Budapest Communist Tours

Travel back in time and experience for yourself what life was like during the communist era in Budapest. This educational lecture and three-hour tour will provide an amazing personal account of everyday life in the 1960s and up to late ‘80s.

Learn about life behind the Iron Curtain on this 3-hour tour of Budapest. Led by a local guide, you’ll hear first-hand accounts of the era’s black-market economy, the effects of the Kremlin and the imprint left on Budapest after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Discover the Communist past of Budapest on this guided tour. Choose to join a guided walk with a visit to the more lighthearted Budapest Retro Center or visit the shocking House of Terror Museum.

Take an authentic driving tour in a 2-stroke Trabant. Guaranteed to be a fun and hilarious ride, you will use your vehicle to access parts of the city which are home to prominent communist relics.

Explore Budapest in an original Trabant in the company of a professional guide. On this unique tour you’ll combine an unsurpassed driving adventure with a 3-hour sightseeing tour of the city that’s reminiscent of the Budapest’s communist past.

Learn about everyday life in Budapest during the days of communism, when people drove Trabant cars and drank spirits at work. Hear about the black market and the infamous queues to buy bananas, and visit sites where revolutionary action took place.