Land of Egypt and Israel 1

Day 1 (Flying to Cairo): Fly to Cairo on board of Egypt Air. (Other air carriers are available) (D)

Day 2 (Cairo): Upon arrival at Cairo airport, our representative will assist you through formalities. Transfer you to Cairo Marriott (5*) with buffet breakfast daily. Overnight at the hotel. (DB)

Marriott Nile View

Cairo Mariott Exterior

Day 3 (Cairo): After breakfast, full day sight seeing, visiting the Egyptian museum with the huge collection of the Pharaonic antiquities and monuments. Then you will visit the Great Pyramids of Giza, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, nearby the mysterious Sphinx, a colossal lion with a pharaoh head. Evening time you will be back to the hotel for leisure and relaxation. Overnight at the hotel. (BL)

The Egyptian Museum

Pyramids and the Sphinx

Day 4 (Cairo): After breakfast, (optional trip) full day sight seeing, visiting Memphis the capital of the oldest kingdom in the world, and the statue of Ramses II. Then continue to Saqqara to visit the legendary Unas Pyramid, king Zoser Step Pyramid, Tomb of Ti and Tomb of Ptahotep. Then you will continue to Old Christian Cairo, where the holy family stayed during their visit to Egypt. You will visit the Church of Abu Serga and the well known Hanging Church. You will pass through the alleys, where Jesus stepped, also you will visit Ben Ezra Synagogue, the oldest Jewish synagogue in Egypt. Then you will proceed to the Old Islamic Cairo and you will visit Mohamed Ali Mosque and the Citadel of Salah El Din. Continue to Khan El Khalili Bazaar a place for shopping where you will find all kinds of Oriental goods and hand crafted pieces. Then transfer to the train station and take the sleeper Train to Luxor, dinner and overnight. (BLD)

Saqqara Pyramids

Mohamed Ali Mosque

Day 5 (Nile cruise): After breakfast, arrive Luxor then transfer to the Mirage nile cruise (5* cruise line), with breakfast, lunch and dinner buffet daily. The cruise starts in Luxor and ends in Aswan. Check in then visit the West Bank Valley of the Kings, temple of Queen Hatshepsut and Colossi of Memnon , after lunch visit karnak temple and luxor lemple ,dinner on board and overnight .(BLD).

Colossi of Mennon

Ancient Thebes in Luxor

Day 6 (Nile cruise): After breakfast, lunch on board, sail to Esna, cross the lock, sail to Edfu, dinner on board and overnight. (BLD)

Temple of Edfu

The Corniche of Nile in Luxor

Day 7 (Nile cruise): After breakfast, visit the temple of horus in edfu, lunch on board sailing to Kom Ombo, visit the temple shared by the two Gods Sobek and Haroeris, sail to Aswan dinner on board and overnight on your cruise. (BLD)

Columns of Kom Ombo Temple

Kom Ombo Temple

Day 8 (Nile cruise): After breakfast on board, visit the High Dam, the unfinished obelisk and the temple of Philae. Lunch will be on board, then visit the botanical garden by felucca. Enjoy your dinner on board and overnight in Aswan. (BLD)

The Botanical Garden

The Old Cataract

Day 9 (Cairo): Disembarkation, after breakfast, transfer to Luxor airport for your flight to Cairo. Transfer to the Heliopolis Sheraton (5*) and overnight. (B)

Day 10 (Tel Aviv): After breakfast, transfer to Cairo airport for your flight to Tel Aviv. Upon arrival transfer you to Dan Panorama hotel. (B)

Dan Panorama

Standard Room

Day 11 (Jerusalem): Today we drive via Ashdod, Ashkelon, Beersheba, a short visit to the Negev capital then continue via Arad to Massada, ascend to the fortress which was the last stronghold of the Jewish Zealots in their war against the Romans. Visit the excavations, Herod’s palace, the synagogue, bath house overlooking the Roman camps and the Dead Sea. Proceed to Jerusalem to the hotel for overnight. (B)

The Dead Sea

Jerusalem, Citadel

Day 12 (Jerusalem): Today we drive to Mt. Scopus for a view of Jerusalem, then to the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations, drive to Mt. Zion for a visit to the tomb of King David, the Toom of the Last Supper, Dormition Abbey, the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the book with its famous Dead Sea Scrolls, the Knesset (the Parliament), the Hebrew university campus, Mt. Herzl and Yad Vashem. We visit the model of Jerusalem then we continue to the Hadassah Medical Centre to visit the synagogue with its Marc Chagall stained-glass windows, back to our hotel for overnight. (B)

The Hebrew University

Righteous among the nations Garden

Day 13 (Bethlehem): Today we walk through the Yaffa Gate to the old city, the renewed Jewish Quarter, the Western Wall, the temple area, the colorful bazaars, Via Dolorosa and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, erected over the site of the crucifixion, view Mt. of Olives then continue to Bethlehem to visit Rachel’s Tomb, the Manger Square and the Church of Nativity. Back to the hotel for overnight. (B)

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

View of Churches

Day 14 ( Cairo): Fly back to Cairo, transfer to Le Meridien pyramids (5*) and overnight. (B)

Day 15 (Alexandria): After breakfast, (optional trip) transfer to Alexandria, by an air conditioned car or bus. Alexandria was named after Alexander the great. Egypt is second biggest city, it is a semi circle city on the sea, with lots of Roman remains. You will visit Catacombs of Kom El Shuqafa, Pompeii pillar, the Roman theatre and the newly opened Alexandria library. In antiquity the library was the largest and most important library in the world. Transfer back by an air conditioned car or bus. Overnight at Le Meridien pyramids. (BL)

Catacombs of Shouqafa

Greco-Roman Museum

Day 16 (Flying back home): After breakfast, transfer to Cairo airport for your final departure. (B)

Prices of 2010/2011 departures from Toronto, Montreal and New York.

Your tour price includes

1- International Airfare from Toronto, Montreal and New York included.

2- All transfers included in Egypt & Israel (from airport to hotels or cruises and back)

3- Accommodation Double occupency at hotels included.

4 -Meals Buffet Breakfast in Cairo and L uxor.

5- Meals on Cruise All meals while on the cruise commencing with lunch on the day of embarkation and ending with breakfast on the day of disembarkation.

6- Nile Cruise 4 nights Nile Cruise Between Luxor to Aswan or vice versa in an outside cabin with private facilities.

7- Sightseeing One full day sightseeing tour in Cairo and all sightseeing tours on the Nile Cruise included.

8- Three full days sightseeing in Israel included.

9- All Sightseeing in Israel is included as per the ittenary.

2010/2011	5 Stars Deluxe	5 Stars Superior
Sep 01- Dec 10	3799	4199
Dec 11 - Jan 02	4199	4599
Jan 03 - Apr 30	3799	4199
May 01 - May 31	3899	4299
Jun 01 - Aug 31	4199	4599
Single Supplement	699	699
Optional Day 4	150	150
Optional Day 15	180	180
Taxes	399	399