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Budapest Self-Guided City Walking Tour & Scavenger Hunt
4.7
(6 reviews)
2 hours
Free cancellation
Private tour
out of 5
6 reviews
About this activity
Budapest's Jewish Quarter survived the 20th century, turned a ruin into the world's most imitated bar, and is still the most surprising neighbourhood in the city.
This app-led scavenger hunt takes you through Budapest's Jewish Quarter on foot, using phone-based riddles to guide you from one landmark to the next. No guide, no fixed start time.
- Follow clues to the Dohany Street Synagogue, Gozsdu Udvar, and Szimpla Ruin Pub — three landmarks that take you from Europe's largest synagogue to the bar that started a global trend
- Start whenever suits you and take all the time you need — no time limit, no pressure
- Works for friend groups, curious travellers, and anyone with an interest in the neighbourhood's layered history
Available in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian — see the full list when booking and choose yours when you start the game in the app.
Around 2 hours.
The ruin bar idea started here — your phone has the story of what came before it.
Self-guided Tours
Walking Tours
Fun & Games
Scavenger Hunts
Low Supplier Cancellation Rate
Low Last Minute Supplier Cancellation Rate
Short term availability
Weather Dependent - Weather-Proof
At a glance
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Confirmation
- Instant confirmation
- Ticket
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group
- Your group only
- People per booking
- 1–15
- Guide
- Norwegian, German, Hindi, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese, Greek, Cantonese, English, Italian, French, Hungarian, Spanish, Czech, Ukrainian, Japanese, Polish, Danish, Romanian, Dutch, Turkish
- Operated by
- Explorial
Ages: Children (0–9 years) · Adults (10–90 years)
What is included
Included
- Included: Free download of the Explorial App from your appstore (iOS or Android smartphone required)
- Included: Points and scoring system: Compete between players of your group and beat the cities high score.
- Included: Live Location: navigate within the map with marked locations. Always know where you are.
- Included: Learn about the cities stories, history, and local legends
- Included: Total flexibility: no waiting, start anytime, walk at own pace and do as many breaks as you want.
- Included: Self-guided walking tour with interactive riddles, trivia challenges and photo tasks.
Not included
- Not included: Live-Guide: 100% self-guided; no one will meet you or join your group. Start anytime you want.
- Not included: Entrance fees are not required for this game. All puzzles relate to the public areas of the sights
- Not included: This is not an audio guide but an sightseeing, gaming and learning experience
Itinerary
Starting at Deák Ferenc tér in central Budapest, enter your 6-digit game code that you received by text and Viator chat message into the free Explorial app and begin a self-guided trail through the city's vibrant Jewish Quarter. At the Dohany Street Synagogue — the largest synagogue in Europe and the second largest in the world — challenges explore the Byzantine-Moorish architecture, the stories of the Budapest Jewish community, and the memorial garden behind it. The trail moves through Gozsdu Udvar, a series of seven interconnected courtyards built in 1904 and stretching nearly 200 metres between two streets, where riddles probe the passage's history as a Jewish trading quarter and its transformation into a nightlife hub. At Szimpla Ruin Pub, the original ruin bar that pioneered a concept now copied in cities worldwide — taking a crumbling pre-war building and filling it with mismatched furniture, murals, and music — you'll tackle questions about the movement it sparked and the neighbourhood it helped regenerate. The trail takes around two hours at a comfortable pace, with no guide and no fixed schedule.
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Stop 1
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Dohany Street Synagogue
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Gozsdu Udvar
Meeting point and pickup
Everyone meets at the meeting point.
Meeting point
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Book your Explorial tour today. Start whenever you want.
*** After booking, you’ll receive your game code via text message and a Viator message.
*** Download the Explorial app for free.
*** Head to the meeting point and enter the game code provided (6 digits) to start the tour.
End point
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Book your Explorial tour today. Start whenever you want.
*** After booking, you’ll receive your game code via text message and a Viator message.
*** Download the Explorial app for free.
*** Head to the meeting point and enter the game code provided (6 digits) to start the tour.
Using your ticket
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*** Thank you for choosing EXPLORIAL. Next steps:
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*** 1. DOWNLOAD THE APP ***
Before starting, download the Explorial app from your app store, or from: https://s.explorial.com/T3SE3
(copy url in your internet browser)
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*** 2. GET YOUR GAME CODE ***
Your game code is sent by text message to the phone number from your booking. Additionally:
- Viator: under your booking -> "Help & support" -> "Message activity provider"
- Tripadvisor: under your booking -> "Contact Tour Operator"
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*** NO CODE after 3 minutes? Look it up at: https://support.explorial.com/
(copy url in your internet browser)
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*** 3. HOW TO START ***
- Go to the meeting/start point and open the app
- Tap "Enter code", type your game code, tap "Join game"
- Confirm you're at the start, or tap the map for directions
- Tap "Create team" and name it (required even if playing solo)
- Or tap "Join team" if a teammate already created one
- Enter your player name
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*** IMPORTANT: Don't press "Start game" until all players have joined the team in the app
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*** GOOD TO KNOW ***
- Language: each player picks their own at game start (from the advertised languages)
- Date & time: start whenever you like, regardless of your booking
- Pause anytime and continue later — even the next day
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*** SCORE & RANKING ***
Finish the tour and all tasks in the app to see your score and full statistics.
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*** REMEMBER ***
This is not an audio tour. It's fully self-guided — no guide will meet or wait for you.
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Cancellation
Free cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
| If you cancel | You get back |
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| At least one day before | 100% |
| Less than a day before | 0% |
Good to know
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Max 15 people per booking. For larger groups, make multiple bookings.
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After booking you receive a text message and a Viator message with your game code. Download the Explorial app from your appstore. Open the app, enter your 6 digit game code
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Weather & Health Guarantee: If bad weather or illness prevents you from starting the tour, you can simply reschedule it for another day. You can also rebook to a different city or request a refund
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Smartphone required: Bring your own fully charged smartphone with an active mobile data connection to the start of the tour. Please disable any VPN and avoid city Wi-Fi, as these will cause the app to malfunction or disconnect.
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Recommended attire: It’s best to wear weather-appropriate clothing and comfortable walking shoes — approx. 2 hours of light walking
Traveller ratings
4.7
out of 5 · 6 reviews
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