Category Archive: Italy travel
- Flora: a gallery of trees and flowersGreece Travel, Italy travel, Turkey travel
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
- Another thing: art prêt-à-porter – an oil lamp from AgrigentoAnother thing, Archaeology/History, Italy 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. You’ve … Read More
- When looks could kill: Medusa – an image of female rage?Archaeology/History, Croatia travel, Greece Travel, Italy travel, Turkey travel
There she is, her face a fearsome grimace, with fanged grinning mouth, protruding tongue and bulbous eyes. Her hair is not just a mess: it’s actually snakes sprouting from her … Read More
- UNESCO World Heritage on our Tours and Cruises in ItalyArchaeology/History, Italy travel, News
In two previous posts, we’ve been celebrating the fact that two of the places we visit on our itineraries (Ephesus being one of them!) have been recently added to the … Read More
- Another thing: Wasters from Syracuse…Another thing, Archaeology/History, Italy 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. I … Read More
- Another view: “The key to everything” – Goethe in SicilyAnother view, Archaeology/History, Italy travel
“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
- Another bite: Zesty Italian Lemon CakeAnother bite, Food, Italy travel
“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. Among my … Read More
- Bringing the past back to life: interactive archaeology onlineArchaeology/History, Italy travel, Media, Turkey travel
At Peter Sommer Travels, we are constantly engaged in making ancient monuments accessible and approachable to our guests, usually in a fairly hands-on manner, by “bringing antiquity back to life” … Read More
- Another thing: Love and War – Aphrodite from PergeAnother thing, Archaeology/History, Italy travel, Turkey 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. What … Read More
- Feasting – Celebrating a Very Ancient TraditionArchaeology/History, Greece Travel, Italy travel, Turkey travel
Feasting – for most, the term conjures up colourful associations of flavours, aromas and convivial experiences. For us archaeologists, it describes a significant social activity that can be identified across … Read More
- Christmas Gifts for History Lovers, Travellers and Gourmets, 2014Archaeology/History, Books, Food, Greece Travel, Italy travel, Media, New books, Turkey travel
It’s December already… Festive motifs decorate shops and even websites, chocolate Santas are on the shelves (actually, where I am writing from, that same figure is identified as Saint Vasilios) … Read More
- Impressions of Sicily: Atmospheric and Enigmatic SegestaArchaeology/History, Italy travel
Segesta – what a beautiful name (pronounce the “g” like the “g” in “gem” and let the vowels run their course as is proper for an Italian word, especially the … Read More
- Travel Brochure 2015City tours, Culinary tours, Family adventure holidays, Greece Travel, Italy travel, Turkey travel, Turkish gulets, Walking tours
It’s that time of year yet again. At Peter Sommer Travels, we are looking back on the 2014 travel season, which ended just a few weeks ago, taking stock of … Read More
- Another thing: Warrior Goddess – Bronze Athena from Himera on SicilyAnother thing, Archaeology/History, Italy 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. As … Read More
- Will the real Augustus please stand up?Archaeology/History, Italy travel
Last week marked the 2000th anniversary of the death of Augustus, that most famous of Roman emperors, on August 19th of AD 14. To mark the occasion, Paul Beston, who … Read More