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George Hart on The Traveller's tours to Egypt

George Hart describes his lifelong fascination with ancient Egypt, describing some of the sites we visit on our tours and examining how they help us piece together the structure of the society of this ancient civilisation.

George Hart explores Tunisia

Here George explains the legend of Dido, Queen of Carthage, and describes some of the Phoenician and Roman sites he will visit on his tour, as well as the world’s best collection of Roman mosaics at the Bardo Museum.

Rowena Loverance on Bessarabia

Rowena explains the name 'Bessarabia' and describes how interesting it is to see the develompent of early Christianity on the the area. She highlights some of the interesting Byzantine art which travellers will see, particularly the beautifully painted churches. Folk art, carpet tradition, painted glass

Algeria revisited by The Traveller

Algeria is a little-visited country but has some of the best-preserved Roman remains in the entire world. Here he describes how our tour to Algeria is a must for anyone with an interest in Roman archaeology.

Jeremy Barnett: uncovering Mali

Mali has an extremely rich cultural heritage, and Jeremy describes the fascinating finds in music, sculpture, painting and folk art which will be seen on his tour and he describes sites like Djenne –Djeno, which are little-visited but hugely rewarding for Travellers.

The five historic capitals of Turkey

Jeremy Barnett describes the focus of his 'Empire and Republic' tour, particularly it’s focus on modern Turkey, explaining how it has evolved from it’s pre-Ottoman and Ottoman roots.

Exploring Albania with Carolyn Perry

Carolyn Perry here describes the development of her interest in Albania, stemming from her exploration of the material culture of Northern Greece. Her explorations of the country have uncovered a fantastic range of sites charting Illyrian, Greek, Roman and Ottoman history, but she is also fascinated by the post-communist era and its impact on the Albanian people.

Carolyn Perry on Greece

Carolyn is a classicist and archaeologist and here describes how her background helps contextualise the impressive range of sites in Greece.

Saudi Arabia – undiscovered land

The Traveller are currently the only UK operator to offer cultural tours to Saudi Arabia. Carolyn was lucky enough to be one of the first tour leaders to ever explore the country and here describes how surprising Saudi can be – from varied landscapes to welcoming people and of course, at Madain Saleh, one of the most impressive Nabataean sites in the world.