Peter Sommer Travels Blog
Welcome to our blog!
Since 2011, this is where we provide extra insight and information about our expert-led cultural tours and cruises. Our posts complement what is available on our main website and in our brochure. They offer examples of the fascinating stories and ideas, the lovely flavours and sights, the extraordinary experiences that we share with our guests in six countries.
Texts about archaeology and history, brought to you by our tour experts, tour diaries, news from excavations and museums, recipes, reading suggestions, updates on our new itineraries and much more - it's all here for you to discover and enjoy.
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Secret Rivers at the Museum of London DocklandsArchaeology/History, Exhibitions, UK travelLondon and the Thames go inseparably hand-in-hand. The city originates in large part because of the river, and traffic along it has given it life since its beginning. As ... Read More
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Another thing: a Box for a Hero - the Urn of Brasidas at AmphipolisAnother thing, Archaeology/History, Greece Travel“Another thing” is a series of occasional posts, each presenting a particularly interesting, beautiful or unusual object on display at one of the museums or sites on our tours. We're ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - Slán go fóill: Farewell for now in IrishAnother thing, Archaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - The Gleninsheen Collar: Treasure in the National Museum of IrelandAnother thing, Archaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - Megalithic art at NewgrangeArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - The Keep of Trim CastleArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - A different Irish breakfast: Eggs RoyaleArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - Kylemore Abbey: a romantic fantasy in ConnemaraArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - A step from the abyss: cliffs on InishmoreArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - An ancient tomb at PoulnabroneArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - Clonmacnoise, a sacred place in the centre of IrelandArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - Beautiful GlendaloughArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Ireland Diary 2019 - the Liffey in DublinArchaeology/History, ireland-diary-2019“Exploring Ireland” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first Irish itinerary, running only for the second time in 2019. Once again, we are offering a kind of diary of the tour, as ... Read More
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Claudius the Emperor / Claudio Imperatore - exhibition in RomeArchaeology/History, ExhibitionsIt only occurred to me much later that there were curtains closing this exhibition off from the museum upstairs and partitioning the various sections. I can’t decide if I prefer ... Read More
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Message on a Column: rewriting history at MystrasAnother thing, Archaeology/History, Greece Travel“May he have the curses of the 318 God-bearing Fathers of Nicaea and also the curse of me, the sinner. [In] the year 1312." These are the final four lines ... Read More
