Christmas Market Tour with Wine Tasting
Time for a great Xmas market
It is that time of the year again – when we all want to spend some time outside drinking some hot wine! Now, finally, the time has come to enjoy this moment.
The best spots in Budapest
From the last week of November until Christmas and even past New Year’s Eve, the center of Budapest transforms itself into a huge Xmas Market. It’s actually several smaller Christmas markets, but they all flow together to form one.
The biggest of these is on Vörösmarty Square (located in downtown) – and, in fact, it was nominated as the second best Christmas market in Europe several times (by Hungarians! Just kidding…maybe). This market hosts wooden stands selling a wide range of hot Hungarian traditional foods, hot wine and handmade crafts. As you can imagine, it’s full of people. It’s always very popular among the tourists and the locals.
The second most famous one is in front of the St. Stephen’s Basilica. Here you’ll find a small ice skating rink in the middle of the square and a huge Christmas tree. You’ll have the chance to enjoy some famous Hungarian cuisine and drinks here as well. The specialty of this market is that each night from 16.30 to 22.00 every half hour there is a Xmas light show projecting onto the Basilica – it really captures the spirit of the holiday season.
We move next to the nearby Károly Avenue. There stands a smaller market, with its own food, drink and stands all connected to each other.
Best of the tours: Budapest Christmas Market Tour with wine tasting
Absolute Tours runs a great tour which gives you the opportunity to explore the real Xmas atmosphere of the markets – the Budapest Christmas Market Tour with wine tasting.
What does it offer exactly? A guided of in the inner-Pest area of the city along with a visit to St. Stephen’s Basilica. It continues a walk around two of these Xmas markets. All the while learning about Hungarian Christmas culture from you informative and entertaining guide. There is a wine tasting break included, when you’ll have the chance to taste famous Hungarian wines which are the perfect choice for this holiday. Then at the end of the tour you also get a mug of hot spiced wine. Yummy!
During the tour you will also be able to catch a glimpse on the State Opera House while illuminated. Also along the great Andrássy Boulevard which is charmingly decorated.
The tour starts every day (from 1 to 23 December) at 14.30 from Absolute Tour Center (1065 Budapest, Lazar street 16, located right behind the Opera House).
Book your tour now: https://www.absolutetours.com/budapest-xmas-market-tour.php
