Turkey Israel and Jordan

Enjoy a relaxing overnight flight to Istanbul.

You are greeted upon arrival in Istanbul and transferred to your hotel. The remainder of the day is free to explore this amazing city.

Enjoy a full-day extensive small group tour (max. 14 pax) of Istanbul visiting Topkapi Palace (closed on Tue, replaced with Islamic Art Museum), St. Sophia (closed on Mon, replaced with Chora Museum), Blue Mosque, Underground Cistern, Hippodrome and the Grand Bazaar (closed on Sun). (B,L)

Enjoy a half-day tour starting with a visit of the Spice Bazaar. Then cruise along the Bosphorus waterway, view the dramatic sights lining the Bosphorus' wooded shores: mosques, mansions of the Ottoman elite, the Sultan's fanciful gingerbread palaces and hunting lodges and a fortress built by Fatih the Conqueror. In the evening, consider an optional Turkish cuisine dinner with belly and folk dancing. (B)

You will be transferred to the airport for a flight to Tel Aviv (flight ticket is not included in the land only package price). You are greeted upon arrival and transferred to your hotel. (B)

Drive to the Mount of Olives for a panoramic view. Enter the Old City and walk through the Jewish quarter to the restored Cardo. See the Wailing Wall, the Kotel, and the Christian Quarter. Proceed to the New City view the Knesset, Israels parliament and visit Yad Vashem. On Saturdays and Jewish Holidays, instead of Yad Vashem, visit King David s Tomb, the Room of the Last Supper and Dormition Abbey. (Long sleeves and head covering are required for visiting the holy places). (B)

You will be transferred to the airport for a short flight to Eilat (flight ticket is not included in the land only package price). You are greeted upon arrival and transferred to your hotel. (B)

Cross the Arava border and enter to the Kingdom of Jordan. After 2-hour drive, arrive to the Lost City of Petra - an archeological, anthropological and geological phenomenon. Your guide will explain the history, legends and myths of this astonishing city carved 2,000 years ago from the Red Sandstone Mountains. Enjoy a lunch in Petra, followed by an afternoon visit to Wadi Musa, and city tour of Aqaba. Overnight in Petra. (B,L)

Enjoy a day at leisure. In the ffternoon return to Eilat. You will be transferred to the airport for your return flight to Tel Aviv (flight ticket is not included in the land only package price). You are greeted upon arrival and transferred to your hotel. (B)

You will be transferred to the airport. (B)