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 posts complement what is available on our main website and in our brochure. They offer examples of the fascinating stories and ideas, the lovely flavours and sights, the extraordinary experiences that we share with our guests in six countries.
Texts 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.
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Minds can still get around
As promised in the newsletter, here are some things to make any time you have to be isolated more interesting and more rewarding. We hope you'll discover wonders you didn't ... Read More
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Off the beaten track: Nakovana, an archaeological landscape in Dalmatia
Probably, you have not heard of Nakovana before - if you have, you might just be an archaeologist with an interest in Dalmatian prehistory, or maybe you've been on a ... Read More
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Helena Tomas - A Fundraiser by Former Guests
Dear Former and Future Travellers with Peter Sommer Travels, A number of our previous travellers have set up a fundraising page on behalf of one of our tour leaders, Professor ... Read More
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Another thing/another view: Voices from Roman Britain - the Vindolanda Tablets
“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'm ... Read More
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Another bite: Buhara Pilav - Anatolian rice with lamb and spices
“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. Today, I'm ... Read More
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Another thing: a sight fit for a god - the Vatican Sleeping Ariadne
“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. Look ... Read More
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AITO Tour Operator of the Year Silver Award 2019
Here's something we've neglected to blog about, repeatedly, following the very British attitude of 'not tooting your own trumpet' (although we did cover it on other social media). Earlier in ... Read More
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Another view: Konrad von Grünenberg - a package holiday in 1486
"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
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Another bite - beef youvetsi, a hearty Greek bake of meat and pasta
“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 Greece, ... Read More
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What do you see from here? - Crete
This text has previously appeared in our newsletter. But we think that it merits a more lasting presence within Peter Sommer Travels' output, so here it is. It's especially pertinent ... Read More
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Another thing: a cultural hero - Socrates on a fresco in Ephesus
“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. A ... Read More
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Another bite: Dalmatian brodet - an Adriatic fish stew
“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. This is ... Read More
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The Archaic Warriors and Ladies of Archontiko in Macedonia
Pella is a well-known archaeological site in Central Macedonia, Northern Greece, only 40km (25mi) to the west of Thessaloniki, the region's modern capital. From the 4th to the 2nd centuries ... Read More
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Another bite: Pasta alla carbonara - the Roman way
“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. It's been ... Read More
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Another thing: delicate beyond belief and made of agava - Hvar Lace
“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. It's ... Read More
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Crete: one island - three Golden Ages
Crete, the largest of the Greek islands and a place very close to my heart, has appeared on Peter Sommer Travels' blog before. Of course it has: Exploring Crete, the ... Read More
