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BudaBike Tours
BudaBike Tours
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10:30 AM - 8:00 PM
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10:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday
10:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday
10:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Thursday
10:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Friday
10:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
10:30 AM - 8:00 PM
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10:30 AM - 8:00 PM
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We organize sightseeing tours by bike in Budapest and Hungary. On our Budapest highlights tour we'll show you all the important sights on an easy-paced ride. Alternatively, we cycle along the Danube on the night tour or discover the outskirts of the city on the Obuda and Retro tours. Don't worry, instead of overloading you with mind-numbing dates we prefer sharing all the basic info, fun facts and insider stories with you. Get up close and personal with Budapest - by bike!
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123hamburg
Hamburg, Germany5 contributions
Apr 2024 • Friends
We came for the second time. Last year we made the “retro kommunist” tour with “our”guide Peter. This year we continued. It was very interesting, funny and we learnt a lot about hungarian history, the polical background and current situation. Highly appreciated. Easy appointments, good conversation, bikes are fine. We’ll be back!
Written 20 April 2024
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Lisa R
Grand Junction, CO62 contributions
Oct 2016 • Couples
We spent 18 days in 5 countries, and did many tours. This was our absolute favorite. Budapest is AMAZING, there are so many beautiful and historical places there, I/we had no idea of the many things in Pest! (We did the tour only on the Pest side of the river, due to time constraints.) The best part of this tour was our guide, Barbara. She was excellent! We were supposed to do a bike tour, but the weather wasn't cooperating, so we did a walking tour. Still had a wonderful time. It was a "Bike and Bite" tour, so the focus was (sort of) on food, but we were awed by the history and architecture and city itself. We visited/walked by the opera, down Andrassy St, to a bookstore (with an unbelievable ceiling above a coffee shop), another coffee shop, over to the Parliment Building (they had a contest for the design of this building - they liked the 2nd and 3rd place winners so much, they built those buildings across the street), to the big indoor market (amazing shopping - and our first taste of a Hungarian libation and MANY area foods!), to a restaurant featured on an Anthony Bourdain episode (can't remember the name, dang it!) where you stand up and eat AMAZING Hungarian food. It's a place heavily frequented by workers in the area, and we understand there's always a long line out the door during the week. We wrapped up the tour at a family run coffee/desert house. We simply can not say enough good things about this tour. It's a MUST DO!
Written 22 October 2016
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Katie R
6 contributions
Jun 2019 • Solo
I had a couple of days alone in Budapest, and this seemed like the perfect way to see the city... The route is really easy and safe and Veronika is super-knowledgeable and made it really interesting. I'm really happy I did this and would definitely recommend it. The only thing I would add is that the location of where to find the start of the tour is a bit hidden on the bottom of the website... I was looking for an office, but you just meet at the bikes outside of the coffee shop on the corner!
Written 5 July 2019
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Raime E
7 contributions
Jul 2015 • Solo
I can't decide how many stars to put here bc it's complicated. Our guide, Edina, was not good. The biking, ability to see the city sites quickly and without walking, and the customer service was. Hence, my indecision. Edina has only lived in Budapest for two years and lacked enthusiasm and insight. Her knowledge was formulaic and any guide book can give you the same thing. When Christian, the owner/manager(?) Emailed me to ask about our experience I told him what we thought. He politely mentioned that her job was not to answer history questions but that she should have been more sociable and enthusiastic. The other thing that brings the review down is that they take payment at the end. It's always uncomfortable at the end of the tour to exchange $ with the guide and I would prefer to pay someone like a manager or employee up front at first. Anyway, Edina had no change at all and we only had 20,000hf and owed 12,000hf. She didn't offer to find change and kind of stood there and shrugged. We were in the garage where the bikes were so we didn't see anywhere to go. We wound up giving her the full 20 and she got a $27 tip which was wholly undeserved. For his part, when I relayed this, Christian was very upset and wanted to give us a free tour and had Edina email us offering the $ back. Seriously, what are we going to do? Go meet her and take the $ away? No. Point is that Christian learned to have his employees always have change and that this tour guide needed to improve. As a business owner, I want to improve things if they are bad so I want to give him the kuddos for trying to correct it. I just think we had a poor guide on a bad day.
Written 2 July 2015
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LeCreuset
NYC39 contributions
Sept 2014 • Couples
We took the tour on our first day in Budapest. The conditions of the bikes were great and the tour guide was great at taking us to some choice places, letting us run around, and seeing various sites of Budapest. I do think the two hour tour and the depth of information we received was not as up to par on other tours I've taken--even a little dry (uninteresting). I ended up taking other tours after the bike tour and filling in needed gaps of Budapest. It really depends on what guide you get, whether you feel like it is rushed and they're in a hurry to get rid of you or whether you are excited about the beauty and drama of Budapest. Maybe two hours wasn't enough. For the price, I felt like this was not up to par.
Written 5 September 2014
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Malone1986
London, UK4 contributions
Dec 2014 • Couples
We were lucky enough to have a 2.5 hour private tour with Peter to start out trip in Budapest. He took us to the major sites in the city and in just a couple of hours, we felt we had a good feel for the layout of the place and a great overview of the history of the city.
He recommended a range of bars and restaurants on the tour which all turned out to be excellent and we both had a really good time.
If you are looking to find out more about this beautiful city in an fun and informal way, this is the tour for you.
He recommended a range of bars and restaurants on the tour which all turned out to be excellent and we both had a really good time.
If you are looking to find out more about this beautiful city in an fun and informal way, this is the tour for you.
Written 15 December 2014
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186605Nat30
Dublin, Ireland22 contributions
This is something you should do when you arrive, my husbamd and I did it the first night. It was fantastic and lots of fun. Budapest at night time is very beautiful. This tour really helped us to get our bearings of the city so we knew what we wanted to see more of for the rest of the trip. Our tour guide Edina was very knowledgeable, she was excellent! The tour is not rigid, you can request stops and change route as long as you tell the guide what you want from the trip. Highly recommended!!
Written 1 August 2014
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KatieBAnthony
Durham, North Carolina, United States1 contribution
Oct 2011 • Friends
My friend and I loved this bike tour. Our guide was knowledgeable about the city and the history, he was open to showing us things we might be interested in, and the drink in the park allowed for a nice rest and a time to learn more about Budapest. Highly recommend!
Written 16 October 2011
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Sanne L
3 contributions
Aug 2020
We had booked a private bike tour with Peter as our personal guide. Peter was a fantastic guide with great historic and local knowlige. He showed us the historical sites of Budapest and joined us for a delicious hungarian lunch. We had a great day and and we can highly recommend BudaBike Tours.
Written 9 September 2020
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John C
Leicester, UK48 contributions
Mar 2020
We were in Budapest just as everything was shutting down with fears of COVID-19 spreading. We were lucky enough to have a bike tour with Lancelot, and to be the only people on the tour Lancelot discussed possible routes with us and we covered most of the must-see places in Pest. The bikes were very good, mine was super-efficient and seemed to need very little pedalling. The route was sometimes on the road but we did not at any point feel unsafe. We asked for helmets and were given them, though I don't think they would have been offered if we hadn't asked. Lancelot was very informative about the places we visited, and about Hungarian history and culture. Two hours well spent. Thank you.
Written 19 March 2020
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Hello Daniel, we are two friends from India. One is young and in shape and I am 64 yrs old, but not so old in my head. I would like to do the bicycle tour with you. Can you advise and tell me if there is any steep climb for cycling? I think a long climb/ cycle upwards may be difficult for me. Where can we do the booking, can I know your website? Thank you. My Name is Renald Rodrigues.
Written 2 September 2019
The elder gentleman should take an electric bike to assist him up the hills. One is quite steep.
You can still cycle as normal for the rest of the trip.
Book online directly with them
Written 6 September 2019
Dear BudaBike Tours staff,
Greetings from Kazakhstan!
My husband and I will be in Budapest from May 3 to May 8. We would like to do a tour with your company. Is it necessary to make reservations in advance over email/ via your website? Or we can just "show up"? :)
And another question - do you do discounts for guests with Budapest card? We are thinking of purchasing this card when we arrive to Budapest.
Written 4 April 2019
Hello, Nice greetings to Kazakhstan,
We would be happy to have you as the FIRST guests of your wonderful country ever. Unfortunately you can´t just show up, but you can book easily by whatsapp or email just a day before you do the tour. +36702425736.
We don´t work with Budapest card, but I can give you 10% discount for your tour, which would cost 22 USD or 22 Euro or 6500 Huf per person. You can pay in cash at the end of the tour!
Best regards,
Christian
Written 6 April 2019
We are visiting Budapest in 2nd week of December. From a weather perspective would it be advisable to do day tours in the city with bicycles?
Written 10 July 2017
Hi there, it gets extremely cold but as long as you're dressed for that I'm sure it'd be fine; Just may be icy so best to check with the guys who run the rides when you arrive in Hungary 🙂
Written 15 July 2017
Hello, We are a group of 12 persons (1child 12 years, all the others adults), we would like to make a bike-trip on mon, 30/10? is it possible for this group? How long take the trip? Do you have to eat during the trip?
thank you for the information,
greetings, Elke
Written 26 April 2017
Dear Elke, in which language you are planning the tour! On our regular tour, which lasts around 2,5 hours we don´t have any food. But you can also book a private tour with a food stop! Best regards, Christian
Written 27 April 2017
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