Hey everyone,
I’m very excited to announce that we have dates for the 2024 History of Byzantium tours to Turkey!
The Basilica Cistern in Istanbul (above)
We will be running our classic podcast tour in May and September. This includes five days in Istanbul followed by visits to Cappadocia and Ephesus. Cappadocia offers a stunning landscape where we visit the cave towns where the Romans lived in hard times. Ephesus is the best preserved Roman city after Pompeii.
The Golden Gate in Istanbul (above)
We wanted to give you a choice of dates and so are running two tours. But I’ve found it hard to be away from my family for such a long period. So I will be on the May tour for the first six days and then leave you to explore Cappadocia (2 days) and Ephesus (1 day) with Serif Yenen (our brilliant tour leader). By then you will have made friends with other listeners and you can ask Serif about the time he gave Oprah Winfrey a guided tour!
On the September trip I am going to stay at home. Guests will be in the capable hands of Serif and David Hendrix. David is the man behind the fabulous Byzantine Legacy website (www.thebyzantinelegacy.com) and social media channels. David is American but now lives in Istanbul and is cataloguing all the Byzantine sites that have survived. They are both brilliant guides and will bring Byzantium to life for you.
Here are the dates and details:
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Email me if you have any questions (thehistoryofbyzantium at gmail.com),
Robin
The History of Byzantium podcast
The History of Byzantium 
hi Robyn
i have been listening to the podcast for some time and absolutely love it. i have always been fascinated by the roman history (the western part) but have been impressed with the influence of the eastern part on both the European history and especially the history of the Balkans which it ruled for some time. Growing up in Albania and reading medieval Albanian history and than cross checking it with your podcast brings it all together. I love how you have spent some time in each of the nations in the Balkans , minus the Albanians. It would be great if you were to give them one episode as the only legitimate descendants of the Illyrians who gave the empire so many emperors.
Also while i love professor Kaldelis but i am not sure how he managed not to have Justinian in the top 10. this is the man that gave us the collection of roman law that we use to this day, got back Rome for the romans and gave us Hagia sophia and kept the empire together even though he was hit by plague. He was the last latin speaking eastern emperor.
once again many thanks for the many hours of enjoyment.
chimi Shakohoxha
Thank you