Adventure family holidays and gulet cruises

Our family holidays in Turkey, Greece, and Italy are designed to be relaxing and stimulating, fascinating and fun. Like our other escorted tours they are cultural gulet cruises and led by an expert guide. Visits to ancient sites will take you and your children deep into the past. You’ll explore the world of the Greeks and Romans in colourful detail: from what they ate to how they built temples, from what their loos were like to how they were treated at the doctors. All this and more in places boasting some of their finest artistic and architectural glories.

Alongside our archaeological adventures, there is the cruise itself aboard a beautiful traditional Turkish gulet. Our gulet holidays offer plenty of opportunities for families with children to swim, kayak or snorkel in azure seas, to lie back and read as the world goes by, and to enjoy delicious home-cooked food. When we hike off into the hills, we’re almost certain to see goats, tortoises, and creepy crawlies, and while at sea there is always the chance we’ll see some dolphins!

We started organising expert-led cultural gulet cruises for families after clients asked us to create tours where they could bring their children and grandchildren. We’ve loved putting them on and when Peter himself has led family tours, his family including wife, Elin, and daughter, Rebecca, have come too. He’s now waiting for his baby boy, Thomas, to get a little older so he can come as well!

When are our adventure family holidays?
We usually offer scheduled family tours to coincide with the May and October half term holidays in the UK as well as one in the summer months. Visit our Escorted tours page to see the dates of all our trips. We also create family tours to order, so if you would like us to create an adventure family holiday for you in Turkey, Greece, or Italy please get in touch. We’ll be delighted to help.

Testimonials
“After 2 wonderful family gulet cruises in Turkey with Peter Sommer Travels we thought it might be hard to repeat the magic - we needn’t have worried. Sailing to Ephesus was the best of them all. The 5 kids with us loved it and still talk about it as one big adventure. Hats off again to Peter who manages effortlessly to hold adults and children entranced with his evocative narratives.”
Andy Wilson, London, UK – travelled with us on adventure family holidays in Turkey in 2006, 2007 and 2009.

“we had the most fantastic time on board the gulet in Turkey and thoroughly enjoyed the company, your expertise and the entire archaeological tour on the Lycian coast.  It was unanimous that it was one of our top holidays we have ever taken as a family and that is saying a lot because these last few years we have been doing a lot of traveling! Many thanks for the amazing adventure.”
Suzy Lautze, Oregon, USA - travelled with us on a family tour in Turkey in 2008, and then on a family holiday in Greece in 2009.

“Mixing one family with young twins, with another with four children, with another with two teenagers, on a boat for a week does not sound like a recipe for a happy relaxing holiday - but it was. We swam and played in beautifully warm water, ate wonderful Turkish food and saw the most amazing sights. Michael, our tour leader, managed to keep us all in line and organised with great style. He was a most informed and interesting guide. Thank you everyone for a great holiday in Turkey, we would love to come back one day.”
Sally Jones, Wiltshire, UK - travelled with us on our Ceramic Gulf family holiday in Turkey, 2009.

“Our family had been looking forward to travelling with Peter Sommer Travels for years. Finally the kids were old enough, and we went....and it was everything we dreamed it would be and more. Relaxing, educational, a gorgeous boat, the most delicious food, beautiful scenery, and we made such good friends. Now my two boys want to be archaeologists when they grow up! To say they got a lot out of the trip would be a massive understatement – it was THE educational experience of a lifetime! We can’t wait to come back for another trip!”
Rochelle Benning, California, USA - travelled with us on our Halicarnassus to Didyma family gulet holiday in Turkey, 2011.

Picture Gallery: Take a look at our Adventure family holidays Photo Gallery

Family tours: To see dates and itineraries please visit our full schedule of escorted tours in Turkey, Greece and Italy