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PYRAMID HOUSE OFFICE |
The Best of Israel & Jordan
14-Day Comprehensive
Tour of Israel and Jordan ONLY $4879.00!! per
person
based on double occupancy
Departures every Thursday
| Day |
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 $975.
If airfare from the U.S.A. is not required,
please deduct $960 from posted rate.
If you need a different package, we
will customize it for you.
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