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CRUISE Petra, Jordan
TOUR

NEW HOLY L ANDS & PE TR A
CRUISE TOUR

AMMAN TO ATHENS, (or reverse ) | 11 DAYS
W H A T ’ S I NC L U DE D
Embark on a far-ranging voyage to Greek temples, Holy Land shrines and • 3 hotel nights — 1 night at Dead Sea
Petra’s pink sandstone facades during this exceptional 11-day cruise and tour hotel, 2 nights in Petra hotel
to Jordan, Israel, and Greece. Stand atop Jordan’s Mount Nebo summit and • All transfers to and from the airport,
take in Promised Land views from Moses’ perspective. Walk among tombs, to and from sites, and to the ship
treasuries and temples carved into Petra’s pink sandstone canyon walls. Venture • English-speaking guide
into the cavernous silence of the Church of the Annunciation and the Church • Local lunch in Madaba, Petra, and
Wadi Rum, breakfast at the hotel,
of St. Joseph in Nazareth, the childhood home of Jesus. Stroll the otherworldly dinner at Dead Sea hotel
landscape of Wadi Rum and through Jerusalem’s Old City to the Church of the • Entrance fees at St. George Greek
Holy Sepulcher and Stations of the Cross. Stand in the ghostly ruins of ancient Orthodox Church, guided tour of
Kourion and atop the walls of a nearby crusader fortress above Cypriot citrus Petra, 4x4 tour of Wadi Rum
groves. Sip pilsner paired with seared calamari and honeyed mantinades dough • 8-day cruise aboard Star Pride or
Star Legend between Athens and Haifa
in a Rhodes neighborhood café. Embrace sea breezes in the shade of Mykonos • Flight from Tel Aviv to Haifa
windmills and venture inland to sample tart and tasty local Greek wines.

Y OU R C R U I SE T OU R D A Y - T O - D A Y SNAP SH O T S
Colored descriptions indicate land tour portion.
DAY 1 • AMMAN, DEAD SEA DAY 2 • MOUNT NEBO, MADABA departing for the sandstone-carved ancient
Arrive in Amman, the capital of Jordan & PETRA Nabataean city of Petra. Evening dinner is at
and transfer to your beachfront resort Savor a breakfast at the resort prior to your leisure.
on the Dead Sea. Relax on the shores embarking for Mount Nebo. Gaze across (Includes overnight at Petra hotel, breakfast,
of this famed ancient salt lake marking the summit to the Promised Land as Moses and lunch.)
Earth’s lowest surface point on dry land — once did over a thousand years ago. On a
1,400 feet below sea level! Take off your clear day you can catch distant views of DAY 3 • THE JORDANIAN CITY
shoes or sandals and go a little lower Jericho and even Jerusalem. Continue to OF PETRA
by wading or swimming in this unique Madaba and the St. George Greek Orthodox Awake to an early breakfast and venture
hypersaline lake. Conclude your afternoon Church. More than a million pieces of into Petra as dawn sunlight illuminates the
at our welcome reception and enjoy a colored stone create a Holy Land mosaic pink sandstone walls. Imagine yourself in
delicious dinner inside the resort. floor map, assembled in the 6 century and the sandals of a desert trader thousands of
th
(Includes transfer from the airport, overnight now recognized as one of the oldest maps in years ago, leading your caravan through the
at Dead Sea hotel, and dinner.) the world. Enjoy a Jordanian lunch before narrow shade of the Siq entrance and seeing

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