Come! See for Yourself.
Anyone who’s spent time with Andrea knows she doesn’t just lead tours — she pours herself into them. And when the stars align, she’s the one guiding you through Hungary in person. With three decades in tourism under her belt, she has an insider’s feel for the country, and every group that travels with her gets the benefit of that deep well of knowledge.
I’ve made the trip to Hungary and Transylvania more times than I can count, and I still walk away having learned something new every time. Working alongside Andrea is one of the real joys of putting these tours together — if you ever see a photo of us cracking up together, that’s just what happens when we’re deep in the planning process. We genuinely have fun doing this.
Travel with Us!
There’s something that shifts in you when you stand where your ancestors once stood. If you’ve dug into your family history already, you understand exactly why that sense of place matters. And if you haven’t started digging yet, a trip to Hungary has a way of sparking the questions anyway — what made them leave? What were they hoping to find on the other side of that decision?
Our tours are built around variety. We spend most of our time in the Hungarian countryside, tracing how earlier generations actually lived day to day. Along the way, we stop at small, family-run businesses that still carry on Hungarian traditions. The regions change from year to year, so each tour brings its own local flavor — but folk artisans, traditional cooking, and hands-on food experiences are always part of the mix. Add in a castle, a palace or manor house, and a healthy dose of folk custom, and you’ve got the shape of the trip.
Spirit of Hungary Wine Country & Heritage Traditions
JUNE 2 – JUNE 12, 2027
A cultural journey through Hungary’s finest wine regions, historic cities, and hidden countryside treasures.
Budapest • Pécs • Villány • Lake Balaton • Káli Basin
Join us for 10 nights/11 days. This tour begins and ends in Budapest, Hungary. We’ll spend our time discovering the beauty of Lake Balaton and the surrounding counties, with a mix of planned excursions and free time built in. We’ll meet you at the Budapest airport when you land and see you off again for your flight home.
Typical tour size: 12–18 participants
$5,300 per person, double occupancy. Single supplement $850.
$2,000 deposit required.
Here is a brief overview of our planned excursions:
• Blue Dye Workshop
• Zwack Unicum Experience
• Szekszárd & Villány Wine Regions
• Historic Pécs
• Tihany Peninsula
• Káli Basin
• Festetics Palace
• Cooking Experience
• Badacsony Wine Dinner
• Tapolca Lake Cave
• Herend Porcelain Factory
• Historic Veszprém
Every Tour Includes:
• Two meals each full day
• All entrance fees to activities
• Overnight accommodations
• Full-time, bilingual tour guide
• Time in the countryside
• Private bus transportation between cities
• Airport transfers in destination city
• And so much more!
Email [email protected] for the information sheet and registration form for the tour you’re interested in. Want to add a side trip to your ancestral village? Let’s talk — we can work that in too!
I became interested in Magyar Living Tours because my maternal grandparents immigrated to the United States in the early 20th century. I also found that if I wanted to tour Hungary, it was very difficult to find a tour that explored more than Budapest. Luckily, I found Magyar Living Tours. They happened to be offering a tour to Western Hungary. My Grandmother Barbara was born in Sopron, my Grandfather Anton in the Lake Balaton area.