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Over the past 25 years we have created a wonderful portfolio of holidays enjoyed by thousands of people which combine high level academic integrity with a relaxed format. Our two different programmes, Travels in Archaeology and Bare Bones Tours, offer different ways to enjoy exploring and understanding the past - in ways which distinguish the traveller from the tourist: authentic hotels, time to explore and get around on your own if you wish; good local food and wine. People who travel with us tend to come back again and again. We invite you to find out why!
Exciting archaeological journeys all over the world in the company of specialist archaeologists. Every detail taken care of, leaving you free to enjoy a holiday in the form of an unfolding story.
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Denise Allen
All the guide books tell us that Sicily lies at the crossroads of the Med, and a glance at the map shows it to be true. Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs and Normans carried their culture here, mixed it with what had gone before and produced some splendid sites, and a unique cuisine, for modern explorers to enjoy.
Our Bare Bones tour was designed to enjoy as many of the best examples from each period could be visited in a week, from hotel bases in Siracusa, Agrigento and Palermo. It follows a pleasingly chronological journey from ancient Greeks in Siracusa to…
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Bare Bones Troy 2010 Eight days, Two hotels, and some of the most beautiful and evocative sites of the Classical world. Central to it all is the story of Troy and the Trojan Wars as recounted by Homer. £1295 (sgl supp £100) | Price without ... Read more |
Roman province of Lusitania 2010 Unusual itinerary enjoying the Portuguese Alentejo and Spanish Extremadura regions - wide variety of sites, jewel in crown is Merida, the Roman capital of Lusitania. £1750 (sgl supp £250) | Price without flights: £1555 Mon 5th - Mon 12th April 2010, 8 days with ... Read more |
Pompeii, Herculaneum & Classical Campania 2010 Everyone should see this - "a day in Roman life" 2000 years ago: bars with pickled eggs on the counter, walls of grafitti, stylish homes, markets, brothels... all of Roman life was here. £1495 (sgl supp £130) | Price without flights: £1295 Mon ... Read more |
Roman Tunisia & the Punic Wars 2010 One of our very favourite tours and a perfect introduction to the Classical world, with superb monuments in lovely surroundings - and a mosaic inheritance second to none. £1495 (sgl supp £130) | Price without flights: £1330 Friday 2nd - Friday 9th April ... Read more |
Libya - Tripolitania & Cyrenaica 2010 Leptis Magna, built as a show piece of Roman Imperial success, is one of the most important Classical cities in the world. This tour contrasts the Roman cities of the west with the Greek cities of the east. £2050 (sgl supp ... Read more |
Bare Bones Sicily 2010 This is the very heart of the Mediterranean: ‘the stepping stone between Europe and Africa, the gateway between the East and the West, the link between the Latin world and the Greek’ (John Julius Norwich) £1095 (sgl supp £200) | Price ... Read more |
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