Spain is synonymous with tapas, but are tapas a culinary tradition of the fervently nationalistic region of Catalonia? Long before the Andalusians from the south brought their gazpacho and the hot new ...

A local train and bus ride brings us through the peaceful countryside surrounding Berlin to Sachsenhausen, a former concentration camp located mere miles from the city. We will spend about 2.5 hours ...

Though feasible as a day trip from Kyoto, Hiroshima is also worth a standalone visit. Our full-day Hiroshima private day tours provide a look into the unfathomable destruction of the war, while also ...

New York City, a metropolis with a history that spans from Dutch trading posts to a global financial center, has always been a melting pot of cultures, ideas, and stories. From the Revolutionary War ...

As the second-largest city in Sicily, Catania has much to offer—from its UNESCO-listed historic center to its culinary traditions. This 3.5-hours tour will take you to the magnificent St. Agatha ...

Kate (M.Phil.) lectures in Music & Cultural History at various prestigious institutions in Florence, including the British Institute, New York University and the Istituto Lorenzo de’Medici. She is ...

As we trace this history, however, we will also discuss the growth of anti-Semitism during the same period, which burst to the surface after the ascendance of the Nazis in 1933 (for more on this, see ...

We had an extraordinary visit to the “foothills” of Mount Etna with Roberto. He’s incredibly knowledgeable, even more personable, and highly skilled at translating complex technical information about ...

This two-hour twilight tour of Rome is organized as an evening passeggiata, which is a traditional Italian stroll in the late hours of the day taken to appreciate the city and rub shoulders with ...

No artist shaped the twentieth century more than Pablo Ruiz y Picasso. Born in 1881 in Malaga, southern Spain, Picasso's immense talent was spotted at a young age and was first fostered under the ...

Laura has been leading walking tours with Context since 2018, and is thrilled to welcome travelers back to Milan. She has thoughtfully designed a full day itinerary packed with iconic must-sees and ...

Our most popular family tour in Venice, this three-hour Venice scavenger hunt uses lions—the symbol of Venice—to trace a route in and around the Rialto and San Marco areas. Our experts will introduce ...