Jordan & Palestine – Israel Tour for 7-days

Arrival At Queen Alia International Airport. Meet & assist by our representative who will assist you in obtaining your free visa for Jordan (Visa fee waived). Then drive you to your hotel in Amman.  Overnight hotel in Amman including breakfast

Pick up from  Amman, and transfer 50 km north of Amman to visit Jerash, which is nestled in a quiet valley among the mountains of Gilead.  It is the grandeur of Imperial Rome being one of the largest and most well-preserved sites of Roman architecture in the World outside Italy. Its paved and colonnaded streets, soaring hilltop temples, handsome theaters, spacious public squares and plazas, baths, fountains and city walls pierced by towers and gates are exceptional. In Jerash you will visit Hadrian’s Arch, Oval Plaza, The Cathedral, The North & South Theater, and The Nymphaeum. You will be transferred back to Amman. You will visit the Roman Theatre, Amman Downtown, Amman Citadel and you may have free time by yourselves in Amman downtown. The Amman City Tour is a self-guided tour with your driver transferring you to each site. You can choose if you would like to have lunch in Jerash or in Amman Downtown.

You will be transferred back to your hotel in Amman.

Breakfast at the hotel. Early morning pick up from the hotel lobby and drive approximately 2.5 hours via the Desert Highway to the rock city Petra, Jordan's main attraction and an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Petra was established around the 6th century B.C. by the Nabataean Arabs, a nomadic tribe settling in the area. With a sophisticated water supply and distribution system the city could prosper and the Nabateans founded a commercial empire that extended into Syria and controlled the main caravan routes at that time. Meet your private guide at the Visitor Centre and start the tour on horse back or on foot to the Siq, the narrow canyon with some votive niches. At the end of this gorge you will see the most beautiful monument of Petra, the Treasury, also known as Al Khazneh. Continue along the Street of Facades, the Royal Tombs and Pharaoh's Castle. Free time on your own before you return in the afternoon to the gate of Petra where you will meet your driver again. Drive 1.30 hr to Wadi Rum for overnight with dnner and breakfast.

Breakfast & Sunrise at the camp. Enjoy the wilderness adventure of a 4x4 tour of Wadi Rum, following in the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia, climbing sand dunes and rock bridge. Meet your driver again and transfer to the Dead Sea. Float in the salty waters of the Dead Sea at the lowest point on earth & enjoy the lunch. Free time by your own and drive you to Amman.

Pick up from your door in Amman and transfer to King Hussein / Allenby Bridge Israeli Terminal. Drive to the Mount of Olives for a wonderful view of Jerusalem. Then go to the Pater Noster with the Lord's Prayer in different languages. From the Mount of Olives the traditional Palm Sunday route takes you to the foot of the hill and sees the Garden of Gethsemane with its ancient olive trees. Enter the Old City through the Dung gate to visit the Wailing (or western) Wall and view the Haram Al Sharif with the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. Walk the Via Dolorosa with its Stations of the Cross till you arrive at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Jesus was crucified and buried, and then rose again. Leave the city through the bazaars to the west by Jaffa Gate. Drive through West Jerusalem to see the various landmarks. Overnight at hotel in Jerusalem/ Bethlehem.

Depart from your hotel and drive North to Capernaum where you will see the Synagogue where Jesus taught and the other remains of this once prosperous town on the shores of the Sea of Galilee that became his adopted home. You will visit the Mount of Beatitudes, scene of the famous Sermon on the Mount, and Tabgha, where the miracle of the feeding the 5000 is said to have happened. Stop at the Church of the Primacy where Peter was told by Jesus that to continue his work, and try walking on water. Then on to Nazareth, the boyhood village of Jesus, now a bustling city.  At the Church of the Annunciation you will see visitors from all corners of the world, and this is reflected in the décor of the modern building. Finish tour and return to Amman via Allenby or the Sheikh Hussein crossing.

On the last of your Jordan vacation package after breakfast you will check out at 12:00 noon and depending on the time of your flight, we will transfer you to Amman’s Queen Alia Airport for your departure.