Can anyone recommend a private tour guide in budapest. We will only be there 1 1/2 days and feel this might be the best way to take the most advantage of the city.

Kathleen: there is a private guide that posts every once and a while here on the website...she can be contacted at [email protected].

I haven't used her but maybe you can start with her. Have a great trip.

thanks -- as a matter of fact, i did find her name on the site after i posted and have contacted her.

Hi: Friends and I have had the pleasure of a private guide, Bela Lukas, for two different trips to Budapest. The first trip in Fall 2004 we went to the Danube Bend cities with Bela and had a great dinner in a restaurant we would never have found. He also drove us to Vienna with side trips for less than the cost for two of us on the train. Last Fall we also hired Bela for another great experience. His email address is [email protected]

An earlier post in this thread mentioned Budapest tourguide Gabriella Torok. She has been a sightseeing guide for me on three visits to Budapest, and I have been very pleased. I take about 12 to 15 graduate students to Budapest annually with 12. Gabriella has been kind, helpful, very informative, and willing to customize sightseeing to fit our interests. Her webpage is www.privatetoursbudapest.com. Highly recommended.