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Excellent tour with Janet - WeVenture Boston

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Excellent tour with Janet

If you are looking for fun, history and gastronomic experience in one package, this tour is for you! Janet is an excellent tour guide, with wonderful personality, sense of humor and deep knowledge of history. The tour is a great mixture of historic facts and curious stories, tasting delicious food and coffee, walking around the North End and chatting with other group members (turned out to be wonderful people!) - a lot of fun! Don't eat before the tour - you will need plenty of room for delicious sandwiches from Salumeria, pizza from Parziale's, prosciutto and parmesan bread from Bricco Panetteria and famous cannoli and cappuccino from Caffe Vittoria. Thank you Janet for the wonderful experience

Thank you for the great review Alex! We love to combine food and history on our tours - it's really the best way to see a city. And we agree - Janet is an awesome guide.

My tour w/Guide Janet Donovan on November 27th was amazing! Her knowledge of locations, people, dates & timelines of historical events during the early days of colonization in Boston & events leading up to the Revolution was excellent!! Highly recommend this tour!!

Thank you for taking the time to write an incredible review Elaine! Janet - like all of our guides - loves to share her knowledge and passion for Boston with all of our guests. We're glad you enjoyed the tour.

This was a great tour. Full of history and food! I highly recommend this tour and the tour guide, Janet. This is the second tour I've done with Janet-and it was even better then the first! No big surprise here-this one included Italian food :). Janet is so welcoming and warm. She makes the tour informative and interesting, but fun too. It was a cold and windy day, and Janet was thoughtful enough to adjust so that we could eat most of our yummy bites inside or in sunny spots. I would actually do this tour again!! The tour started with delicious proscuitto parmesan bread (Bricco). Next stop a cannoli and cappuccino (or hot chocolate if you desire) at the oldest cafe in Boston (Cafe Vittoria). next is a fantastic Italian store (Salameria Italiana on Richmond street) with the best products! We had a good size portion of a delicious sandwhich here. Last was Parziales for a delicious square pizza slice. Warm, cheesy, made with love. At many of these places the family that owned the establishment would actually come and speak withy us!! I was sad for the tour to end. We ended in a great part of the city near the Bell in hand tavern. Do this tour-and do it with Janet!! Also-Janet brought hand sanitizer and offered it to us. This was so great especially since it was an eating tour!!

We love return customers! Thank you for taking the time to write this awesome review.

Janet is an exceptionally fun and entertaining. She tells stories - I wouldn't believe. The tour is at a nice pace (counting 4 food stops, where you get anything from pizza to coffee with cannoli). Whether you are a history buff or a regular tourist - it's absolutely worth it.

Thanks for the thoughtful review Boris! We love to combine food and history on tours. It's the best way to see a city.

Wow, what a great tour! I have been living in Boston for 28 years and this was my first tour. I have learned so much. Janet is a wonderful tour guide, she knows the history and tells it in such an engaging way. She also has so many fun stories about Boston. Don’t wait as long as I did, sign up today 😀

Thank you for the great review! Janet - like all of our guides - loves to share her passion and knowledge of Boston with all of our guests. We're glad you enjoyed the tour.

Mary R. took me through the North End, sampling local food along the way. Mary was very knowledgeable on the history of Boston-starting off in Christopher Columbus Park and the Long Wharf. We stopped at Bricco Panetteria where we snacked on some delicious Sfogliatella lemon and ricotta stuffed pastry-a first for me. Then we stopped by Salumeria Italian and picked up an Italiano sandwich and I purchased pancetta which was enjoyed later in the week. We then went to the first Italian Cafe in Boston for a Cannoli. We ate our sandwiches in the park square by the Paul Revere house and looked around the Old North Church. Lastly, we went to Parzialles for a slice of authentic Italian pizza-by then, I was pretty full so I took the slice back to the hotel. We also went to Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market and learned about the Sons of Liberty and Sam Adams checking out the Old State House and the Boston Massacre site marker. We then went up to the Old South Meeting House, which housed the British troops' horses after the Boston Tea Party. Lastly we made our way over to Granary burial ground where I later found out my daughter-in-laws relatives are buried. (Now I can proudly say I'm related to a Boston Mayflower Franklin!) This was a really "small" group tour of 2 and therefore Mary could customize the tour as we went along-spending time and providing details of areas of the most interest to me. It was a really cold day, but we were dressed for the weather and experienced a wonderful day in Boston. Grateful for Mary and her interest in history education.

There are multiple burying grounds in Boston so we are really excite to learn that you were able to find distant relatives on our tour! Mary has an incredible level of enthusiasm and loves to share her knowledge and passion for Boston with everyone. We hope to see you on another tour soon.

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Our popular New Orleans tour company specializes in intimately sized walks through the Garden District and French Quarter. We strongly believe that group size is a major factor contributing to customer satisfaction. We explore with a max of 14 people on our public tours, where most other companies lead 28 guests with a single guide. Sassy and knowledgeable guides provide history in a compelling and sincere manner. We’re also woman owned and locally operated. …

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We did the garden tour with Betsy on a beautiful afternoon. As our guide, Betsy shared a lot of interesting stories and historical facts with us throughout the two-hour tour. We are fortunate to have her and would definitely like to recommend her tour to our friends.

Hopper was knowledgeable, engaging and funny and we learned a lot about NOLA in a short period of time! And he recommended Cafe Amelie for lunch which was a perfect choice - charming and delicious!

We had a wonderful time on the Garden District tour! Our guide, Betsy, led us on a delightful two-hour walk, and shared lots of fascinating and historical details about the area's stunning homes. Betsy's informative and humorous style made the experience both educational and incredibly enjoyable. Highly recommend for anyone looking to explore the beautiful garden district!!

I did both the garden tour and the French Quarter stroll (two separate, two hour tours) and was fortunate enough to have Karen as my guide on both tours. When I booked my first one, they also gave you a 20% discount off the second one. This company intentionally keeps their groups smaller (my tours, respectively, had 7 and 6 people) so you can ask questions, hear, and get to know the others, if you choose. Karen was knowledgeable, funny, just saucy and salty enough, and really pulled together two very informative, entertaining and totally satisfying tours. I would highly recommend and just wish I had more time here to pick up a couple of their other ones.

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Karen was a great guide through the French Quarter. We enjoyed the history, humor, added knowledge & relaxed feeling of the tour. Thanks Karen!

New Orleans Garden District Tour by Two Chicks Walking Tours was the last tour I did during my short stay in New Orleans. [Price]: The 2-hour scheduled tour was appromxately $32 (fees included) per person. [Parking]: I was able to find free street parking (St Andrew Street) 3 blocks away from the meeting spot (PJs Coffee House on 2140 Magazine Street.) The area is fairly safe and I was able to park for 3 hours without any issues. [Logistics]: I got a call from our tour guide Karen 4 hours before the scheduled time because of possible rain in the afternoon and she wanted to see if our party can reschedule to next day. I ended up calling office number [(504) 975-4386] 90 minutes later because Karen couldn't pick up (she was doing a tour.) I told the staff to continue with the 2 PM tour as our party has a same-day departure flight at 6:45 PM and won't be in New Orleans next day. Karen sent out a reminder text 2 hours before the scheduled tour time. Expect uneven pavement so wear comfortable shoes. [Tour]: Our guide Karen was accommodative as I told her about our 6:45 PM flight and the game plan was putting a full stop of the tour at 3:30 PM so that our party can beat 4 PM New Orleans traffic & get to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on-time. Luckily Karen was able to speed up the whole tour due to a small group and was able to complete the entire tour in record time - 85 minutes! Below are few of highlights for the tour: * Car accident: Funny how the tour started with a bang and apparently there was a car accident near the meeting spot. Involved vehicles were still at the intersection after we completed the tour and I like how the guide said it looked like a fender-bender when one of the cars was partially T-boned & police was nowhere to be seen. * 1331 First Street: House owned by Sharonda Anderson, the mother of Pelicans star Zion Williamson. It was originally built in 1869 and is considered one of the city's purest examples of Italianate architecture. * 1315 First Street: The Joseph Carroll House. * 1420 First Street: The home where NFL football stars Eli & Peyton Manning grew up. * 2340 Prytania Street: Thomas Toby-Westfeldt House. * 2406 Prytania Street: The honorary French Consulate - still owns by France government. * 2504 Prytania Street: Women's Opera Guild House. * 1448 Fourth Street: Colonel Short's Villa. Apparently the house was recently sold to a business owner who sold tons of fried chickens (unconfirmed - maybe I misheard the story.) * The Rink Shopping Center: Our group had a quick 5-minute restroom break. * Lafayette Cemetery No. 1: It is one of the oldest city governed cemeteries in New Orleans and the cemetery is currently closed for public tour. * 2707 Coliseum Street: Benjamin Button House from the 2009's film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." * 2627 Coliseum Street: Actress Sandra Bullock's Garden District home. Apparently Google street view blurred out the house. * 2425 Coliseum Street: Actor John Goodman's Garden District home. Our party caught a glimpse of John Goodman's back and his dog as someone drove an Audi and dropped an item off. * 1410 Jackson Avenue: Our tour ended at Buckner Mansion and was featured on American Horror Story Season 3 (more commonly referred to as "Coven".) This is the mansion where Miss Robichaux's Academy was filmed. I really appreciate Karen for finishing the tour 30 minutes earlier than the originally scheduled 2-hour tour on a cold & rainy day and our party was able to get to the airport without a hitch with smooth traffic at 3:45 PM on a weekday. Overall it was a solid and informative architectural tour!

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We had a great time with Christine in the Garden District. She provided a wealth of information on the history, architecture, culture, and plant life of the area. She was eager to answer our questions and make sure everyone was enjoying the tour. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to learn more about the area.

This tour was very informative and great fun. Betsy was very friendly and did her research. A bit of an architectural and historical tour all together. The morning tour was perfect for avoiding the heat.

Magnificent tour of the garden district with the most knowledgeable tour guide Christine!

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Thanks for selecting our Garden District tour, as a small walking tour co. every reservation helps AND every review as well.

We loved our walking tour of the Garden District with Karen! She was incredibly knowledgeable of the area and houses. She connected the history of the area to other parts of the city we had seen and people/events we might know of. She was incredibly considerate of the stroller in our group making sure to point out tricky spots in the sidewalk and leading us to walk in smoother areas. It was a bit rainy on our tour but the tour was so enjoyable that we didn't mind getting wet.

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JANET'S WALKING HISTORY TOUR (Beaufort) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go

Janet's Walking History Tour

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JANET'S WALKING HISTORY TOUR (Beaufort) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go

The Colonna Palace Walking Tour

Travelers seeking a glimpse into the opulent past of Rome can explore the Colonna Palace through a captivating walking tour. Imagine wandering through halls once graced by a pope and uncovering centuries-old secrets hidden within its walls.

This immersive experience offers a unique opportunity to explore the intricate history and architectural beauty of one of Rome’s most iconic landmarks. Stay tuned to learn more about the exclusive insights and discoveries that await you on this extraordinary journey through time.

• Explore the 1300s with a knowledgeable guide
• Experience the opulence of a pope’s former residence
• Dive into Rome’s history through art and architecture
• Immerse in exclusive access to halls once graced by popes

Tour Highlights

What’re the captivating historical and architectural features awaiting exploration during the private walking tour of Colonna Palace?

Step back in time to the 1300s as you wander through the corridors of this magnificent palace, once home to a pope.

Marvel at the intricate details of the architecture that have stood the test of time, telling stories of a bygone era.

Your knowledgeable guide will illuminate the rich history of Rome, providing context to the grandeur that surrounds you.

As you explore the depths of Colonna Palace, each step unveils a new layer of Rome’s past, offering a deeper understanding of the city’s evolution.

This private tour, exclusively for your group, promises an immersive experience like no other.

Historical Features

Discovering within Colonna Palace are a myriad of historical features that vividly showcase the grandeur and legacy of Rome’s past. As visitors step inside, they’re greeted by stunning frescoes adorning the ceilings and walls, depicting scenes from ancient Roman mythology and history.

The intricate marble floors and ornate tapestries further enhance the palace’s rich historical ambiance. One of the standout historical features is the impressive collection of sculptures and antiquities that date back to the 14th century, offering a glimpse into the artistic and cultural treasures of that era.

The architecture itself is a testament to the opulence of the Renaissance period, with elaborate staircases, grand halls, and intricately designed courtyards that transport visitors back in time to experience the splendor of Rome’s illustrious past.

Home of a Pope

Nestled within the walls of Colonna Palace is the former residence of a pope, embodying a significant chapter in Rome’s history and offering visitors a glimpse into the esteemed connection between the palace and the papacy.

Visitors can explore the rooms once inhabited by these influential figures, gaining a deeper understanding of the intertwined history of the papacy and the Colonna Palace.

Understanding Rome’s History

Set out on an enlightening journey through the rich tapestry of Rome’s history as revealed through the storied walls of Colonna Palace.

Witness the legacy of the Colonna family, one of Rome’s oldest noble families, who’ve shaped the city’s history for centuries.

Explore the intertwining narratives of power, art, and culture that have left an indelible mark on Rome’s identity.

Discover how the palace’s architecture and design reflect the different periods of Roman history, from the medieval era to the present day.

Gain a deeper appreciation for Rome’s historical significance as you walk through the halls once frequented by popes, artists, and statesmen.

Enjoy the captivating history of Rome on this exclusive tour of Colonna Palace.

Duration and Inclusions

Unveiling the essence of the experience, the two-hour private walking tour of Colonna Palace immerses visitors in the historical and architectural grandeur dating back to the 1300s, offering a profound insight into Rome’s illustrious past. During this guided tour, guests will have the opportunity to explore the residence that once housed a pope, gaining a deeper understanding of the city’s rich history.

The admission ticket is included in the tour, ensuring a hassle-free experience. Operated by Italy Rome Tour, this private tour guarantees exclusivity for your group, allowing for a more personalized and in-depth exploration. With a duration of two hours, participants can expect a comprehensive journey through the palace’s historical and architectural highlights, making it a memorable and educational experience.

Operator Information

Italy Rome Tour operates the private walking tour of Colonna Palace, providing an exclusive and personalized experience for your group to explore the historical and architectural wonders dating back to the 1300s.

Experienced Guides: Knowledgeable guides will lead you through the palace, offering insights into its rich history.

Small Group Setting: Enjoy the tour with only your group, ensuring a more intimate experience.

Interactive Exploration: Engage with the artifacts and stories that bring the palace to life.

Flexible Scheduling: Choose a time that suits you best, subject to availability.

Additional Booking Details

For a seamless booking process and to secure your spot on this exclusive private walking tour of Colonna Palace, guests can easily select their preferred time and check availability online. The price of the tour varies depending on the group size, with a Lowest Price Guarantee in place.

It’s important to note that the booking is non-refundable, as per the terms and conditions of Viator Once the booking is confirmed, guests receive a confirmation to their email.

It’s essential to be aware that the tour isn’t wheelchair accessible, and children must be accompanied by an adult. Most travelers can participate in this 2-hour tour that includes an admission ticket to the palace.

Common questions

Is photography allowed during the tour of colonna palace.

Yes, photography is allowed during the tour of Colonna Palace. Visitors can capture the historical and architectural wonders from the 1300s. Remember to respect any specific guidelines provided by the tour guide to ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience.

Are There Any Specific Clothing Requirements for Visiting the Palace?

Visitors to the palace are encouraged to dress appropriately, with modest attire that covers shoulders and knees. This respect for the historical site ensures a comfortable and respectful experience for all guests exploring the rich history of the Colonna Palace.

Are There Restrooms Available During the Tour?

Yes, restrooms are available during the tour. Visitors can find convenient facilities to use throughout the visit, ensuring comfort and convenience. The availability of restrooms enhances the overall experience for those exploring the historical and architectural wonders.

Can Visitors Explore the Gardens or Outdoor Areas of Colonna Palace?

Visitors can explore the gardens and outdoor areas of Colonna Palace. The lush gardens offer a serene escape while showcasing the palace’s grandeur. Discover hidden corners, beautiful architecture, and historical significance during your exploration of this iconic site.

Is There a Gift Shop or Souvenir Shop on Site for Visitors to Purchase Memorabilia?

Yes, there is a gift shop on site for visitors to purchase memorabilia. It offers a variety of souvenirs related to the Colonna Palace and Rome’s history. Guests can take home unique items to remember their visit.

Discover the hidden treasures of Rome’s Colonna Palace with a private walking tour that offers a unique glimpse into the city’s past.

With expert guides leading the way, explore the historical and cultural significance of this iconic landmark dating back to the 1300s.

Enjoy the splendor of the palace, once home to a pope, and uncover the secrets of Rome’s rich heritage.

Book your unforgettable journey with Italy Rome Tour today!

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