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Wedgwood Anti Slavery Medallion

Wedgwood Anti Slavery Medallion

Joshia Wedgwood a potter and entrpreneur who challenged society. The anti slavery medallion is an example of such challenges to society during the industrious revolution and consumer revolution in Britain. An Antipodean travel company serving World Travellers since 1983 with small group educational tours for senior couples and mature solo travellers.

13 Mar 24 · 9 mins read
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Conques, France

Conques, France

Conques France, considered to be one of the most picturesque villages in France , however, swamped by travellers seeking to view the beauty. An Antipodean travel company serving World Travellers since 1983 with small group educational tours for senior couples and mature solo travellers.

13 Mar 24 · 7 mins read
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Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, France

Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, France

Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is a historic village in France. Pre-historic cave paintings, roman ruins and gothic castles are ready for the traveller to explore whilst in France. An Antipodean travel company serving World Travellers since 1983 with small group educational tours for senior couples and mature solo travellers.

13 Mar 24 · 8 mins read
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Vézelay, France

Vézelay, France

Vézelay is considered to be one of the must see villages in France. We offer a range of small group tours to France for the senior traveller to enjoy. An Antipodean travel company serving World Travellers since 1983 with small group educational tours for senior couples and mature solo travellers.

13 Mar 24 · 8 mins read
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Jerash jordan

The Jerash Ruins (Gerasa), Jordan

Jerash in northern Jordan is noted for its well-preserved Roman ruins, one of the largest in the world.

16 Feb 24 · 8 mins read
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Vikings and the Carolingian Empire

Vikings and the Carolingian Empire

The Carolingian Empire was already established as the mightiest political power in Western Europe. This article provides background reading this fascinating Viking empire. An Antipodean travel company serving World Travellers since 1983 with small group educational tours for senior couples and mature solo travellers.

9 Feb 24 · 10 mins read
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The Roman Ruins of Volubilis, Morocco

The Roman Ruins of Volubilis, Morocco

The Roman Ruins of Volubilis, Morocco Not many people know that there are Roman ruins in the North African kingdom of Morocco. Near the modern-day city of Meknes, about 33 kilometres south of the city,…

25 Jan 24 · 7 mins read
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Troy Turkey

Troy, Turkey

Troy or Ilion was an ancient city located in present-day Hisarlik, Turkey. This article support our small group tour of Ancient Turkey. An Antipodean travel company serving World Travellers since 1983 with small group educational tours for senior couples and mature solo travellers.

22 Dec 23 · 10 mins read
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Egypt, Luxor - Thebes, Temples of Karnak

Thebes, Egypt

Thebes, the ancient Egyptian city know within Luxor, located some 800km from the Mediterranean sea. Odyssey offers small group tours to Egypt to explore the history of the Nile and the ancient Egyptians. An Antipodean travel company serving World Travellers since 1983 with small group educational tours for senior couples and mature solo travellers.

22 Dec 23 · 10 mins read
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Liverpool Cathedral, England

Liverpool Cathedral, United Kingdom Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, located on St James Road, Liverpool, is the biggest church in England and the eighth largest cathedral in the world, towering over the city skyline. It has the…

21 Dec 23 · 6 mins read
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Pargeting County Museum Clare Suffolk

Medieval British Village Life: The Definitive Guide for Seniors

Life in the Medieval British Village In a previous article, we looked at the icons of the British village–the pub and the cottage–and looked at their history and evolution from Roman and Norman times. In…

22 Aug 23 · 15 mins read
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Assisi, Italy

Assisi, Italy

Lying amid Umbria's rolling plains is the city of Assisi, best known as the birthplace of Saint Francis, Italy’s patron saint and founder of the Franciscan order.

8 Aug 23 · 6 mins read
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Empires in World History

Empires in World History

Empires shape history and influence the format of many of our small group tours. The Mongol, Persian, Roman, British and Ottoman empires are just a few An Antipodean travel company serving World Travellers since 1983 with small group educational tours for senior couples and mature solo travellers.

29 Jul 23 · 13 mins read
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Great Museums of New York City

Great Museums of New York City

New York, one of the world's great cities, theatre, architecture, galleries, museums and urban life crammed into one location. This article summarises some of the great museums of the city to explore. An Antipodean travel company serving World Travellers since 1983 with small group educational tours for senior couples and mature solo travellers.

29 Jul 23 · 12 mins read
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The Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta Stone

Learning about the Rosetta stone, part of the deep history of Egypt An Antipodean travel company serving World Travellers since 1983 with small group educational tours for senior couples and mature solo travellers.

18 Jul 23 · 7 mins read
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The Country House, Britain

The Country House, Britain

Articles explores the evolution of the British country house. Landscape, the work of the likes of Capability Brown have influenced the house through time. An Antipodean travel company serving World Travellers since 1983 with small group educational tours for senior couples and mature solo travellers.

18 Jul 23 · 13 mins read
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John Constable

John Constable

John Constable is one of Englands leading landscape painters. Article for those travellers exploring the villages and landscapes of England. An Antipodean travel company serving World Travellers since 1983 with small group educational tours for senior couples and mature solo travellers.

18 Jul 23 · 14 mins read
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Naming of America

Naming of America

The Naming of America In 1492 Christopher Columbus became the first European to reach the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, showing Europeans how to sail across the Atlantic and ushering in a wave of…

4 Jun 23 · 8 mins read
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Atlantic Triangular Slave Trade

Atlantic Triangular Slave Trade

Atlantic Triangular Slave Trade Somewhere between ten million and twelve million enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic to the Americas between the middle of fifteenth century and the end of the nineteenth. The largest…

28 May 23 · 8 mins read
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Gondolas on narrow canal in Venice, Italy

The Rise of Venice

Venice, Italy a traders paradise for pilgrims and merchants, now a tourists mecca. A deep history of people, culture and intrigue awaits the visitor to Venice from the St Mark's sq to the Doges palace, carnivals and the Gondolas. An Antipodean travel company serving World Travellers since 1983 with small group educational tours for senior couples and mature solo travellers.

20 May 23 · 12 mins read
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Pérouges, France

Pérouges, France

Pérouges considered by commentators to be one of the prettiest villages in France. An Antipodean travel company serving World Travellers since 1983 with small group educational tours for senior couples and mature solo travellers.

19 May 23 · 8 mins read
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