Katerina was highly motivated and very pleasant. However, her tour seemed to be geared much more towards inexperienced travelers who need to be chaperoned rather than the well traveled who are looking for "insider's tips".
It wasn't a very efficient use of the guide's time (for which we paid dearly) - to provide us with the nearest locations of ATMs, our embassy's contact information, a tutorial about how to use public transportation, etc. etc.
Katerina told us that most of her (Texas based) US clients appreciated this kind of information. For us, however, it was a tour we probably shouldn't have booked.
By simply looking at the history of our dealings with Context (including tours we booked in Florence, Venice, Rome, Madrid, Andalusia, Lisbon, Tokyo, Kyoto, London, etc) - one could have realized that we could probably find our way around.
Ziki
Sep. 14, 2021