Walking & Cruising Lycian Shore Traveller Reviews

The holiday was an excellent mix of exercise, intellectual interest and relaxation - fine walks on and around sections of the Lycian Way, visiting often remote but fascinating archaeological sites, yet with ample time to enjoy the comfort, company and excellent cuisine on board the boat and the swimming from the boat. The trip had been thought through with care and was brilliantly organised. This part of Turkey is a peaceful and beautiful gem, far removed from the troubles of the world, and the locals are delightfully friendly and hospitable. Strongly recommended.

First rate planning and organisation, offering holidays that fully meet the description in the brochure. We have holidayed with the company before and will do so again.

This was our third holiday with Peter Sommer and as good as ever. A wonderful combination of walking, archaeology & relaxing on the boat. The food was excellent, as were the leader, local guide and crew. Altogether a thoroughly enjoyable holiday.

Very efficient organisation of the trip. Very helpful with advice and booking arrangements and extremely smooth running of the holiday itself.

Not a second to be bored during 2 weeks onboard a gulet. Peter has all the details figured out and imagination for all the excursions. He is na extremely attentive and thorough person, knows his trade and is a walking encyclopedia ! Apart from that, his partner is also the most careful guide and takes care of every whim that anybody could have. A pleasure to have them as chapperones for a trip so exquisite in na área that must be more explored. Beautiful settings and fantastic historic sites. And the walks are memorable.

Only positive comments about Peter and Cem. We were pampered and taken care of, Always sharing our concerns and we´d be briefed with details and all information. It´s a very good organization and the customers are their priority. We were really impressed.

Our excellent archaeology, history and local culture guides, Peter and Cem, were extremely knowledgable, well prepared, energetic, entertaining, understanding and flexible. They, as well as the cruise crew of four, took care of our every need in a very professional manner to ensure we had a safe and enjoyable time.

Peter Sommer Travels is a very experienced company and it shows as everything involved with the delivery of this tour was well planned and organized.

If you like sailing the south-western coast of Turkey on a beautiful gulet, eating well prepared traditional Turkish food, swimming in crystal clear turquoise water, walking through the countryside to explore ancient rarely visited sites, and learning about the archeology of these sites as well as local Turkish customs from excellent and entertaining guides, then this trip if for you. Highly recommended.

Total comfort on 12 guest Gulet in South West Turkey. A really well planned holiday, with a mix of walking parts of the Lycian Way with time to enjoy swimming in turquoise sea, sunbathe and be indulged with delicious food. Our leader, an historian and archaeologist made the history of the places we visited come alive. The captain and crew looked after our every need and the minivan lifts and pickups went like clockwork. It was a lot of fun.

We had not travelled with Peter Sommer Travels before. We were very impressed and would not hesitate to travel with them again.

Hiked to ancient Lycian ruins using the gulet as a home base. The gulet was luxurious. The food delicious.

Well coordinated and planned. It was an excellent trip! Will take more with this firm.

2 weeks cruising along some of the South West coast of Turkey with my wife and 10 other people. There were walks to various sites using parts of the Lycian Way. The walks varied in length and difficulty which most people managed well. I had not taken sufficient notice of the likely terrain which was sometimes along pretty rocky steep paths so that we did not go on all the days walking as I am now 80. This was not a problem as we had a great time either spending the day doing just some of the journey,or on the boat or in the water, or canoeing, or doing different something on our own. We had a quite excellent holiday

Peter was there to lead the holiday which he did very professionally and with great knowledge of the ancient sites that we went to and their histories plus the conditions of each days walk. Could not have taken more trouble to sort out alternatives for when we did not wish to walk on any particular day. I can really recommend his holidays to anyone wishing to walk and see sites and at the same time have the comfort and fun of living on a very comfortable boat which will take you along the coast to different destinations.

Just finished two weeks of wonderful ancient sites, swimming in the warm Aegean Sea, great companions to share terrific wine, food and the day's adventures.

Peter Sommer Travels excels in providing a full and complete holiday. Everything is organised and catered for; airport arrivals/departures, beautiful locations, wonderful food, swimming and expert knowledge travelling with like-minded people on a beautiful Gulet.

We spent two weeks with a small group aboard an elegant Turkish Gulet cruising the Lycian shore. We had expertly guided excursions planned for each day where we visited sites with our archaeologist and Turkish guides. This was an active walking trip. The walks were well thought out and described. They included a mix of sites, mostly ancient along with stunning scenery. We were well nourished, physically and mentally, with delicious food and much information. Opportunities for swimming were abundant and beautiful. It was one of the most enjoyable guided trips we have ever taken!

Peter Sommer Travels is excellent in every regard. Their specialist knowledge in archaeology was what attracted us to travel with them but they are much more than expert guides. Whether in the office or traveling, they go the extra mile to accommodate all of their guests and are uniformly pleasant, responsive and knowledgeable. We felt extremely well looked after in every respect and wholeheartedly recommend them to others.