Mythology Buff Dad

For fathers who watch the History Channel, re-read Homer every couple of years, and name the family schnauzer Zeus, here’s his chance to see it all in person. Elixir Tours’ Battlefields and Temples trip will take dad on a ten-day journey through Turkey, starting in Istanbul and on to the battlefields at Gallipoli and Troy. He’ll get a restful night's sleep at a hotel at the foot of Mount Ida. From there it's on to Assos and the Temple of Athena, where Aristotle enlightened his pupils. He'll spend the last three nights of the adventure in the Medieval village of Sirince, in the recently restored Mansion of the Roses. Day trips include a visit to the Oracle of Apollo, the House of the Virgin Mary and more of Turkey's extraordinary archaeological sites. Individually tailored private tour for two or four, with driver, guide and executive car with business-class flight from London start at approximately $9,960 per couple.

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