Personal Budapest Guide - Andrea Makkay

27/07/2026

27July 1986 - 40 years ago today!
An iconic band, a never fading experience! Queen in Budapest! 🎉

10/03/2026

To all of my American and non American friends! ❤️
I am so proud to be one of the Rick Steves guides, whose message was shared by Rick, not only during his public speech, but here on his social media too!
In today’s turbulent times we must stand by our values, standpoints and fight for our democracy!
Only together we shall overcome! Peace! ✌🏼❤️
(My video message starts at 05.58! But please listen to all of my guide colleagues!)

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21/02/2025

I love my job ❤️ and I am so proud to be part of the amazing Rick Steves Europe guide community!

Great guides revolutionize travel experiences. In Istanbul, Lale spirits you away to lively back alleys and markets you’d never stumble upon alone. The charming châteaux of the Loire Valley become compelling characters in French history when visited with Veronique. In Veliko Tarnovo, Stefan introduces you to Bulgarian artisans keeping traditional culture alive with hand-crafted goods rather than knockoffs and knick-knacks. Without a great storyteller like Francesca at your side, the Roman Forum is just a pile of rocks.

At Rick Steves’ Europe, we proudly employ over 200 expert guides who have spent decades mastering the alchemy of transforming beautiful places and sensory experiences into cultural epiphanies and human connections. With a good guide, you never skip along the surface of a new city to come away with only pretty pictures; instead, you time travel and delve into new dimensions to emerge with fresh understandings and lifelong memories.

Today is International Tourist Guide Day, and we want to celebrate our guides and the vital work they do to connect cultures. So, if you’ve explored alongside a Rick Steves’ Europe guide—whether you adventured with them on a Rick Steves’ Europe tour or found them listed in the pages of our guidebooks—please share a magical moment they created for you in the comments below. We’ll then share these memories with our guides to encourage them to continue teaching about their cultures with energy and passion.

10/08/2024

I am so proud to be part of Rick Steves Europe family! It has been an amazing couple of days and I am so grateful! ❤️🇺🇸

25/05/2024

JOIN ME:
June 10: Budapest with Andrea Makkay
6:00 p.m. PT / 9:00 p.m. ET | REGISTER
Europe’s most underrated big city, Budapest is ready to surprise with unique culture and experiences. Join guide Andrea Makkay as we recall Hungary’s secret police at the House of Terror and tour Communist VIPs at Memento Park before enjoying Budapest’s modern delights — soaking in elegance at the Széchenyi Baths, sampling paprika in the Great Indoor Market Hall, and taking in fine music at the Hungarian State Opera. Along the way, Andrea snacks on a classic chimney cake and sips herbaceous Unicum as together we savor the wonders of the Hungarian capital.

26/12/2023

Thanks so much Cameron! 🙏🏼❤️

31/10/2023