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Bethm Feb 22nd, 2003 08:57 AM

private guide in Budapest
 
can anyone make a recommend for a private guide for 4 of us - city tour for the day?

Hiroshi Feb 22nd, 2003 09:20 AM

Use a search engine under "Budapest escorts"?

sojourn Feb 22nd, 2003 09:22 AM

You can contact Eva Tokody. Her email address is [email protected]<BR><BR>Eva is a wonderful tour guide.<BR><BR>By the way, Hiroshi, if you ever go to Budapest, Eva speaks Japanese fluently. She is the only licensed guide in Budapest that speaks Japanese. Her primary clientele are Japanese tourists. Eva is also fluent in English.

Hiroshi Feb 22nd, 2003 09:33 AM

The only time that I slept in a car instead of a hotel was in Budapest. 90% of the reason was because I wanted to try it. 5% of the reason was because of a severe language problem.<BR><BR>Magyar signs are impossible to read (except to Hungarians). Neither English nor Japlish is spoken. Neither is French. My awful German and their German is so different that it rarely helps.<BR><BR>Oh, I did sleep in the car in a small town in Australia because all the hotel rooms in the town and next town were fully booked.

Hiroshi Feb 22nd, 2003 09:39 AM

Oh, I did learn just one Magyar phrase. Do not use it unless you have absolutely no choice! It sort of means &quot;go away&quot; but is stronger than that.<BR><BR>Bazgd meg az anyodot (spelling is not quite correct, I'm sure)

sojourn Feb 22nd, 2003 09:41 AM

Hiroshi, the information the you provide is misleading. English is widely spoken in the tourist areas of Budapest, Szentendre and Godollo. <BR><BR>And, &quot;escorts&quot; has another connotation to it, but you already know that. You just like being controversial.

Hiroshi Feb 22nd, 2003 09:45 AM

Oh, sorry for the bad advise. I used the wrong word and got &quot;escorted tour&quot; confused with the other word. Oh, don't look up &quot;escorts&quot;<BR><BR>..but during a fist fight, you can say my phrase for &quot;go away&quot;

Bela Feb 26th, 2003 04:01 PM

Hi!<BR>My name is Bela Lukacs and I am a private guide in Budapest. I do tours around Budapest and the countryside as well as transfers to different cities.<BR><BR>The average tour of Budapest lasts 3-4 hours.<BR>We drive up the Castle Hill where we visit the Royal Palace, Mathias Church, Fishermen's Bastion and a few other places.<BR>We visit the St. Stephen's Basilica, walk around the Parliament.<BR>Then we drive to the Hero's Square also paying a visit to the City Park Castle (Vajdahunyad Vara).<BR>Cost of the tour $60.00/car.<BR>Also I do the Danube Band tour, length 6-8 hours.<BR>We visit Esztergom where we go to the biggest Basilica in Hungary, then we go to Visegrad (Palace of King Mathias with some gorgeous views) and then we finish our tour in Szentendre, one of the most charming little Hungarian towns. There you can visit a vine museum, buy any souvenirs or have a lunch in of the best Hungarian restaurants.<BR>Cost of the tour $ 120.00/car.<BR>Szentendre tour with wine-museum (sample of about 20 kinds of wine)visit $90.00/3persons.<BR>These are just some brief figures.<BR>I can arrange any combination-tour for you.<BR><BR>If you are interested in any of those tours or you have your ideas of what you would like to visit in Hungary, please let me know and I will plan the schedule.<BR><BR>[email protected]<BR>


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