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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Diocletian’s Palace at Split – a superlative monumentArchaeology/History, Croatia travelSplit! Croatia’s second biggest city, a hub of activity during the summer travel season, a place that is fun and friendly, a good location for fine dining, and the ideal … Read More
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Swimming from a gulet in the MediterraneanCroatia travel, Family adventure holidays, Greece Travel, Italy travel, Turkey travel, Turkish guletsSwimming is good for you – we all know that. It is an easy and usually a very pleasant way to exercise, to use all of your limbs and nearly … Read More
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Another thing – Greece’s Oldest War Memorial on the AcropolisAnother 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. In … Read More
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I am Ashurbanipal, King of the World, King of Assyria, at the British MuseumArchaeology/History, Exhibitions, UK travelThe BP exhibition I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria is the latest in an occasional series of British Museum exhibitions based on the lives of individual … Read More
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Christmas Gifts for History Lovers, Travellers and Gourmets, 2018Archaeology/History, Books, Food, New books, Peter Sommer Travels NewsApparently, it’s December already. There are no more Peter Sommer tours or cruises to worry about this year (but more than ever in 2019), my fireplace has already been in … Read More
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Travel brochure 2019Croatia travel, Greece Travel, Ireland travel, Peter Sommer Travels News, Turkey travel, UK travelThis is a long post, but if you are in a rush, the next paragraph will do: For 2019, we, Peter Sommer Travels, have reformated our brochure. It was printed … Read More
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Another thing: Sailing the wine-dark sea – ancient ships on a Theran kraterAnother thing, Archaeology/History, Greece TravelAnother 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. What … Read More
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The Perils of Online Reviews of Archaeological Sites and Museums, Part 3: still perilousArchaeology/History, Croatia travel, Greece Travel, Ireland travel, Italy travel, Turkey travel, UK travelIt’s been three years since I I last posted on the Perils of Online Site Reviews, and more than four since I did so for the first time. In those days, … Read More
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Another thing: Small Slabs and a Big Story in CanterburyAnother thing, Archaeology/History, UK travelAnother 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 (and … Read More
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Akrotiri on Santorini: new finds – and some early thoughtsArchaeology/History, Greece Travel, News(All images in this post, unless otherwise indicated, are from the Greek Ministry of Culture’s official press release and thus image rights are © ΕΦΑ ΚΥΚΛΑΔΩΝ / Archaeological Eforeia of the … Read More
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Another thing: beautiful weirdness – Saint Manchan’s ShrineAnother thing, Archaeology/History, Ireland 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. There’s … Read More
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Rediscovering NisyrosGreece TravelLast month, I rediscovered Nisyros and it was wonderful. It is odd that I would write I “rediscovered” the place, as there are few islands I have set foot upon … Read More
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Another thing: Local Colour – a Roman glass bowl in ZadarAnother thing, Archaeology/History, Croatia 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. … Read More
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Cyclades Diary 2018 – Goodbye and see you soon in the CycladesCyclades Diary 2018“Cruising to the Cyclades” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first cruise in Greece in 2018. This year, to give an impression of the experience, we are providing a diary of sorts … Read More
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Cyclades Diary 2018 – A cat in Roman Kos and the Charms of the UnforeseenCyclades Diary 2018“Cruising to the Cyclades” is Peter Sommer Travels’ first cruise in Greece in 2018. This year, to give an impression of the experience, we are providing a diary of sorts … Read More
