Budapest Art Nouveau 4-hour Driving tour
400 €
Explore the main art nouveau gems of Budapest in this private 4 hour tour designed to inspire you to grasp an understanding of the art nouveau architecture and design in a personalised way.
We offer the best exclusive tours for anyone who wants to grasp an understanding of the art nouveau architecture and design, looks for historical and cultural insights or simply loves this art style and wants to discover or re-discover an art nouveau city in a personalised way.
The tours is private so there are not any other people in the group only those you travel with. Our tours are not just about sightseeing, they are a unique experience of meeting, learning, discovering and understanding different cultures and returning back home richer than when the journey started.
Book our private tour specialised in art nouveau and get inspired!
Prices (VAT included):
1 – 6 PAX = 400€
+6 PAX – If your group is larger, please Contact Us for a quotation
Description
Itinerary
During this exclusive 4-hour private tour by car we will introduce you to some of the most beautiful Art Nouveau buildings and works of art in Budapest. The most emblematic Art Nouveau buildings visited on this tour will be:
– Gellert Spa bath (inside)
– Gresham palace, today Four Seasons hotel (inside)
– Postal Saving Bank, today the Treasury and a part of the National Bank of Hungary – Ödön Lechner’s most famous building
– Art Nouveau café (inside)
– The Bedo House (inside)
– Museum of Applied Arts (only outside because in September 2017 it closed its doors because it needs to undergo a total reconstruction and expansion that will last five years – CLICK HERE for more information about this rehabilitation works)
– Geological Institute, another amazing Ödön Lecner’s building (outside)
– Private villas on Varosligeti fasor (outside)
– Entrance of the Zoo and Merry-go-round (both during a drive around City Park) (outside)
If you feel like having a coffee or a drink we will have a break in a Secession café (a must for Art Nouveau loveres) or in a modern rooftop bar overlooking one of the most awesome art nouveau buildings of Budapest (since 2019 they charge an entrance fee).
Please note
If the weather is nice and you didn’t see Budapest from the Gellert Hill yet, we will start the tour going there. From there you will see spectacular view of the River Danube with its bridges (the banks of the river is part of UNESCO World Heritage sights) and probably the best panorama of Budapest.
Since our tours are 100% Art Nouveau, we focus our tours only in Art Nouveau buildings and works of art. But because we care for your interests, your private guide will adapt the itinerary to your interests.
About Budapest in 1900…
Budapest, co-capital of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire along with Vienna between 1867 and 1918, had its golden age around 1900 when it was a metropolis. In the last quarter of the 19th century the city reached almost a million people and more than doubled its number of buildings.
Secession style, Austro-Hungarian Art Nouveau, was the popular style at that time therefore many of these buildings belong to this style. The most important architect of this movement was Ödön Lechner. Although many people call him “the Hungarian Gaudí”, his influences came from Indian and Syrian architecture, and later by traditional Hungarian decorative designs.
During the flourishing period of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy the economy was buzzing, Budapest became an important hub of the Monarchy, and many spectacular buildings were erected.
Even though Hungary was tied to Austria she expressed her very own history and culture through the arts. The art nouveau movement provided a shared platform for both Christians and Jews to express their Hungarian identity within the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.
Book our private tours and experience this rich and exciting period through its finest buildings.
Fine examples of Art Nouveau include the Liszt Music Academy, the Gresham Palace (now a Four Seasons Hotel) and the Párisi Udvar, a down-at-heel shopping arcade that has received a top-to-bottom renovation. And it’s not just grand buildings; walk around central Pest and an Art Nouveau surprise awaits around just about every corner.
Cancellation Policy
Once the tour is confirmed, it can be canceled up to 2 weeks prior to the start date to receive a refund of the amount paid for the booking of the tour cost minus the service fee. Further cancellations and no shows are non refundable.