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Exploring the Peloponnese Traveller Reviews
Reviews of Exploring the Peloponnese
Visiting the Peloponnese
A fourteen day coach tour of the best archaeological sites in this famous area of Greece. The tour was led by a very experienced archaeologist and a social historian who gave us detailed descriptions of the history of each site and its importance in Ancient Greece. The accommodation was excellent and the food amazing.
A fourteen day coach tour of the best archaeological sites in this famous area of Greece. The tour was led by a very experienced archaeologist and a social historian who gave us detailed descriptions of the history of each site and its importance in Ancient Greece. The accommodation was excellent and the food amazing.
Rating for tour operator:We have always found Peter Sommer Travel and their expert staff a pleasure to travel with. This explains why this tour of the Peloponnese was our eighth time with them in Greece, Turkey and Italy.
Educating, fascinating
A stimulating tour through some of Greece's most famous, beautiful sights. Learned much, but also greatly enjoyed the collegial approach of the operators, who gladly took questions, provided detailed answers to many questions. Add to that the incredible food and lodging. A tour for the ancient history enthusiast!
A stimulating tour through some of Greece's most famous, beautiful sights. Learned much, but also greatly enjoyed the collegial approach of the operators, who gladly took questions, provided detailed answers to many questions. Add to that the incredible food and lodging. A tour for the ancient history enthusiast!
Rating for tour operator:Both were supremely expert and engaging.
Best tour we ever had...SIMPLY AMAZING
My wife and I took the Peter Sommer May 2024 Peloponnese tour. Best tour we ever had. The 2 guides were the most knowledgeable subject matter experts we ever encountered. The itinerary was excellent while the attention to the organizational details was simply outstanding. We plan to take many more Peter Sommer tours.
My wife and I took the Peter Sommer May 2024 Peloponnese tour. Best tour we ever had. The 2 guides were the most knowledgeable subject matter experts we ever encountered. The itinerary was excellent while the attention to the organizational details was simply outstanding. We plan to take many more Peter Sommer tours.
Rating for tour operator:Outstanding attention to ALL organizational details -- pre tour and during tour.
Touring Greece in sickness and in health...
My husband and I took a wonderful tour of the Peloponnesian peninsula in October of 2023. Every aspect of the tour was well done - the itinerary, the choice of archaeological and historical sites, the amazingly knowledgeable guides, the accommodation, the delicious food, and the plentiful wine. We also found our fellow tour members to be very well-traveled, with interesting stories of their own. We could not have asked for a better experience!...
My husband and I took a wonderful tour of the Peloponnesian peninsula in October of 2023. Every aspect of the tour was well done - the itinerary, the choice of archaeological and historical sites, the amazingly knowledgeable guides, the accommodation, the delicious food, and the plentiful wine. We also found our fellow tour members to be very well-traveled, with interesting stories of their own. We could not have asked for a better experience!
Rating for tour operator:I had the misfortune to become ill about half way through the tour. The tour guides helped to arrange for a safe accommodation for my recuperation, convenient transportation to the accommodation, kept tabs on me during the entirety of the time I was away from the tour, and enabled me to rejoin the tour once I recovered. Afterwards, the tour operators were extremely helpful when I needed to submit documentation for my successful travel insurance claim for the missed portion of the tour. We subsequently enjoyed another terrific Peter Sommer tour, this time of Athens and environs, and have recently signed up for our third tour with them.
Extraordinary Experience in the Peloponnese
Two-week tour with Peter Sommer Travels of the Peloponnese region of Greece, with an emphasis on historical, archeological and artistically significant sites. Plus excellent tour guides, great food and wine, and congenial travel companions.
Two-week tour with Peter Sommer Travels of the Peloponnese region of Greece, with an emphasis on historical, archeological and artistically significant sites. Plus excellent tour guides, great food and wine, and congenial travel companions.
Rating for tour operator:The guides were very knowledgeable, interesting, and attentive to the group's interests and needs.
Exploring the Peloponnese with Peter Sommer . Fantastic Trip!
This trip was fantastic . Everything was arranged with precision and always with each customer being catered to with personal attention to their specific needs . The guides Michael and Nota were beyond wonderful . Their intellect , their enthusiasm , their humor , their organizational skills all exceeded anything you could ask for . In fact you didn’t need to ask because the usually anticipated your need before you knew you might have one. ...
This trip was fantastic . Everything was arranged with precision and always with each customer being catered to with personal attention to their specific needs . The guides Michael and Nota were beyond wonderful . Their intellect , their enthusiasm , their humor , their organizational skills all exceeded anything you could ask for . In fact you didn’t need to ask because the usually anticipated your need before you knew you might have one. . The hotels were lovely and the food wonderful . The itinerary was stuffed full with wonderful things to see and do and there was so much to learn and it was taught to us with such enthusiasm and engagement.
Rating for tour operator:Peter Sommer does small tours with highly educated , Phd , master level , guides who are true experts in their fields who bring the history alive with their knowledge and enthusiasm . Peter Sommer wants you to feel and experience your trip and soak in your surroundings and they go above and beyond to make sure you do .
A Graduate Course on Ancient Greece
This was a remarkably well-organized two-week tour of the principal historical sites in the Peloponnese accompanied by two indefatigable and very knowledgeable guides. Such a tour, or anything approaching it in depth and breadth (including the accomodations), would have been impossible to arrange on one's own and was by far the best tour of any sort that I've encountered.
This was a remarkably well-organized two-week tour of the principal historical sites in the Peloponnese accompanied by two indefatigable and very knowledgeable guides. Such a tour, or anything approaching it in depth and breadth (including the accomodations), would have been impossible to arrange on one's own and was by far the best tour of any sort that I've encountered.
Rating for tour operator:The tour operator, Peter Sommer Travels, has obviously invested a great deal of time, ingenuity and experience in the preparation and execution of this tour--all as evidenced by the results. The scheduling and transportation were flawless, the accomodations and meals were superb, and the two guides leading the tour were unparalleled in their knowledge of the area and its history, their enthusiasim for sharing this knowledge, and their cheerful endeavor to satisfy any and all requests or concerns of our group. In summary, it is quite difficult to imagine how this tour might have been improved.
Perfect Peloponnese
The itinerary took us to all the unmissable sites in the Pelopponese and the Mani and to some wonderful places that are quite off the beaten track. Our guides were most knowledgeable and entertaining and made this two weeks very special. The food and wine were generous and very well chosen, the best of Greece.
The itinerary took us to all the unmissable sites in the Pelopponese and the Mani and to some wonderful places that are quite off the beaten track. Our guides were most knowledgeable and entertaining and made this two weeks very special. The food and wine were generous and very well chosen, the best of Greece.
Rating for tour operator:This was my first tour with Peter Sommer and will not be my last. The company went out of its way to make the experience as enjoyable as possible and certainly succeeded.
Two Weeks of Wonder
When I first considered taking the Peter Sommers Tour Exploring the Peloponnese, I wondered whether the Peloponnese had two weeks to offer. How wrong I was. The PS tour guides were thoroughly conversant in the history, culture and cuisine of the Peloponnese, indeed of all the ancient and medieval worlds we touch. They also were patients, welcomed questions, made sure that we were well looked after the entire two weeks, from opening get-acquainted ...
When I first considered taking the Peter Sommers Tour Exploring the Peloponnese, I wondered whether the Peloponnese had two weeks to offer. How wrong I was. The PS tour guides were thoroughly conversant in the history, culture and cuisine of the Peloponnese, indeed of all the ancient and medieval worlds we touch. They also were patients, welcomed questions, made sure that we were well looked after the entire two weeks, from opening get-acquainted party to last dinner. As for the places we visited, everything from the Bronze Age palaces to medieval fortifications to wonderful restaurants and wine tastings. I enjoyed a wide range of cultural experiences.
Rating for tour operator:The itinerary and guides for Exploring the Peloponnese were top drawer in every way imaginable, from the selection of the historical sites and the delicious restaurant meals. Our tour's guides were scholars i their fields and conversant on every aspect of Peloponnesian history and culture. Further, they bent over backwards to ensure the comfort of every single member of our group. Thoroughly competent, thoroughly professional, thoroughly friendly and kind.
A whirlwind of architectural delights
I did a 14 day holiday 'Exploring the Peloponnese'
I did a 14 day holiday 'Exploring the Peloponnese'
Rating for tour operator:Peter Sommer provided us with 2 truly excellent guides. Their information was so good and their organisational skills, re: food and hotels, beyond praise. Our coach was comfortable and the driver was brilliant