What's included

10 tastings of Hungarian wines: sparkling, white, rosé, red and Tokaji aszú
Visits to 4 of Budapest's best wine bars
Local snacks at two of the four stops
A private guide who walks you through the wines and the city
Sightseeing along the route: the Opera House, Andrássy Avenue, Gozsdu Court
Around 5 hours total; roughly 45 minutes at each bar

Pricing per person: €90 (solo), €64 (2+), €59 (5+), €56 (10+). Booking is advance only — contact us to arrange.

Hungarian wine, properly

Hungary has been making wine for well over a thousand years. The grapes most visitors haven't heard of — furmint, cserszegi fűszeres, kadarka — sit alongside familiar international varieties like riesling, pinot noir and chardonnay, all shaped by Hungarian soils and climate into something distinctly their own.

The crown jewel is Tokaji: a sweet wine from the northeast of the country with centuries of royal patronage and a flavour that has no real equivalent elsewhere. You'll taste it on this tour alongside a full cross-section of Hungarian styles, giving you a genuine picture of what the country produces.

The route

The tour moves on foot through central Budapest, pairing wine stops with some of the city's best-known streets and squares. You start with sparkling wines, then move through whites, rosés and reds at the following bars, finishing with a Tokaji pour at the final stop.

Between bars your guide points out the Opera House on Andrássy Avenue, the ornate facades of the grand boulevard, and the Gozsdu Court — a passage built in 1901 that now runs as one long terrace of restaurants and bars.

The pace is relaxed. You're tasting, not rushing.

Double the fun: wine and sightseeing

This isn't a sprint between venues. The walking sections are short enough to be comfortable after a glass or two, and long enough to take in architecture that most visitors only see from a bus. The combination of gastronomy and city history is what makes the format work: you finish knowing something about Hungarian wine and having actually seen a part of the city you might otherwise have missed.

Good to know

The tour runs as a private booking — you won't be grouped with strangers. Groups of any size are welcome; pricing scales down from 5 and from 10 people.

If you're planning a full weekend or a longer trip, our Budapest pub crawl runs every night at 21:00 from Oktogon for a completely different side of the city's nightlife. For something in between — guided and social but with beer rather than wine — see the beer tour Budapest.