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 blog posts complement what is available on our main website and in our brochures – they offer examples of the fascinating stories and ideas, the lovely flavours and sights, the extraordinary experiences that we share with our guests on our tours.
Our posts cover a wide variety of topics and are in various styles: articles 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.
After browsing some of our posts, why not take a look at our range of expert-led archaeological tours or gulet cruises, or get in touch so we can help create a wonderful private tour just for you.
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Samos in Greece: its key archaeological sites Today, during our Cruising the Dodecanese trip, we explored the ancient history and key archaeological of the great island of Samos in the Dodecanese in Greece. This island was one ... Read More
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An ancient Greek amphora from the island of Paros A large clay pot, bearing crude drawings, made from a clay slip painted onto the clay body, showing people hurting each other, accompanied by other scenes. That's what you see ... Read More
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Meet our Team: Sophy Downes 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
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Roast Lamb in a Mountain Village on Crete It's only a picture, so you have to use your imagination to match our experience today: slabs of lamb roasting over an open fire, their scent mingling with that of ... Read More
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The Trapeza Cave on Crete in Greece This is a view inside the little-visited Cave of Trapeza (Tzermiadho in Greek), on the edge of the stupendous Lasithi Plateau, facing towards the exit - which is the source ... Read More
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Archaeologist Professor Olivier Henry: Meet our Team We would like to introduce you to Olivier Henry. He has led a variety of tours for us, regularly digs in Turkey as the Director of Excavations at Labraunda and ... Read More -
Cacio e pepe - an essential Roman pasta dish A Roman Classic The name of this quintessential Roman pasta dish recipe cacio e pepe means "cheese and pepper", which is highly accurate, but it is not what your pocket ... Read More
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Amorgos Chora, a Cycladic island's "capital village" A few weeks ago, I showed my guests on "Cruising to the Cyclades" around Amorgos Chora, one of the most beautiful traditional settlements in the Cyclades. I do so every ... Read More
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Meet our Team: Peter Sommer In a new series of posts, we will be getting up close and personal with the guides, the staff and other people who you may know from Peter Sommer Travels' ... Read More
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Stifado Recipe: a Delicious Greek stew of beef, onions and spices Here's a classic version of stifado, one of the most emblematic dishes in all of Greek cuisine - and one that is now rarely found well-made, although it is really ... Read More
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Exploring Siracusa - language, history and gastronomy 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
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The Derveni Game Board in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece What are we showing you this time? Can you guess what this is? At face value, it is just a collection of rather unprepossessing items: four L-shaped pieces of corroded ... Read More
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On the Beauty of Cruising by Gulet 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
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Minoan pots from ancient Phaistos on Crete The picture shows a display in the Archaeological Museum of Iraklio (Heraklion) on Crete. It consists of a large tripod cooking or serving tray, on which 33 miniature vessels of ... Read More
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The Pompeii amphitheatre fresco: a local triumph? The amphitheatre fresco from Pompeii is very well know and often reproduced in literature about this remarkable ancient city or more widely about Roman art. It shows a view of ... Read More
