Private Vatican Guide Frank, from Context
Walking seminars of the world's cultural capitals, designed for the erudite traveler.
Scholarly tours for curious travelers. Art historian and 15th century specialist Frank Dabell talks about visiting the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel.
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Private Rome Guide Andrew, from Context Travel
Scholarly tours for curious travelers. Discover the layers of Rome, including the Roman Forum and Pantheon, with architect and Context guide Andrew Kranis.
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After Hours Privately Guided Vatican Museum Tour, from Context Travel
The Vatican Museums are indisputably one of the finest collections of art in the world. Over the centuries, papal patrons have commissioned renowned works, such as the magnificent frescoes by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, and those by Raphael in his Stanze. The museums also host some of the most important sculptures from the ancient world, including the Laocoön and the Belvedere Torso. Now, you can view this collection as few ever have—without the crush of the crowds, in the company of a Context art historian.
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Context Travel featured on PBS Curious Traveler in Rome
Rome tours docents, Lauren Golden and Jose Grave de Peralta of Context Travel, featured on the National Emmy Nominated International Travel Series Curious Traveler, airing on PBS and Create-TV nationwide.
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Private Rome Guide Frank, from Context Travel
Scholarly tours for curious travelers. Visit the homes of some of Caravaggio's greatest works with art historian Frank Dabell.
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Private Rome Guide Greg, from Context Travel
Scholarly tours for curious travelers. See the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museums with our theologian, Gregory DePippo.
Italy: Rome – Rick Steves Travel Talks
In this travel lecture, Rick Steves tours Rome — from the ancient ruins at the Forum and Colosseum to St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican (with Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel) — then enjoys Bernini's bubbling Baroque fountains after dark. Visit for more European travel information.
Private Rome Guide Dimo, from Context Travel
Scholarly tours for curious travelers. Get under the skin of Rome with Context guide Dimo, a PhD in Roman Antiquities and archaeologist in the Roman Forum.
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Private Rome Guide Jose, from Context Travel
Scholarly tours for curious travelers. Learn to discover and see Rome with artist and art historian Jose Grave De Peralta, in his hands-on tutorial on how to engage and hone your powers of observation and expression.
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Private Rome Guide Lauren, from Context
Listen to PhD art historian Lauren Golden talk about the rivalry between the two great artists Bernini and Borromini and their work in Rome.
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the streets of rome
A walk around Rome, getting the atmosphere of the intimate city, instead of just the tourist 'headliners', narrow cobbled streets, antiquities around every corner, absolutely charming. To see more of my videos, in context, visit
Roma Antica Tour, Colosseum, Rome - Italy 4K Travel Channel
The Colosseum in Rome is the symbol for the architectural achievements in ancient Rome and at the same time landmark of the city.
The tour lasts 4 - 5 hours and includes not only the Colosseum, but also the Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum. This video shows only the first part. The small group of four participants makes the tour more a visit than a group guided tour.
Our tour guide was Ms Livia Galante, who had previously worked here as an archaeologist. This experience enabled here not only to explain all the details of the construction, but also to answer every question in depth. In addition, she had a thick file of printouts as well as photos on her tablet which show the buildings and their location in the different epochs, some as a 3-D model. Thus, this the tour turned out a lively and entertaining experience.
The Colosseum was erected between the years 72 and 80 AD by the Emperor Vespasian, after the old one was destroyed in the great fire of Rome.
The location selected was the garden and an artificial lake around Nero's palace, between Esquilin and Palatin (two of the seven hills of Rome), to give the people one piece of this huge palace complex back again. For the inauguration, the 100-day games were organized.
The building had 80 entrances, 4 of which were reserved to the upper class. Thus, the arena was cleared in five minutes. The emperor had his own direct access from the Palatine so that he could appear from nowhere in the arena.
The Coliseum offered space for about 50,000 spectators and was 450 years in operation. The outer walls were built with solid stone blocks. The blocks had to be lifted up by elevators to 54 m of height on the third level. The outer wall is interrupted by arches, otherwise, the building would collapse of its own weight. It had a tent roof that could be closed depending on weather conditions.
The basement, where the dungeon entrances, the cages for wild animals and the complex stage technology were concealed, was erected at a later stage. At the beginning the basement was used for naval battles. The sealing slurry was of lower quality, one assumes that the Colosseum was not sealed against the water. The upper masonry was built with low-quality bricks as well, because this part could not be seen from below.
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Das Kolosseum in Rom ist das Sinnbild für die architektonischen Leistungen des antike Roms und gleichzeitig Wahrzeichen der Stadt.
Die Tour dauert 4 – 5 Stunden, wobei diese nicht nur das Kolosseum, sondern auch den Palatin und das Forum Romanum beinhaltet. Dieses Video zeigt nur den ersten Teil. In einer kleinen Gruppe mit vier Teilnehmern, hatten wir nicht das Gefühl an einer Führung teilzunehmen.
Unser Tourguide war Frau Livia Galante, die früher hier selbst als Archäologin gearbeitet hatte. Diese Ausbildung befähigte sie, nicht nur alle Details des Bauwerkes zu erläutern, sondern auch jede Frage präzise in jeglicher Tiefe zu beantworten. Zusätzlich hatte sie einen dicken Stapel an Ausdrucken bei sich, die die Bauwerke und deren Lage anschaulich, teilweise als 3-D Modell, in allen Epochen zeigte. Weitere Bilder konnte sie auf ihrem Tablet in die Führung mit einbringen. Dadurch gestaltete sich der Rundgang lebhaft und kurzweilig.
Das Kolosseum wurde zwischen 72 und 80 n. Chr. von Kaiser Vespasian errichtet, nachdem das alte beim großen Brand von Rom abgebrannt war.
Als Standort wurden die Gärten und ein künstlicher See zwischen Esquilin und Palatin ( zwei der sieben Hügel Roms) aus Neros Palast gewählt, um dem Volk wieder ein Stück dieser riesigen Palastanlage zurückzugeben. Zur Einweihung wurden 100-tägige Spiele veranstaltet.
Das Gebäude besaß 80 Eingänge, von denen 4 der oberen Bevölkerungsschicht vorbehalten waren. Damit konnte die Arena in fünf Minuten geräumt werden. Der Kaiser hatte einen eigenen direkten Zugang vom Palatin aus, so dass er wie aus dem nichts in der Arena erscheinen konnte.
Das Kolosseum fasste ca. 50000 Zuschauer und war 450 Jahre lang in Betrieb. Die Außenmauern wurden mit massiven Steinblöcken errichtet, die über Aufzüge bis in 54 m Höhe auf die dritte Ebene gewuchtet werden mussten. Die Außenwand ist von Torbögen durchbrochen, andernfalls wäre das Bauwerk unter seinem eigenen Gewicht kollabiert. Es verfügte über ein Zeltdach, das je nach Witterung geschlossen werden konnte.
Das Untergeschoss, in dem sich Kerker Zugänge, Käfige für wilde Tiere und die komplexe Bühnentechnik verbarg, wurde erst später errichtet, nachdem am Anfang hier Seeschlachten abgehalten wurden. Der Dichtungszement war aber von minderer Qualität, so dass man vermutet, dass das Kolosseum nicht dicht genug gewesen sein. Genauso wurde das oberste Mauerwerk mit minderwertigen Ziegel errichtet – von unten konnten sie ja nicht gesehen werden.
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PhocusWire @ Arival 2018 - Context Travel on standing out with branded tours
Brenna Fleener, director of marketing at Context Travel, talks PhocusWire's Kevin May during the Arival Event 2018 in Las Vegas.
Timeless Inspiration Tour with Context Travel
A beautiful and inspiring tour with Context Travel that shares fascinating insights on the life and works of the British Romantic poets Keats, Shelley and Byron. As mentioned on their website, by the end of the walk you will have a better understanding of Romantic poetry and of the very places that inspired it in Rome. This 3-hour tour revealed intriguing accounts of their life and will sparked your interest in learning more about these Romantic poets. More information on this tour is available here:
The Pantheon Rome - What To Expect
A short clip depicting what to expect visiting the Pantheon in the ancient city of Rome. Video clip within the context of blog:
Rome, Palatine and Roman Forum - Italy 4K Travel Channel
The Palatine and the Roman Forum, formed the center of ancient Rome. The visit of the two sights is the 2nd part of the Roma Antica tour, which we were invited to by Context Travel, to accompany the tour cinematically. Our tour guide was Mrs Livia Galante, a Roman archaeologist, who resurrected the remains of the ancient places by impressive printouts of 3D animations.
100,000-year-old settlement traces from the middle Stone Age were found on the Palatine Hill. At first in the 8th century, a village with a surrounding wall was here set up. (753 BC is considered the founding year of Rome).
With the further development, the rich and prosperous settled on the Palatin Hill. Augustus purchased a property with a relatively modest house on the hill, which he systematically extended with acquisition of additional land to his residence. He built a temple of Apollo, a home for his wife Livia and furnished it with a series of status symbols.
Archaeologists found a richly ornamented cave under his house which was worshiped in the ancient times as Lupercal. The she-wolf Lupa shall have suckled Romulus and Remus in this cave.
Likewise, the remains of a hut were found that got known as the House of Romulus in the annals. Augustus seemed to have chosen this place consciously, since it was in direct connection with the foundation of Rome. His successor Tiberius build the Domus Tiberiana, which was enlarged by Caligula and Nero.
Domitian then built a massive palace complex which consisted of three parts, the Domus Flavia, the Domus Augustana and the Hippodrome.
Septimus Severus expanded the complex eastwards by thermal baths, the Domus Septimi Severi.
We come from the Colosseum, pass the Arch of Constantine and enter the Palatin by the side entrance at the Via San Gregorio. We first come across the Hippodrome, which was probably a garden or a kind of art gallery. No proof of a race course was found. In the center of the eastern gallery was a royal box.
Then we reach the Domus Augustana, the private apartments of the emperor. From the terrace you have a good overview of the Circus Maximus. Again and again we are amazed by the height of the individual floors.
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Der Palatin und das Forum Romanum bildeten das Zentrum des antiken Roms Der Besuch der beiden Sehenswürdigkeiten war der 2. Teil der Roma Antica Tour, zu der uns Context Travel eingeladen hatte um sie filmisch zu begleiten.
Unser Tourguide war Frau Livia Galante, eine römische Archäologin, die durch wunderbare Ausdrucke von 3D Animationen die Reste der antiken Stätten zu neuem Leben erweckte.
Auf dem Palatin finden sich 100000 jährige Siedlungsspuren aus der mittleren Steinzeit, doch erst im 8. Jahrhundert wurde hier ein Dorf mit einer umgebenden Mauer errichtet. (753 v. Chr gilt als Gründungsjahr von Rom). Mit der weiteren Entwicklung siedelten sich auf dem Palatin die Reichen und Wohlhabenden an. Augustus erwarb hier ein Grundstück mit einem relativ bescheidenen Haus, das er durch Zukauf weiterer Grundstücke systematisch zu einer Residenz ausbaute. Er integrierte einen Apollotempel, das Haus seiner Frau Livia und versah es mit einer Reihe von Statussymbolen.
Unter seinem Haus fanden Archäologen eine reich verzierte Höhle, die im Altertum als Lupercale verehrt wurde. In dieser Höhle soll die Wölfin Lupa Romulus und Remus gesäugt haben. Ebenso wurden die Reste einer Hütte gefunden, die als Haus des Romulus in die Annalen einging. Augustus schien also diesen Ort bewusst gewählt zu haben, da er direkt mit der Gründung Roms in Zusammenhang stand.
Sein Nachfolger Tiberius ließ die Domus Tiberiana erbauen, die Caligula und Nero erweiterten.
Domitian baute dann einen gewaltigen Palastkomplex, der aus drei Teilen bestand, dem Domus Flavia, dem Domus Augustana und dem Hippodrom.
Septimus Severus ließ die Anlage im Osten durch Thermen, den Domus Septimi Severt erweitern.
Wir kommen vom Kolosseum, passieren den Triumphbogen des Konstantin und betreten den Palatin durch den Seiteneingang an der Via San Gregorio. Zuerst passieren wir das Hippodrom, das vermutlich ein Garten oder eine Art Kunstgalerie war. Beweise für eine Pferderennbahn fanden sich keine. In der Mitte der östlichen Galerie befand sich eine Kaiserloge.
Anschließend erreichen wir den Domus Augustana, die Privatgemächer der Kaiser. Von der Terrasse aus hat man einen guten Überblick über den Circus Maximus. Immer wieder staunen wir über die Höhe der einzelnen Geschosse.
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Underground Rome and Catacombs Tour - Through Eternity Tours
Did you know that beneath Rome lies a mysterious hidden world? Our Underground Rome tour takes you deep into the bowels of the earth on a journey to the ancient city. Uncover the three underground levels of the Basilica of San Clemente, a medieval church with breathtaking mosaics and frescoes from the 4th century. Descend into its lowest subterranean layer to explore cult spaces which were at street level during the 1st century BC.
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The Spanish Steps Rome - What To Expect
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Rome private tour - Part4 RusRim.com Rome private guide - Car tours of Rome
VIDEO of Rome private tour with Original 3D images - music by Adel Karanov composer and private guide in Rome & Tuscany Video with original music by Adel Karanov private guide and composer
Private sightseeing tour of Rome and Vatican with local driver guide
25 km tour with entrances included A one-day guided tour experience lasting minimum 3 hours or more BY CAR for groups of up to 5 people. Rome tours of main squares, fountains, churches and museums selected for you. The private tour of Rome and the Vatican city, includes short walks on foot for visits of monuments and stops for taking pictures and a lunch or a coffee break. The sequence of monuments and their choice will display a historical and artistic evolution of the Eternal City. Rome – Tuscany Florence – Umbria – Veneto Venice – Trentino – Lombardia Milano with driver guide
Ancient Rome Tour: In-Depth Experience
The fascinating history of gladiators, senators and emperors awaits you in the imposing buildings of ancient Rome. Discover famous sites and their historical context, enjoy secrets and unexpected luxuries on this 5 hour 'In Depth' tour. This all inclusive tour means you also 'Skip The Line' with our pre-purchased tickets.