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 Archaeology/History
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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Another bite - beef youvetsi, a hearty Greek bake of meat and pasta Another bite, Greece 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. In Greece, ... Read More
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What do you see from here? - Crete Archaeology/History, Greece Travel
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, Archaeology/History, 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. A ... Read More
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Another bite: Dalmatian brodet - an Adriatic fish stew Another bite, Croatia 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. This is ... Read More
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The Archaic Warriors and Ladies of Archontiko in Macedonia Another thing, Archaeology/History, Greece Travel
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, 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. It's been ... Read More
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Another thing: delicate beyond belief and made of agava - Hvar Lace Another thing, Croatia 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. It's ... Read More
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Crete: one island - three Golden Ages Archaeology/History, Greece Travel
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
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Coronavirus Update News
(Post last edited on September 09, 2020) With so much news out there about Covid-19 (the new Coronavirus), it is hard to get a balanced view of the situation. Most ... Read More
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"Gods in Color (Bunte Götter) - Golden Edition" in Frankfurt Archaeology/History, Greece Travel, Italy travel, Turkey travel
(The exhibition has been extended until January 17, 2021, and we have amended this post accordingly.) Gods in Color - Golden Edition awaits you in Frankfurt and it's worth adapting ... Read More
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The hidden pyramids of Phoenix Archaeology/History, Family adventure holidays, Off the beaten track, Tours, Turkey travel, Turkish gulets
Pyramids in Anatolian Caria? Yes, it sounds a bit strange… yet they do exist! Of course, apart from their funerary connection, these have nothing to do with the Egyptian ones. ... Read More
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Limenas on Thasos - exploring an Ancient Greek city Archaeology/History, Greece Travel
I was on Thasos a few weeks ago (for the first time in a while), and it struck me just what an extraordinary place it is! Thasos (sometimes spelt Thassos) ... Read More
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Finding Lydae: a remote Roman city off the beaten track Archaeology/History, Off the beaten track, Turkey travel, Turkish gulets
The city of Lydae, one of the westernmost of the Lycian region, is still a riddle for most scholars. Located in the middle of a peninsula, in a basin surrounded ... Read More
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Troy: Myth and Reality at the British Museum Archaeology/History, Exhibitions, News, Tours, Turkey travel, UK travel
Putting on an exhibition about Troy and the Trojan War carries a particular weight of expectation. It’s at the centre of everything for so many of us: archaeologists, ancient historians, ... Read More
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Dubrovnik's City Walls - protecting the Republic of Ragusa Archaeology/History, Croatia travel
Dubrovnik, the 'Pearl of the Adriatic', is justly seen by most as an absolutely unmissable site for those travelling along the coast of Croatia and looking for the region's history ... Read More
