The Best of Israel & Jordan
Full Itinerary
Day 1
Arrive Tel Aviv, where you will be met by our escort and transferred to your hotel, The Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv. Overnight.
Day 2
A day of leisure to explore Tel Aviv and its beautiful beaches and cafes or to just relax by your hotel pool. Overnight.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 3
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, as well as the aqueduct and the amphitheater, which have been restored to its former glory as a concert venue. Proceed to Meggido to see the excavations of King Solomon's stables and 20 layers of civilization. Continue your tour to visit The Druze Village on Mount Carmel and Haifa. Overnight at the Dan Panorama Hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 4
Tour 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 Israeli town of Katzrin. Continue to Tiberias for overnight at the Lavie Kibbutz.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 5
Visit Capernaum, 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.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 6
Start your tour by 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, 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. Overnight at your hotel in Jerusalem.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 7
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. Overnight at your hotel in Jerusalem.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 8
Drive through the Judean Desert to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth - almost 1300 feet below sea level. Stop at Qumran, visit the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. In the afternoon, 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. Overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 9
Breakfast and a day of leisure in Jerusalem for shopping or exploring the city on your own. Overnight.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 10
Drive from Jerusalem to the Allenby Bridge. Complete border crossing procedures and enter into Jordan. Drive to the town of Madaba, the biblical Madaba, 18-miles south of Amman. Madaba is best known for its Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics. During your visit to the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George, you may view the earliest surviving original map of the Holy land. 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 Inter-Continental Hotel, Overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 11
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. Return through the Siq to Wadi Musa. Drive back to Amman for an overnight at the Amman Inter-Continental Hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 12
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. Transfer back to Amman. Spend the remainder of the day at leisure. Overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 13
You will be met and transferred to Amman airport for your departure flight.
Meals: Breakfast
Also Included: All transfers within Israel and Jordan. Sightseeing as mentioned in the itinerary, with an English 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.
Extensions & Optional Tours: Extra days and optional tours to sites are available upon request.
Pricing
$4879
The Best of Israel & Jordan
$975
Single Supplement
**Please keep in mind that if you are traveling alone, you are single occupancy.
