Allessandra was incredibly knowledgeable and had a genuine passion for the info she was sharing. Her ability to intertwine different events and people made the tour very interesting. I would recommend this tour AND Allessandra to everyone. We have another Context tour this morning and I hope our guide for this tour is as great as Allessandra.

We were very satisfied with this walk as well - Chiara Mallardi is very knowledgeable, passionate and engaging about her subject. She also seeks to imbue the same amount of passion about the architecture and art in the historical context in her listeners. As she is so engaged in her subject it was clear that she could have answered any question and in fact could talk for days in an interesting manner about her subject. Bravo!!

One of the reasons I sign up for the small or private tours with your company is the time saved by having tickets purchased in advance and skipping the lines when with the docents. In this case, these things were not possible. The docent did explain the situation with the city, and she did not count the time spent waiting in line as part of her time. I don't know if that is what she intended, but when I expressed my hope that waiting in line was not eating up our tour time, she said she would extend the tour to the full 3 hours once we had our tickets. I appreciated that very much. Also, we never did get inside the Duomo itself. The line was at least an hour long, and she said likely longer. We did go inside the baptistry, which was stunning, and we saw the museum. Her information was fascinating. But we never saw the Duomo. Specific to the docent, my husband and our son found her information interesting but her manner quiet and rather monotonous and they were more disengaged than usual and having side conversations.

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