My name is Julia Kravianszky and I adore Hungary.

I was born and raised in Budapest, I lived here all my life so I consider myself a real Budapester. Hopefully I can answer all your questions about my city. I’m a passionate and enthusiastic private tour guide with fluent English and French and I would like to show you around my beautiful country that I hope you’ll never forget.

I started tour guiding in high school and I always knew I couldn’t live without it. It’s not just my job but is my passion at the same time. I’m convinced that the best way to explore a city’s history and culture is through a local’s eyes, I also promise to reveal all the secrets and legends that only locals know about.

Let me help you to discover the most beautiful sights of Budapest and those of the countryside. Hungary has always been a fantastic melting pot of different cultures and people, and I’d be glad to show you all its different shades.

I organize the tours according to your preferences, I offer walking tours and tours in a comfortable car or minivan. In only a few hours you’ll learn everything you want and need about Hungary, its people and culture and I’m also glad to share all the secret stories and legends hidden around our beautiful buildings and monuments.

I’m photo editor of Hungary’s most popular food magazine, so feel free to ask me about the great Hungarian cuisine and our local traditions. I’d be happy to recommend nice places where you can taste our delicious food.

Planning a trip is time consuming but I might help you. Please contact me for further information. Read my blog posts to learn more about Budapest and about my private tours!

Recent reviews

Alexandra

BUDAPEST WALK

We had a wonderful morning exploring Budapest with Julia. She is hugely knowledgeable about not only Budapest but its place within Europe historically and culturally. We would highly recommend her as a tour guide and if we were here for longer would have done another of her more specialist tours.

Janet

"THE GRAND BUDAPEST" WALK

We recently had a very memorable full day Budapest tour with Julia and we recommend her highly. As others have said, Julia is knowledgeable, accommodating, and fun to tour with. She adapts to her guests needs and she answers questions honestly and enthusiastically. Thank you Julia for a great tour of Budapest!

Rob

FAMILY RESEARCH - ANCESTRY TOUR

Julia made our first trip to Hungary and Budapest unforgettable. We did a Family History tour one day and a Half Day Driving/Half Day Walking tour of Budapest. First, she did local research based on what I had done and found a lot more records. She planned a day to the villages that my grandparents and great grandparents were born and lived it. And added some of the other sites in the Veszprem/Lake Balaton area. And the Budapest tour was fabulous and we learned so much in addition to seeing the sites. Highly recommend Julia!!

Erik

FULL-DAY BUDAPEST TOUR BY CAR

We booked a full day tour in a van with Julia. It was exquisite. She had insightful commentary and was able discuss so many different eras of Hungarian history. We could not have asked for a better guide. A definite 5 star experience.

Sarah

BUDAPEST WALK

Just brilliant. Julia is such a lovely guide, flexible, informative and joyous to be around.
We were three couples visiting Budapest wanting a city highlights tour, but we had visited the opera house tour and were a little tired.
So Julia tailored our time together on the day to see so many beautiful places on both sides of the river and whilst we did lots of walking we also incorporated three types of public transport too which was fascinating and fabulous. Loved the little orange metro!
We also enjoyed a lovely coffee / mulled wine / Budapest coffee (with palinka) and strudel stop to refuel and top up our energy.
Julia’s enthusiasm for her beautiful Budapest is infectious and we had a very special afternoon with her seeing the sights and learning loads.
Highly recommended. You won’t be disappointed.