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Great value archaeology tours for the more independently-minded traveller.

  • Archaeological expertise and great itineraries.
  • Free time to explore on your own.
  • Good value – not luxurious, but always comfortable, to keep the prices as affordable as possible. Low-cost flight options in many cases.
  • Ideal for families with teenage children or groups of friends travelling together.
  • Itineraries created with the experts who lead them, including famous and lesser-known sites, field notes and lectures.
  • The freedom to choose where to eat. Meals included only where there is minimal choice.
  • More “archaeology holiday”, less “group tour”!
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 All bare bones tours
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Bare Bones Wessex (2008)
29/08/08 to 31/08/08
Prices
£ 295 per person (sharing)
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)
Bare Bones Wessex (2009)
28/08/09 to 30/08/09
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.
Bare Bones Egypt (2009)
07/03/09 to 16/03/09
27/12/09 to 05/01/10
Prices
£1350 per person (sharing)
Bare Bones Egypt (2009)
Egypt
Alexandria, the pyramids of Giza and the Fayoum.
Bare Bones Athens (2009)
15/02/09 to 21/02/09
Prices
£ 995 per person (sharing)
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)
Bare Bones Crete (2008)
07/10/08 to 14/10/08
Prices
£1100 per person (sharing)
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)
Bare Bones Crete (2009)
12/05/09 to 19/05/09
Prices
£1275 per person (sharing)
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.
Bare Bones Melos (2009)
10/05/09 to 16/05/09
Prices
£1125 per person (sharing)
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.
Bare Bones Pompeii (2008)
26/10/08 to 02/11/08
Prices
£ 895 per person (sharing)
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.
Bare Bones Pompeii (2009)
18/01/09 to 25/01/09
23/05/09 to 30/05/09
24/10/09 to 31/10/09
Prices
£ 995 per person (sharing)
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.
Bare Bones Rome (2008)
03/11/08 to 08/11/08
Prices
£ 985 per person (sharing)
Bare Bones Rome (2008)
Italy
The incomparable city of Rome, together with its harbour city at Ostia and Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli
Bare Bones Rome (2009)
02/11/09 to 07/11/09
22/12/09 to 27/12/09
Bare Bones Rome (2009)
Italy
The incomparable city of Rome, together with its harbour city at Ostia and Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli
Bare Bones Petra (2008)
26/10/08 to 02/11/08
Prices
£1200 per person (sharing)
Bare Bones Petra (2008)
Jordan
The huge and incomparable city with its extraordinary tombs, as well as Jerash, and a night at a fabulous eco-lodge in the beautiful National Park at Wadi Feinan (Half-term)
Bare Bones Petra (2009)
23/05/09 to 30/05/09
Prices
£1250 per person (sharing)
Bare Bones Petra (2009)
Jordan
The huge and incomparable city with its extraordinary tombs, as well as Jerash, and a night at a fabulous eco-lodge in the beautiful National Park at Wadi Feinan.
Bare Bones Leptis (2008)
04/11/08 to 08/11/08
Prices
£1150 per person (sharing)
Bare Bones Leptis (2008)
Libya
A short tour to catch the unmissable sites whilst they are easily accessible but still unspoilt by mass tourism - the Classical cities of Leptis Magna and Sabratha (Half-term)
Bare Bones Leptis (2009)
04/04/09 to 08/04/09
04/11/09 to 08/11/09
Prices
£1250 per person (sharing)
Bare Bones Leptis (2009)
Libya
A short tour to catch the unmissable sites whilst they are easily accessible but still unspoilt by mass tourism - the Classical cities of Leptis Magna and Sabratha.
Bare Bones Syria (2009)
22/03/09 to 30/03/09
Prices
£1350 per person (sharing)
Bare Bones Syria (2009)
Syria
Andante Travels has been visiting Syria for many years, and we think our Bare Bones travellers will enjoy experiencing this wonderful country with time to explore alone and discover modern Syrian life in the souks and streets of Damascus and Aleppo.
Bare Bones Carthage (2008)
26/10/08 to 02/11/08
Prices
£ 950 per person (sharing)
Bare Bones Carthage (2008)
Tunisia
Visit the city which struck terror in the heart of the early Roman world - until the day that it was finally and dramatically overthrown. Astonishingly well-preserved Roman cities in wonderful wide rural landscapes (Half-term)
Bare Bones Carthage (2009)
25/10/09 to 01/11/09
Bare Bones Carthage (2009)
Tunisia
Visit the city which struck terror in the heart of the early Roman world - until the day that it was finally and dramatically overthrown. Astonishingly well-preserved Roman cities in wonderful wide rural landscapes (Half-term)
Bare Bones Byzantium (2008)
04/11/08 to 10/11/08
Prices
£1100 per person (sharing)
Bare Bones Byzantium (2008)
Turkey
Constantinople was the new Rome, capital of a Christian Roman Empire. Later, as Istanbul, she represented "the Orient" - the city where Asia meets Europe.
Bare Bones Byzantium (2009)
03/11/09 to 09/11/09
Bare Bones Byzantium (2009)
Turkey
Constantinople was the new Rome, capital of a Christian Roman Empire. Later, as Istanbul, she represented "the Orient" - the city where Asia meets Europe.
Bare Bones Troy (2009)
05/04/09 to 12/04/09
Prices
£1150 per person (sharing)
Bare Bones Troy (2009)
Turkey
Ephesus, Pergamum, Miletus and other great classical cities, and the long-lived settlement which has been identifed as Troy - is it or isn’t it?