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What is Fungarian?
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Fungarian is a small team of language, history, arts and geography teachers who want to share Hungarian culture with you. We called ourselves FUNgarian to reflect the fun way we’ll teach you some useful essentials of the language you can use during your visit. Anecdotes and colourful stories make all our tours informative, interesting and memorable.
Hungarian language courses
Private tours
small group guided tours
Only in Hungary
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LUCK-BRINGING LENTILS
Like it or not, you must eat LENCSEFŐZELÉK on New Year’s Day. Lentils symbolise prosperity, wealth and luck for the new year.
easter food
A unique Easter custom known only in the Eastern part of Hungary (mainly in Hajdú and Szabolcs counties and in Carpathian Ukraine among the Greek Orthodox community) is the ‘pászkaszentelés’ i.e. blessing Easter food with holy water.
HUNGARIAN CUISINE FOR BEGINNERS
This little guide gives an explanation of Hungarian dishes for learners of the Hungarian language. Then all you have to do is taste these delicacies!
FEELING
CURIOUS?
We are happy to
tailor your Budapest experience!
LEARN HUNGARIAN
Learn essential Hungarian phrases with our customized lessons in a fun and informal setting!
BUDAPEST SIGHTSEEING
Explore beautiful Budapest with the Fungarian team and feel the city’s vibe!
SPECIAL INTEREST TOURS
Forget dry guidebook tours and learn some fascinating facts about Hungary!
COMMUNISM IN HUNGARY
Come on our tour and discover parts of Budapest’s Communist past that are not in the history books!
Architecture of Budapest
Travel back in time with your guide and discover Budapest’s stunning Architecture!
JEWISH BUDAPEST
Discover Budapest’s Jewish Quarter and learn about the Hungarian Holocaust!
ECSERI FLEA MARKET AND ANTIQUE SHOPS
Explore Budapest’s quirky flea markets or antique shops!
FIND YOUR ROOTS – HUNGARIAN ANCESTRY
Fungarian will help you trace your cultural roots in Hungary!
CITY GAMES AND GROUP ACTIVITIES
Enjoy a fun teambuilding or group activity while discovering Budapest with our City Game!
FAQ
Who will I meet?
One of our team will meet you at the agreed time and place (Balázs, Miklós, Ádám, Emese, Barna, Zoltán, Marci or Magda). The Fungarian Team is formed of eight teachers with qualifications in tour guiding. All of us also have their our special areas of interest like history, arts or linguistics. Most of us are multilingual including English, German, French, Spanish and Russian. We have an agreed company policy but apart from that all our members are encouraged to feel free to give their own personal input on tours; in other words, you won’t be listening to a generic memorised script!
Where is the meeting point?
If you enrol for a language class, our regular meeting point is Kamara Café, a small, cosy place opposite the Great Synagogue, Dohány utca 1, right at the trolleybus stop. But if you’re worried about finding it or you’re staying in an area out of the town centre, we’re more than happy to pick you up at your accommodation.
The same applies for the walking tours. Normally, the pickup point is your hotel, and we’ll start the tour from there.
Will I be joining a group?
Definitely not. All our programs are strictly private, unless you ask to be mixed with other people.
Can I pay by credit card?
Yes! Just book your tour here and we’ll send the invoice with a link where you can pay online.
Is the itinerary fixed?
Not at all. We have a well-timed itinerary that includes all the major highlights of the tour. However, since our tours are strictly private, we can afford to be as flexible as possible.
In our pre-tour correspondence, we greatly appreciate any background information you can give us about your special interests and wishes. In this way we can tailor the tour to include any special requests you have. Offering a personal service is our main goal.
What’s more, if you decide to upgrade the tour before it ends, you are most welcome to do so. The advertised time frame is flexible. If you’re enjoying your time and decide you’d like to extend the tour, just let our colleague know. When we plan a tour, we make sure that our teammates are available for beyond the planned finishing time.
How much walking is included in your tours?
Apart from the language classes that take place at a café, all our tours involve some walking, and we also use Budapest’s very efficient and enjoyable public transport system to save time so that we can show you more. For certain tours (Full-day tour or Public Transport Tour) we provide the tickets, but in most cases you’ll need to buy them. We can help you to choose the best and cheapest option depending on the length of your stay in Budapest (single ticket, 24-hour or 3-day pass).
In special cases we can also arrange a car or taxi at your own cost.
Are the Fungarian reviews on Tripadvisor reliable?
Last year we had a sceptical customer who said he always looked at the worst reviews first and he thought that Fungarian’s reviews seemed to be too good to be true!
Actually, we are proud of the almost 300 reviews from our guests who were so kind as to take the time to comment on their experience. The advantage of being small is that we can afford to treat our guests in the most flexible and personal way. The disadvantage, however, is that we can’t afford expensive advertising, so every review is a gift for us.