Private Art Nouveau Tour Budapest

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Enchanting mosaics of the Music academy — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

The magestic Parisian Passage — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

Discover the breathtaking pieces of an architectural style that started to flourish towards the end of the 1900s, together with the insights of an art historian. In merely 20 years numerous masterpieces were constructed according to the various branches of the Secessionist Movement present in Europe. Viennese Secession, Jugendstil, French and Belgian Art Nouveau and for the first time, a real Hungarian “National Style” was also born. Among these beautiful edifices, we offer you the chance to explore Gresham Palace in and out, the Hungarian National Treasury, the Hungarian Academy of Music, various sites in the famous and historic Váci shopping street and much more gems too than you could ever find in a guidebook. Such a tour could begin at a previously arranged location, such as your hotel, or we recommend meeting at the former House of Hungarian Art Nouveau. A coffee break is also included in the tour at a marvellous Art Nouveau landmark.

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At a glance

Duration: 4 hours
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English, Italian
Operated by: CurioCity Budapest

What is included

Included

Included: Private tour
Included: Professional Art Historian Guide
Included: Tea and coffee: Coffee and/or Tea
Included: Hotel/port pickup and drop-off

Not included

Not included: Public transportation tickets

Itinerary

Gresham Palace

Passing by

We will visit one of Budapest's most iconic and beautiful landmarks that carries the architectural features of Art Nouveau as one of its most recognisable prime examples. Exploring both the lush exterior and the interior of the building is part of the tour.
Budapest

30 min

Parisian Passage Café. A recently renovated building that would make its Belgian counterparts shy. The tour will take you through its passage offering us a glimpse into its interior.
Liszt Academy

15 min

Located in the heart of the city, the building of the Academy of Music is a homage to Hungarian music and a grandiose example of the international secession style at the same time. We will venture inside the hall to see the mosaics and other details worthy to marvel at in the interior.
Vaci Street

30 min

As we will walk through Budapest's most famous and historic fashion and shopping street we shall stop at various urban palaces to delve into their rich Art Nouveau heritage.
Torok-Bankhaz Building

15 min

This exciting building will help us to understand the transition between the two major pre-war architectural styles, Art Nouveau and Art Deco. MIKSA ROTH!
Postatakarek Bank

15 min

The tour will take you to this fine example of Secession's Hungarian National branch. Expect marvellous architecture and enchanted castle-like details. LECHNER
House of Hungarian Art Nouveau

15 min

Dedicated to the period of Secession in Hungarian architecture, this site that we will visit offers us an insight into the Hungarian National Style and its influences.
Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden

Passing by

We will see some of the buildings of the Budapest Zoo taking us on a journey of the diversity of Art Nouveau and Secession architecture.
Museum of Applied Arts

15 min

This site carries the trademarks of the Hungarian National Style of Secession which we will discover and discuss as we stop there. Since it is still under renovation we can only explore the building's facade.