HIGHLIGHTS OF ISRAEL AND JORDAN TOUR

 

                                     11 DAYS / 10 NIGHTS

 

SUNDAY ARRIVAL

 

SUNDAY- Ben Gurion Airport  / Tel Aviv

Upon arrival to airport meet our representative and transfer to hotel in Tel Aviv for an overnight.

 

MONDAY - Tel Aviv - Beersheba - - Massada – dead Sea

Leave Tel Aviv - via Ashdod - Ashkelon - Beersheba. A short visit to the Negev capital. Continue via Arad to Massada. Ascend by cable car to the fortress, which was the last stronghold of the Jewish Zealots in their war against the Romans. Visit the excavations, Herod’s palaces, the synagogue, bathhouse, etc.  Enjoy the breathtaking view of the Roman camps and the Dead Sea. Descend for a possible “float” in the in the salty water of the world’s lowest place. Via Ein Gedi & Kalya, proceed to Jerusalem for overnight.

 

TUESDAY - Jerusalem - sightseeing of the new city

Drive to Mt’ Scopus for a panoramic view of Jerusalem. On to the Garden of Gethsemane and Church of the Agony. Continue to Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea scrolls, then a visit to the beautifully renovated Model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem, dating back to the time of the Second Temple. Continue to Yad Vashem (the memorial to the six million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust. Afternoon visit  the Hadassah medical center’s synagogue, with Marc Chagall stained glass windows.  Via Ein Karem (the birth place of John the Baptist). Return to Hotel.

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY - Jerusalem - (Old City) – Bethlehem*

Walk through one of the Gates to the walled Old City: the renewed Jewish Quarter; the Western Wall, the Temple area; the colorful bazaars; Via Dolorosa and the stations of the cross ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Drive to Mt’ Zion and visit the tomb of King David, the Room of the Last Supper and Dormition Abbey.  Afternoon  continue to Bethlehem* to visit Rachel’s Tomb and the Church of the Nativity and return to Jerusalem for overnight.

 

THURSDAY – Beit Shean  - Tiberias - Galilee

Leave Jerusalem, and drive north via Jericho*, the oldest city in the world. Through Jordan Valley and the new settlements to Beit Shean. Visit the excavations of this beautiful preserved Roman City.  Proceed to Tiberias, the old center of Jewish learning. Drive along the shores of the Sea of Galilee to  Capernaum , to visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue. Continue to a Kibbutz hotel for overnight.

 

FRIDAY - Upper Galilee and Golan Heights - Nazareth

Drive to the Golan Heights. Visit the former Syrian fortifications, and the Druze villages, Via Banias, source of the Jordan River. Proceed via the Hula Valley to Safed, city of the Kabala, to visit a synagogue and the artists’ colony and then to Nazareth to visit the Christian Holy Sites. Return to the Kibbutz hotel for overnight.

 

SATURDAY - Acre - Haifa - Tel Aviv

After Breakfast drive west to Acre for a visit of the old, famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications. Continue to Haifa, sightseeing tour of Haifa, including the Bahai Shrine, Persian Garden and Mount Carmel for a panoramic view of the city and the bay. Proceed along the cost  to Caesarea to visit the Roman Theater and the Crusader fortress. End of day with a short city tour of Tel Aviv- Jaffa and over night.

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY Hussein Bridge of(allenby Bridge) / Jerash / Amman

Depart from your hotel to the border. After border crossing procedures to enter Jordan, proceed to Jerash, city of the Decapolis  located approximately 45 kilometers north of Amman in the fertile heights of  Gliead. Visit the ancient Roman city with colonnaded streets, the baths and  hills of the top temple etc. Continue to Amman for a city tour of the Jordanian Capital, Overnight in Amman.

 

MONDAY-  Amman / Petra / Amman

After early breakfast , leave the hotel and travel south on the road to Wadi Musa. Continue on the horseback to the ‘Sq’ (canyon) follwed by foot to Petra also known as ‘Sela Edom’ or Red Rock City, the ancient capital of the Nabateans from the 3rd Century B.C, to 2nd Century A.D. Visit the most interesting monuments, such as the Treasury, El Khazneh ( a tomb of a Nabatean King), the field of tombs, abelisks, the altar (Al Madhbah). From this point, you can view the whole of the rock city, travel back to Wadi Musa village and drive back to Amman for overnight.

 

 

 

 

TUESDAY-  Amman /  Madaba / Mount Nebo / Jerusalem / Tel Aviv

Drive to Madaba to see the ancient mosaic map of the Holyland and ruins of the historical sites. Continue foe approximately 10 kilometers to Mount Nebo, from where Moses viewed the Promiesd Land. From there, you will see the Jordan Valley, Jericho, Dead Sea etc. Visit the remains of Byzanitine Church with a mosaic floor and drive back to border for overnight in Tel Aviv.

 

 

WEDNESDAY-   Tel Aviv / Ben Gurion Airport

After breakfast transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for departure.

 

 

*Subject to availability.

 

Included in the tour:

* Assistance of Airport upon arrival.

* Transfer on arrival and departure (from / to Airport).

* Tours as per itinerary.

* 10 nights accommodation on bed and  Breakfast basis.

* * Entrance fees to sites visited as per itinerary, with English speaking guide.

 

 

Rates do not include border chargers and visa

A Valid visa to Jordan is required.