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Archaeology - Andante Travels
The journey across the Via Egnatia continues in this tour, travelling east from Thessaloniki and heading across Thrace to Istanbul, where we cut through millennia of European history. Explore the Via Egnatia with Andante Travels
Archaeology - Andante Travels
The great plain of Pamphylia was settled by Trojan refugees, then by Alexander the Great and his successors before succumbing to Roman control. Behind the coastal littoral the Taurus mountains rise dramatically to a heights approaching 10,000 feet, inhabited in ancient times by the people of Pisidia
Tours - Andante Travels
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Crete & Santorini - Rise & Fall of Minoan Civilisation - Andante Travels
Escorted Tours of Crete | Andante Travels
Along the Appian Way - Andante Travels
Dubbed by the poet Statius the regina viarum, the Via Appia was Rome’s first major artery out of the city and remains its most famous. Built in 312 BC under the Censor Appius Claudius Caecus, the road was built in order to facilitate troop movement out of the city, thereby subduing the Samnites.
Archaeology - Andante Travels
There are very few parts of the world which have seen more history than Sicily and Southern Italy. Colonised by a number of different peoples over millenia, this part of the world has staggering examples of monuments from many of the most important cultures.
Puglia & Basilicata - Andante Travels
The distinctive town of Alberobello with its white-washed trulli houses