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EGYPT TOURS & TRAVEL
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6030 N. Sheridan
Road
Chicago, IL
60660 |
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37921 N. Dilleys
Road
Wadsworth, IL
60083 |
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GOLD PYRAMID HOUSE
OFFICE |
The Best of Israel
& Jordan
14-Day
Comprehensive Tour of Israel and Jordan ONLY
$3979.00!! per person
based on double
occupancy
Departures every
Thursday
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Itinerary |
Thu
Day
01 |
Depart U.S.A. from New York (JFK)
airport for your flight to Tel Aviv. All meals and beverages served
on board flight. |
Fri
Day
02 |
Arrive Tel Aviv, where you will be
met by our representative and transferred to your hotel. The Ramada
Continental Hotel in Tel Aviv for an overnight. |
Sat
Day
03 |
Breakfast and a day at leisure to
explore Tel Aviv and its beautiful beaches and cafes or to just
relax by your hotel pool. Overnight. (B) |
Sun
Day
04 |
Breakfast, then drive north along
the Mediterranean coast to Caesarea, once the Roman capital of the
Holyland. See the excavations to the Crusader city and Roman port,
aqueduct and the amphitheater, which has been restored to its former
glory as concert venue. Lunch, then proceed to Meggido to see the
excavations of King Solomon's stables and 20 layers of civilization.
Continue your tour to visit Druze village on Mount Carmel and onto
Haifa. Overnight at the Dan Panorama Hotel. (B,L)
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Mon
Day
05 |
Breakfast, then start your tour of
Haifa at the summit of Mount Carmel for a breathtaking panoramic
view of the Haifa Bay and Western Galilee. Continue to the golden
domed Bahai shrine to visit the exotic Persian gardens. Drive to
Akko to visit the Crypt of St. John and the underground Crusader
city. Proceed to Safed, the center of Jewish mysticism, visit the
ancient synagogue and the artists colony. Continue to the Golan
Heights to see the former Syrian bunkers, Kuneitra and the new
Israeli town of Katzrin. Continue to Tiberias for dinner and
overnight at the Lavie Kibbutz. (B,D) |
Tue
Day
06 |
Breakfast, and a visit to Capernaum
to see the ruins of the synagogue and the town of Jesus. Proceed to
Nazareth for a visit to the church of Annunciation, continue via
Beit-Shean to Beit Alpha to see the remains of the mosaic floor of
an ancient synagogue. Drive along the Jordan Valley via Jericho the
world's oldest city. End your tour in Jerusalem. Overnight at the
King Solomon Hotel. (B,L)
Jerusalem: Gethsemane
General View |
Wed
Day
07 |
Breakfast, then start your tour
visiting the tomb of King David and the room of the last supper on
Mount Zion. Enter the walled city and walk through the newly
restored Jewish Quarter. Visit the Roman Cardo, the Herodian Quarter
and continue to the Western Wall. Walk along the Via Dolorosa to the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Proceed to Mount Scopus and then to
Mount of Olives for a magnificent panoramic view of the Old City.
Continue to Bethlehem, stopping at Rachel's tomb and to visit the
Church of Nativity. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Jerusalem.
(B,D) |
Thu
Day
08 |
Breakfast, then drive to Hadassah
Medical Center in Ein Karem to see the Chagall stained glass
windows. Proceed to Bayit Vagan to visit the miniature model of
Jerusalem as it was during the Second Temple period. Continue to Yad
Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust, then to the Israel Museum.
Visit the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed.
See the Knesset, Israel's Parliament and the Givat Ram Campus of the
Hebrew University. Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Jerusalem.
(B,D) |
Fri
Day
09 |
Breakfast and drive through the
Judean Desert to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth - almost
1300 feet below sea level. Stop at Qumran to visit the site where
the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Lunch, then drive along the shores
of the Dead Sea to Massada. Ascend by cable car and tour the ancient
fortress where the zealots made their last stand against the Romans
before committing mass suicide in 73 AD. Descend by cable car. If
time and weather permitting, an opportunity will be provided to
float on the Dead Sea. Transfer back to your hotel in Jerusalem for
an overnight. (B,L) |
Sat
Day
10 |
Breakfast and a day at leisure in
Jerusalem for shopping or exploring the city on your own. Overnight.
(B) |
Sun
Day
11 |
Breakfast and a drive from
Jerusalem to the Allenby Bridge. Complete border crossing procedures
and enter into Jordan. Drive to the town of Madaba, the biblical
Medaba, 18-miles south of Amman. Madaba is best known for its
Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics and at the Greek Orthodox Church of
St. George visitors may view the earliest surviving original map of
the Holyland. Lunch, then continue our tour westward to Mt. Nebo
believed to be the site of the tomb of Moses, Mt. Nebo commands a
spectacular view across the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea. Drive
north to the modern capital city of Amman, formerly the Ammonite
capital city. A short tour of the city of Amman, ending at your
hotel. The Amman Regency Hotel for an overnight. (B,L) |
Mon
Day
12 |
Breakfast, and an early departure
driving south to Wadi Musa. On horseback travel through the "Siq" an
immense crack in the Nubian sandstone, to the city of Petra. Two
thousand years ago the Nabateans carved a city out of the rose red
rock and the Treasury, El Khazneh, is one of the most elegant
remains of antiquity. Beyond the Treasury you will find yourself
surrounded on both sides by hundreds of Petra's carved and built
structures. Lunch, then return through the Siq to Wadi Musa. Drive
back to Amman for an overnight at the Amman Regency Hotel.
(B,L)
Jordan:
The Treasury of Petra |
Tue
Day
13 |
Breakfast, then drive to Jerash,
one of the best preserved and most complete provincial Roman cities,
Jerash, Gerasa of Roman times, was one of the cities of the
Decapolis, a confederation of ten Graeco-Roman cities dating from
the 1st century BC situated in Jordan, Syria and Israel. Known as
the Pompeii of the East for its extraordinary state of preservation
the ruins indicate human occupation at this location for more than
2500 years. The most well known monuments include the colonnaded
street, the Temple of Zeus, the Forum and Hadrian's Arch. Lunch,
then transfer back to Amman. Balance of day at leisure. Overnight.
(B,L) |
Wed
Day
14 |
Breakfast and then you will be met
and transferred to Amman airport for your departure flight back
home. Arrive New York (JFK) airport the same day.
(B) |
Also Included:
All transfers within Israel and Jordan. Sightseeing as
mentioned in itinerary, with an Engish speaking tour guide including
entrance fees to sights mentioned. Included as well is the service charge
imposed by hotels, porterage, meeting and assistance at airports and
hotels.
Not included:
Items of a personal nature such as laundry, alcoholic beverages, telephone
calls, visa charge and tips.
SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: If
single supplement is needed, please add $468. Please add a peak season supplement of $570 per person if traveling between Dec. 09th to Jan. 14th or from Mar. 19th to Apr. 23rd.
EXTENSIONS & OPTIONAL TOURS:
Extra days and optional tours to additional sites that are not included are available
upon request.
If airfare from the
U.S.A. is not required, please deduct $960 from posted rate.
If you need a different
tour package of Israel and Jordan, we will customize it for you.
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Travel
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Chicago, IL 60660
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