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29/09/08 to 08/10/08
09/10/08 to 18/10/08
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£1850 per person (sharing)
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Albania - The Land of the Eagles (2008)
Albania |
| Albania’s own name for itself, Shqiperia, is believed to derive from the word for eagle, and emphasises the
geographical isolation of this mountainous land. More varieties of wild flowers grow here than anywhere else in
Europe, and the high mountains provide one of the the last refuges of wild beasts such as bears and wolves. |
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19/05/09 to 28/05/09
29/09/09 to 08/10/09
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£1900 per person (sharing)
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Albania - The Land of the Eagles (2009)
Albania |
| Albania’s own name for itself, Shqiperia, is believed to derive from the word for eagle, and emphasises the
geographical isolation of this mountainous land. More varieties of wild flowers grow here than anywhere else in
Europe, and the high mountains provide one of the the last refuges of wild beasts such as bears and wolves. |
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26/09/08 to 15/10/08
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£3750 per person (sharing)
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Bolivia & Peru - Journey to the Heart of Andean Civilisation (2008)
Bolivia, Peru |
| From the desert coast of the Pacific, we climb way up across the Andes and down towards the Amazonian jungles to the east, experiencing the huge diversity of environments and cultures that made up the Andean civilisation. |
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29/08/08 to 31/08/08
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£ 295 per person (sharing)
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Bare Bones Wessex (2008)
Britain |
| Stand inside the circle at Stonehenge and walk through the prehistoric landscapes here and at Avebury. Accommodation in Salisbury Cathedral Close (Summer holidays) |
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Bare Bones Wessex (2009)
Britain |
| Don't miss this opportunity to walk within the stones of Stonehenge before any visitors arrive, to venture into the religious landscapes of two of Britain's most spectacular prehistoric sites and to have the latest ideas and archaeological discoveries described and put into the context of the monumental remains. |
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Hadrian's wall (2009)
Britain |
| The Hadrian’s Wall footpath crosses wild and beautiful
terrain, its route covering the shortest distance coast to
coast across the country |
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Orkney & Shetland, Archaeology (2009)
Britain |
| The islands beyond the northernmost tip of Scotland glory in some of the most beautiful and rugged landscapes in the world. |
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Wessex - Walking through a Prehistoric Landscape (2008)
Britain |
| It is our pleasure to introduce Andante travellers past, present and future, to the fascination of archaeology in some of the finest prehistoric landscapes in Europe which lie here, in Andante’s home territory. |
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Bulgaria (2009)
Bulgaria |
| A land of wide plains and snow-capped mountains, of
painted monasteries, gilded icons and bearded Orthodox
priests; a place where folklore and traditional crafts still
abound. We go in search of a more distant past - the
gigantic tombs of the Thracian horsemen, Roman cities
and delightful Ottoman architecture. |
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17/11/08 to 04/12/08
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£4500 per person (sharing)
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Chile & Easter Island (2008)
Chile |
| The small speck of land now known as Easter Island is one of the most remote pieces of permanently inhabited
land in the world. Our new and exciting journey first travels along the coast of Chile, exploring the amazing
gigantic earth pictures and rock art, we then fly to this tiny volcanic island with its mysterious statues. |
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Chile & Easter Island (2009)
Chile |
| The small speck of land now known as Easter Island is one of the most remote pieces of permanently inhabited
land in the world. Our new and exciting journey first travels along the coast of Chile, exploring the amazing
gigantic earth pictures and rock art, we then fly to this tiny volcanic island with its mysterious statues. |
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07/03/09 to 16/03/09
27/12/09 to 05/01/10
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£1350 per person (sharing)
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Bare Bones Egypt (2009)
Egypt |
| Alexandria, the pyramids of Giza and the Fayoum.
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12/10/08 to 27/10/08
05/11/08 to 20/11/08
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£2500 per person (sharing)
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Egypt - Land of the Pharaohs (2008)
Egypt |
| All the great names plus sites on the Middle Nile not included in many itineraries. Accompanied by an archaeologist who has excavated in Egypt for many years. |
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28/01/09 to 12/02/09
11/10/09 to 26/10/09
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£2600 per person (sharing)
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Egypt - Land of the Pharaohs (2009)
Egypt |
| All the great names plus sites on the Middle Nile not included in many itineraries. Accompanied by an archaeologist who has excavated in Egypt for many years. |
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08/09/08 to 14/09/08
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£1400 per person (sharing)
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Brittany - Mysteries of the Megaliths (by rail) (2008)
France |
| The great stone monuments of prehistoric Brittany are astonishing in their sheer scale and variety - standing tones,
chambered tombs with fine carvings and writhing stone rows lie scattered through the lovely landscape. The delicate ornaments found within the monuments fill the museums. |
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22/09/08 to 28/09/08
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£1350 per person (sharing)
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Caesar's Gallic Wars (2008)
France |
| Follow in Caesar’s footsteps as he conquered the Tribes of Gaul in order to achieve power at home in Rome - where it really mattered...The tour concentrates on the climactic phase of Vercingetorix’s Revolt in 52BC, and the sites around Bourges, Gergovie and Alise Ste Reine in the Massif Centrale. |
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Caesar's Gallic Wars (2009)
France |
| Follow in Caesar’s footsteps as he conquered the Tribes of Gaul in order to achieve power at home in Rome - where it really mattered...The tour concentrates on the climactic phase of Vercingetorix’s Revolt in 52BC, and the sites around Bourges, Gergovie and Alise Ste Reine in the Massif Centrale. |
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01/09/08 to 07/09/08
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£1450 per person (sharing)
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Provence - Barbarians, Greeks and Romans (by rail) (2008)
France |
| A chance to travel by train to the beautiful south, and the impressive Roman monuments of Nîmes, Arles, Orange and Vaison-le-Romaine, as well as the Gallic background, with its cult of the severed head and reverence for its warriors. Not fogetting the fine food, wine and good living of today! |
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04/05/09 to 10/05/09
12/10/09 to 18/10/09
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£1550 per person (sharing)
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Provence - Barbarians, Greeks and Romans (by rail) (2009)
France |
| A chance to travel by train to the beautiful south, and the impressive Roman monuments of Nîmes, Arles, Orange and Vaison-le-Romaine, as well as the Gallic background, with its cult of the severed head and reverence for its warriors. Not fogetting the fine food, wine and good living of today! |
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25/05/09 to 02/06/09
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£1800 per person (sharing)
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The Dordogne - Prehistoric Cave Art (by rail) (2009)
France |
| The Dordogne has long been at the heart of the study of Ice Age art, providing some of the most famous prehistoric art in the world; wonderful polychrome paintings, engravings and bas-reliefs. This is a delightful part of rural France, noted for its gastronomy. No flights - travel by train. |
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01/09/08 to 07/09/08
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£1400 per person (sharing)
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The Pyrenees - Cave Art (2008)
France |
| Seven days based in one hotel in the centre of St Girons exploring the prehistoric art and culture of the Pyrenees, including Mas d’Azil, Gargas, Bédeilhac and Niaux. Your guide lecturer is a renowned international expert on prehistoric cave art. |
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Former Republic of Macedonia (2009)
FYROM (Macedonia) |
| A new tour of a country largely undiscovered by tourism. Roman remains, early Christian and Medieval frescoes and churches. |
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06/10/08 to 13/10/08
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£1700 per person (sharing)
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Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) - On the shores of Lake Ohrid (2008)
FYROM (Macedonia) |
| A new tour of a country largely undiscovered by tourism. Roman remains, early Christian and Medieval frescoes and churches. |
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01/09/08 to 09/09/08
06/10/08 to 14/10/08
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£1550 per person (sharing)
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Roman Germany (by rail) (2008)
Germany |
| See the sites left behind by the largest army of the Roman Empire where they were amassed along the Rhine-Danube frontier. |
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04/09/09 to 12/09/09
07/09/09 to 15/09/09
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Roman Germany (by rail) (2009)
Germany |
| See the sites left behind by the largest army of the Roman Empire where they were amassed along the Rhine-Danube frontier. |
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15/02/09 to 21/02/09
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£ 995 per person (sharing)
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Bare Bones Athens (2009)
Greece |
| The ancient city centre including the Acropolis, the National museum, full of gold, with optional days out to the famous sanctuaries at Delphi and Sounion (Half-term) |
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07/10/08 to 14/10/08
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£1100 per person (sharing)
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Bare Bones Crete (2008)
Greece |
| The best of the Minoan ‘palace’ sites, including the most famous - Knossos, as well as the opportunity to walk the Samaria Gorge (option of full walk or shorter trek) |
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12/05/09 to 19/05/09
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£1275 per person (sharing)
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Bare Bones Crete (2009)
Greece |
| The best of the Minoan ‘palace’ sites, including the most famous - Knossos, as well as the opportunity to walk the Samaria Gorge. |
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10/05/09 to 16/05/09
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£1125 per person (sharing)
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Bare Bones Melos (2009)
Greece |
| Melos is one of the less-visited of the beautiful Cyclades Islands, and Robin knows and loves it well. This restful, get-away-from-it-all holiday will allow him to explain the history and evolution of life on this tiny speck of rock in the blue Aegean Sea. |
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06/04/09 to 13/04/09
04/05/09 to 11/05/09
28/09/09 to 05/10/09
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£1550 per person (sharing)
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Crete - Minoan Civilisation (2009)
Greece |
| The excavations at Knossos in the early 20th century first brought this remarkable civilisation into focus, and it was
named by the excavator Sir Arthur Evans after the legend of King Minos. Ancestors of the Myceneans and then
the Classical Greeks, the Minoans may be seen as the key to understanding western culture. |
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Northern Greece (2009)
Greece |
| Crossing from one side of the mountainous peninsula of
Greece to the other, we explore Classical, Byzantine and
Medieval remains, including the Macedonia of Philip II and
Alexander the Great, the extraordinary monasteries
perched on pinnacles of rock at Meteora (‘in the air’) and
the Iannina stronghold of Ali Pasha, all in the company of
a distinguished Greek scholar. |
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29/09/08 to 07/10/08
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£1650 per person (sharing)
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The Peloponnese - From Homer to Hadrian & beyond (2008)
Greece |
| The land of Homer’s heroes and the great Bronze Age citadels from which they came is also home to major cities and sanctuaries of Classical Greece.
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21/04/09 to 29/04/09
05/10/09 to 13/10/09
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£1800 per person (sharing)
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The Peloponnese - From Homer to Hadrian & beyond (2009)
Greece |
| The land of Homer’s heroes and the great Bronze Age citadels from which they came is also home to major cities and sanctuaries of Classical Greece.
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Wine and Archaeology Voyage
Greece |
| Wine and Archaeology - a marriage made in heaven! Two of Britain’s leading specialists, Andante Travels and Arblaster and Clarke Wine Tours have chartered the superb tall ship - The Star Clipper. |
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Viking Iceland (2009)
Iceland |
| These are the vast empty landscapes of the great sagas -
archipelagos of islands, volcanoes, geysers and glaciers.
Natural history, literature, excavation and reconstructed
villages and homesteads all help to build a picture of the
Viking Age in the western part of Iceland. |
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24/01/09 to 06/02/09
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£3300 per person (sharing)
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Southern India - Kerala and Tamil Nadu (2009)
India |
| We are really delighted to be offering this new programme in India's southern peninsula, an area with a rich and varied cultural history that has endured over the centuries as it was largely sheltered from the numerous invaders that swept the North. |
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28/05/09 to 04/06/09
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£1695 per person (sharing)
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Apulia - Caves, Castles and Cathedrals (2009)
Italy |
| Trulli houses, classical sites, Norman castles, Romanesque
cathedrals, the finest Baroque city in the Mediterranean and
medieval rock dwellings.... It is a privilege to have Professor
Small introduce us to this lesser-known part of Italy he
knows so well, in late spring when the countryside will be
looking at its best. |
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26/10/08 to 02/11/08
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£ 995 per person (sharing)
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Bare Bones Pompeii (2008)
Italy |
| An opportunity to see the best examples of Roman culture and a direct impression of everyday life from a time when the Empire was at its most vigorous. |
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18/01/09 to 25/01/09
23/05/09 to 30/05/09
24/10/09 to 31/10/09
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£ 995 per person (sharing)
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Bare Bones Pompeii (2009)
Italy |
| An opportunity to see the best examples of Roman culture and a direct impression of everyday life from a time when the Empire was at its most vigorous. |
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03/11/08 to 08/11/08
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£ 985 per person (sharing)
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Bare Bones Rome (2008)
Italy |
| The incomparable city of Rome, together with its harbour city at Ostia and Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli |
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02/11/09 to 07/11/09
22/12/09 to 27/12/09
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Bare Bones Rome (2009)
Italy |
| The incomparable city of Rome, together with its harbour city at Ostia and Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli |
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Basilicata (2009)
Italy |
| A land of lakes, mountains and coast, with a rich variety of prehistoric, Greek, Roman and medieval sites. |
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Calabria (2009)
Italy |
| An unusual tour, exploring prehistoric art, classical sites, Byzantine churches and Medieval towns in a little-known part of Italy. |
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Emperors, Saints and Sinners (2009)
Italy |
| Trace the spread of Christian influence from the very first
evidence in Rome, examining the first public statements of
what had been an underground cult. |
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03/05/09 to 10/05/09
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£1700 per person (sharing)
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Latium - The Roman Countryside (2009)
Italy |
| Ancient Roman politicians headed for the glorious peace of their country estates in the bucolic idyll which was Latium. We
explore rural villages, small towns and the Imperial palaces
of Hadrian at Tivoli and Tiberius at Sperlonga. The gardens
of Ninfa and Tivoli should be stunning in May. |
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01/09/08 to 08/09/08
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£1445 per person (sharing)
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Pompeii for Cognoscenti (2008)
Italy |
| Everyone who visits Pompeii becomes aware of just how much they have not seen. The riches of the city and the surrounding area are so great that a single visit can only scratch the surface. This is an opportunity to go deeper. |
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Pompeii for Cognoscenti (2009)
Italy |
| Everyone who visits Pompeii becomes aware of just how much they have not seen. The riches of the city and the surrounding area are so great that a single visit can only scratch the surface. This is an opportunity to go deeper. |
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08/09/08 to 15/09/08
22/09/08 to 29/09/08
05/10/08 to 12/10/08
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£1295 per person (sharing)
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Pompeii, Herculaneum & Classical Campania (2008)
Italy |
| Nowhere in the world could give a deeper insight into Roman life than the dramatic seaside towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum. |
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Several departures this year.
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£1375 per person (sharing)
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Pompeii, Herculaneum & Classical Campania (2009)
Italy |
| Nowhere in the world could give a deeper insight into Roman life than the dramatic seaside towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum. |
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