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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An ancient altar from the Morgantina Treasure in Sicily Dazzling, isn’t it? Also, you are not likely to have seen one of these before. Virtually no objects of its kind are currently known to have survived from antiquity. Have ... Read More
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Priene in Turkey: A Model Ancient Greek City Priene is probably the clearest, best-preserved and most accessible example of a planned Classical Greek city to be found anywhere, making it one of the most important sites to visit ... Read More
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Ancient Lato on Crete A windswept saddle between two rugged and rocky peaks in Eastern Crete, overlooking a deep blue bay far below to the East and lush upland valleys filled with olive trees ... Read More
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Assyrtiko wine from Santorini: a Unique Aegean Aroma It's surprising where a glass of good wine, enjoyed on one of these balmy Athenian spring evenings, in the company of friends and with a wandering mind, can take you... ... Read More
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Gallipoli 1915: Agamemnon returns to Troy The Gallipoli Campaign, a pivotal event in the First World War, began 99 years ago, on April 25th, 1915. Paul Beston, who has newly joined Peter Sommer Travels' roster of ... Read More
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Bronze Age copper ingots: a Vital Raw Material in history This object may look fairly uninteresting, even rather unsightly, at first sight. As a matter of fact, it is of great importance, illustrating a major landmark in the development of ... Read More
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Turkish Pomegranate Syrup Travelling at its best is about exploration and discovery, about getting to know an area and its culture, and finding things to enjoy, marvel at and share with others. My ... Read More
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Eleusis in Greece: An Enduring Archaeological Mystery Half an hour's drive from central Athens, along the main motorway that links the Greek capital with the south and west of the country, lies the suburb of Elefsina, known ... Read More
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The Euaion/Perseus Krater in the Archaeological Museum at Agrigento, Sicily Look at him: A young man standing in a thoughtful pose, his left foot placed on a rock, the knee supporting his left arm, on which, in turn, his chin ... Read More
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Kastoria: a Byzantine treasure trove in Greece On our Exploring Macedonia tour, we pass through a variety of Greece's key archaeological and historical landscapes, where Macedonians, Romans, Byzantines, Jews and Ottomans have left their traces behind for ... Read More
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The Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women in Istanbul archaeological museum Do we need to tell you that these carvings are part of a sarcophagus, in other words a stone-carved receptacle for a dead body? Probably not - the figures speak ... Read More
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The Jews of Thessaloniki: A Lost Cosmopolitan Heritage One of the fundamental features of Thessaloniki - Greece’s second city, sometimes known as Salonica - since its very foundation in 315 BC was its multicultural character. The city, a ... Read More
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Cycladic Figurines: An Archaeological Mystery Cycladic figurines (sometimes called "Cycladic idols") are among the most enigmatic and most evocative objects from Greek prehistory. They were produced in the Cycladic islands (whence the name) in the ... Read More
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Monreale Cathedral in Sicily Monreale cathedral - an art historical treasure of the first order. Monreale is a small town set in a rather striking hilltop location just inland from Palermo. It is famous ... Read More
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Kos Town in the Dodecanese islands of Greece: Walking through History Kos is the second-largest of the Dodecanese islands, the group of Greek islands that stretches along the south-west coast of Turkey and it is a place of immense archaeological interest. ... Read More
