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A private walking tour in Pest. The most monumental sights of the city with stories of religion, humor and tears, tyranny and the 1956 revolution. Personal memories about the Communist dictatorship.
First, you will get an introduction to the religious basis of the Hungarian character in Saint Stephen's Basilica with the Holy Right, the most respected relique of the Hungarian Catholic Church. Afterwards, we will stroll some typical streets of Pest with the memories of the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy. We will arrive at Freedom Square with the Miracolous Fountain, the last Soviet Communist monument and the US Embassy with the memory of Cardinal Mindszenty. Finally, we will visit the largest square of Hungary with the Parliament Building. There are the memorials of Imre Nagy martyr prime minister and the other victims of the 1956 Anti-Communist Revolution. You will hear touching stories of «blood and freedom», sites of dictatorship and courageous resistance, Finally you can admire the most ambitious and opulent Parliament building of the world.
The tour is tailored for those who do not have enough time, money or energy for the longer sightseeing tours. Ideal even for families with small children, for wheelchair users who can not cope stairs on other tours, or for elderly people who walk slow.
After the tour, it is possible to taste some unexpensive local dishes in a typical eatery or a village cake in a pastry shop.
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