenegro. At the moment, we are preparing to establish accepting each others immunity certificates with Greece, Israel, Slovakia and Poland, too.

We are still not running our daily Free Budapest Walking Tours yet, but planning to restart them in the beginning of July, when the European Union’s mutual vaccine passport will be in use in Hungary as well.

Restart of public transport boats from the 4th of June 2021:

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the scheduled boats on the River Danube that belong to the Budapest Transport Center were not running, now they start operating again. It is a nice boat ride that can be considered to be a sightseeing activity as well 🙂

They are going to run every week from Tuesday to Sunday (not on Mondays) every 2 hours between noon and 8 pm on the following route: Vígadó square-Akadémia-Margaret Island-Batthyány square-Műegyetem-Bálna-Vígadó square. The last boat gets to the final stop at 9:15 pm.

The roundtrip boat rides can be used from Tuesday to Thursday with the monthly Budapest public transport pass (or any pass that is longer for more than one month) or by buying a 1000 HUF (roughly 3 EUR) day ticket. From Friday to Sunday the boats can be used by buying a 1000 HUF (roughly 3 EUR) day ticket with which one can ride the boats all day long that day. The tickets can be bought at Vígadó square boat station or on the boat at any stops.

Hope to see you as soon as possible on our daily Free and Private Budapest Walking Tours!

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Dear Everyone!

As we have written in our previous blog posts, as many countries Hungary has started opening up after the third wave of the Coronavirus pandemic has started declining a few weeks ago. HERE you can read about the latest easing of restrictions, since this blog post there has not been any changes yet.

It seems to be official now that the European Union’s mutual vaccine passport will be valid from the 1st of July 2021. Probably that is when we are going to restart our daily Free Budapest Walking Tours in the Hungarian capital (at the moment we are still not operating them).

The list of nationalities that can enter Hungary with their valid immunity certificates without having to quarantine themselves are: Slovenia, Croatia, Bahrain, Romania, Turkey, Czech Republic, Mongolia, Georgia, Moldova.

Gradual reopening of Hungary 3.

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Covid-19 News of Hungary and the Free Budapest Walking Tours Team

As we have shared in our previous blog posts, a gradual reopening inside of Hungary has started a few weeks ago, since our vaccination program is going quite well. We reached the number 5 million; 5 million Hungarian people got their first dose of any of the 5 types of Covid-19 vaccination that we use here. Therefore, it is possible to continue the gradual reopening of the country.

Let’s see what are the newest easing of restrictions in Hungary!

  • no more curfew at night anymore!
  • shops and catering units’ closing time is free now, they do not have to close at a certain time like in the last months
  • we do not have to wear face masks outdoors, but still must wear them indoors, inside of shops, malls, public transport etc.
  • doing sports individually and in groups is allowed again
  • private and family events can be held with up to 50 participants without any restrictions & wedding parties can be held too with up to 200 people (if these are held in a hotel or a restaurant, the hotel or restaurant is obliged to separate the participants of the wedding party or family event from the other guests of the hotel)
  • other indoor events can be visited only by those who got vaccinated already and got their immunity certificates
  • other outdoor events can be held with up to 500 people, if the number of the participants is more than 500 people then only vaccinated people can participate
  • music/dance events can be visited only by vaccinated people with their immunity certificates
  • people aged 16-18 can go to restaurants, cinemas without adult supervision if these teenagers have their immunity certificates already (so far they could go with adult supervision only…)

We have summarized the countries that established mutual agreements with Hungary about accepting each others immunity certificates, these countries at the moment are: Slovenia, Croatia, Bahrain, Romania, Turkey, Czech Republic, Turkey, Mongolia, Georgia. These nationalities do not need to quarantine themselves if they have been vaccinated and got their immunity certificates when entering Hungary. 

We are coming closer and closer to reopen our daily Free Budapest Walking Tours (this will probably happen when the EU starts their vaccine passport program). We are keeping you updated here and on our Facebook page, too!