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The final installation of our Top Tours of the Past 10 Years blog series takes us to Jordan, on our Petra & the Desert Fortresses tour. Led by Nick Jackson, this is a 10-day tour with three departures for 2020. Our expert guide lecturer Nick Jackson, who will lead the…

The next tour in our Top Tours of the Past 10 Years series takes us to Lebanon, a destination that proved so popular once it return to the Andante catalogue that it sold out all departures and we launched a range of new dates to keep up with demand!…

Here, at Andante, we have a selection of tours that have been with us for years. Each of our longest-running tours has different reasons that contribute to its longevity, so we decided it would be fun to take a look back over the past decade – especially now as we…

Earlier this year, we were overwhelmed by the amount of support you showed for our expert guide lecturers and now we're asking you to rally around your favourite guides once again. Why? Well, it's time to nominate any guides who have enhanced your ancient world experiences with Andante over the…

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, which got us thinking along the lines of love – the ancient kind. We’ve rounded up a few examples of ancient erotic art as well as examples of devotion in celebration of this occasion.…

Dr. Ursula Janssen is an archaeologist, a culinary historian and a book author, and in the spirit of St. Valentine's Day, has prepared a blog for us on ancient aphrodisiacs. She also has a fantastic YouTube channel, where she shares videos of herself preparing ancient recipes. 

An aphrodisiac is an…

To kick off a brand new decade (and to make dreary January a bit more exciting), we decided to launch an exciting competition that will see one lucky guest win a place on a Pompeii tour! 

So, how can you be in with a chance of winning? Well, it's very…

We understand that travelling in these unprecedented times is bound to be a cause of stress (however excited you are to get back out there and explore the world), which is why we have partnered with a provider to offer you fully comprehensive travel insurance with COVID-19 cover that starts…

Love is in the air! As it's Valentine's Day, we thought what better way to celebrate than with a round-up of romantic archaeological finds from the ancient world? So, with help from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), we are presenting a selection of Valentine's-relevant finds. …

There are many ways in the ancient world of measuring the passage of time, Olympids, or years of the city (Rome anno Urbis conditae), consular years, regnal years (where there are kings) and so forth. All are tied up with the different perceptions of time, such as cyclical, linear or…