Articles by Peter Sommer Travels

(Post last edited on November 4, 2021) With so much news out there about Covid-19 (the new Coronavirus) throughout 2020, it has often been hard to get a balanced view ... Read More

By Theresa Thompson "Discovering Ancient Lycia" was first published in the spring 2018 edition of the UK's 'Timeless Travels' Magazine. Theresa travelled on our "Walking and Cruising the Lycian Shore" ... Read More

Last November, travel journalist Dana Facaros joined our guides in Athens for a press preview of our Exploring Athens tour. She appears to have enjoyed it: her text appeared in ... Read More

Peter (as in Peter Sommer Travels) was born in Toronto and his mother lived in Canada for some 14 years back in the 50's and 60's, so although we are ... Read More

“Another bite” is a series of occasional posts about food, presenting the delicious local products, tasty dishes and other gastronomic delights we encounter on our tours and cruises. In recent ... Read More

While attending the recent Lycian-themed Research Day at the University of Liverpool, Michael and Heinrich met Françoise Rutland, a finishing PhD student there. She has kindly offered us this fascinating ... Read More

One of our trusted tour experts, Cathie Draycott, has recently visited the "Life and Death - Pompeii and Herculaneum" exhibition at London's British Museum, which is still open until September ... Read More

A few weeks ago, our esteemed guide, Alan M. Greaves, himself a very intrepid individual, led our annual family cruise, this time along the western part of the celebrated Lycian ... Read More

Cathie Draycott, one of our tour experts, brings us a description and her reflections on Myndos, a site we visit on some of our cruises in Caria and Ionia. Myndos ... Read More

  Michael Metcalfe, a core member of the Peter Sommer Travels team, has recently written a guest post for the colleagues at two travel blog sites, Travelspinner (now defunct) and ... Read More

It's that time of year again: Wanderlust Travel Magazine has opened nominations for the 2013 World Guide Awards. The 2012 ones went to a very interesting array of guides, active ... Read More

“Sitting on the deck of the gulet in June 2012, watching the steep and verdant terraced slopes of the Amalfi coast slip by, I can’t help but wonder how this cannot ... Read More

It's been a while since we last posted on this blog. The reason is simple enough. We've been very very busy. January is always a highly dynamic time for bookings ... Read More

Quality guiding requires intense preparation, detailed local and general knowledge, great care and attention for the audience, but most importantly enthusiasm and the skill to let others share in it. ... Read More

Simply the best  (or why our family cruises are a perfect experience for people of all ages ) “Look, mum – I'm using all the spolia!” This, as I was ... Read More