• Ring in The Year of the Sheep!

    Win a free private walk in China

  • Celebrate Carnival

    With the launch of our new walks in Rio

  • Seek Out Seville

    Excursion from Madrid explores the Andalusian capital

  • Discover Hampton Court

    500 Years of Power and Design

  • City phoenix

    The Rebirth of Dresden

  • City Under Siege

    Our Tour of Civil War Madrid

  • From Cheddar to Chutney

    Gastronomic London

  • Walking the Wall

    Tracing the footsteps of Berlin's divided past

  • Galata at night

    Istanbul's thrumming rhythm

  • In love with mid-century modern

    Architecture of New York

  • Long layover in Beijing?

    New rules, new options

  • Get a taste of Zen

    Zen meditation workshop in Kyoto

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Press and Acclaim

A favorite with the press, Context is a Wendy Perrin Trusted Travel Expert, a Condé Nast Traveler Top Travel Expert and a "Best Walking Tour" according to Travel+Leisure, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and many others.

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Why Context?

Context is a network of Ph.D-level scholars and other experts living in cultural capitals around the world who are passionate teachers and guide visitors on an experiential journey of these amazing cities.

  • Ph.D.-level docents 
  • Truly small groups (maximum 6)
  • No umbrellas
  • Choice of group tours or private guides
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Cultural Capitals

We operate in 25 cities around the world and offer more than 500 tours in Europe, Asia, North and South America. Traveling to a city? Come visit us.

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Feedback

  • Context is the most sophisticated travel aid we have ever found. The walks are informed, stimulating and discreet. It's like traveling with a trusted friend, never like the dreaded herded masses. Follow up service af...

    John Barry-September 2014-Athens

  • The website is easy to navigate and the tour options are terrific; I appreciate the impressive, carefully selected docents. We took a July 3, 2014 tour of Oxford, and thought Isabella was wonderful. Intimately familia...

    Karen Avrich - London- July 2014

  • Be careful. Once you've taken a Context tour you'll be spoiled.

    Marc Randolph, Founder of Netflix and Context client since 2004

  • Your pro-active service has been excellent and not matched by any other company in any other field I have been involved with recently. Your website is user friendly and the options which you offer are very broad indee...

    Steven Burke, May 2014 - Istanbul

  • I am such a fan of Context. There is no question that my experience in Berlin was greatly enhanced by our tours with Context. You do such a wonderful job of finding good people who really know their subject matter, an...

    Susan Levine, April 2014 - Berlin

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