Escorted Tours and Gulet Cruises: Turkey, Greece & Italy
We specialise in small group escorted tours (max 18 people) in Turkey, Greece and Italy, primarily gulet cruises aboard traditional Turkish gulets. Below is our current schedule of archaeology tours, escorted holidays and gulet cruises. Many of our cultural adventures book up many months in advance, so we recommend booking your places early!
A long established tour operator (Peter led his first historical Turkey tour in 1996), we have assembled a team of leading experts and specialists to lead our cultural holidays and archaeological tours in Turkey, Greece and Italy. We offer a wide range of escorted tours from spring to autumn: from adventure family holidays to gastronomic tours and walking vacations.
We are happy to design custom made tours for small groups. As well as our scheduled trips below, we also offer bespoke gulet cruises and charters. If one of our escorted tours is full or there is a particular itinerary you’d like us to create, or you have any questions about our escorted holidays, gulet trips or anything else, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Escorted Tours by Country:   Turkey   Greece   Italy
Escorted Tours in Turkey
A Gastronomic Gulet Cruise
Sat May 25 – Sat June 1 2013£2,065 GBP per person
Cruising the Carian Coast - from Mediterranean to Aegean
Sun June 2 - Sun June 9, 2013£2,065 GBP per person
Cruising to Ephesus
Sat June 8 - Sat June 15, 2013£2,065 GBP per person
Cruising to Ephesus
Sun June 9 - Sun June 16, 2013£2,065 GBP per person
Cruising Western Lycia - Family Tour
Sat July 20 - Sat July 27, 2013£2,195 GBP per person
£2,080 GBP per child under 12
Cruising the Carian Coast
Sat Aug 31 - Sat Sep 14, 2013£3,625 GBP per person
Cruising Western Lycia
Sat Aug 31 - Sat Sep 7 2013£2,065 GBP per person
Cruising the Lycian Shore
Sat Aug 31 - Sat Sep 14, 2013£3,560 GBP per person
Cruising to Ephesus
Sat Aug 31 – Sat Sep 7, 2013£2,065 GBP per person
Walking and Exploring Cappadocia
Mon Sept 2 - Sat Sept 7, 2013£1,395 GBP per person
Exploring Istanbul
Sat Sep 7 - Sat Sep 14, 2013£1,950 GBP per person
Cruising Western Lycia
Sat Sep 14 - Sat Sep 21 2013£2,065 GBP per person
Cruising to Ephesus
Sat Sep 14 – Sat Sep 21 2013£2,065 GBP per person
Cruising the Carian Coast - from Aegean to Mediterranean
Sat Sep 21 - Sat Sep 28 2013£2,065 GBP per person
A Gastronomic Gulet Cruise
Sat Sep 28 - Sat Oct 5, 2013£2,065 GBP per person
Walking and Cruising the Lycian Shore
Sat Sep 28 - Sat Oct 12 2013£3,560 GBP per person
Walking and Cruising Western Lycia
Sat Oct 5 – Sat Oct 12 2013£2,065 GBP per person
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great: The Conquest of Asia Minor - Part One
Mon April 28 – Thur May 8 2014£2,695 GBP per person
Escorted Tours in Greece
Cruising the Northern Dodecanese
Sat Sep 7 - Sat Sep 14, 2013£2,250 GBP per person
Cruising the South-East Aegean: Greek Isles and Turkish Shores
Sep 21 - Sep 28, 2013£2,250 GBP per person
Exploring Crete: Archaeology, Nature & Food
Tues April 29 – Sat May 10, 2014£2,795 GBP per person
Cruising to the Cyclades
Sat May 17 - Sat May 31, 2014£3,725 GBP per person
Escorted Tours in Italy
Cruising the Amalfi Coast
Sat Sep 7 - Sat Sep 14, 2013£3,595 GBP per person
Cruising the Amalfi Coast
Sat Sep 14 - Sat Sep 21, 2013£3,595 GBP per person
A Gastronomic Tour of Sicily
Sat Oct 5 - Sat Oct 12, 2013£2,495 GBP per person
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Other escorted tour itineraries
We change our guided archaeological tours and gulet cruising itineraries on an annual basis. Below, you can see examples of other trips we have offered previously. If there is a particular escorted holiday in Turkey, Greece or Italy you would like to do, get in touch! One of our team of expert archaeologist tour leaders will be delighted to accompany you.
We also create tailor-made archaeological tours for small groups. If you would like to explore part of Turkey, Greece or Italy in the company of an archaeologist or historian, we’ll be delighted to work with you to develop an escorted tour that fits your wishes. There are so many archaeological wonders to discover in the Mediterranean. We look forward to welcoming on our very special tours, archaeological adventures with a difference!
Eastern Lycia cruise
Escorted tour in Turkey by gulet
Springtime in Pamphylia - a land based tour
Escorted archaeological tour in Turkey
Cruising the Southern Dodecanese
Escorted tour of the Greek Islands
Sailing the Sicilian Shore
Escorted tour in Sicily
Writing & Sailing in Caria
Travel writing tour in Turkey
Cruising by Etna
Escorted tour of Sicily
The Bodrum Cup Regatta
Gulet holiday in Turkey
Cruising the Dodecanese
Greek Islands tour
Cruising the Ceramic Gulf
Gulet tour in Turkey
Exploring Ephesus and Ionia by land
Archaeological tour in Turkey
From Halicarnassus to Ephesus
Archaeological cruise in Turkey
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great: from Boy to King
Escorted archaeological tour in Greece
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
Escorted archaeological tour of Turkey
From Halicarnassus to Didyma
Escorted gulet cruise in Turkey
A Carian Odyssey
Escorted vacation in Turkey







