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The Historic Journey , Jordan & Thursday Departures 15 Days • 13 Nights Horse carriage in Nile Cruise Option Available ITINERARY Continue through the picturesque 18 Days • 16 Nights seaside town of Nahariya to the Thursday: En Route timeless Crusader city of Acre; walk through the subterranean city and Depart the U.S.A. on your flight to bazaars that recall the colorful middle Tour Includes: Israel. • Deluxe Hotels Ages. Then, to Safed, one of Juda- Friday: Tel Aviv ism’s holiest cities, where the Kab- • Breakfast Daily, 6 Lunches, 6 Dinners balah was developed in the 16th.- Welcome to Israel! Arrive Ben Gurion • Professional English Speaking Guide century; visit the ancient synagogues Airport; meeting, assistance and trans- throughout* and the charming Artists’ Quarter. fer to your hotel in trendy Tel Aviv’s • All Transfers, Sightseeing and Flights within Return to your hotel for Dinner. The Mediterranean beach. Balance of the Flight from to balance of the evening is at leisure to Egypt per Itinerary ( afternoon at leisure in the “city that NOT included and must be added) enjoy a stroll under the Carmel skies never sleeps”. Tonight, Get Together • VIP assistance and Exclusive Isram Crossing and the glow of this beautiful port Dinner. (D) city. at (B.D) • Entry Permit for Jordan (U.S. & Canadian Saturday: Tel Aviv Tuesday: / ) (Visa for Egypt to be obtained Morning walking tour includes Ben We’ll depart Haifa driving first to , former home of Israel’s locally at Cairo airport) Gurion House Capernaum to see the fantastic ruins first Prime Minister; see his personal of the ancient synagogue dating back Deluxe Hotels belongings and expansive library. Re- to the 5th-century. Ascend the stra- mainder of the day at leisure to enjoy tegic and learn about City Nights Hotel all of the delights of this seaside city. the 20th century battles that pro- Israel: Or take the optional full-day tour of tected Israel’s future. On to Katzrin, Tel Aviv 2 Carlton - and the ($136). (B) capital of the Golan and to the Monu- (Premium Sea View Room/ Sunday: Tel Aviv/Haifa ment of the 7th Brigade. It is here, Lounge Access) in the magnificent strip of the Golan Depart Tel Aviv. Drive to the extraor- that has become known for producing Haifa 2 Dan Carmel - dinary Israeli Museum at the Yitzhak the finest wines in the , that we The H is t oric Journey – I srael, Jordan & E gyp (Deluxe Bay View Room) Rabin Center chronicling the life of the will enjoy a tour of the wine making Jerusalem 3 Inbal - late Prime Minister and the develop- process as well as sample some of (Superior, ment of the State of Israel. Continue the Golan’s tastiest wines. Continue View Room) to ancient ; explore the for a visit to a former Syrian army bun- Roman and Crusader ruins including at , settled Jordan: ker Kibbutz Kfar Charuv the impressive 2,000-year-old theater by Americans and together; Petra 1 Movenpick and aqueduct. Arrive in Nazareth, the view of the fertile valleys below as Amman 1 Grand (Deluxe Room) sacred town where Jesus spent part you tour the kibbutz and enjoy lunch Plus Day Room of his youth; visit the Church and view in the communal dining room. Visit . On to the sparkling port Egypt: Mary’s Well the remains of an 8th century Roman Cairo: 4 Fairmont Nile City city of Haifa; into your hotel city at Bet Shean (not during winter atop Mt. Carmel. Evening: Enjoy (Nile View) due to early closure). Then drive south Dinner and a special cultural presen- and rise through the mountains to (Other Hotels in Israel may be utilized. tation (subject to minimum 10 tour “golden” Jerusalem stopping first for Please inquire) participants). (B.D) a blessing and a toast to our arrival in the eternal city. Overnight in Israel’s (B) Breakfast (L) Lunch (D) Dinner Monday: Haifa capital. (B.L) View the golden-domed Baha’i Shrine and their breathtaking “ gar- Wednesday: Jerusalem dens,” – a UNESCO World Heritage Drive to to site. Drive along the coast to Rosh the see the sublime Chagall Win- Hanikra; descend by cable car to see dows. On to , Israel’s na- the magnificent underwater grottoes. tional Memorial and Museum of the

64 | www.isramisraelusa.com Isram Israel (844) 9-ISRAEL Holocaust, with its Children’s Pavilion and treasures and the fascinating Mummy Avenue of the Righteous. Then, to Mount Room. Drive to Giza; enjoy lunch at Le Herzl to pay respects to Israel’s founders Meridian. Then, on to the Three Great Pyra- and heroes. Pass the post-modern Supreme mids, the only surviving structures of the “7 Court and the Knesset () en Wonders of the Ancient World”; enter one route to the Shrine of the Book, home of of the Pyramids. Visit the astonishing Solar the . Time to walk through Boat Museum, housing the oldest known the New Israel Museum and the Billy Rose ship in the world, uncovered after being Garden; see the Scale Model of buried for over 4500 years. Stand in awe ancient Jerusalem. Evening: Night Tour of at the magnificentSphinx carved out of a illuminated Jerusalem followed by a Res- single piece of stone, guarding the Giza taurant Dinner and the “Night Spectacular” plateau. Try a camel ride before continuing Sound & Light Show at the Citadel Museum to the unique Karnak Bazaar. Overnight in (weather and schedule permitting). (B.D) Cairo (B.L) Thursday: Jerusalem Tuesday: Cairo//Cairo Drive to Mt. Zion to visit the traditional Early morning flight to Luxor. Drive past the Tomb of David and the Room of the famed Colossi of Memnon to the beauti- Last Supper. Enter the Old City to the fully terraced Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. restored Jewish Quarter; walk along the Then to the imposing Valley of the Cardo, the colonnaded main of Byz- containing the secretive tombs of New antine Jerusalem. Walk to the , The at Petra . Enter the Western Wall Kingdom Pharaohs Tomb of T he H ist o ri c Jo urney – I srael , rdan & E gypt last remnant of the Second Temple. View . After , tour the vast and water channels. After lunch, continue Tutankhamun lunch the . Proceed through the Karnak Temple-Complex, built by genera- to Amman, the modern and ancient capital extraordinary (tunnel tions of Pharaohs over a 2000 year period. Hasmonean Tunnel of Jordan; check into your deluxe hotel for schedule permitting) or tour the Herodian Continue to the Avenue of the Sphinx overnight. (B.L) Mansions, a completely excavated residen- and the exquisite Temple of Luxor with its tial quarter from 2000 years ago. Follow Sunday: Amman/Cairo grand colonnades. Return flight to Cairo for the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy overnight. (B.L) Morning drive to , one of the world’s Sepulchre; stroll through the exotic bazaars with their wondrous aromas. End today best preserved Greco-Roman cities. Your Wednesday: Cairo local guide will escort you on a tour of the with a visit to the fabulous Friends of Zion Morning drive to Old Cairo to visit the Temples of Artemis and Zeus, the Roman Heritage Center celebrating the Christian beautiful Coptic Church of St. Sergius heroes who have contributed to the Jewish Forum, ’s Arch, the massive Theatre where Jesus and the Holy Family stayed people and the State of Israel. These heroes and the mile long Street of Columns. After after fleeing Jerusalem. Continue to the come alive through, cutting edge, high lunch, time permitting, continue to restored, 10th century A.D. Ben Ezra Syna- tech imaging, audio-visual presentations, for a visit to ’s magnificent mountain- gogue (subject to opening schedule and holograms and much more. Or, an optional top castle. Return to your hotel in Amman permission), the oldest in Egypt. Proceed visit to may be arranged. A free before your transfer to the airport for your to the of Mohammed Ali at the night tonight. The shops are open late as it’s flight to Cairo; transfer to your hotel for Citadel of Saladin. Drive to the bustling the start of the Israeli weekend. Enjoy the overnight. (B.L) Khan el-Khalili Bazaar, where shopping is an many eateries along the outdoor Mamilla exotic experience. Remainder of the day at Monday: Cairo Mall, Ben Yehuda Street, or the “Tachana” leisure. Evening: Farewell Dinner overlook- on your final evening in Israel. (B) (See also Nile Cruise option - page 66) ing the Nile River. (B.D) The day begins with a visit to the world- Friday: Jerusalem/Petra famous Egyptian Museum with its 100,000 Thursday: En Route Morning transfer from Jerusalem to the objects covering 5000 years of ancient Transfer to the airport for your departure Allenby/King Hussein Bridge. You’ll be Egyptian civilization; view Tutankhamun’s flight.(B) personally met by our representative at the Allenby Bridge terminal for special VIP assistance and exclusive Isram Israel transfer across the bridge. Enter the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and meet your driver/ escort. Then, on to , where Moses viewed the Promised Land; enjoy the breathtaking view of the and the Dead Sea. Continue to ; see the oldest surviving map of the Holy- land. Lunch en route. Continue to Petra, built by the Nabateans over 2000 years ago. Dinner and overnight in Petra. (B.L.D.) Saturday: Petra/Amman A most unforgettable day in Petra! Your local guide will take you on a tour into the “rose-red” city (by horseback and foot), which begins at the “Siq,” a winding canyon road. At the end of the passage you’ll see Petra’s most beautiful monument—the Trea- sury—carved out of the solid rock from the side of the mountain. Beyond the Treasury, you’ll discover soaring temples, elaborate royal tombs, a theatre, burial chambers Entrance of the Temple of Luxor

Isram Israel (844) 9-ISRAEL www.isramisraelusa.com | 65 Transfer to the airport for your flight toCairo . of the Pyramids. Visit the astonishing Solar Historic Journey with Optional tour to Abu Simbel escorted by Boat Museum, housing the oldest known IsramIsrael Guide: $475 per person, mini- ship in the world, uncovered after being Nile Cruise Option: mum 2 passengers ($575 Single traveling buried for over 4500 years. Stand in awe alone). Please reserve at time of booking. at the magnificentSphinx carved out of a 18 Days • 16 Nights single piece of stone, guarding the Giza Featuring: 4 Nights Sonesta Nile Cruise Saturday: Cairo plateau. Try a camel ride before continuing The day begins with a visit to the world- to the unique Karnak Bazaar. Overnight in Program follows touring itinerary, pages 64-65, famous Egyptian Museum with its 100,000 Cairo. (B.L) from (Thursday) through Sunday (arrival Cairo). objects covering 5000 years of ancient Egyptian civilization; view Tutankhamun’s Sunday: En Route Balance of Itinerary: treasures and the fascinating Mummy Transfer to Cairo Airport for your departure Room. Drive to Giza; enjoy lunch at Le flight. Monday: Cairo/Luxor NILE CRUISE Meridian. Then, on to the Three Great Pyra- Transfer to Cairo Airport for your early mids, the only surviving structures of the “7 The cruise line reserves the right to alter morning flight to Luxor. Arrive and transfer Wonders of the Ancient World”; enter one the sailing schedule. to your Nile Cruise for a 5 Day/4 Night Cruise aboard the Sonesta St. George. Af- ter lunch, visit the Avenue of the Sphinxes and the imposing Temple of Luxor with its grand colonnades, standing alone in the heart of town. Continue to the vast Karnak Temple-Complex, built by generations of Pharaohs over a 2000-year period. Over- night in Luxor. (B.L.D) Tuesday: Luxor/Esna NILE CRUISE After breakfast, visit the Valley of the Kings containing the secretive tombs of New Kingdom Pharaohs. Visit the beautifully terraced Temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari. Pass the famed Colossi of Memnon, standing nearly 70 feet tall. The ship then sails to Esna. After lunch on board, the afternoon is at leisure. Overnight Ruins of Jerash in Esna. (B.L.D) Wednesday: Edfu/Kom Ombo HISTORIC JOURNEY – LAND PRICES PER PERSON (USD) NILE CRUISE (Flight Amman/Cairo is NOT Included) May ’18 – May ‘19 Early morning sailing to Edfu. Visit the Temple of Horus, the best preserved of 18 Days/16 Nights all large Egyptian Temples, built over 180 15 Days/13 Nights (With Nile Cruise) year period. In the afternoon arrive in Kom Ombo, a hill town overlooking the banks of 2018 Departure Dates Twin Single Twin Single the Nile. Visit the Greco- of May 10, 17*, 24, 31, Jun 7 $5920 $8045 $6570 $9005 Kom Ombo, dedicated to Horus, the Sun Jun 14, 21 5945 8095 6600 9055 God and Sobek, the Crocodile God. Over- Jun 28, Jul 5 5810 7815 6460 8775 night Kom Ombo. (B.L.D) Jul 19, Aug 2, 16 5875 7955 6530 8915 Thursday: Aswan NILE CRUISE Aug 30 5755 7710 6410 8670 Sep 27* 6115 8425 7320 10245

T he H ist o ri c Jo urney – I srael , rdan & E gypt Morning saling to Aswan. Visit the Aswan Oct 4, 11, 18, 25, Nov 1, 8 6035 8265 7240 10085 High and the granite quarries where the stone for the ancient monuments and Nov 15 5890 7970 7095 9795 modern dam of Aswan were cut. Continue Dec 13 5920 8025 7670 10715 by motorboat to the beautiful island of Philae Dec 20 6190 8560 7940 11250 to see the exquisite, gleaming Temple Dec 27 5945 8075 7165 9925 of Isis. After lunch, sail on a typical Egyptian 2019 Departure Dates ‘felucca’ (sailboat) which glides along the Jan 17, Feb 14 5770 7730 6990 9575 Nile, passing by Lord Kitchener’s Island and Mar 7, 21, 28 5930 8045 7150 9895 the dramatic white marble Aga Khan Mauso- Apr 4 6050 8275 7800 10965 leum. Overnight in Aswan. (B.L.D) Apr 25* 6150 8495 7370 10345 Friday: Aswan–Cairo May 2* 5980 8135 7195 9985 After disembarkation, return flight to Cairo. *Revised touring in Israel due to holidays. Meet and transfer to your hotel. Balance of NOTE: Land prices do not include flight from Amman to Cairo. the day at leisure. OR, an optional tour to Jordan entry permit included provided tour is booked minimum 3 weeks in advance (U.S. Passports & Canadian Abu Simbel* may be arranged. (B) Passports). If your reservation is placed less than 2 weeks prior, you will be responsible to obtain your own visa from the Jordanian Embassy prior to your departure from the USA. crossing fees (approximately $50 per person) are NOT * Morning Disembarkation and transfer to INCLUDED and must be paid locally. the airport for your flight to the mighty Sun Visa for Egypt is required and can be individually obtained upon arrival at Cairo Airport at a cost of $25 per person (US and Canadian Passports). Other nationalities please check with the respective consulates. Temple of Abu Simbel, flanked by four giant Tour is guaranteed on minimum 4 passengers throughout utilizing Isram Israel Select Guides. Should the tour fall stone of Ramses II. The temple was below 4 passengers, you will be offered the option of touring by Share-a-Car in Israel at a supplement of $495 per reclaimed from the dam and reconstructed person (3 person minimum required to operate throughout the tour). In such cases, Jordan program utilizes driver & in its present and unforgettable location. local guises in Petra/Jerash; local guide will be utilized for the Nile Cruise option.

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