Peter Sommer Travels Blog

Today is the anniversary of an important event in the history, or really the prehistory, of Peter Sommer Travels. This very week, it has been exactly 25 years since Peter ... Read More

For three years now, Peter Sommer Travels' guests on our Croatian cruises have been treated to staying at Korčula Town. The town, capital of the island of the same name, ... Read More

This article was first published in 'The American'. We are grateful once more for the opportunity to post it here. In Wales, you have to start with mountains and hills. ... Read More

Split! Croatia's second biggest city, a hub of activity during the summer travel season, a place that is fun and friendly, a good location for fine dining, and the ideal ... Read More

Swimming is good for you - we all know that. It is an easy and usually a very pleasant way to exercise, to use all of your limbs and nearly ... Read More

"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. In ... Read More

The BP exhibition I am Ashurbanipal: king of the world, king of Assyria is the latest in an occasional series of British Museum exhibitions based on the lives of individual ... Read More

Apparently, it's December already. There are no more Peter Sommer tours or cruises to worry about this year (but more than ever in 2019), my fireplace has already been in ... Read More

This is a long post, but if you are in a rush, the next paragraph will do: For 2019, we, Peter Sommer Travels, have reformated our brochure. It was printed ... Read More

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

It's been three years since I I last posted on the Perils of Online Site Reviews, and more than four since I did so for the first time. In those days, ... Read More

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 (and ... Read More

(All images in this post, unless otherwise indicated, are from the Greek Ministry of Culture's official press release and thus image rights are © ΕΦΑ ΚΥΚΛΑΔΩΝ / Archaeological Eforeia of the ... Read More

“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. There's ... Read More

Last month, I rediscovered Nisyros and it was wonderful. It is odd that I would write I “rediscovered” the place, as there are few islands I have set foot upon ... Read More