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Disembarking in Venice: How to Reach the Center
Everything is planned for your upcoming trip to Venice: accommodation, walks, dinners, transportation. Yet, if you arrive via cruise, as do more than 1 million people yearly, you might be wondering:...
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10 Facts About the History of the Paris Metro
This article was written by Context Paris intern Victoria Fitoussi Paris has an array of history of offer above ground, but you may be surprised to know how much you can learn underground in the Paris...
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Practical Facts: How to Navigate Buenos Aires
At first glance, the widespread metropolis of Buenos Aires might come across as an impossible feat to tackle. However, with its mainly grid layout of avenidas and calles and with many of the main...
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Practical Facts: Using Shanghai’s Metro
Shanghai Metro is the world’s longest, covering 548 km across 337 stations and 14 lines. Compare that to New York, whose subway system covers 368km. Weekdays see more than 8 million people riding the...
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The Best of Prague: 7 Things to Skip and What to Do Instead
When it comes to making the most of a Prague vacation, a few local tips go a long way. In recent years, tourism in Prague has increased dramatically, but visitors often stick to the well-trodden paths...
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Getting Around Athens – Sightseeing by foot, taxi or metro
Acropolis of Athens – the crown jewel of Athens’ Attractions One might assume that Athens, with its millennia of continuous history, would be a difficult-to-navigate warren. But, in fact, the center of...
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6 Tricks for Getting Around During the Rio Olympics
The new Museum of Tomorrow in Praça Mauá. Photo by Amber Nelson Are you hoping to rely on your guidebook from 2012 and your clear-as-yesterday memory of this city’s transportation system to get you...
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12.5 Things to do in Melbourne
Melbourne has been ranked the ‘most liveable city’ for six consecutive years by the EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit). It’s like a beautifully mixed salad bowl of culture, food and nightlife all washed...
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Visiting Toledo From Madrid
Make no mistake: we love Madrid and the many things to do in Madrid itself, but we also love how it is so well-connected to many other fascinating places around Spain. It’s super easy to hop on a train...
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Getting Around Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is a sprawling city that suffers from many of the same issues big cities have when getting around: an airport far from the city center, traffic congestion, and impossibly busy rush hours....
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