Gergely Szabó - Your individual tourguide in Budapest and whole Hungary

ABOUT ME

My guests often ask questions about me.

Where did I study?
Why did I become a tour guide?
Are tour guides employed by the city or are they freelancers?

Below you can find out a few answers and some information about the last 30 years of my life...

I was born in 1980 in Pécs, South Hungary. My family moved to Budapest when I was a small child, so I grew up in the capital of Hungary.

After primary school I attended the Budapest Lutheran Highschool, where I did my final exams in 1999. During my highschool studies I spent a year in Bielefeld, Germany. After the final exams I started to study German at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.

During the first semester I got interested in tourism. In 2000 I completed a tour guide course. It was then that I started to get involved in tourism more intensely. After four semesters and a long time of contenplation, I finally decided on tourism as my future profession.

I broke off my German studies and went to the College of Commerce, Catering and Tourism in Budapest. In parallel with studying tourism and hotel management I worked as a tourguide. In 2003 during an internship I got insight into the world of hotels as well. After two half-year internships in two German hotels I returned to tour guiding.

In June 2005 I graduated and started to work as an independent and full-time tour guide in Budapest.