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Rome Walks - the smallest group, most credentialed guides

Context's Rome walking seminars are an alternative to typical walking tours. With over 50 different walks led by Ph.D.-level scholars, and with the smallest group size available—only six people max—our walks are guaranteed to show you a Rome you didn't realize existed.

Walks in disciplines such as:

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Roma Antica

led by a classical historian
Roma Antica
Our most popular archaeological walking seminar in Rome is this four-hour, small-group exploration of the Roman Forum, Palatine Hill and Colosseum

Featured Walks in Rome

Theology Walks (1 of 5)

Jewish Ghetto & Trastevere

Rome featured walking tour - Jewish Ghetto & Trastevere

This walk looks at two neighborhoods of Rome that have traditionally been home to cultures outside of the power-wielding majority: the Jewish Ghetto and Trastevere. Our walk covers

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City Ambience Walks (1 of 2)

Italian Language Workshop

Rome featured walking tour - Italian Language Workshop

This one-and-a-half-hour Italian Language Workshop is usually led by Andrea Viviani, a Ph.d. linguistics from Roma Tre University in Rome. Andrea's dissertation deals with the hist

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Art Walks (1 of 8)

Capitoline Museums

Rome featured walking tour - Capitoline Museums

In the company of an art historian, classicist, or archaeologist, this walk explores the rich and eclectic art collections of the Capitoline Museums, or Musei Capitolini, the oldes

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Architecture Walks (1 of 5)

Baroque Rome: The Age of Bernini

Rome featured walking tour - Baroque Rome: The Age of Bernini

From the mid-17th century, the blossoming of Baroque art and architecture in Rome transformed the nature of the city. Used as a tool of the Counter-Reformation, the style often em

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