ARCHAEOLOGICAL TOURS & GULET CRUISES
Below is our entire current schedule of 2008 and 2009 expert led archaeological gulet cruises and land based tours in Turkey. Although all our remaining 2008 tours are fully booked, we can still organise private charters. We are in the midst of planning our 2009 programme. Dates and tours are being added as they are decided. At this stage we are still flexible on 2009 dates so if you are interested in particular tours or would like to book some weeks for your own private group, please do get in touch as soon as possible. Many of our escorted tours book up a year in advance, so we recommend booking your places early!
TOUR GUIDES
We have some fabulous guides leading archaeological tours for us this year. Dr. Michael Metcalfe has received rapturous praise on gulet cruises he has led for us previously. Alongside him are another two star turns, Dr. Jennifer Tobin, Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Dr. Nigel Spivey, a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge University. To find out more visit the page about our Archaeological tour guides.
2008 TOURS
From Halicarnassus to Ephesus FULL
Sat 30 Aug - Sat 13 Sept
£2,095 / $4,280
Sat 6 Sept - Sat 20 Sept
£2,095 / $4,280
Cruising the Ceramic Gulf FULL
Sat 13 - Sat 20 Sept
£1,195 / $2,445
Sat 20 Sept - Sat 27 Sept
£1,195 / $2,445
Sat 27 Sept - Sat 4 Oct
£1,195 / $2,445
Walking and Sailing the Lycian Shore FULL
Sat 4 Oct - Sat 18 Oct
£2,095 / $4,280
Lycian family gulet cruise FULL
Sat 25 Oct - Sat 1 Nov
£1,195/$2,445
(children: £1,095/$2,240)
2009 TOURS
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
Sat 18 April-Weds 6 May 2009
£3,450 / $6,895
Springtime in Pamphylia - a land based adventure
April 26 - May 3 2009
£1,450 / $2,890
Sun 10 May - Sat 23 May
£2,475 / $4,950
Family cruise - From Bodrum to Didyma
Sat May 23 - Sat May 30 2009
£1,445 / $2,890
(children up to 12: £1,345/$2,690)
Sat 6 June - Sat 20 June
£2,445 / $4,890
From Halicarnassus to Ephesus FULL
Sat 29 Aug - Sat 12 Sept
£2,475 / $4,950
Creative travel writing with Jeremy Seal
September 2009 dates tbc.
£1,445 / $2,890
Walking and Sailing the Lycian Shore
Sat 19 Sept - Sat 3 Oct 2009
£2,445 / $4,890
The Bodrum Cup Regatta - Sailing through history
Sat 10 Oct - Mon 26 Oct
£2,750 / $5,495
Family cruise - Sailing the Lycian Shore
Sat 24 Oct - Sat 31 Oct
£1,445/$2,890
(children up to 12: £1,345/$2,690)
View our tour brochure online
You can look through our 2008 holiday brochure from the comfort of your own computer. It’s now equipped with flipping page technology (requires Flash) so sit back and enjoy.
PRIVATE GROUPS & CHARTERS
As well as our scheduled archaeological tours, we also offer private gulet charters, group cultural holidays, and corporate vacations in Turkey. If you have any questions about our escorted tours, or anything else, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
WHY VISIT TURKEY
Turkey is a land steeped in history, with more and better preserved Greek and Roman archaeological sites than Greece and Italy combined. It’s also scenically beautiful, with a warm hospitable people, and justly celebrated cuisine - a country perfect for sea and land-based adventures into the past.
Its southwest coast offers the most spectacular cruising in the Mediterranean, full of craggy coves and sleepy fishing villages. Riddled with antiquities, it’s remained largely undeveloped, still lapped by the clear waters on which the giants of ancient history sailed: Achilles, Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony…
As we set sail on Homer’s “wine dark sea”, or set off to explore the stunning interior, we enter a forgotten land and discover a lost world of temples, tombs, and theatres.
Book now with the Turkey travel specialist and experience the finest archaeology tours in the company of one of the best travel guides. To find out more about this wonderful country visit About Turkey
PREVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL TOURS
We change our tours on an annual basis. You can see examples of other itineraries we have offered previously below.
Southern Turkey
Southern Turkey
It was magical...your itinerary made me fall in love with Turkey, with the ancient world, with the land in and around the Mediterranean Sea, and for that I am eternally grateful.
Fay Sutherland, Boston, USA
Sat 30 Aug - Sat 13 Sep FULL
From Halicarnassus to Ephesus
Sat 6 Sept - Sat 20 Sept
Sailing the Lycian Shore FULL
Sat 13 - Sat 20 Sept FULL
Cruising the Ceramic Gulf
Sat 20 Sept - Sat 27 Sept
From Bodrum to Didyma FULL
Sat 27 Sept - Sat 4 Oct
Carian Coast - 1 week FULL
Sat 4 Oct - Sat 18 Oct
Walking and Sailing the Lycian Shore FULL
Sat 25 Oct - Sat 1 Nov
Lycian family gulet cruise FULL
Sat 18 April-Weds 6 May
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
April 26 - May 3
Springtime in Pamphylia
Sun 10 May - Sat 23 May
Cruising the Carian Coast
Sat May 23 - Sat May 30
From Bodrum to Didyma
Sat 6 June - Sat 20 June
Sailing the Lycian Shore
Sat 29 Aug - Sat 12 Sep FULL From Halicarnassus to Ephesus
September tbc
Writing with Jeremy Seal
Sat 19 Sept - Sat 3 Oct
Walking and Sailing the Lycian Shore
Sat 10 Oct - Mon 26 Oct
The Bodrum Cup Regatta: Sailing through History
Sat 24 Oct - Sat 31 Oct
Lycian family gulet cruise
