Group pilgrimages · Israel & Jordan
Israel & Jordan City Break
from$1,659.99 per person
Israel and Jordan sit at the crossroads of civilizations and hold some of the most important landmarks in human history. This city break lets you see both countries in one week, a good option if you want to explore the region but have limited time.
Day by day
Day 1
- On arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, our representative meets you and transfers you to your hotel in Tel Aviv
- Evening at leisure in Tel Aviv
- Overnight in Tel Aviv
Day 2
- Meet your guide in the morning and drive south from Tel Aviv, past Ashdod, Ashkelon and Beersheba, the capital of the Negev Desert
- Continue via Arad to Masada, Israel's foremost archaeological park
- Ascend by cable car for a thorough visit to the desert fortress, the last stronghold of the Jewish Zealots in their war against the Romans: see the excavations, Herod's palaces, the synagogue, the bathhouse and cisterns, and the view over the Roman camps and the Dead Sea
- Descend to the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth, to try the mineral-rich black mud and float in its salty waters
- Pass the oasis of Ein Gedi and continue through the Judean Desert to Jerusalem
- Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 3
- Start at the Israel Museum's Shrine of the Book, home of the Dead Sea Scrolls, then see the renovated model of Herodian Jerusalem in the Second Temple period
- Visit Yad Vashem, the official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953 near Mt Herzl
- Visit Ein Karem, a picturesque village on the southwestern outskirts of Jerusalem, by tradition the birthplace of John the Baptist
- Visit Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus: the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square
- Return to your Jerusalem hotel
Day 4
- Enter the Old City of Jerusalem to see the Western Wall and the Temple Mount, the site of the Second Temple
- Walk the Via Dolorosa to Calvary and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which houses the traditional sites of the Crucifixion and the Tomb of the Resurrection
- Visit Mount Zion, just outside the Old City to the southwest, with the traditional tomb of King David and the Room of the Last Supper
- Panoramic view of Jerusalem, holy to Christianity, Judaism and Islam, from the Mount of Olives
- Visit the Garden of Gethsemane, where Judas betrayed Jesus
- Visit Mahane Yehuda in downtown Jerusalem, the largest open-air market in Israel, for its flavors, aromas and colors
- Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 5
- Drive from Jerusalem to the Sheikh Hussein border crossing to enter Jordan
- Continue to Jerash, a city of the Decapolis about 45 km north of Amman in the hills of Gilead; visit the Roman city with its colonnaded streets, baths and hilltop temple
- Drive to Amman for a panoramic tour of the Jordanian capital, including the Citadel and the Roman amphitheater
- Overnight in Amman
Day 6
- After breakfast, drive to Mount Nebo, where Moses viewed the Promised Land, with views over the Jordan Valley, Jericho and the Dead Sea
- Continue south on the Desert Highway to Wadi Musa, the modern village of Petra
- Enter Petra and walk, or ride on horseback, to the Siq (canyon)
- Walk through the Siq to the red-rock city, capital of the Nabateans from the 3rd century BC to the 2nd century AD
- See the main carved monuments, such as the Treasury (Al-Khazneh, the tomb of a Nabatean king), the field of tombs, the obelisks and the altar, with a view over the whole rock city
- Return to Wadi Musa
- Overnight in Petra
Day 7
- After breakfast, drive south to the mountains and rock formations of Wadi Rum, which captivated Lawrence of Arabia
- Desert jeep safari through Wadi Rum, visiting Lawrence's Spring and Khazali Canyon
- Drive north to Madaba to see the Byzantine church with its mosaic floor map of the Holy Land and Jerusalem, the oldest surviving original map of the region
- Overnight in Amman
Day 8
- After breakfast, drive to the border (or transfer to Amman Airport for your departing flight)
- Cross the Jordan River and continue to Jerusalem, Tel Aviv or Ben Gurion Airport for your departing flight
Included
- Transfer from the airport on arrival, and drop-off in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem on return from Jordan (drop-off at Ben Gurion Airport is also possible depending on flight time; the flight must depart at 19:00 or later)
- 7 nights' hotel accommodation on bed-and-breakfast basis
- Sightseeing in a modern, air-conditioned touring vehicle
- Government-licensed guide on all touring days
- Entrance fees to sites on the program
Not included
- Porterage at the airport
- Tips for guide, driver and hotel staff
- Beverages with meals
- Traveler's medical and baggage insurance
- Jordan entry visa, if required for restricted nationalities (approx. US$60 per person, paid on tour, subject to change)
Good to know
- The sequence of the tour and the sites visited may change due to circumstances, at the discretion of the company or the guide.
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