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Rome private guides and walking tours

Context's Rome walking seminars are an alternative to typical guided tours. With over 50 different walks led by Ph.D. or MA-level scholars, and with the smallest group size available—only six people—Context is much more than a walking tour of Rome.

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Bringing the family? Don't miss our Family Program.

Explore a variety of ways to visit the Vatican and Sistine Chapel and get our advice on tours to the Colosseum and Forum.

rome Architectural tours

Architecture City Walks
Architecture Tours
From Bernini, Borromini, or Richard Meier, our architecture walks, led by experts in the field, tell the story of the unique urban development of Rome.

Featured Walks in Rome

Archaeology Walks (1 of 8)

Underground Rome: The Hidden City

Rome featured walking tour - Underground Rome: The Hidden City

Lying at times up to 10 meters (30 feet) below the modern city, much of ancient Rome is still being excavated today in the course of street work and other infrastructural improveme

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Art Walks (1 of 5)

Galleria Borghese

Rome featured walking tour - Galleria Borghese

This walk is an in-depth examination of the Galleria Borghese taken in the company of an art historian who can unfold for you the layers of meaning—social, political, and artistic—

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Theology Walks (1 of 4)

Lateran Seminar

Rome featured walking tour - Lateran Seminar

The basilica of St. John Lateran was founded in the fourth century by the Emperor Constantine as the first public Christian church; and for the first 1000 years of Christian histor

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Archaeology Walks (1 of 8)

Classical Rome

Rome featured walking tour - Classical Rome

Our Classical Rome walk explores the great swath of the city (outside of the triumvirate of the Palatine Hill, Colosseum and Forum) that houses a profusion of archaeological sites

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