Holy Land And Egypt 13 Days

Itinerary

Day 1: Day 1 : Arrival and transfer to your hotel

Pass By: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District
Pick up from Ben Gurion airport and transfer to Tel Aviv for overnight

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight Tel Aviv

Day 2: Day 2: Tel Aviv

Stop At: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District
Tel Aviv City tour.

Pick up from hotel,

We will then go for a drive of some of the main streets in Tel Aviv, including the entertainment center, and the business center. Your guide will show you some of the best places to go hang out in the evenings that you are staying in Tel Aviv. See where the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin took place in Rabin's Square.

Tour Jaffa Old City, an 8000-year-old port city. Tour the ancient ruins, and stroll through the artists' quarter. In 1887 the first neighborhood was built in Neve Tzedek, we will take a walk through it. In Nahalat Binyamin see the musicians, handmade jewelry, and the artifacts.

Stop at Sheinkin, with its unique atmosphere, shops, and cafes. After the tour, you will be driven to your hotel.
Duration: 6 hours

Stop At: Jaffa Old City, Jaffa, Tel Aviv 61000 Israel
jews, Christians, and Muslims living in harmony in a small district of Tel Aviv
great site seeing
great beaches
amazing seafood and Arab food
amazing Bulgarian food
the flea market is a must as it holds very good restaurants and bars
Duration: 30 minutes

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight Tel Aviv

Day 3: Day 3: Jerusalem and Bethlehem

Stop At: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Jerusalem and Bethlehem tour.

Pick up from hotel.

Start the drive along the Kidron Valley, view the Garden of Gethsemane, the Mount of Olives and the Church of all Nations. Enter the Zion Gate, and tour the Byzantine Cardo. Continue to the Western Wall by way of the Jewish Quarter. The Western Wall is the remaining wall of the Second Temple. Walk along to join the pilgrims on the Via Dolorosa to follow the Stations of the Cross, and arriving at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Visit the Old City market before departing for Bethlehem.

Arriving in Bethlehem we will walk along Manger Square to arrive at the Church of Nativity. The first church was built in 339 A.D. and destroyed by fire., and the second church was built in 565 A.D. The church was constructed over the site where Jesus was said to have been born.
Duration: 8 hours

Stop At: Western Wall Plaza Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem 97500 Israel
The remains of the Second Temple of Jerusalem and a place of prayer sacred to the Jewish people.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Church of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, Homat Ha Tsalafim St, Ein Kerem 9087200 Israel
the place where St John the Baptist was born. As you enter the church the birthplace marked by a marble star is a few steps down from the main nave to the left. Besides, this important highlight, there is nothing else to see, as the Franciscan church is quite simple in its interior. Outside in the front courtyard, the Canticle of Zachariah is engraved along the front wall in different languages. This site is a must for devout Christians who can understand its deep and important significance, otherwise, it is meaningless.
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight Tel Aviv

Day 4: Masada and Dead Sea

Stop At: Masada National Park, Masada 8698000 Israel
Masada and Dead Sea tour.

Pick up from hotel.

The Dead Sea is located at the lowest point on Earth in the South of Israel. No plant or animal can live in the Dead Sea due to its high salt content which is about 33%. The waters of the Dead Sea are said to be very therapeutic for all sorts of skin ailments, due to the high mineral content in the water.

Masada resides on a plateau in the middle of the desert. King Herod was the first to come and build for himself 2 palaces on Masada. Masada is known for the Jews residing here and how the Romans built a huge ramp and finally with fifteen thousand troops conquered Masada. They did it by building a ramp that was 375 feet from bedrock stones.
Duration: 7 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight Tel Aviv

Day 5: Caesarea,Haifa and Acre

Stop At: Caesarea National Park, Route 2 Near Aqiva, Caesarea Israel
Caesarea,Haifa and Acre tour.

Pick up from hotel.

As we are leaving Tel Aviv, drive along the Mediterranean, to Caesarea. Explore the excavations with your guide, and view the well-preserved rooms, a moat, and the gateways. There is a beautiful Roman amphitheater that is very well preserved, and still used today for major events, and concerts. See the remains of a hippodrome and a Roman temple.

Continue North through Haifa and tour the Bahai' shrine and the famous gardens. There are 19 terraces that make up the garden. Drive on to Rosh Hanikra and descend in a cable car to the grottoes.

Driving back we will see Acre, a huge Crusader city. It is very well preserved, and it is hard to believe that it has survived throughout the years. Atop of the Crusader remains the Turkish prison that was used under the Turkish rule, and also by the British to hang the Jews, so that it would limit the immigration after World War 2.
Duration: 7 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight Tel Aviv

Day 6: Day 6 : Nazareth and Galilee

Stop At: Nazareth, Nazareth, Galilee Region, Northern District
Nazareth and Galilee tour.

Pick up from the hotel.

Drive past Netanya and Hertzeliya, traveling north and drive through the Armageddon plain. There will be a view of Megiddo, and we will stop at the Mount of Precipitation. When arriving in Nazareth the first stop will be the Church of Annunciation. This church was built on the place that the angel Gabriel appeared before Mary. Next to this is the church of St. Joseph.

Leaving Nazareth travel to the Sea of Galilee, and pass Cana, where Jesus turned water into wine. At the bottom of Mount Beatitude, tour Capernaum, which was the home of Peter, and the Benedictine Church that commemorates the miracle of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish.

As we continue, view the Golan Heights in the background, and pass Tiberias, the modern city that was built over 2000 years ago and was named after the Roman emperor Tiberius.

For those who wish there will be a chance to be baptized with the waters of the Jordan River.

On the way back we will pass the site of the Transfiguration, at Mount Tabor.

Arrival back in Tel Aviv about 18:00.
Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight Tel Aviv

Day 7: Tel Aviv

Pass By: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District
Free day

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Free day

Overnight Tel Aviv

Day 8: Flight to Eilat

Pass By: Eilat, Eilat, Southern District
Check our from hotel 11:00 am.

Transfer to airport and flight to Eilat.

Pick up from Eilat Airport and transfer to the hotel.

Free day.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight Eilat

Day 9: Petra

Stop At: Petra - Wadi Musa 77110 Jordan
A tour to Petra, Jordan leaving daily at 8:30 a.m. from your hotel or the airport in Eilat. Over 2000 years ago, inheritance, left to us by Nabateans, now called Petra – was very prosperous. More, then 20,000 residents occupied it. One of the greatest water systems of their times, that was created by The Nabateans, was built to gather water from flush floods. Water was sold to caravans and merchants, passing through. Inspired by Roman architectural manner, Nabateans created great facades, temples and statues (numbering about 800). Now Petra is one of "The New Seven Wonders of The World". The highlights are : “The Treasury” and “Roman Theater” (amphitheater with over 4000 seats).

A driver will pick you up from your hotel in Eilat and take you to the Jordan border.

You will be assisted with border proceedings and continue on to Petra.

Tour Petra with a qualified licensed guide. Enter through the Siq (the pathway, a crack in the sandstone), to arrive at the Treasury. Continue the tour to see the Roman theater, the facades, the tombs, the cisterns, the crypts, and the temples.

After the tour goes for lunch in a local restaurant.

Travel back to the Jordan border and to your hotel.
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight Eilat

Day 10: transfer to Cairo

Pass By: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Check out from hotel 11:00 am and transfer to Egypt border .

Cross the border and transfer to Cairo ( approx 10 hours)

Overnight Cairo

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight Cairo

Day 11: Cairo

Stop At: Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram Str., Giza 12611 Egypt
Starts at 8:00 am Pickup from your hotel in either Cairo or Giza by guide to Start your full day tour visiting Giza Pyramids where you Visit the Great Pyramids - Cheops, Chephren & Mykerinos then Visit the Valley Temple where the Priests Mummified the dead body of King Chephren Also there you will have a close-up look at The Sphinx - The legendary guardian that stands by the huge funeral complex with its lion body and the head of king Chephren.

Lunch is included in between visits at Local Restaurant Based on Full Meal for each Person but Beverages are not included

Then Continue your day tour to the Egyptian Museum of antiquities. It displays the largest and most precious items of Egyptian art in the world. It exhibits a rare collection of over 250,000 genuine artifacts that date as far back as 5000 years, including an exclusive exhibit dedicated to the Tutankhamon - A collection of treasures, gold, and jewelry that were buried in his tomb for over 3,500 years before they were discovered in the 1920s when his tomb was excavated.(2 hrs Time Spent)

Then Visit the Khan El Khalili Bazaar. The numerous shops in this district are known for trading fine brassware, copper, perfumes, leather, silver, gold, antiques and much more. (1 hrs time Spent)

Tour Finishes with drop off at traveler Hotel in Cairo
Duration: 7 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight Cairo

Day 12: Old Cairo

Stop At: Memphis and Sakkara, Cairo 11655 Egypt
Start 08:00 am.

You visit the Saqqara and Memphis area, about 27 km's south-west of Cairo. When Memphis was the capital of Egypt, during the Old Kingdom period, Saqqara was its necropolis.The deceased pharaohs, her families menders, and the sacred animals were ceremoniously transported from Memphis to be permanently enshrined in one of the many temples on the site.

Continue the tour to visit of the old Cairo, the church of St-Sergius a 5th-century basilica, built over a crypt where the Holy Family is believed to have stayed. The spectacular Citadel of "Saladin"(Salah al-Din)built in 1183 in the medieval .stronghold tradition, the Mohammed Ali mosque also know as the Alabaster mosque
Duration: 7 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight Cairo

Day 13: Cairo - transfer to airport

Pass By: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo Governorate
Transfer from hotel to Cairo airport

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.