The Jewish Heritage of Budapest
Discover Budapest’s vibrant Jewish Quarter, home to the magnificent Dohány Street Synagogue—the largest in Europe and second largest worldwide. This area showcases beautiful Art Nouveau architecture and lively cultural institutions, including synagogues, schools, and museums.
Visit the Jewish Museum to see precious artifacts and artworks from across Hungary. Explore the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park with its poignant Holocaust Memorial honoring the 600,000 Hungarian Jews who lost their lives.
Stroll through historic streets lined with early 20th-century buildings that reflect the rich history and resilience of Budapest’s Jewish community.
- 4 nights accommodation with breakfast at a 4-star hotel (Hotel Astoria or similar)
- 1 dinner at the hotel
- Lecture on Jewish Life in Budapest at the Holocaust Memorial Center
- Admission to the Dohány Street Synagogue
- Visit to the Jewish Museum
- Half-day guided tour of Jewish monuments in Budapest
- Entrance to the “House of Terror” museum
- Professional English-speaking guide throughout the stay
Day 1
Arrival in the afternoon, check-in, dinner at the hotel.
Day 2
City tour in Budapest in the morning.
The afternoon is dedicated entirely to the Jewish Quarter, which today is one of the most significant complexes of Jewish monuments in the world. Visit Europe’s largest synagogue on Dohány Street and the Jewish Museum, which was inaugurated in 1932 and reopened in 1947.
Day 3
Holocaust Memorial Center – Lecture “Jewish Life in Budapest”
Since its opening in 2004, the state Holocaust Memorial Center has been the central Holocaust memorial site in Hungary. Here you will attend a lecture about “Jewish Life in Budapest.” The afternoon is free for your own activities.
Day 4
Visits: “Jewish Monuments” and “House of Terror”
Drive to the Wallenberg Memorial in Buda. In 1985, the Jewish community of Budapest established the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park next to the Great Synagogue. In 1987, a state monument for Wallenberg was erected; he was the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Budapest Jews during the war but was abducted by the Soviet occupying forces in 1945 and has been missing ever since. Next, visit the “Shoes on the Danube Bank” memorial, inaugurated on April 16, 2005, Hungary’s Holocaust Memorial Day, commemorating the murder of up to 20,000 Jews from the Budapest ghetto in January 1945. In the afternoon, visit the “House of Terror” museum, which deals with the history of both dictatorships. The Neo-Renaissance palace originally belonged to a Jewish owner and from 1937 to 1944 served as the headquarters and prison of the Hungarian Arrow Cross Party, known as the “House of Loyalty.”