Escorted Tours

We specialise in small group escorted tours (max 18 people) in the Mediterranean, primarily gulet cruises aboard traditional Turkish gulets. Below is our current schedule of archaeology tours, escorted holidays and gulet cruises. Many of our cultural adventures book up many months in advance, so we recommend booking your places early!

A long established tour operator (Peter led his first historical Turkey tour in 1996), we have assembled a team of leading experts and specialists to lead our cultural holidays and archaeological tours in the Mediterranean. We offer a wide range of escorted tours from spring to autumn: from adventure family holidays to gastronomic tours and walking vacations.

We are happy to design custom made tours for small groups. As well as our scheduled trips below, we also offer bespoke gulet cruises and charters. If one of our escorted tours is full or there is a particular itinerary you’d like us to create, or you have any questions about our escorted holidays, gulet trips or anything else, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Average rating 5 out of 5 from 362 reviews for Escorted Tours, according to AITO reviews.

Croatia - 2019

Walking and Cruising Southern Dalmatia

18th May 2019 - 25th May 2019

£3,395 per person

Cruising the Dalmatian Coast: from Dubrovnik to Split

25th May 2019 - 1st June 2019

£3,395 per person

Cruising the Dalmatian Coast: from Šibenik to Zadar

1st June 2019 - 8th June 2019

£3,395 per person

Cruising the Dalmatian Coast: from Dubrovnik to Split

31st August 2019 - 7th September 2019

£3,550 per person

Cruising the Dalmatian Coast: from Šibenik to Zadar

7th September 2019 - 14th September 2019

£3,550 per person

Cruising the Dalmatian Coast: from Split to Dubrovnik

14th September 2019 - 21st September 2019

£3,550 per person

Cruising the Dalmatian Coast: from Šibenik to Zadar

14th September 2019 - 21st September 2019

£3,550 per person

Walking and Cruising Southern Dalmatia

21st September 2019 - 28th September 2019

£3,550 per person

Cruising the Dalmatian Coast: from Split to Dubrovnik

21st September 2019 - 28th September 2019

£3,550 per person

A Gastronomic Gulet Cruise in Croatia

28th September 2019 - 5th October 2019

£3,395 per person

Walking and Cruising Southern Dalmatia

28th September 2019 - 5th October 2019

£3,395 per person

Greece - 2019

Exploring Crete: Archaeology, Nature and Food

11th April 2019 - 23rd April 2019

£3,895 per person

Easter in Athens

22nd April 2019 - 29th April 2019

£2,875 per person

Exploring the Peloponnese

1st May 2019 - 15th May 2019

£4,395 per person

Exploring Crete: Archaeology, Nature and Food

2nd May 2019 - 14th May 2019

£3,925 per person

Cruising to the Cyclades

18th May 2019 - 1st June 2019

£4,250 per person

Cruising the Aegean: From Kos to Patmos

25th May 2019 - 1st June 2019

£2,845 per person

Cruising the Aegean: From Kos to Patmos

15th June 2019 - 22nd June 2019

£2,845 per person

Cruising the Aegean: A Family Adventure

27th July 2019 - 3rd August 2019

£2,895 per person

Cruising the Aegean: From Kos to Patmos

31st August 2019 - 7th September 2019

£2,845 per person

Cruising to the Cyclades

31st August 2019 - 14th September 2019

£4,450 per person

Cruising the Dodecanese

21st September 2019 - 5th October 2019

£4,250 per person

Walking and Cruising the Dodecanese

28th September 2019 - 5th October 2019

£2,845 per person

Exploring Crete: Archaeology, Nature and Food

10th October 2019 - 22nd October 2019

£3,895 per person

Ireland - 2019

Exploring Ireland: The Heart of The Emerald Isle

17th June 2019 - 27th June 2019

£4,535 per person

Italy - 2019

A Gastronomic Tour of Sicily

6th April 2019 - 13th April 2019

£3,695 per person

Exploring Sicily

7th April 2019 - 20th April 2019

£4,725 per person

Exploring Rome

11th April 2019 - 16th April 2019

£2,675 per person

Exploring Sicily

26th May 2019 - 8th June 2019

£4,775 per person

Cruising the Aeolian Islands

22nd June 2019 - 29th June 2019

£3,795 per person

Cruising the Amalfi Coast

31st August 2019 - 7th September 2019

£3,795 per person

Cruising the Amalfi Coast

7th September 2019 - 14th September 2019

£3,795 per person

A Gastronomic Tour of Sicily

21st September 2019 - 28th September 2019

£3,695 per person

Exploring Rome

12th October 2019 - 17th October 2019

£2,695 per person

Sicily - 2019

A Gastronomic Tour of Sicily

6th April 2019 - 13th April 2019

£3,695 per person

Exploring Sicily

7th April 2019 - 20th April 2019

£4,725 per person

Exploring Sicily

26th May 2019 - 8th June 2019

£4,775 per person

Cruising the Aeolian Islands

22nd June 2019 - 29th June 2019

£3,795 per person

A Gastronomic Tour of Sicily

21st September 2019 - 28th September 2019

£3,695 per person

Turkey - 2019

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great: The Conquest of Asia Minor – Part One

29th April 2019 - 10th May 2019

£3,675 per person

Walking and Cruising Western Lycia, Turkey

18th May 2019 - 25th May 2019

£2,250 per person

A Gastronomic Gulet Cruise in Turkey

1st June 2019 - 8th June 2019

£2,395 per person

Cruising to Ephesus, Turkey

8th June 2019 - 15th June 2019

£2,395 per person

Cruising the Carian Coast, Turkey – from Mediterranean to Aegean

22nd June 2019 - 29th June 2019

£2,395 per person

From Halicarnassus to Ephesus, Turkey

24th August 2019 - 7th September 2019

£tbc per person

Cruising the Lycian Shore in Turkey

31st August 2019 - 14th September 2019

£4,075 per person

Cruising to Ephesus, Turkey

7th September 2019 - 14th September 2019

£2,395 per person

Cruising the Carian Coast, Turkey – from Mediterranean to Aegean

14th September 2019 - 21st September 2019

£2,395 per person

Walking and Cruising the Lycian Shore in Turkey

28th September 2019 - 12th October 2019

£4,075 per person

UK - 2019

Exploring Hadrian’s Wall: Romans, Reivers and Romantics

22nd June 2019 - 29th June 2019

£2,825 per person

Exploring Wessex: From Neolithic Avebury to Georgian Bath

30th June 2019 - 6th July 2019

£2,795 per person

Exploring Wales: Millennia under the gaze of mountains

14th July 2019 - 20th July 2019

£2,695 per person

Other Escorted Tour Itineraries

We change our guided archaeological tours and gulet cruising itineraries on an annual basis. Below, you can see examples of other trips we have offered previously. If there is a particular escorted holiday you would like to do, get in touch! One of our team of expert archaeologist tour leaders will be delighted to accompany you.

We also create tailor-made archaeological tours for small groups. If you would like to explore one of our destinations in the company of an archaeologist or historian, we’ll be delighted to work with you to develop an escorted tour that fits your wishes.

View Other Itineraries

Testimonials

Boat was immaculate. All of the staff were professional and very nice. On board archaeologist was very organized and always there for us if we had any questions. We always felt safe, well taken care of with a very friendly attitude from crew while they showed us a great time, both fun and educational. Second time cruising with Peter Sommer Travels and we will definitely do it again. Excellent.

Kristin Winder, UT, USA Cruising the Amalfi Coast

From start to finish this was a fabulous experience- the scenery was breathtaking, the intellectual stimulation and greater appreciation for Turkey's history was exciting and the food-oh how we looked forward to each meal! The pace was perfect with hikes, swimming , exploring little ports, one lunch and one dinner off the boat, and 2 lovely sails. Thank you Peter for planning such a great travel experience.

Barbara Fouhy, USA Cruising Western Lycia