Exceptional escorted tours, gulet cruises & private gulet charters in Turkey, Greece and Italy.
We design inspirational trips of a lifetime: stimulating and luxurious expert led tours, enlightening and relaxing gulet cruises and family holidays. Our carefully crafted guided Turkey tours, Greece vacations and holidays in Italy will take you to some of the world’s best preserved ancient sites, from Greek and Roman times and beyond. We offer a range of escorted history tours, archaeological adventures, walking holidays, sailing vacations, and for the first time this year, a Turkish gastronomic tour.
Take a gulet cruise along the turquoise coast of Turkey, through the Greek Islands, or along the shore of Italy, and enjoy total relaxation, beautiful food, and superb swimming - the perfect vacation. Or explore some of the finest archaeological sites in the world on land, retracing the route of Alexander the Great in Turkey.
A team of the finest guides, archaeologists and historians, vividly bring the past to life on our escorted history tours and gulet cruises. Friendly and knowledgeable, they are natural enthusiasts steeped in the history and culture of Turkey, Greece, and Italy.
Turkish Gulet Charters: tailormade gulet cruises
Alongside our scheduled tours and gulet holidays, we also create bespoke gulet cruises to order. We charter traditional Turkish gulets with from 2-12 cabins, beautiful boats handcrafted in Turkey’s boatyards, run by experienced local crews. We can arrange the simplest of gulet cruises so you can relax in style, or create a gulet holiday with a specialist guide just like our expert led cultural tours.
Why we organise escorted cultural and history tours
In 1994, Peter Sommer walked 2,000 miles across Turkey, following in the footsteps of Alexander the Great, and in the process fell in love with the country, its ancient civilizations, and the Turkish people. For the past 14 years, Peter, a British archaeologist and documentary maker, has been leading and organising unique historical and cultural tours and gulet cruises in Turkey, Greece and Italy, escorted by the finest experts.
‘Peter is one of the world’s best tour guides for trips in Turkey’
Tom Brosnahan, originator of the Lonely Planet and Frommer’s travel guides to Turkey.
A UK-based specialist tour operator, we offer cultural vacations and holidays - primarily gulet cruises - with a professional and above all personal touch. On our guided tours of Turkey, Greece and Italy, we take only small groups (max 16 on land, 14 by sea) of like-minded people, travelling in an easy-going, informal style. We consider fabulous food to be a very important part of our archaeological tours and gulet holidays. You can see a selection of the Turkish recipes and Greek recipes that you’ll sample during your gulet cruise or tour in Turkey or Greece.
We strive to offer the finest Turkey tours, Greek holidays and Italian vacations. If you have any questions, please get in touch. We’ll be delighted to help.
Peter Sommer Travels is a member of The Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO), the Association of Specialist Turkish Tour Operators (ASTTO), and the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA).
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