Highly recommend doing this tour the first day you arrive in Rome. It helps orient you to the city while seeing many of the city’s most popular sights. Fiorenza is a wonderful guide. Appreciated her gentle way of sharing her vast knowledge and experience. Plus she gave us wonderful recommendations for restaurants enjoyed by the locals.

We just spent three weeks in Italy, and took part in at least a dozen tours, private and small. Paulo's tour was a standout. He started with a very engaging lesson on Roman history and then took us to a variety of locations that were very interesting and, so far as I can tell, completely off the grid. Very few tourists, and this at a time when Rome was crawling with tourists. He ended the tour at the site where Julius Caesar was murdered, and gave us an excellent recommendation for a restaurant in the Jewish Ghetto. Paulo did a great job of balancing history and architecture, while keeping the tour on pace so that we saw a maximum of sites in the three hours allotted. Extra kuddos to him for assisting us when my wife lost her phone! He helped us retrace our steps and locate the phone, which had been turned in at a department store "lost and found" station!

Context Tours are always the most enjoyable and informative. Paolo was amazing. I have been to Rome many times, but he astounded me and my family with his insights and the history he shared about this amazing country, from Caesar, to WWII, to present day. The time flew by even though two members of our family of four had just landed that morning and were jet lagged. He kept us engaged, asking questions, and learning while having fun. We told him we want to come back and do the advanced course with him. Cannot recommend highly enough. Fascinating tour and guide.

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