Cultural and Lecture Holiday Operators

Specialist Reports Special Interest Holidays Cultural and Lecture Holiday Operators Ancient World Tours 

	Ancient World Tours
PO Box 12950, London W6 8GY			MAP
tel: (07071) 222 950

Operating to Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iran and Greece, offering tours of historic sites. As well as a local guide, a number of tours include an academic expert chosen to bring the subject to life. Not in the brochure but also an option is museum trips to Europe, for example to the Louvre. An agent of Kuoni travel to provide the company with bonding.

Recommendations

Happy to take children of 8-plus and reports greatest success with those bored with standard holidays and who enjoy the stream of new experiences for example cruising on the Nile. The children are also reported often involved in small projects which the academics will help with.

Sample Price

A Nile tour would cost £1,375 per adult for seven nights' cruising plus three in Cairo. Child discounts are from 10 to 50% depending on accommodation.