Category Archive: Italy travel

It’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

As of now, all the tours and cruises we offer in Italy during 2019 are available online. We have worked hard to offer a rich schedule of wonderful experiences, travelling … Read More

If you don’t have time to read this post in full: The new Peter Sommer Travels brochure for 2018 is ready and has been making its way to letterboxes in … Read More

In our series of blog posts, we are getting up close and personal with the guides, the staff and other people you may know from Peter Sommer Travels’ website and … Read More

For the casual visitor: our new travel brochure for 2017 is being posted all over the world. It will start reaching our guests’ letterboxes in the coming days, and is … 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. A few … Read More

Siracusa is a city of one name and many names: Syrakousai in ancient Greek, Syracusae in Latin, Syracuse in English, Sarausa or Seragusa in the Sicilian dialect and Siracusa in modern … Read More

Tis time to sail – the swallow’s note is heard, Who chattering down the soft west wind is come, The fields are all aflower, the waves are dumb Which erst … Read More

“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. Each … Read More

“Another view” is an occasional series of posts presenting the sites and areas we see on our travels through the eyes of writers. From the great ancient sources via travellers … Read More

How time flies – another December is upon us. That song by Wham! is on the radio, as are ads full of children’s voices and the inevitable “ho ho ho”, … Read More

Last year, I posted on the Perils of Online Site Reviews for the first time. The post was triggered by my then-recent discovery that the website used globally by more … Read More

Is it already November? It is indeed – at Peter Sommer Travels, we are looking back upon a very busy 2015 season, and forward to what 2016 will bring to … Read More

On our tours and cruises in Turkey, Greece and Italy, we tell you many stories about the past. Based on rocks and walls and artefacts, these stories are nevertheless always … Read More

It’s time for a gallery of beautiful and relaxing images – of trees and flowers. With the 2015 travel season just over and the new brochure for 2016 just having … Read More