Tour of The Holy Land . Old and New
A Grand 14-day Tour of Jordan , Palestine and Israel

Our 14-day fully-escorted tour of the Holy Land takes you to
both sides of the Jordan River (Israel and Jordan) to see all the sights, east and west, old and new.

DAY 1 - Arrival AMMAN -The First Tuesday of each month - Year Round
We meet you at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman and escort you to your hotel . Transfers are always on a private basis . Private air-conditioned vehicle, private chauffeur.

DAY 2 - JERASH - AJLOUN Wednesday (BL)
Breakfast is included always daily.

We start with a late morning tour of Jerash (the Gerasa of antiquity), the best preserved city of Roman times, visiting its theaters, temples, churches and colonnaded streets. Then we continue to Ajloun to tour the 12th-century Saracen castle built by one of Saladin's lieutenants in the campaign against the Crusaders. We return to Amman for Lunch is included at a local restaurant

DAY 3 - MADABA - KERAK Thursday (BL)
We drive southward along the King's Way to Petra, visiting Madaba with the oldest map of the Holy Land, and its Mosaic School, Mt. Nebo and the traditional burial site of Moses overlooking the Dead Sea and the Jordan Valley. We continue our drive through the magnificent scenery of Wadi Mujib to Kerak to visit the famous Krak des Chevaliers Crusader castle, after which we settle in and dine at our Petra hotel.. Lunch is included at a local restaurant .

Breakfast is included always daily.

DAY 4 - PETRA Friday (B)
Today we spend getting to know Petra, the city carved into the rose-red Sharah Mountains by the Nabateans and lost to civilization until this century. We walk through the Siq, the narrow and winding fissure between the cliffs sandstone to reach the Treasury, made famous in the miton picture "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." We also visit the Roman Theater, the Courts, Qasr Bint Pharaoun, the Temple of the Winged Lion and other monuments. You may wish to climb up to the Monastery as well. We return to our Petra hotel

DAY 5 - WADI RUM Saturday (B)
We tour the picturesque desert country of Wadi Rum Desert, with a short ride in a four-wheel-drive vehicle, to see its awesome moon-like landscape, where the movie "Lawrence of Arabia" was filmed. Following the Desert Highway, we return to Amman . Lunch is included enroute.

DAY 6 - TIBERIAS Sunday (B)
Today we cross the Jordan River . Our Jordanian staff bids you goodbye, and our Israeli staff greets you and helps with border formalities, after which we drive to Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee. We settle into our hotel.

DAY 7 - GALILEE & GOLAN Monday (B)
Clamber into a jeep, because today we take a special drive in the Galilee. Afterwards we board our motorcoach and head north through the Valley of Genazaret to the ancient Galilee Synagogue in Capernaum, where Jesus preached. Then it's up into the Golan Heights and the dramatic landscape of Upper Galilee to Safed, the ancient hilltop town which has been the cradle of mystical Jewish theology for centuries. Driving west, we reach Akko (Acre), the fortified Crusader town on the shores of the Mediterranean. Finally, we drive to Haifa for a view of the Technion university campus on our way to our hotel, where we settle in.

DAY 8 - HAIFA, BEIT SHEAN - JERICHO Tuesday (B)
The impressive domed Bahai Temple is our first goal this morning (Haifa is the world headquarters of the peaceable Bahai faith). We continue to Beit Shearim to view the remnants of an ancient Jewish village, then on to Beit Alpha to see its famous mosaic, and to Beit Shean to visit the remains of the major Roman city there. Following the Jordan River valley, we reach Jericho, perhaps the world's oldest city. We visit the ruins of the great walls brought down by Joshua's trumpets, then drive up to Jerusalem and our hotel.

DAY 9 - ANCIENT JERUSALEM Wednesday (B)
During our introductory tour of the Old City, we visit the Western Wall, Dome of the Rock, Via Dolorosa, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the Roman Cardo and the ancient Burnt House. We then pay a visit to Mt. Zion and King David's Tomb, followed by the short drive to Bethlehem to visit Rachel's Tomb and the Church of the Nativity, after which we return to Jerusalem and a good night's sleep.

DAY 10 - MODERN JERUSALEM Thursday (B)
Today we spend all day exploring modern Jerusalem, including the Knesset, Chagall Windows, Mount Herzl, the scale model of Jerusalem, and the Israel Museum with its Shrine of the Book, housing the Dead Sea Scrolls.

DAY 11 - DEAD SEA - MASADA Friday (B)
We descend by motorcoach to the lowest spot on earth, the Dead Sea. From the Dead sea shore we ascend by cable car to the top of Masada, the famous fortress where ancient Israelite rebels held off the legions of Rome. Then on to the Nirvana Hotel for a chance to swim in the Dead Sea's salt-laden waters. On the way back to Jerusalem we stop for a visit at the Qumran Caves, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.

DAY 12 - JERUSALEM Saturday (B)
Today , explore Jerusalem as you like, doing some serious shopping or sidewalk cafe-sitting.

DAY 13 - JERUSALEM Sunday (B)
One more day on your own to explore Jerusalem as you like, or ask us for available optional tours .

DAY 14 - DEPARTURE Monday (B)
We escort you to the Airport for your homeward flight.

RATES per person in USD $

OUR HOTELS ( samples - subject to change )

• Assistance with immigration and customs formalities
  
• Hotel accommodations, continental or buffet breakfast daily
  
• All hotel taxes and service charges
  
• Sightseeing by air-conditioned coach as per the itinerary, with the services of an English-speaking guide escorting the group throughout
  
• Horse ride in Petra (for those interested)
  
• Jeep ride in Wadi Rum
  
• Jeep tour of the Galilee
  
• Breakfast is included always daily. Tours and transfers are always on a private basis .
  Private air-conditioned vehicle, private chauffeur.

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