Oreste Lo Basso
Oreste, certainly destined to classics studies because of his name, graduated in Archaeology at the Palermo University, specialising then in Maritime Archaeology at the “Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri”. In 2007 he graduated with a Master in Economics and Cultural Heritage and, back in Sicily, he continued his University studies, obtaining two Masters, one in Landscape and environmental planning at the University of Palermo, and the other in Sustainable use of Cultural Heritage, local identity, territorial policies, at the University of Catania. In 2009 he founded an association which aims to promote new cultural events and tours in his hometown. His main interests include Christian archaeology, ancient religions and mythology. He is currently enrolled in a course to become sommelier.
Oreste was just wonderful. We so enjoyed hearing about the archeology of the area and his knowledge was phenomenal. We appreciated his helpfulness in so many ways. We highly recommend him.
While we enjoyed the guide's company, he did not communicate as well as other guides regarding where we were going or what we would be seeing while walking around. He seemed to have difficulty filling up our time together - and it seems like we did not see a couple of things that appear on the tour description. And he finished the tour at 5pm, 30 minutes earlier than what we had booked. All in all, not the experience we would have expected from Context Travel.
