Problems with the nascent Greco-Roman tour industry back then :)
:^D
Travel for pleasure has come and gone a number of times, and was intertwined with pilgrimages of various religious traditions.
Travel in the Ancient WorldA gifted faker name Alexander founded an oracle in a backwater on the south shore of the Black Sea. Here, for stiff prices, a talking serpent he had rigged up answered questions for the local hayseeds... (p 135)
by Lionel Casson