Andante Travels offers 10 trips/accommodations
The Maya In Guatemala And BelizeNational Geographic Tour of a Lifetime 2010/2011 
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The Maya In Guatemala And Belize
Guatemala airport, Guatemala City
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15 Days • from £4,200* per person
Provider: Andante Travels We now have intricate details of the lives, politics, religious rituals, wars and astronomical observations of the all-powerful and colourful figures who were the Maya aristocracy. A vivid picture has emerged of competitive city-states headed by aggressive dynasts regularly at war: blood-letting and human sacrifice at the centre of their religious practice.Yet despite this, the Maya still present mysteries: how could such an obviously civilised society have emerged in the tropical forest, which seems a particularly hostile setting for human… more |
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Albania Land Of The Eagles
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Albania Land Of The Eagles
Tirana Airport, Tirana, Albania
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9 Days • from £1,900* per person
Provider: Andante Travels Geographically, and until recently, also culturally isolated through a post-war Stalinist regime, Albania is unlike any other European country. Homeric landscapes, for the most part untouched by modern life, hold ruinous Classical cities which once vied in splendour with their neighbours in Greece and Italy. Greek coastal colonisation provided new stimulus to the native population, and recent excavations of their Illyrian hilltop cities, such as Byllis, have revealed the successful absorption of Hellenistic architectural ideas in their planned layout.Oliver Gilkes,… more |
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Egypt Land Of The Pharaohs
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Egypt Land Of The Pharaohs
Cairo International Airport, Egypt
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16 Days • from £3,400* per person
Provider: Andante Travels Besides all the famous names you would expect to visit on an introduction to the world of the Pharaohs, we journey through the valley of the Middle Nile, where we get to see the real Egypt, away from the other tourists.Our journey takes us to the city of the heretic pharoah Akhenaten at Tell el-Amarna, one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt which is usually ignored or given scant attention by mainstream tourism. The reason for this is… more |
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Czech Republic An Architectural History Of Bohemia
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Czech Republic An Architectural History Of Bohemia
Prague Airport, Czech Republic
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8 Days • from £1,650* per person
Provider: Andante Travels Many places claim to be at the crossroads of central Europe, but we suggest that Bohemia has one of the best. It was the scene of extraordinary historical events: Charlemagne’s wars against the terrible Avars, the rebellion of the blind general Jan Huss, and the political manoeuvrings of the Kingmaker Albrecht Von Wallenstein during the Thirty Years War. Preserved ‘as if in aspic’ behind the Iron Curtain, Bohemia offers vistas once common elsewhere in Europe but now limited to this… more |
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Pompeii - Lives of the Romans
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Pompeii - Lives of the Romans
Naples Airport, Naples, Italy
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5 Days • from £1,250* per person
Provider: Andante Travels A unique and intimate introduction to the people who lived in an ordinary Roman town in the early Empire. Everyday objects from 2000 years ago which were saved from the usual cycle of reuse or decay, found as they lay. Sites nearly empty of tourists in January - and usually some bright winter sunshine! Return every evening to a lovely hotel in the hills with a roaring fire and a good Italian supper.Pompeii in January is empty, haunting and,… more |
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Japan Fiery Ceramics And The Citadels Of The Shogun
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Japan Fiery Ceramics And The Citadels Of The Shogun
Tokyo airport, Japan
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18 Days • from £5,395* per person
Provider: Andante Travels On the far side of the world from us, the closed society of pre 19th century Japan was the last major civilisation to engage with the rest of the world.Nevertheless, its culture and history have had an extraordinary influence on the progress of modern cultures. Despite the country's iconic status, the archaeology and past of Japan, from the remarkable fiery ceramics of the Jomon Neolithic, through later periods dominated by medieval castles, to Hokusai's iconic great wave are still difficult… more |
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Jordan Petra & The Desert Fortresses
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Jordan Petra & The Desert Fortresses
Airport near Amman, Jordan
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10 Days • from £2,450* per person
Provider: Andante Travels Throughout the recorded past, Jordan shook to the often heavy footfalls of conquerors and felt the sweeping movements of peoples and customs, of prophets and kings, and of Christ.Jordan’s Iron Age history, home to the bellicose Israelites, Ammonites, Edomites and Moabites is documented in the Old Testament. It was from Mount Nebo, for example, that Moses looked down upon the Promised Land, and we see the 6th century church built over what was believed to be Lot’s cave, where he… more |
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North Eastern Turkey From The Black Sea To Lake Van
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North Eastern Turkey From The Black Sea To Lake Van
Trabzon Airport, Trabzon, Turkey
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13 Days • from £2,750* per person
Provider: Andante Travels The dramatic landscapes between the Black Sea and Lake Van includes mountain ranges and fertile plateaux, wherein lies the snow-capped peak of the highest extinct volcano in eastern Anatolia - Mount Ararat. The name is a derivation of Urartu, an ancient kingdom which wielded great power over a huge highland territory from the Early Bronze Age until the political and military upheavals of the later 1st millennium BC.The Urartians are an intriguing people about whom little was known until relatively… more |
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Peru Moche, Chimu & Inca
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Peru Moche, Chimu & Inca
Lima Airport, Lima, Peru
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18 Days • from £4,180* per person
Provider: Andante Travels Whilst Machu Picchu steals the international limelight as the iconic site of Inca Peru, the city in the clouds is just one wonder amongst many. For the much earlier sites preserved along the arid Pacific coast are amongst the most extraordinary in the world.Little is heard, in western Europe, of the massive cities and superimposed temples around Trujillo; the vast adobe palaces of Chan-Chan; or the burials of the lords of Sipan in layer upon layer of ceremonial grave goods:… more |
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Rock Art in the Namibian Wilderness
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Rock Art in the Namibian Wilderness
Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport, Namibia
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15 Days • from £4,995* per person
Provider: Andante Travels The Namib desert is one of the driest places on earth. Its vast landscapes of sand dunes and rugged mountains provide some of the most dramatic natural scenery in the world, and scattered throughout this astonishing country are some of the most spectacular and prolific rock art sites in the world.The unique opportunity which is afforded by the rock art sites in Namibia is that of being able to understand the world around you through material which is thousands of… more |
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