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Budapest: The Great Synagogue Skip the Line Ticket

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Budapest: The Great Synagogue Skip the Line Ticket

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Skip the line and visit the Great Synagogue. Take a guided tour of the synagogue and its grounds. Learn about the daily life of the Jewish people in Hungary before and after WWII at the Hungarian Jewish Museum and see the Emmanuel Memorial Tree.

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Experience

Highlights
  • Visit the the Great Synagogue, the largest synagogue in Europe and the second-largest in the world
  • Enjoy skip-the-line entry
  • Explore the grounds of the Synagogue and see the Emmanuel Memorial Tree
  • Take a guided tour of the Synagogue, the Heroes’ Temple, the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park and the graveyard
Full description

Skip the lines and head straight to the security check with a guide to start your tour of the Great Synagogue. Visit the Heroes’ Temple, the graveyard, and the Jewish Museum. Honor Holocaust victims at the Emanuel Tree in the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park. Take a guided tour to hear about the history and architecture of the largest synagogue in Europe and the second-largest in the world, as well as the fate of the Hungarian Jews before and after WWII.  Then use your ticket to enter the Hungarian Jewish Museum next to the Synagogue. Admire its red and yellow brick facade combining Romantic style with Moorish elements. Learn about the life of the Jewish people in Hungary through everyday objects.  See the famous Emmanuel Memorial Tree in the Synagogue's backyard. Admire this magnificent weeping willow's small metal leaves engraved with a name of a Holocaust victim and plaques honoring non-Jewish rescuers.  Then, finish your visit the graveyard in the backyard of the Heroes’ Temple, the burial site of those who died in the ghetto during WWII.

Includes
  • Guided tour of the Synagogue, the Heroes’ Temple, the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park, and the graveyard
  • Entry to Synagogue, the Hungarian Jewish Museum, and the temporary exhibitions in the Cellar
  • Entry to the Heroes’ Temple, the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park, the Lapidarium, and the Synagogue’s graveyard

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Meeting point

Present your voucher directly at the security check at Dohány Street Synagogue.

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Important information

Not allowed

  • Smoking
  • Drinks

Know before you go

  • The Synagogue is closed on Saturdays and for Jewish holidays
  • Please wear clothes appropriate for a temple (e.g. no sleeveless tops, short skirts, or shorts). Men cannot enter the synagogue without covering their heads. A kippah is given at the entrance
  • Please be aware there is a security check upon entry
  • Entry with backpacks larger than hand luggage is not allowed
  • It is forbidden to eat, drink or smoke in the area
  • Face masks are not currently mandatory but are recommended
  • The ticket office and entrance always closes one hour prior the end of visiting hours
Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.4 /5

based on 2879 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.3/5
  • Value for money
    4/5
  • Service
    4.4/5
  • Organization
    4.3/5

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The tour was wonderful and informative. Our guide was knowledgeable. The only unfortunate part was another purist who kept interrupting the guide with questions instead of waiting to see if his questions would be answered once she had finished her speech.

April 19, 2023

really glad we did this tour. getting to tour the largest synagogue in Europe and tour Round the memorial site was a very worthwhile experience. our guide did an excellent job in the short time explaining about the Jewish religion, the role it and the synagogue has played I. Hungarian history, and the tole that the holocaust played to the Jews in Hungary. Also touring the grounds outside which is a world War 2 memorial to those that lost their life was very moving. Take time to look through the exhibit in the cellar and the largest Jewish relic museum in the world. also the length of the tour was excellent. the guided portion over in 45 minutes then you can tour the grounds as much as you want. I recommend doing the tour first to get the information and history from the guide and then tour around the sites after because it will mean much more knowing what it all represents.

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April 16, 2023

We took a tour to the Jewish quater on the morning of March 10. Brigita is an excellent tour guide with a lot of general historical knowledge and about Judaism in particular. She conducted the tour in an intelligent and interesting way. it was pantastic.

March 12, 2023

Product ID: 131379