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DAY 01: AMMAN ARRIVAL
Arrival AT Queen alia International Airport,
Meet & assist by our representative, transfer
to hotel for check-in, free day at leisure. Overnight
in Amman.
DAY 02: AMMAN / JERASH
/ JERUSALEM
Breakfast at hotel, Full day tour visiting Jerash;
the best-preserved city of the Roman times; theaters,
temples, and colonnaded street. Optional Lunch
at Wadi Al-Akhdar Restaurant. Drive to Bridge
for crossing to Jerusalem, meet and assist, transfer
to Jerusalem; view over city from atop Mt. Of
olives, visit chapel of ascension, paternoster
church (not on sun). Descend to Gethsemane, visit
church of all nations/basilica of agony. Proceed
to Bethlehem (lunch) Visit church and grotto of
nativity and St. Catherine's church, return to
Jerusalem.
DAY 03: JERUSALEM
Breakfast at hotel, full day tour visit Jerusalem:
follow the 14 stations of the way of the cross,
St. Anne's, Bethesda, holy sepulcher with Golgotha
and tomb of Christ. Wailing Wall, al-Aqsa mosque
and dome of the rock with outside view only, "not
on Fri. and sat"St. Peter in Galli-Cantu,
prison of Christ, Caiaphas' house, Mt. Zion with
last supper room and king David's tomb. Return
to hotel (lunch at hotel or local rest. In old
city).
DAY 04: JERUSALEM / NAZARETH
/ TIBERIAS / JERUSALEM
Breakfast at hotel, full day tour via Jordan
valley to Nazareth, visit church of annunciation,
then via Cana, wedding church of tiberias, Lake
Galilee. Drive around the lake to visit tabgha,
Capernaum and return via Jordan valley to Jerusalem.
(Lunch in Nazareth)
DAY 05: JERUSALEM / MADABA
/ NEBO / PETRA
Early Breakfast at hotel. transfer only to Allenby
bridge for crossing to Jordan, meet and assist,
drive to along the 5000-year-old King's Highway;
one of the most memorable journeys in the Holy
Land passing through a string of ancient sites
visiting Madaba; "The City of Mosaics"
a typical East Bank town: underneath almost every
house lies a fine Byzantine mosaic. We will visit
the contemporary Greek Orthodox Church of St.
George; is a wonderfully vivid, 6th-century Byzantine
mosaic map showing the entire region from Jordan
and Palestine in the north, to Egypt in the south.
Then coming Mt. Nebo where Moses have gone to
get a view of the Promised Land before he died
and from a platform in front of the church one
can enjoy a breathtaking view across the Jordan
Valley and the Dead Sea. Transfer to hotel for
overnight in PETRA
DAY 06: PETRA / WADI
RUM
EARLY Breakfast at hotel. Full day tour visiting
Petra; the home of the Nabateans; The complete
city carved in a mountain with the huge colorful
rocks that called "the red rose city".
The tour will start by crossing the "siq"
lined with mountains in multiple color up to the
treasury; the pride of all Jordanian, The royal
tomb, theater, the high place of sacrifice and
roman soldier tombs. Driver to Wadi Rum; arrive
at the visitor center; enjoy the movie about wadi
rum for 15 mints. Refreshment and lunch AT CAPTAIN
restaurant Drive by jeep for 2 hours tour in Wadi
Rum visiting: Bburrah canyon via Alameleh, khor
um ishrin, Lawrence house, Siq Lawrence, view
the sunset. Drive to a private camp for B.B.Q
Bedouin dinner under the fabulous stars sky and
night experience in the desert. Overnight in tents
at the camp.
DAY 07: WADI RUM / BETHANY
/ DEAD SEA
Breakfast at camp, Drive Short drive to Bethany;
Bethany: where John lived and baptized and the
place to which Jesus fled for safety after being
threatened with stoning in Jerusalem. Bethany's
ancient remains includes; structures from the
1st century settlement of John the Baptist, large
plastered pools with steps for full immersion,
and the 5th-6th century remains of the Byzantine
period settlement called Anion or Saphsaphas.
Continue to Dead Sea; Leisure time for swimming
in the Dead Sea. Overnight in Dead Sea.
DAY 08: DEAD SEA / AIRPORT
Breakfast at hotel, transfer to Queen Alia airport
for final departure.
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