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Peter Sommer Travels offer the finest escorted Mediterranean cruises and sailing vacations with an historical and archaeological theme. Enjoy total relaxation, beautiful food, and superb swimming as well as archaeological adventures.

In 1994, Peter Sommer walked 2,000 miles across Turkey, following in the footsteps of Alexander the Great, and in the process fell in love with the country, its ancient civilizations, and the Turkish people. For the past 11 years, Peter, a British archaeologist and documentary maker, has been leading and organising exceptional escorted tours and holidays in Turkey.

Sail aboard a beautiful traditional gulet, on an archaeological cruise along Turkey’s turquoise coast on board the luxurious Almira, one of the best constructed and equipped yachts of its kind. Handmade in Turkey from pine from the Taurus Mountains and mahogany, it follows a design developed for these waters in Byzantine times. She is stylish, graceful, and bursting with character.

Enjoy total relaxation, beautiful food, and superb swimming - the perfect vacation. Or explore some of the finest historical sites in the world by land, retracing the route of Alexander the Great.  The word 'gulet' probably derives from the French goulette, or schooner. These two-masted wooden vessels, usually made from local pine, were long used for transport and fishing along the southern coasts of Turkey.

Typically designed with a sharp bow, broad beam and rounded aft, these days they are designed and fitted with comfort and not trade in mind. 

Peter is one of the world’s best guides for trips in Turkey’
Tom Brosnahan, originator of the Lonely Planet and Frommer’s travel guides to Turkey.

Please visit his superb website for much more information about his archaeological cruises: www.petersommer.com