For 500 years, the Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace and home to 24 emperors; it takes its English name from the fact that no one outside of the imperial household could visit without permission from the emperor. In ... Read More

Context Travel is sensitive to the obstacles facing travelers with mobility limitations. Most of the cities we visit are very old, harking back centuries or even millennia, meaning one must grapple with layouts that can date back... Read More

Madrid may be considered a modern and cosmopolitan city as much as any other European cultural capital these days, but things were very different in the mid 1970s. At that point, Spain had been under the control of a military dic... Read More

Context founders Paul and Lani know a thing or two about traveling with kids—with their first daughter being born in Rome, their now family of five has been around the globe (literally, by land and by sea). They brought their own... Read More

If you're visiting Shanghai with us (or on your own), mastering the city's Metro system is a must. The world’s longest Metro, it covers 548 km across 337 stations and 14 lines (compare that to New York, whose subway system covers... Read More