Tours via Contexttravel.com give travelers a culturally rich experience
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Are you an intellectually curious traveler? You will be, after taking one of these small-group tours.
Name: Contexttravel.com
What it does: Connects docents — not guides — with travelers who seek in-depth experiences in historically rich destinations around the world.
What’s hot: Browsing through the website will open your eyes to travel experiences you might not know are available. Walk through Florence, Italy, with a docent who’s written a book about the Duomo, have dim sum with a local food writer in Hong Kong, or stroll through the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., with an art history professor, to name a few tours. Have deep conversations. Enjoy the attention that a tour with no more than six people can offer. Prices vary, but I found several tours for less than $100 per person. If you’re willing to splurge, go for a full private tour.
What’s not: I was excited to “Meet Context docents,” but when I clicked the link from the home page I found broken images and place-holder photos. You can also find information about docents on the individual tour pages, but those photos were inconsistent too.
— Jen Leo
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