Cruising Western Lycia Traveller Reviews

This was simply an outstanding holiday!! The ship on which we were treated to the sites/sights along the Lycian Coast, was exceptionally well appointedand the crew were extremely helpful, attentive and focussed on every detail which would make us travellers as comfortable as possible. Our tour guide Eyip was knowledgeable, good-humoured and worked carefully with our lecturer to make sure we enjoyed every element of the archaeological and historical sites. Our lecture was quite simply superb. His lectures, and he treated us to many, were insightful, informative and often very entertaining. The chef prepared exceptionally healthy and delicious meals, never repeating the cuisine from one, an extraordinary feat when looking at twenty different menus! Simply put, the stars aligned to make this tour enjoyable and memorable in all the very best ways!!

Peter Sommer Travels has clearly developed a a series of tours which tempts the traveller to immerse themselves in the archaeological, historical, mythological and cultural wealth of western Lycia in the company of an excellent tour guide and a noted and important Cambridge scholar. This tour was so carefully planned to the smallest detail that any traveller would have had to work hard not to have enjoyed themselves!

This trip was our on "bucket list" since we visited Turkey for the first time 40 years ago. This was a week long gullet trip complete with an archeologist from Cambridge University to teach us the history of the sites we traveled to. We feel so fortunate that we were able to do it: the perfect mix of history, exercise, relaxation, and amazing Turkish food. We highly recommend any trip with Peter Sommer Travels.

Very professional and well organized.

Just a wonderful experience in a beautiful part of the world, with expert and helpful staff.

Quality

One of the best vacations I've ever had. The opportunities for swimming, kayaking, and hiking were all exceptional. The food was excellent and something of a miracle given the size of the gullet kitchen. The group was very congenial and a pleasure to be with.

Ugur Cinar was wonderful -- knowledgeable about the country and sensitive to the various needs of the group. I've traveled extensively and he was the best guide I've ever had.

Perfect in every way. .Delicious food,attentive crew,,excellent guides and very comfortable accomodation

Extremely attentive and excellent organisation

I have long dreamed of sailing along the Turkish coast and this dream was finally fulfilled by a Peter Sommer Lycian Coast cruise. We were slightly apprehensive about the trip, no knowing the other seven guests...but it was our good fortune to have wonderful traveling companions and we were all sad to go our separate ways at the end of the trip. Peter Sommer's staff attended to every detail from excellent, healthful Turkish food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner outside on the covered deck, to ample opportunities to swim and kayak in the beautiful Mediterranean, to fascinating walks/hikes among ancient ruins and through interesting seaside towns and villages. As I have mentioned to others, I slept like a baby, rocked each night gently as if in a cradle. What more could one ask for...interesting fellow travelers, sun, water, culture, spectacular Turkish crew who bent over backwards to make this a very special holiday. Could not recommend enough.

Attended to every detail...from boarding and getting settled in...to daily itineraries...always allowing enough time for swimming and kayaking...wonderful food...transfers either by dinghy or small van...through to departure and airport transfers. Extremely well organized.

Our gulet cruise along the Lycian coast was the second Peter Sommer tour we have taken. Like the first one, we loved the mix of archaeology as explained by our expert guide, the delicious traditional Turkish food, the swimming and the camaraderie of our group of eleven fellow travellers. we will definitely consider further Peter Sommer tours.

Peter Sommer Travels is efficient, helpful and employs high quality guides.

This was a relaxing tour of Lycea, looking at the remains of ancient civilisations. OK, it might not be for everyone, but we loved it. We lived on a gulet, an attractive 100ft sailing boat, with an attentive crew, a skilled cook, and a bar. Generally the mornings were spent relaxing and swimming off the boat or from a nearby beach. We would then travel to the day's site, and take the guided tour in the late afternoon or early evening, when it was beginning to cool. We would then sail to an anchorage, then have dinner eat and chat late into the night. The food was typically Turkish, and though I'm no nutritionist, it struck me as being very healthy, as well as tasty and well presented. The guides were excellent: Alan, a university lecturer and archaeologist, was a knowledgeable and interesting talker, and there was never a yawn or dull moment. Meanwhile a Turkish guide assisted by setting things up, arranging transport and restaurants etc, and generally fixing things so the whole thing ran very smoothly. The itinerary was flexible, so when at one point we found ourselves near an abandoned Greek village, from whence the grandfather of one of us had been expelled in the 1920s - of course we diverted to visit this important and haunting place. It was not a cheap holiday, but it was certainly excellent value, combining good service, interesting excursions, and relaxing in the sun.

The literature was well presented, informative, and easy to understand. The descriptions were accurate and there were no unpleasant surprises. Booking and admin were very well done, while not being in the least remote - we felt that they were interested in us. Everything went according to plan, and we have not been bombarded with marketing mail afterwards. It would have been helpful if they could have arranged the flights - this was not too difficult on line, but of course it is easier for a company that does it a lot, than for someone who rarely flies. All in all, many other operators could learn a lot about customer service from these guys.