A private tour of Budapest's real, genuine Art Nouveau architecture.
A private tour for your group only, real stops at the Museum of Applied Arts, Gresham Palace, and the House of Hungarian Art Nouveau.
This is a private tour for your group only. Real stops include the Museum of Applied Arts, Gresham Palace, and the House of Hungarian Art Nouveau, with genuine complimentary coffee.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Meeting point in central Budapest.
Genuine, distinctive architectural style.
A real, genuine Art Nouveau landmark.
No other travelers.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
A private tour for your group only, real stops at the Museum of Applied Arts, Gresham Palace, and the House of Hungarian Art Nouveau. This is a private tour for your group only. Real stops include the Museum of Applied Arts, Gresham Palace, and the House of Hungarian Art Nouveau, with genuine complimentary coffee.
The Museum of Applied Arts was built between 1893 and 1896 to a design by Ödön Lechner, the architect most responsible for giving Hungarian Art Nouveau its own distinct character rather than simply copying what was happening in Paris or Vienna. Its roof, tiled in vivid green and yellow Zsolnay porcelain, is instantly recognizable, and the interior draws on Hindu, Mogul, and Islamic ornamental motifs — a deliberate attempt to root the style in something uniquely Hungarian.
Gresham Palace, completed in 1906, tells a different kind of Art Nouveau story. It was commissioned by London's Gresham Life Assurance Company as a statement of wealth and status, designed by Zsigmond Quittner together with brothers József and László Vágó. Sculptor Géza Maróti created the façade reliefs, Miksa Róth made the glass windows and mosaics, and more of those same Zsolnay ceramics from Pécs were brought in to finish the interior — a genuine showcase of the craftsmen working in Budapest at the turn of the century.
Seeing both buildings, plus the House of Hungarian Art Nouveau, in one private outing — with coffee included along the way — makes it easier to spot how consistent this particular national style really was, from a public museum roof to a private insurance company's new headquarters.
Every Voyzo tour is a starting point — tell us what you have in mind and we'll build it.