Context Travel

Transformative experiences for travelers who love to learn

Discover the world through expert-led walking tours in over 60 cultural capitals and supplemental online learning for before and after your travel

Transformative experiences for travelers who love to learn

Discover the world through expert-led walking tours in over 60 cultural capitals and supplemental online learning for before and after your travel

Next week or next year, plan your learning journey with Context.

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Since 2003, Context has run scholar-led walking tours around the globe. From the beginning, our biggest differentiator has been the quality of our experts — most of whom are PhD or MA-level scholars. With Context, you can walk the Roman Forum with an archaeologist who dug there, see the Sistine Chapel with a Renaissance art historian, or sample aperitivos with a native Venetian.

Our Experts are the Difference

Planning a visit to Rome? Explore with our expert archaeologists, art historians, Ancient Roman historians, and more.

Vatican Highlights Tour
Battle in Baroque Tour

Borghese Gallery Walking Tour

Savoring Rome Food Tour

Bernini & Borromini, Battle in Baroque Tour

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Vatican Highlights Tour: Sistine Chapel and Vatican Museums with Skip-the-Line Tickets

Borghese Gallery Tour

Meet Cecilia

Art Historian, Rome

Cecilia is an art historian and a native Roman with a Master's degree in Medieval and Renaissance Art from the Sapienza University of Rome. Although her specialty is painting and decorative arts, she has a broad knowledge  and a personal passion for ancient history, which she shares on many antiquity-themed itineraries. Cecilia has worked actively as a lecturer, teacher, and curator of exhibitions. She had been a staff member of the didactive service of the Vatican Museums, the Galleria Doria Pamphili and the Galleria Colonna where she still frequently consults. Learn with Cecilia online or in-person.

Rome with Context

Vatican, Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's in Context Seminar
Ostia Antica in Context
Battle in Baroque Tour

Before you Go: Borghese Gallery in Context with Cecilia Martini

Vatican City: Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica in Context with Cecilia Martini

The Water of Rome: From Ancient Aqueducts to Baroque Fountains with Dr. Dimosthenis Kosmopoulos

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Rome: Ostia Antica Archaeological Site in Context with Livia Galante

Rome Borghese Tour

Starting your learning at home? Get inspired for your future travel with our live-taught, expert-led online seminars, designed to get you in the know before you go.

Florence in a Day
Uffizi Gallery
Florence Night Tour

Introduction to Florence: with Accademia and Michelangelo's David

Florence in a Day, with Context

Florence Night Tour

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Uffizi Gallery Tour: Crash Course

Intro to Florence

Planning a visit to Florence? Explore with our experts in history, architecture, art history, culture, and more.

Florence with Context

Uffizi in Context Online Seminar
Santa Maria del Fiore Online Seminar
Medici History Online seminar

Churches of Florence: Orsanmichele with Dr. Alessandra Becucci

Florence: Uffizi Gallery in Context with Dr. Alessandra Becucci

The Real History of ‘Medici Masters of Florence’: The Pazzi Conspiracy with Cecilia Martini

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Churches of Florence: The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore with Dr. Alessandra Becucci

Churches of Florence Orsanmichele Online Seminar

Starting your learning at home? Get inspired for your future travel with our live-taught, expert-led online seminars, designed to get you in the know before you go.

Murano Island Tour
Venice Aperitivo Tour

Introduction to Venice: St. Mark's to Rialto Tour

Venice in a Day, with Context

Venice Aperitivo Tour

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Murano Island Tour: The History of Glass Making in Venice

Intro to Venice Tour

Planning a visit to Venice? Explore with our experts in history, art history, ecology and more.

Venice with Context

Intro to Venice Online Seminar
Venetian Renaissance Painting Online Seminar
Venetian Rich and Famous Online Seminar

Venice: Doge’s Palace in Context with Sara Grinzato

An Introduction to Venice with Matteo Gabbrielli

Lifestyles of the Venetian Rich and Famous: Palladian Villas with Sara Grinzato

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Venetian Renaissance Painting at the Accademia Gallery with Dr. Susan Steer

Venice Doge's Palace Online Seminar

Starting your learning at home? Get inspired for your future travel with our live-taught, expert-led online seminars, designed to get you in the know before you go.

See Venice in Context. Our Five Days in Venice itinerary is a curated selection of the best of our tours to ensure you get the most out of your time in the entrancing city.

Your Perfect Venice Itinerary

Five Days in Venice Itinerary
Naples Underground Tour
Naples Food Tour
Pompeii Half Day Tour

La Vita Napoletana Walking Tour

Ancient Naples: Above and Underground

Half Day Tour of Pompeii

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Savoring Naples Food Tour

La Vita Napoletana Tour

Planning a visit to Naples? Explore with our experts in archaeology, history, art history, food, and culture.

Naples with Context

Intro to Naples Online Seminar

An Introduction to Naples, Italy with Fiorella Squillante

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Starting your learning at home? Get inspired for your future travel with our live-taught, expert-led online seminars, designed to get you in the know before you go.

Pompeii Online Seminar

Pompeii and the Naples Archaeological Museum in Context with Fiorella Squillante

"Dimosthenis is not only knowledgeable but his communication skills are formidable. He is affable, very aware of his audience and engaging. It was like having a conversation and not a lecture... He takes your questions seriously and in doing all of this makes the Forum come alive. His professional, academic, archaeological experience from digs at the Forum enables him to give insights and fun and interesting facts and information. Highly recommend him."

- Jane, Traveled in Rome with Dimo in Sept. 2021

Don't take our word for it:

Florence and Tuscany: Walking in History with Professor Kate Bolton-Porciatti

See Florence and Tuscany unlike ever before on our Context Journey with Professor Kate Bolton-Porciatti. Over the course of 6 fully planned days (including luxury accommodations, select meals, and local transportation) you'll experience a blend of art, history, while traversing the city and Tuscan hills — including stops at the Uffizi , Boboli Gardens, Florentine churches, Chianti Vineyards, Passignano and more!

Duomo Rooftop Tour
Lake Como Excursion
Milan Fashion Tour

Introduction to Milan: From the Duomo to the Castle

Duomo Rooftop Tour: Milan From Above

Alta Moda: Fashion In Milan

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Half Day Lake Como Excursion

Intro to Milan Tour

Planning a visit to Naples? Explore with our experts in history, art history, food, fashion, and culture.

Milan with Context

Milan Food Traditions Online Seminar

Milan, Italy: Top 10 Highlights for Curious Travelers with Laura Benitti

Milan and Food Traditions: A Culinary Love Story with Laura Benitti

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Milan Top 10 Online Seminar

Starting your learning at home? Get inspired for your future travel with our live-taught, expert-led online seminars, designed to get you in the know before you go.

Milan Museums Online Seminar

Milan Museums: Masterpieces in Depth with Laura Benitti

Lake Como Online Seminar

The Marvels of Lake Como with Laura Benitti

Dreaming of spending the holidays in Rome? Learn about the must-do December activities in the Eternal City on our blog post: Four Days in Rome: Holiday Itinerary.

Your Rome Holiday Itinerary

Palermo Street Food Tour
Agrigento Half Day Tour
Palermo and Monreale in a Day Tour

Mount Etna and Sicilian Wine Full-Day Tour

Savoring Sicily: Palermo Street Food Tour

Palermo (and Monreale) in a Day, with Context

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Agrigento Half-Day Tour: Valley of the Temples

Mt Etna and Wine Tour

Planning a visit to Sicily? Explore with our experts in history, archaeology, geography, food, and more.

Sicily with Context

Savoring Sicily Food History Online Seminar

Villa Romana del Casale: Luxury, Mosaics, and the Sicilian Countryside with Alice Bifarella

Savoring Sicily: 2,000 Years of History in 100 Dishes with Francine Segan

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Villa Romana del Casale Online Seminar

Starting your learning at home? Get inspired for your future travel with our live-taught, expert-led online seminars, designed to get you in the know before you go.

Explore Context Travel

Explore the Colosseum in Rome

In-person and online

Coloseeum in Context Seminar

Learn Before you Go: Colosseum and the Roman Forum in Context Seminar

Borghese Gallery Private Walking Tour

Roma Antica: Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill Tour with Skip-the-Line Tickets

Explore the History of Venice

Rialto and St. Mark's Walking Tour

Introduction to Venice: St. Mark's to Rialto Walking Tour

Rialto and St Marks Seminar

Learn Before you Go: St. Mark’s Square and the Rialto Bridge in Context Online Seminar

In-person and online

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