Peter Sommer Travels Traveller Reviews

Peter Sommer 's " Exploring Sicily " tour was memorable on many, many levels . Reflecting on this trip since my return home, I think it was not just because of the depth of knowledge & courtesy of the guides, the impeccable organisation, the great accommodation & wonderful meals but also because we were shown Sicily by people who really love it & made us respect & love it too.

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This was a very special holiday led by Michael Metcalfe,and we couldn't have had a better leader, because Michael absolutely made the history of Sicily come alive for us with the wonderful stories that he told us about the ruins. But the trip was not just about ruins it encompassed the whole story of Sicily, as well as delicious food & wine & excellent accomodation we saw so much of the country & met such lovely welcoming people

Michael Metcalfe was without doubt the best tour leader I have ever experienced & I have been travelling with small group operators for a very long time, his enthusiasm & love of the country & it's history made it all come alive for us

Our Exploring Sicily trip with Peter Sommer Travel was a sheer delight. The itinerary was well thought out and planned; all aspects of our travel from the breathtaking sites, beautiful accommodation and delicious food and wine were superb. Added to this mix were expert guide Michael Metcalfe's vivid historical re-enactments! Definitely a trip to savour and remember well into the future. I thoroughly recommend this small group tour to anyone interested in Sicily, it's history, culture, peoples, food and wine. Margaret Melbourne, Australia

Peter Sommer Travel is an excellent company. Their itineraries are thoughtfully conceived and executed with superb attention to detail and extremely well executed. The company provides excellent support both before and during each trip. The expert and local guides are first class. Each trip we have taken with Peter Sommer have been a totally enjoyable and immersive experience.

This tour was amazing! The itinerary, accommodations and food were fabulous. There is no way we could have seen and learned so much on our own or with any other tour. Peter was incredibly knowledgeable, informative, enthusiastic and FUN. Cem was such an amazing "fixer," we wanted to bring him home with us. Definitely signing up for more Peter Sommers tours!

This tour operator was excellent!

Peter Sommer Travels delivered all that they promised and more. An impeccably-planned itinerary, delivered in full and with careful attention to every detail. Our guide, a Professor of Byzantine and Roman archaeology with many years' experience of Istanbul, was complemented by a local guide of unfailing charm, knowledge and energy. It was a wonderful holiday.

Professional, expert and reliable.

This tour was worth it every minute: fatastic company, stunning landscapes, staggeringly good food, blissful swimmings in a sea at 24°. Holidays with Peter Sommer Travels is a five-star luxury experience you look forward to live again.

Peter Sommer is an enthralling expert guide. Cem, the local guide, does a superb job, providing for an amazing organization and warm welcome. Last but not least, Peter and Cem make you discover and love Turkey: its culture, its hidden treasures,its people. Holidays with Peter Sommer Travels is a five-star luxury experience you look forward to live again.

Travelling on the beautiful Aegean Clipper, we visited 9 of the Dodecanese Islands - from Samos to Rhodes. Lots of fresh food, some swimming, beautiful blue skies & blue seas. We visited many places - extraordinary scenery in the volcanic crater on Nisyros; the sublime - the cave where St John received the Revelation on Patmos; the quaint - the Pigmy Elephant Museum on Tilos. Highlight was probably the superb bronzes in the small Archaeological museum of Kalymnos. Excellent guiding & organisation as well.

Small company running mainly archaeologically focused holidays. Some of these use motor-yachts (gulets) - these are my favourites, as you get both the experience of a lovely boat holiday, and you get to visit fascinating sites with excellent guides to explain & interpret them for you.

We had two days in Ankara, where we had a really thorough visit to the wonderful museum; then two days in Bogazkoy, which allowed us superb early morning access to the Hittite sites of Yazilikaya & Hattusha, then a week in Uchisar, where we walked everyday in the extraordinary scenery of Cappadocia, and visited lovely churches cut from the rocks. Each evening we had new & fascinating restaurants to visit. All-in-all a grand trip. Our archaeologist guide was superb - especially in the churches of Cappadocia.

Small specialist company, taking small groups on archaeologically focused trips, while also ensuring that you stay in lovely hotels & eat great food.

I find it hard to summarize this tour as two entirely different worlds are being put I find it hard to summarize this tour as two entirely different worlds are being put together, yet tied by strange and unexpected links. Nota's knowledge however is absolutely brilliant. Bringing the huge and really ancient site like Hattusha to life in combination with the artefacts from the museums is quite an achievement. Travelling through Cappadocia, Nota definitely found a way to explain this complex Byzantine art in such a way that it sticks to the mind. Amazing! The walks were a real treat; not too strenuous, not too long and well paced. This is exactly what I expected to find in the Cappadocian landscape. The utter silence of the place with only the rustling of the leaves, the murmur of the streams and the song of an occasional bird. All in all, a wonderful experience that I can highly recommend!

Excellent guiding and clear explanations. Nota always made sure we really understood the meaning and/or importance of each place where we stopped. Yet the programme was never overloaded and always well balanced.

We enjoyed a two week sailing/walking trip along the southern coast of Turkey centred around Fethiye. On the trip we visited ancient ruins from the Lycian, Greek and Roman periods. These ruins are amazing and have not been very well documented. Peter's knowledge of the area and its archiological significance made the trip a very educational experience. Every day we went for a walk of varying duration, some quite strenuous. The meals on the boat were fantastic and the captain and crew were delightful people who handled the boat magnificently and made for a wonderful holiday.

Very profesional organisation where every detail was handled superbly.