Our guide, Waldemar was friendly and knowledgable. He told us some very interesting stories especially about the sculptures and their makers. Overall, we enjoyed our tour. However, we had hoped that the experience would be more engaging, especially for our 7 year old. We received one page with roughly photocopied symbols on it. Some of the stories were not really appropriate for a 7 year old (e.g. the Rape of the Sabines - although the guide did stop himself from saying too much), and we had the feeling that the program was not in fact tailored for a child at all. Given the program emphasises the "designed for families" experience, we expected more. Overall, we felt the price of the tour was not good value as we did not receive a tailored family experience or a better experience than other standard tours we have been on. For this reason, we would not recommend Context.

We loved every minute of our time with Alexandra. She was kind, well-informed, interesting, and (more than anything else) an amazing storyteller. We would have folowed her around Florence (or anywhere else) all day. In fact, we missed her terribly the next day -- and for the rest of our trip. Everytime we looked at anything in Florence, we'd say, "Oh, if only Alexandra were here to tell us all about this! She'd know EVERYTHING and we want to know what she knows!" Because of the fabulous tour that we had with Alexandra, we have changed our plan for all our future travel: we will find well-informed and interesting tour guides everywhere we go so that we will learn more, understand more, and remember more about our travels. We will use Context tours wherever we can. We will also refer Context to all our friends. (We heard about Context from our friend Sara Jenez, who arranged for Context tours for her family in Rome a couple years ago.) It's a great investment of both money and time, to learn while having a great time on vacation.

Elizabeth, our guide in Florence, was fabulous. We would highly recommend her to everyone especially families traveling with kids. She did a great job both introducing us to the beautiful city and entertaining us. Great job Elizabeth! Everything was wonderful, no need for improvement except we would have liked to have had her along for the whole day. Thank you!

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