Andante Travels

New revised itinerary after the final planning visit by Denise and Farès; new lower price; new extra departure in May  

£2750 (sgl supp £335) | Price without international flights: £2365

Mon 10th - Wed 19th May 2010, 10 days with Farès Moussa
Tour Manager: t.b.c. | Availability: Singles Available | Doubles Available

Mon 27th September - Wed 6th October 2010, 10 days with Farès Moussa
Tour Manager: Isabella Sjöström | Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Full

A wonderful tour including all the great names you would expect to see on an introduction to the world of the Pharoahs. We also escape the tourist trail to explore the vast empty landscapes of the Middle Nile and Tell el-Amarna, city of the heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten, and we cruise in style with 4 nights on a beautiful boat on the Nile, ending with a return visit to Cairo.

£2975 (sgl supp £350) | Price without international flights: £2695

NB exchange rates allow a price reduction since Spring brochure

Sun 21st March - Mon 5th April 2010, 16 days with Dr Paul Nicholson
Tour Manager: Stasa Bailey | Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Full

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 £150) | Price without international flights: £1630

This adventurous tour will discover the amazing desert landscapes in the south-west of Libya, camping under skies unpolluted by street-lighting, and discovering the carved and painted echoes of the wildlife which once roamed here.

£2150 (sgl supp £100) | Price without flights £1730
Tue 19th - Tue 26th October 2010, 8 days with Professor David Mattingly
Tour Manager: Farès Moussa | Availability: Singles Full| Doubles Last one LIMITED TO 16 GUESTS

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 2010 (Easter) with Tony O’Connor
Tour Manager: Mary Reynolds  Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Full

            

The archaeology of Egypt is so justly famous that its study is a discipline of its own. This is a journey to discover the other Egypt: the one most tourists never get to see.

£2200 (sgl sup £190) | Price without international flights: £1900
Sat 30th October - Tue 9th November 2010, 11 days with Tony O’Connor
Tour Manager: Mary Reynolds | Availability: Singles Fully Booked | Doubles Fully Booked

*NEW DEPARTURE*
£2200 (sgl sup £190) | Price without international flights: £1900
Thu 11th - Sat 28th November 2010, 11 days with Lucia Gahlin
Tour Manager: TBC | Availability: Singles Available | Doubles Available

£2400 (sgl sup £190) | Price without international flights: £2200
Thu 23rd December 2010 - Sun 2nd January 2011, 11 days with Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Tour Manager: Gudrun Schmid | Availability: Singles Last One | Doubles Available

One of the great stories of the past (Punic Wars), world-class sites, mostly well-preserved and in idyllic settings, and traversing dramatically changing landscapes.

Tue 26th October - Tue 9th November 2010 with Richard Wallace
Tour Manager: Jennie Robson | Availability: Singles Last Few| Doubles Available

 

£4995 (sgl supp £475) | Price without international flights: £4185

Mon 15th November - Thu 2nd December, 18 days with Dr Paul Bahn
Tour Manager: Conchita Garcia | Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Full

LIMITED TO 15 GUESTS

£3800 (sgl supp £550) | Price without international flights: £3095

NB exchange rates allow a price reduction since June brochure

Monday 3rd - Thursday 20th May 2010, 18 days with David Drew (limited to 16 guests)
Tour Manager: Stasa Bailey | Availability: Singles Last two| Doubles Full

 

The Maya are widely judged to be the most intriguing and appealing of all the ancient civilisations of the Americas.  It is not hard to see why this should be so - in essence it is the 'Indiana Jones' factor.

£3995 (Sgl Supp £430) | Price without flights: £3095

Wed 20th October - Wed 3rd November 2010, 15 days with David Drew (limited to 16 guests)
Tour Manager: Barnaby Jones | Availability: Singles Last one | Doubles Full

Albania's recent isolation means that there is still a (quickly vanishing) sense of a time-warp here. The country lies between Greece and Italy, so much of its classical past is untouched and rural.

£1900 (sgl supp £180) | Price without flights: £1645

Tue 20th - Wed 28th April 2010, 9 days with Oliver Gilkes
Tour Manager: Sarah Mayer | Availability: Singles Last one| Doubles Last few

Tue 5th - Wed 13th October 2010, 9 days with Oliver Gilkes
Tour Manager: Elaine Rowlands | Availability: Singles Available| Doubles Available

The heel of Italy was the natural landing place of ancient colonists, sea-farers and armies, all of whom have left their mark.

£1850 (sgl supp £210) | Price without flights: £1620

Thu 27th May - Thu 3rd June 2010, 8 days with Professor Alastair Small
Tour Manager: Marina Bazzani | Availability: Singles Full| Doubles Last Two

Ancient sites major and minor, mostly rural, including the much debated Minoan 'Palace' site at Knossos, and its less visited but equally fascinating sisters at Phaistos and Mallia.

£1695 (sgl supp £150) Price without flights: £1495

Tue 4th - Tue 11th May 2010, 8 days with Dr Georgina Muskett
Tour Manager: Elaine Rowlands | Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Full
Tue 28th September - Tue 5th October 2010, 8 days with Dr Christina Hatzimichael Whitley
Tour Manager: Stasa Bailey | Availability: Singles Last one | Doubles Available

Home of Philip and Alexander; land of the extraordinary mountain top monasteries of the Meteora; one of the most beautiful landscapes of Europe.

£2150 (sgl supp £225) | Price without flights: £1845

Sun 26th September - Tue 5th October 2010, 10 days with Dr Robin Barber
Tour Manager: Marina Bazzani | Availability: Singles Full| Doubles Available

All the enjoyment of walking without the discomforts, and with a most engaging Roman military archaeologist walking with you - informal, healthy but not too hearty!

£1345 (Sgl Sup 150)

Tue 6th - Wed 14th July 2010, 9 days with Dr Mike Bishop
Tour Manager: Simon Ashley | Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Full

£1995 (sgl supp £230) Price without flights: £1725

Sun 19th - Sun 26th September 2010, 8 days with Richard Wallace
Tour Manager: Elaine Rowlands | Availability: Singles Last One| Doubles Available

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 12th - Mon 19th April 2010, 8 Days with Dr Judith Toms
Tour Manager: Marina Bazzani | Singles Full | Doubles Full
Mon 3rd - Mon 10th May 2010, 8 Days with Oliver Gilkes
Tour Manager: Medina Gilbey | Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Full
Mon 6th - Mon 13th September 2010, 8 Days with Dr Gillian Shepherd
Tour Manager: Jennie Robson | Availability: Singles Last one | Doubles Available
Mon 20th - Mon 27th September 2010, 8 Days with Alan French
Tour Manager: Medina Gilbey | Availability: Singles Available | Doubles Available
Mon 4th - Mon 11th October 2010, 8 Days with Professor Alastair Small
Tour Manager: Belinda Scaburri | Availability: Singles Available | Doubles Available

 

Discover Rome's first province in the gentle enchantment of the south of France in spring - food, climate, very pretty town as a base.

£1675 (sgl supp £270) | Price without flights/train: £1465

Mon 3rd - Sun 9th May 2010 by rail, 7 days with Professor William Manning
Tour Manager: Anne Chowne | Availability: Singles Full| Doubles Available

Mon 11th - Sun 17th October 2010 by air, 7 days with Professor Tony King
Tour Manager: Jennie Robson | Availability: Singles Available | Doubles Available

Glittering mosaics, the evocation of the end of the Roman world, from Venice and the coast to the lowlands of the Po Valley.  A favourite with our guests.

£1745 (sgl supp £160) | Price without flights: £1545

Tue 4th - Tue 11th May 2010, 8 days with Professor Tony King
Tour Manager: Belinda Scaburri | Availability: Singles On request | Doubles Last One

 Tue 14th - Tue 21st September 2010, 8 days with Ffiona Gilmore Eaves
Tour Manager: Jennie Robson | Availability: Singles FULL | Doubles Available

 

Unusual opportunity to explore the Republic of Macedonia, circling the land of lakes and mountains and exploring its Classical, early Christian and Islamic past.

£1995 (sgl supp £140) | Price without flights: £1620

Mon 10th - Mon 17th May 2010, 8 days with Dr Ffiona Gilmore Eaves
Tour Manager: Simon Ashley | Availability: Singles Last one| Doubles Available

In the borderlands of Germania, Rome played out her imperial ambitions.  Vast armies amassed here to take on "free Germany", and clever entrepreneurs led the good life among the vineyards of the Rhine and Moselle.

£1800 (Sgl Supp £225) | Price without coach £ 1630

Mon 11th - Tue 19th October 2010, 9 days with Alan French
Tour Manager: TBA | Availability: Singles Last two| Doubles Available

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 Dr Andrew Fear
Tour Manager: Isabella Sjöström. Availability: Singles Full | Doubles FULL

£1590 (Sgl Supp £285)

Sun 16th - Mon 24th May 2010, 10 days with Andante Guide Lecturers
Accompanying the tour: Dr Annabel Lawson | Availability: Singles Full| Doubles Last one

The meeting of the two great Classical worlds of Greece and Rome; the splendours of the might Norman court and all one a delightful italian island...

£2200 (sgl supp £270) | Price without flights: £2000

Thu 8th - Sun 18th April 2010, 11 days with Dr Gillian Shepherd
Tour Manager: Alexandra Casey | Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Full
Thu 22nd April - Sun 2nd May 2010, 11 days with Alan French
Tour Manager: Lois Ferguson | Availability: Singles Full| Doubles Full
Thu 23rd September - Sun 3rd October 2010, 11 days with Dr Eireann Marshall
Tour Manager: Martin Plimsoll| Availability: Singles Last One| Doubles Last Few

£1900 (sgl supp £135) | Price without flights: £1600

Sun 23rd - Sun 30th May 2010, 8 days with Dr Paul Bahn
Tour Manager: Conchita Garcia.  Availability: Singles Last one | Doubles Full

£1850 (sgl supp £195) Price without flights: £1670
Mon 6th - Mon 13th September 2010, 8 days with Dr Andrew Fear
Tour Manager: Stasa Bailey | Availability: Singles On request | Doubles Last few LIMITED TO 16 GUESTS

£1450 (Sgl Supp £200)

Tue 8th - Wed 16th June 2010, 9 days with many expert guides, see tab below
Accompanying the tour: Dr Denise Allen | Availability: Singles Last one| Doubles Last few

Best original and accessible examples of Ice Age engraving, sculpture and painting over a period of 20,000 years in the beautiful landscapes of the Dordogne.

£ 1995 (Sgl Supp £325) | Price without flight £1800

Mon 27th September - Tue 5th October 2010, 9 days with Dr Paul Bahn
Tour Manager: Gudrun Schmid | Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Available

A holiday in a delightful part of Italy investigating the enigmatic Etruscans

£1850 (sgl supp £215) | Price without flights: £1635
Sun 19th - Sun 26th September 2010, 8 days with Dr Judith Toms
Tour Manager: Lois Ferguson; Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Last one

Wonderful journey through the peninsula which was home to the "heroes" of the Trojan Wars. Wild and remote Mediterranean landscapes and evocative sites.

£1950 (sgl supp £210) | Price without flights: £1680

Mon 4th - Tue 12th October 2010, 9 days with Professor John Prag
Tour Manager: Anna Butcher | Availability: Singles Last one | Doubles Last few

Travelling with not one, but two (different kinds of) experts in Iceland, following an itinerary designed to give you the very best Iceland has to offer at the best time of year to see it.

£2975 (sgl supp £425) | Price without flights: £2675

Thursday 8th - Saturday 17th July 2010, 10 days with Professor John Hines
Tour Manager: Sarah Mayer | Availability: Singles Last Few | Doubles Available

£2275 (sgl supp £300) Price without flights: £1970

Sat 8th - Tue 18th May 2010, 11 days with Dr Geoffrey Summers
Tour Manager: Terry Richardson | Availability: Singles Available | Doubles Last Two
Sat 9th - Tue 19th October 2010, 11 days with Dr Geoffrey Summers
Tour Manager: Sarah Mayer | Availability: Singles Last One| Doubles Last one

Stunning Classical cities along one of the most beautiful, rugged coastlines in the world.

£2100 (sgl supp £310) | Price without flights: £1835

Mon 19th April - Sat 1st May 2010, 13 days with Professor John Prag
Tour Manager: Isabella Sjöström | Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Full
Sat 25th September - Thu 7th October 2010 with Professor William Manning
Tour Manager: Anne Chowne | Availability: Singles Last one| Doubles Last one

£1895 (sgl supp £270) | Price without flights: £1545

Tue 4th - Tue 11th May 2010, 8 days with Tony O’Connor
Tour Manager: Alexandra Casey | Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Full

Tue 11th - Tue 18th May 2010, 8 days with Dr Kay Prag
Tour Manager: Sarah Mayer | Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Last few

NEW DEPARTURE

Tue 28th September - Tue 5th October 2010, 8 days with Nick Jackson
Tour Manager: t.b.a.| Availability: Singles Full| Doubles Available

 

An incredible journey from the shores of the Black Sea, through the ancient lands of the Uratians, to the spectacular Lake Van.  The monuments include fortified towns from the 8th century BC, an obsidian mine, early Christian churches and monasteries and Seljuk and Ottoman architecture.

£2500 (sgl supp £310) | Price without flights: £2155

Mon 6th - Sat 18th September 2010, 13 days with Dr Geoffrey Summers
Tour Manager: Terry Richardson | Availability: Singles Last one| Doubles Last one

£3150 (sgl supp £450) | Price without flights £2665

Monday 26th April - Wednesday 12th May 2010, 17 days with Dr Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Tour Manager: Gudrun Schmid; Availability: Singles Full| Doubles Full

Petra is one of the wonders of the ancient world, far more extensive and extraordinary than you could imagine and built in a semi-desert, but all of Jordan is full of wonders...

£2100 (sgl supp £420) | Price without flights £1675

Thu 7th October - Sat 16th October 2010, 10 days with Nick Jackson
Tour Manager: Odeh al Shobaki | Availability: Singles Full| Doubles Last one
Thu 21st October - Sat 30th October 2010, 10 days with Dr Kay Prag
Tour Manager: Odeh al Shobaki | Availability: Singles Last few| Doubles Available

Breath-taking archaeological sites recording the past of a country of magnificence, wealth and power at one of the major cross-roads of the world.
NB Exchange rates allow a price reduction since the Spring brochure

£2150 (sgl supp £250) | Price without flights: £1750

Tue 20th April - Sat 1st May 2010, 12 days with Dr Kay Prag
Tour Manager: Barnaby Jones | Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Full
Sun 10th - Wed 20th October 2010, 11 days with Dr Kay Prag
Tour Manager: Alexandra Casey | Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Full
Sun 24th October - Wed 3rd November 2010, 11 days with Nick Jackson
Tour Manager: Simon Ashley | Availability: Singles Full | Doubles Full