“One of Greece’s top three cultural holidays” – The Telegraph “One of the top 10 cultural holidays in Greece” – The Telegraph Join us for the ultimate Greek Islands tour and explore the astonishing historical...
Read moreCruising the Dalmatian Coast is a spectacular tour, offering the same combination of experiences that has become the hallmark of Peter Sommer Travels’ gulet cruises in Croatia: a...
Read moreWalking and Cruising Southern Dalmatia is an enticing combination of a gulet cruise with hikes through some of the region’s most beautiful landscapes. Ancient forts, beautiful towns, great castles...
Read moreOver the years, many guests travelling on our “Cruising the Lycian Shore” trip found themselves fascinated and enchanted by the occasional strolls we took on the Lycian Way, Turkey’s...
Read moreA classic gulet cruise in Turkey that takes in a series of the country’s most important and interesting archaeological sites, including the stunning ruins of Ephesus. Beginning in Bodrum...
Read moreOne of ‘Greece’s top three cultural holidays’ – The Telegraph One of the ’50 Best Holidays in Greece’ – The Times (UK) This spectacular gulet cruise in Greece, starting and ending in...
Read moreCruising the Dalmatian Coast: from Šibenik to Zadar offers an astonishing historical and cultural tour of one of Croatia’s most diverse coastal regions, an area rich in verdant landscapes and...
Read moreCruising the Dalmatian Coast: from Dubrovnik to Split is a spectacular tour, offering the same combination of experiences that has become the hallmark of Peter Sommer Travels’ gulet cruises...
Read moreThis is a dream trip for walkers and sailors alike, with fabulous swims and stunning archaeology thrown in for good measure. The Lycian Way, rated by The Sunday Times (UK)...
Read moreThis gulet cruise explores the virtually untouched coastline of ancient Lycia, on Turkey’s breath-taking turquoise coast. The tour includes well-known highlights like the marble-clad city of Perge, where...
Read moreThe Dodecanese islands are perhaps the most ethereally beautiful part of the Aegean. Set in a sparkling topaz-blue sea, they have a rich and intricate history stretching back millennia,...
Read moreCruising the Carian Coast: from Mediterranean to Aegean offers a marvellous combination of superb archaeological sites and a remarkably beautiful maritime landscape – a stretch of Turkey’s Turquoise Coast that...
Read moreThis cultural tour and gulet cruise in Turkey explores a magnificent stretch of coastline behind which developed an extraordinary culture and a fiercely independent people – the Lycians. Travelling...
Read moreA fantastic walking and hiking tour that combines a cruise along this beautiful and undeveloped coast with walks along the Carian Trail, one of Turkey’s most spectacular footpaths. With...
Read moreA chance to visit some of the biggest and best preserved classical cities in the world, travelling by traditional wooden gulet on the Aegean coast of Turkey. Herodotus, a...
Read moreHere is a tour that brings the delicious and the sublime together to a level of rare perfection. In this odyssey you’ll reap the rewards of our decades of...
Read more‘This cruise reminded me why I travel in the first place.’ – The Globe and Mail ‘One of the top 10 food and drink holidays in Turkey.’ – The Telegraph...
Read moreThere are many great reasons to come to the Dalmatian Coast on our Gastronomic tour of Croatia: a beautiful maritime landscape, numerous picturesque old towns and cities, with the...
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Read moreA travel article and guide to touring the beautiful and historic Greek islands of the South Dodecanese by Peter Sommer Travels
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Read moreArchaeology tours for small groups with expert guides in Europe & Asia. The specialist in archaeological and historical holidays since 2002
Read moreRead this travel article by archaeologist and award-winning filmmaker, Peter Sommer, about his love for cruising by gulet in the Mediterranean.
Read moreWe offer a wide range of small group archaeological tours led by specialist guides. Many of them are cruises aboard traditional wooden gulets, while others are land based adventures. Average...
Read moreRecommended books about Greece. Here's a suggested list of Greek guide books and travel literature courtesy of Peter Sommer Travels
Read moreThe Queen of Salmakis is a beautiful 8 cabin gulet available for luxury charters in Turkey and Greece with Peter Sommer Travels
Read moreThe Matina is a luxurious and spacious Greek gulet available for expert-led private charters based out of Athens with Peter Sommer Travels
Read moreTravel article about the Akdamar church on Lake Van in Turkey. How to see and when to visit this magnificent Armenian Christian church in eastern Turkey
Read moreAurum is a beautiful and spacious 6-cabin gulet. She is available for private charter in Croatia with Peter Sommer Travels.
Read moreLibra is an elegant 6-cabin traditional gulet available for private charter in Croatia with Peter Sommer Travels.
Read moreAbout Sicily. Find out about Sicilian culture, food, traditions, history, geography and archaeology with award-winning Peter Sommer Travels.
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Read moreLycia: Sailing through the Centuries, a travel article by archaeologist and filmmaker Peter Sommer about exploring the Lycian coast in Turkey by boat.
Read moreArticle about the Roman mosaics in the town of Kos in Greece and of a friendly cat we met there, by award-winning Peter Sommer Travels.
Read moreDay 5 of our diary from Peter Sommer Travels' "Cruising to the Cyclades". On Naxos, we visited the wonderful Drosiani chapel with its superb seventh century AD fresco paintings.
Read moreAn article about the island of Delos in the Cyclades islands of Greece and its famous Naxian lion statues, an archaeological wonder
Read moreArticle about the Venetian castle at Parikia on the Greek island of Paros in the Cyclades. Find out about this amazing historic building.
Read moreAn article about the submerged volcanic caldera of Santorini, one of the most stunning islands in the Cyclades islands of Greece.
Read moreThe Portara of Naxos is a gate to a never-completed 6th century BC temple. Read about this archaeological wonder in the Cyclades in Greece
Read moreArticle about the Chora or main village of the Greek island of Astypalaia, a remote isle between the Cyclades and Dodecanese in the Aegean
Read moreAn article about the remarkable cliff-side Monastery of the Chozoviotissa on the island of Amorgos in the Cyclades islands of Greece.
Read moreArticle about the town of Mandraki on the volcanic island of Nisyros in the Dodecanese islands of Greece, written by Peter Sommer Travels.
Read moreDiscover the Stefanos crater in the centre of Nisyros, a small volcanic island in the Dodecanese islands of Greece with Peter Sommer Travels
Read moreArticle about Pothia on Kalymnos one of the Dodecanese islands in Greece. Discover this lively and authentic town with Peter Sommer Travels
Read moreArchaeological surface survey is a major technique of fieldwork in the Mediterranean. A hands-on account of what it's like to particpate in such work.
Read moreA little blog post on what makes a gulet trip such a uniquely enjoyable mode of travel, the finest and most appropriate way to explore Mediterranean waters.
Read moreArticle about Stageira, the archaeological site and seaside hometown of Aristotle in Macedonia in northern Greece
Read moreFind out about about the history of the medieval castle of Platamon in Macedonia, Greece, with Peter Sommer Travels
Read moreRead about our old friends at the remote site of Lydae on the Carian coast of Turkey with Peter Sommer Travels
Read moreRead about ancient Myra in Turkey with its vast Roman theatre and remarkable Lycian tombs with Peter Sommer Travels
Read moreRead about Olympos, an ancient city and archaeological site along the sides of a river as it meets the sea in Lycian Turkey.
Read moreRead about ancient Phaselis, a beautiful and fascinating ancient city on the Lycian coast of Turkey, with Peter Sommer Travels.
Read moreArticle about the Lion Tomb at Antiphellos ancient Kaş in Turkey. Discover this key example of Lycian art with Peter Sommer Travels
Read moreRead about Gemiler Island, a little-known Byzantine site of great importance, on the Lycian coast of Turkey
Read moreRead about the ancient city of Aiani, deep in the hill country of Upper Macedonia, in Greece, with Peter Sommer Travels
Read moreArticle about the shield from the tomb of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, and other archaeological finds in Vergina museum, Greece
Read moreDiscover the Neolithic lake-side settlement of Dispilio, in Macedonia, Greece, its modern reconstruction and what it means
Read moreAn article in Timeless Travels magazine about the Walking and Cruising the Lycian Shore trip in Turkey, written by Theresa Thompson.
Read moreDiscover the island of Thasos, in Macedonia Greece and its rich history and archaeology with Peter Sommer Travels
Read moreDay 2 of "Exploring Macedonia". A visit to the elite tomb at Agios Athanasios, with its painted facade, an astonishing witness to a lost art!
Read moreThessaloniki, Greece's second city, is gastronomic capital of Greece. Find out why and savour some of its culinary delights
Read moreA post about the famous Derveni Krater, an unbelievably ornate ancient bronze vessel in the archaeological museum of Thessaloniki in Greece
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