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Context Boston Tours

145 Fulton Street, Boston, MA 02109
800-691-6036
Ranked #39 of 77 tours in Boston
5.0 of 5 stars 4 Reviews
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Owner description: Context organizes scholar-led walking tours of Boston focused on the history, culture, and art of the city. Groups are limited to six people in order...... more » Owner description: Context organizes scholar-led walking tours of Boston focused on the history, culture, and art of the city. Groups are limited to six people in order to create a dynamic learning environment. With a network of historians, archaeologists, architects, and art historians, Context focuses on thematic walks that uncover Boston for the curious traveler. « less
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washington, dc
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14 reviews 14 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 October 2011

I highly recommend Context tours. We took one Context tour in Rome which was outstanding. I proceeded to break my foot in Rome (NOT on the Context tour!) and so Context allowed us to take another tour with them one and a half years later (this time in Boston). I appreciate Context's customer service and I also appreciate their outstanding,... More

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Paul Bennett, Owner at Context Boston Tours, responded to this review
12 October 2011

Berg3, So glad you loved the walking seminar in Boston. It's one of our newest cities (only a year old) but one of our favorites. The Rome of the United States, one might say, in terms of the layers of history. Glad your foot is better, too. Keep in touch. Best, Context More

Toronto, Canada
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 January 2011
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Jessica from Context Tours guided us through the Irish famine, past Uncle Tom Cabin's publisher's digs, the scull and crossbone tombstones next to Paul Revere's tomb and so much more. She's a walking story teller of the trials and tribulations of the Tea Party, the Massacre, and Washington's school years at the same school she attended. She lives and breaths... More

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Stonington, CT
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4 reviews 4 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 October 2010

We took the tour which was led by Jessica Dello Russo. Jessica is a Boston native with a degree in architecture and graduate work at Harvard and overseas. She was an engaging guide with an extensive knowledge of the sites and players that made Boston history so compelling. We visited King's Chapel, the Granery Burial Ground and the Boston Atheneum... More

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Hopkinton, Ma
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 September 2010

We spent a perfect day in Boston with our wonderful guide,Jessica, from Context Boston. She is engaging, warm and very informative. We took the North End tour of Boston which seemed to fly by even though we went over the three hours, only because my husband has so many questions. We went to Fanueil Hall, Quincy marketplace, Old North Church,... More

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