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Now that travel restrictions are slowly starting to ease, you might be thinking about your next holiday and how far from home you're willing to travel. If you'd rather just dip your toe in the proverbial water with a short break that doesn't leave the country, you're in luck. We…

The Royal Mail has unveiled a brand new collection of picture stamps in collaboration with the British Museum, which celebrate ancient Britain.

They are set to go on sale from next Thursday (June 18th) and they depict an array of scenes, from sites such as Hadrian's Wall to specific artefacts…

If you keep up to date with our blog posts, a name you might recognise is Ursula Janssen, culinary historian and archaeologist. Now and again, Ursula shares her fantastic ancient recipes with us, and we are delighted to share the news that she has just released a cookbook, GARUM: Recipes…

With more of us considering domestic travel as the nationwide lockdown rules begin to ease, we have unveiled a fascinating selection of UK-based short breaks that showcase the wealth of history and archaeology just waiting to be explored on our collective doorstep.

New for 2021, these three and four-day guided…

Mud Brick archaeological sites are by their nature dusty places. However, they are rarely rocky and nearly always built in places with low rainfall so rarely wet, meaning fills are often loose, dry and easy to remove.

All good things for the archaeologist.…

Jeddah, a bustling modern city and commercial hub, often called “The Bride of the Red Sea” has been an important city to civilisation in the Arabian Peninsula for 1500 years or so.

The second largest city in Saudi Arabia, with a population, and estimates vary widely, of nearly three million…

Hi friends!

My name is Dr Simon Elliott and I am a historian, archaeologist, and broadcaster. I am also honoured to be a Guide Lecturer for Andante Travels. I currently have nine books on sale, all on themes regarding the ancient world, and I thought I would share with you…

From Oliver Gilkes

Many Andante guests have met the local guides who work as our colleagues on tours far and wide. These are the people who generally work in the background, arranging and organising, trying to ensure that the site will be open, and the hotel is expecting us and…

The Highways and Byways of East Anglia are home to a host of myths, legends and stories. Take the tale of Black Shuk for instance, the enormous night-black hound who is said to haunt crossroads and graveyards. The beast, whose footfalls are near silent, sometimes seen as cyclops like with…

The ancient cities of the Arabs are dramatic, the classical facades of Petra in Jordan, the medieval towers of Sanna in war-torn Yemen, Little Petra in Saudi Arabia, and on the borders of the great waste of the Empty Quarter Qaryat Al-Faw, once known as the ’City of Gardens’. Roger…