Discover Turkey on a luxury gulet cruise. Explore archaeological wonders: Special travel offer.

July 2, 2007 - PRLog -- Wales, Monday, 02 July 2007

September 16 – 29, 2007 – Normal price £1,945/$3,945 – now special 10% Discount.

Take a luxury cruise along Turkey’s southern shore! Discover some of the ancient wonders of the world.

With the longest day over, autumn is on its way. Are you bracing yourself for even colder and wetter conditions? Do you wish you could prolong the warmth and sunshine of summer? Peter Sommer Travels has the perfect recipe for you! A luxury cruise on a Turkish gulet, enjoying the warm waters, the fabulous fresh food, the beautiful landscape and the amazing archaeology. As if that were not enough, we are offering a 10% discount on this trip of a lifetime!

“We have just a few places left on this exceptional holiday”, says Peter Sommer, director of Peter Sommer Travels. “It’s a great opportunity to discover some of the most enchanting ancient wonders of the world. It’s a real archaeological adventure. From mighty theatres to churches floored with mosaics, each site is part of a historical puzzle that reveals a remarkable story of human civilisation.”

This is an archaeological cruise that interweaves the magic of the Turkish coast with two awe inspiring Greek islands. We set sail on our gulet and head east to Göçek from our start point, Bodrum, ancient Halicarnassus, site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Cruising aboard the gulet Almira our ever changing horizon is a wild, remote and mountainous landscape cut into long peninsulas, deep inlets, secluded coves and pine-fringed fjords.

The area was a crossroads of civilisations. Alexander the Great liberated it from Persia, Rhodes sought to carve it into an empire, and the legacy of Crusader castles still speaks of the epic battle between Christianity and Islam. Today the coast is littered with the ruins of rich and strategically vital cities. You will be personally escorted these sites by Peter Sommer, an archaeologist and documentary maker, who fell in love with Turkey back in 1994, when he walked 2,000 miles across the country retracing the route of Alexander the Great.

ABOUT THE GULET:  The Almira is one of the best equipped yachts of its kind. 25m long, she has eight cabins, with fully appointed en-suite bathrooms. Hand built in pine and mahogany; it follows a design developed for these waters in Byzantine times. The decks and saloon provide plenty of room to read, relax, sunbathe, or just gaze at the horizon and daydream.

ABOUT PETER SOMMER TRAVELS:    Peter Sommer Travels is a specialist tour operator offering archaeological cruises and land based historical tours for small groups around the ancient sites of Turkey and Britain. The trips focus on particular regions, such as Ionia, Caria, or Lycia, or on key characters from history, such as In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great. A Producer and Director of many landmark historical documentaries for British and American television, Peter Sommer has been organising and leading archaeological tours in Turkey and Britain since 1996.

TOUR INFO: Sun 16 September - Sat 29 September 2007. 14 DAYS – Normal price £1,945 – now reduced to £1,750. Single supplement £450. Price includes full board accommodation, local transfers, all entrance fees and guide services. Price excludes travel insurance, visas, and flights (to Bodrum airport and return from Dalaman airport). Maximum group size is 14.

TESTIMONIAL:  

We were delighted to have international best selling novelist Tess Gerritsen on this June’s Cruising the Carian Coast. Here’s what she has to say:

“When I caught my first glimpse of our boat, The Almira, I knew that it was going to be a fabulous vacation. The ship’s crew of four men took care of all the sailing and cooking — we didn’t have to do a thing but enjoy the sights, swim in incredibly clear waters, and enjoy lavish Turkish meals…we loved the trip, absolutely loved it!” Tess Gerritsen, Maine, USA

You can read a full review on her blog - http://tessgerritsen.com/blog

Peter Sommer Travels - http://www.petersommer.com: is a UK-based specialist tour operator offering archaeological cruises and historical tours for small groups around the ancient sites of Turkey. A British archaeologist and filmmaker, Peter Sommer - has been organising and leading archaeological tours since 1996.

You can find our more about this cruise and our other tours at
http://www.petersommer.com/escorted-archaeological-tours/...
or email – info@petersommer.com or Tel +44 (0)1600 861 929

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