Budapest Christmas market tour with basilica visit and wine tasting

Get the local’s point of view on the Christmas traditions and culture while seeing some of Budapest’s best inner city sights.

Your guide will walk you through two Christmas markets showing you Hungarian handicrafts, trinkets, souvenirs as well as the local foods and sweets on sale. Along the way, you’ll see the Opera House, Andrassy Blvd with option to see the holiday decorations inside and illuminated on the square. Your guide will show you around inside St Stephen’s Basilica whenever it is open for public visiting. Besides a great intro tour to the city you’ll be treated to a three tier wine tasting in a nice restaurant and get the chance to relax a bit while sipping away famous wines from Hungary.

At the end of the tour your guide invites you to a hot wine and then leaves you in the biggest Christmas market on Vorosmarty Square to explore and do some holiday shopping. Also off this square is the famous Vaci Street and Budapest’s Fashion Street where many shops can be found for more traditional shopping.