Peter Sommer Travels offers gulet cruises and escorted tours in Croatia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Turkey and the UK
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Expert-led archaeology tours, food tours, gulet cruises, cultural tours, cruise holidays and private gulet charters.
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In 1994, Peter Sommer walked 2,000 miles across Turkey, retracing the route of Alexander the Great, and in the process fell in love with the country, its ancient civilizations, and the Turkish people. A British archaeologist, filmmaker, and highly experienced tour guide, Peter created Peter Sommer Travels in 1996, offering unique escorted tours and cruises in Turkey, Greece and Italy.
Peter personally leads a large number of our archaeological tours. We also work with a number of other superb archaeologists and historians, noted for their knowledge and communication skills, who lead trips for us.
A UK-based specialist travel operator, we provide a select number of holidays and vacations with a professional and above all personal touch. Our expertise stems from an especially intimate knowledge of Turkey, Greece and Italy – their geography, history, people, and much more.
We offer a range of types of expert-led cultural tours: archaeological, gastronomic, food and walking.
Our specialist tour itineraries include:
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
Walking and Exploring Cappadocia and The Land of the Hittites
Cruising the Dodecanese A wonderful two-week tour through the Dodecanese Islands, some of the most beautiful in Greece.
Halicarnassus to Ephesus A gulet tour of Turkey's western coast, taking in many of the most famous and iconic sites such as Ephesus, Halicarnassus and Didyma.
Walking and Cruising Western Lycia A week sailing beside pine clad mountains, swimming in idyllic coves, and exploring a terrific array of temples, tombs, and theatres.
Find out more about our cultural tours
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Peter Sommer studied Ancient History & Archaeology at Birmingham University in England before completing a Masters on the archaeology of Central Asia. He fell in love with Turkey in 1994 while walking 2,000 miles from Troy to the battle of Issus, retracing the route of Alexander the Great. For this epic journey he received The Explorers Club of America Young Expeditioners' award.
He has taught at Birmingham University and Istanbul’s Bogazici University. Two years into a PhD at University College London, he was seduced into television to work on In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (BBC/PBS).
An award winning producer/director, Peter has shot around the world for films like Millennium: A thousand years of history (BBC/CNN), and Commanding Heights: the Battle for the World Economy (PBS/BBC).
Other credits include Britain’s Finest Castles, Britain’s Finest Ancient Monuments (Channel Five) and Weapons that Made Britain (Channel 4). His most recent TV series, Tales from the Green Valley, 12 x 1/2 hrs about life on a farm in the year 1620, was shown on BBC2 in the UK in the autumn of 2005, to large audiences and wide critical acclaim.
Peter also works as a freelance writer and photographer, and has written on a range of subjects, from travel to history, farming to film-making. Why not read some of his travel articles?
Public speaking: talks and lectures
Peter enjoys giving talks to societies and groups large and small about Turkey, travel, and his various documentaries. If you'd like Peter to come and speak, do please get in touch.
Peter has led and organised numerous historical cruises and archaeological tours in Turkey, Greece and Britain. He is passionate about leading cultural tours and delivering the very finest escorted tours. He has worked with his Turkish travel parters, Almira Yachting, since 1996.
Peter was recently nominated for Wanderlust Magazine’s best guide award. He didn't quite make it through to the final shortlist but he has received a wonderful official award certificate as a result of the nomination and all the glowing testimonies (Wanderlust’s words) that previous customers sent in. Many thanks to everyone who voted for Peter - he is very touched and most grateful.
Planning archaeological tours:
If you'd like to know how Peter goes about creating our escorted tours, you can read an article he's written about it: How to design an archaeological tour[[Category:]]
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