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Insight Tours Ancient Civilizations: Jordan
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The secrets of a bygone age are revealed by Insight each day in all their majesty with a collection of fantastic itineraries including many cruising options in Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Jordan and Israel. Marvel at the incredible wonders of Petra, 'the rose red city - half as old as time.' See the Valley of the Kings and the mighty temples of Karnak and Luxor. Visit ornate Mosques in Istanbul and consult the mysterious Oracle in Delphi.
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Egypt and Jordan (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: I999
Land Price From: $3,999.00
14 Days
Tour Pace: Your days in Jordan and Cairo are packed with interesting visits that require a bit of walking, but well worth the effort. Once aboard your Nile cruise, there is more time to relax, enjoy the changing scenery and absorb the depth of history on show. Hotels: Most hotels here hail from the prestigious and well respected Marriott group. In Cairo your sumptuous hotel is well located - a tranquil oasis in the bustling city. While your comfortable, well equipped Nile cruiser is in the traditional style.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- A Welcome Reception with light meal (WR)
- Egyptian dinner and galabeya party with entertainment (HD)
- 12 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 4 Lunches (L) and 6 Dinners (D)
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- Professional multi-lingual Tour Directors accompany you
- Air-conditioned coach/minibus
- Headsets for guided visits
- Deluxe or first class hotels including service charges, taxes and porterage
- 4 night Nile cruise on MS Medea or MS Sapphire or La Boheme (or similar) with all cruise boat gratuities included
- Scheduled air travel Amman/Cairo, Cairo/Luxor, Aswan/Cairo
- Services of Insight’s Representative in Egypt
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Airport arrival & departure transfers
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Amman: See the Roman Amphitheatre and Citadel Hill.
- Jerash: Visit the finest surviving example of a Greco-Roman city in the world.
- Petra: Journey through the winding dark passageway between rock walls 300 and 600 ft high to the ancient hidden city.
- Shobak: Visit the Crusader fortress.
- Madaba: View the mosaic that is believed to be the earliest surviving map of the Holy Land.
- Mount Nebo: Look down upon Moses’s Promised Land.
- Cairo: See Tutankhamun’s treasure in the Egyptian Museum. Visit Tahrir Square, the ‘beating heart’ of the 2011 Revolution. Visit Mohammed Ali Mosque and view Cairo from the Citadel.
- Giza: Enjoy a Sound & Light Show at the Great Pyramids. See the Sphinx and venture inside one of the Pyramids
- Memphis: See the statue of Rameses II & Alabaster Sphinx.
- Sakkara: See the Step Pyramid of Zozer, oldest in the world.
- Luxor: Visit the awe-inspiring Temples of Luxor and Karnak. See the Colossi of Memnon, visit the Temple of Hatshepsut and some of the Pharaoh’s tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
- Kom Ombo & Edfu: Visit the riverside temples.
- Aswan: Enjoy the sunset and high tea in colonial English style at at Agatha Christie’s Old Cataract hotel. Sail on a traditional ‘felucca’ around the Botanical gardens Visit the Aswan High Dam and the unfinished obelisk.Board a motorboat to the Philae Island temple complex.
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Egypt and Jordan with Dead Sea Extension (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: I879
Land Price From: $4,524.00
16 Days
Tour Pace: Your days in Jordan and Cairo are packed with interesting visits that require a bit of walking, but well worth the effort. Once aboard your Nile cruise, there is more time to relax, enjoy the changing scenery and absorb the depth of history on show. Hotels: Most hotels here hail from the prestigious and well respected Marriott group. In Cairo your sumptuous hotel is well located - a tranquil oasis in the bustling city. While your comfortable, well equipped Nile cruiser is in the traditional style.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- A Welcome Reception with light meal (WR)
- Egyptian dinner and galabeya party with entertainment (HD)
- 12 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 4 Lunches (L) and 6 Dinners (D)
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- Professional multi-lingual Tour Directors accompany you
- Air-conditioned coach/minibus
- Headsets for guided visits
- Deluxe or first class hotels including service charges, taxes and porterage
- 4 night Nile cruise on MS Medea or MS Sapphire or La Boheme (or similar) with all cruise boat gratuities included
- Scheduled air travel Amman/Cairo, Cairo/Luxor, Aswan/Cairo
- Services of Insight’s Representative in Egypt
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Airport arrival & departure transfers
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Amman: See the Roman Amphitheatre and Citadel Hill.
- Jerash: Visit the finest surviving example of a Greco-Roman city in the world.
- Petra: Journey through the winding dark passageway between rock walls 300 and 600 ft high to the ancient hidden city.
- Shobak: Visit the Crusader fortress.
- Madaba: View the mosaic that is believed to be the earliest surviving map of the Holy Land.
- Mount Nebo: Look down upon Moses’s Promised Land.
- Cairo: See Tutankhamun’s treasure in the Egyptian Museum. Visit Tahrir Square, the ‘beating heart’ of the 2011 Revolution. Visit Mohammed Ali Mosque and view Cairo from the Citadel.
- Giza: Enjoy a Sound & Light Show at the Great Pyramids. See the Sphinx and venture inside one of the Pyramids
- Memphis: See the statue of Rameses II & Alabaster Sphinx.
- Sakkara: See the Step Pyramid of Zozer, oldest in the world.
- Luxor: Visit the awe-inspiring Temples of Luxor and Karnak. See the Colossi of Memnon, visit the Temple of Hatshepsut and some of the Pharaoh’s tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
- Kom Ombo & Edfu: Visit the riverside temples.
- Aswan: Enjoy the sunset and high tea in colonial English style at at Agatha Christie’s Old Cataract hotel. Sail on a traditional ‘felucca’ around the Botanical gardens Visit the Aswan High Dam and the unfinished obelisk.Board a motorboat to the Philae Island temple complex.
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Jordan and Israel (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: I965
Land Price From: $3,885.00
13 Days
Tour Pace: This tour of Biblical proportions follows stories from both the Old and New Testaments, stands witness to some amazing scenery and reveals lost worlds and fallen empires. You’ll encounter historical figures from Moses to Lawrence of Arabia, as well as the odd fictional character too, like Indiana Jones. Hotels: Enjoy a fantastic selection of mostly modern and well located hotels which includes the well respected brands of Marriott, Sheraton and Le Meridien. After a big day at the ‘lost city’, the pool and fine views from your Petra hotel are a welcome respite.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- A Welcome Reception with light meal (WR)
- Friday night Shabbat’ dinner in Tel Aviv (HD)
- End-of-tour Celebration Dinner at a Jerusalem restaurant (CD)
- 11 Buffet Breakfast (BB) 5 special-menu Dinners or Buffets (D)
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- Professional multilingual Tour Directors accompany you
- Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
- Tour by air-conditioned coach or minibus
- First Class hotels with all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Arrival & departure transfers between the airport and your Insight tour hotel
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Amman: See the Roman Amphitheatre and Citadel Hill.
- Jerash: Visit the finest surviving example of a Greco-Roman city in the world.
- Petra: Journey through the winding dark passageway between rock walls 300 and 600 ft high to the ancient hidden city.
- Shobak: Visit the Crusader fortress.
- Madaba: View the mosaic that is believed to be the earliest surviving map of the Holy Land.
- Mount Nebo: Look down upon Moses’s Promised Land.
- Tel Aviv: Visit Mini Israel, a miniature park. See Habimah National Theatre, Rabin Square and Carmel market.
- Jaffa: Visit the ancient port.
- Nazareth: Visit the Church of the Annunciation.
- Galilee: Enjoy a morning boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. An insight into the history and contemporary life on a Kibbutz. Visit Capernaum & Mount of the Beatitudes.
- Dead Sea: Enjoy a dip in the mineral rich waters. See where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
- Masada: Take a thrilling cable-car ride up to the fortress.
- Jerusalem: Walk the Stations of the Cross and visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Garden of Gethsemene, Room of the Last Supper, Pool of Bethesda, Ecce Homo Arch. See the Temple Mount. Visit the Jewish sites of King David’s Tomb, Western Wall, Holocaust Museum and Shrine of the Book.
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Jordan and Israel with Dead Sea Extension (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: I968
Land Price From: $4,410.00
15 Days
Tour Pace: This tour of Biblical proportions follows stories from both the Old and New Testaments, stands witness to some amazing scenery and reveals lost worlds and fallen empires. You’ll encounter historical figures from Moses to Lawrence of Arabia, as well as the odd fictional character too, like Indiana Jones. Hotels: Enjoy a fantastic selection of mostly modern and well located hotels which includes the well respected brands of Marriott, Sheraton and Le Meridien. After a big day at the ‘lost city’, the pool and fine views from your Petra hotel are a welcome respite.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- A Welcome Reception with light meal (WR)
- Friday night Shabbat’ dinner in Tel Aviv (HD)
- End-of-tour Celebration Dinner at a Jerusalem restaurant (CD)
- 11 Buffet Breakfast (BB) 5 special-menu Dinners or Buffets (D)
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- Professional multilingual Tour Directors accompany you
- Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
- Tour by air-conditioned coach or minibus
- First Class hotels with all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Arrival & departure transfers between the airport and your Insight tour hotel
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Amman: See the Roman Amphitheatre and Citadel Hill.
- Jerash: Visit the finest surviving example of a Greco-Roman city in the world.
- Petra: Journey through the winding dark passageway between rock walls 300 and 600 ft high to the ancient hidden city.
- Shobak: Visit the Crusader fortress.
- Madaba: View the mosaic that is believed to be the earliest surviving map of the Holy Land.
- Mount Nebo: Look down upon Moses’s Promised Land.
- Tel Aviv: Visit Mini Israel, a miniature park. See Habimah National Theatre, Rabin Square and Carmel market.
- Jaffa: Visit the ancient port.
- Nazareth: Visit the Church of the Annunciation.
- Galilee: Enjoy a morning boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. An insight into the history and contemporary life on a Kibbutz. Visit Capernaum & Mount of the Beatitudes.
- Dead Sea: Enjoy a dip in the mineral rich waters. See where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
- Masada: Take a thrilling cable-car ride up to the fortress.
- Jerusalem: Walk the Stations of the Cross and visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Garden of Gethsemene, Room of the Last Supper, Pool of Bethesda, Ecce Homo Arch. See the Temple Mount. Visit the Jewish sites of King David’s Tomb, Western Wall, Holocaust Museum and Shrine of the Book.
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Jordan Experience (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: I888
Land Price From: $1,299.00
6 Days
Tour Pace: Being only five days duration, this tour is feature packed as you would expect. Yet, because the major attractions are concentrated in the western side of the country, the touring days remain very comfortable. Hotels: Le Royal in Amman is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World. The Petra Beit Zaman is a renovated authentic 19C village transformed into a deluxe resort. While the prestigious and luxurious Marriott hotels speak for themselves.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- A Welcome Reception with light meal (WR)
- 4 Buffet Breakfasts (BB) and 3 special-menu Dinners, or Buffets (D)
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- Insight’s professional multilingual Tour Director accompanies you
- Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
- Tour by air-conditioned coach or minibus
- First Class hotels with all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Arrival & departure transfers between the airport and your Insight tour hotel
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Amman: See the Roman Amphitheatre and Citadel Hill.
- Jerash: Visit the finest surviving example of a Greco-Roman city in the world.
- Petra: Journey through the winding dark passageway between rock walls 300 and 600 ft high to the ancient hidden city.
- Shobak: Visit the Crusader fortress.
- Madaba: View the mosaic that is believed to be the earliest surviving map of the Holy Land.
- Mount Nebo: Look down upon Moses’s Promised Land.
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Jordan Experience with Dead Sea Extension (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: I889
Land Price From: $1,824.00
8 Days
Tour Pace: Being only five days duration, this tour is feature packed as you would expect. Yet, because the major attractions are concentrated in the western side of the country, the touring days remain very comfortable. Hotels: Le Royal in Amman is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World. The Petra Beit Zaman is a renovated authentic 19C village transformed into a deluxe resort. While the prestigious and luxurious Marriott hotels speak for themselves.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- A Welcome Reception with light meal (WR)
- 4 Buffet Breakfasts (BB) and 3 special-menu Dinners, or Buffets (D)
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- Insight’s professional multilingual Tour Director accompanies you
- Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
- Tour by air-conditioned coach or minibus
- First Class hotels with all service charges, taxes and porterage
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- Arrival & departure transfers between the airport and your Insight tour hotel
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Amman: See the Roman Amphitheatre and Citadel Hill.
- Jerash: Visit the finest surviving example of a Greco-Roman city in the world.
- Petra: Journey through the winding dark passageway between rock walls 300 and 600 ft high to the ancient hidden city.
- Shobak: Visit the Crusader fortress.
- Madaba: View the mosaic that is believed to be the earliest surviving map of the Holy Land.
- Mount Nebo: Look down upon Moses’s Promised Land.
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Land of the Prophets (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: I955
Land Price From: $6,465.00
21 Days
Tour Pace: A well paced tour of nearly three weeks duration, comprising of three separate itineraries in Jordan, Israel, and Egypt. Transfers and flights between the countries are relatively short giving you ample time to settle in to your new environment before the excitement begins. Hotels: Insight is an Eastern Mediterranean specialist. This means our purchasing power in the region allows us to negotiate with prestigious world-famous hotels such as the Marriott and Sheraton and pass the savings back to you. Cruise the Nile in style aboard your traditional Nile cruiser with its spacious cabins, bars, shops, lounge, restaurant and swimming pool.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- A Welcome Reception with light meal (WR)
- Friday night Shabbat dinner at the hotel (HD)
- Celebration Dinner at a Jerusalem restaurant (CD)
- Egyptian dinner and galabeya party with entertainment (HD)
- 19 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 4 lunches (L) 8 dinners (D) plus bottled water, tea or coffee while cruising
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- In each country you are escorted by one of Insight’s professional multilingual Tour Directors
- Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
- Sightseeing and Travel by air-conditioned coach or minibus
- Insight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterage
- 4 night Nile cruise on MS Medea or MS Sapphire or La Boheme (or similar) with all cruise boat gratuities included
- Scheduled flights between Jerusalem/ Cairo, Cairo/Luxor and Aswan/Cairo
- Services of Insight’s Representative in Egypt
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- All arrival & departure transfers between the airports and your Insight tour hotels
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Amman: See the Roman Amphitheatre and Citadel Hill.
- Jerash: Visit the finest surviving example of a Greco-Roman city in the world.
- Petra: Journey through the winding dark passageway between rock walls 300 and 600 ft high to the ancient hidden city.
- Shobak: Visit the Crusader fortress.
- Madaba: View the mosaic that is believed to be the earliest surviving map of the Holy Land.
- Mount Nebo: Look down upon Moses’s Promised Land.
- Tel Aviv: Visit Mini Israel, a miniature park. See Habimah National Theatre, Rabin Square and Carmel market.
- Jaffa: Visit the ancient port.
- Nazareth: Visit the Church of the Annunciation.
- Galilee: Enjoy a morning boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. An insight into the history and contemporary life on a Kibbutz. Visit Capernaum and the Mount of the Beatitudes.
- Dead Sea: Enjoy a dip in the mineral rich waters. See where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
- Masada: Take a thrilling cable-car ride up to the fortress.
- Jerusalem: Walk the Stations of the Cross and visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Garden of Gethsemene, Room of the Last Supper, Pool of Bethesda, Ecce Homo Arch. See the Temple Mount. Visit the Jewish sites of King David’s Tomb, Western Wall, Holocaust Museum and Shrine of the Book.
- Cairo: See Tutankhamun’s treasure in the Egyptian Museum. Visit Tahrir Square, the ‘beating heart’ of the 2011 Revolution. Visit Mohammed Ali Mosque and view Cairo from the Citadel.
- Giza: Enjoy a Sound & Light Show at the Great Pyramids. See the Sphinx and venture inside one of the Pyramids
- Memphis: See the statue of Rameses II & Alabaster Sphinx.
- Sakkara: See the Step Pyramid of Zozer, oldest in the world.
- Luxor: Visit the awe-inspiring Temples of Luxor and Karnak. See the Colossi of Memnon, visit the Temple of Hatshepsut and some of the Pharaoh’s tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
- Kom Ombo & Edfu: Visit the riverside temples.
- Aswan: Enjoy the sunset and high tea in colonial English style at at Agatha Christie’s Old Cataract hotel. Sail on a traditional ‘felucca’ around the Botanical gardens . Visit the Aswan High Dam and the unfinished obelisk. Board a motorboat to the Philae Island temple complex.
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Lands of the Prophets with Dead Sea Extension (2012/13) with Insight VacationsInsight Tour Code: I956
Land Price From: $6,990.00
23 Days
An epic tour of the Holyland, incorporating Biblical sites, colossal structures, lost cities, stunning panoramas and a generous insight into everyday life. Tour Pace: A well paced tour of nearly three weeks duration, comprising of three separate itineraries in Israel, Egypt and Jordan. The flights between the countries are relatively short giving you ample time to settle in to your new environment before the excitement begins. Hotels: Insight is an Eastern Mediterranean specialist. This means our purchasing power in the region allows us to negotiate with prestigious world-famous hotels such as the Marriott, Le Meridien and Sheraton and pass the savings back to you.
Insight Tours: Dining Highlights
- A Welcome Reception with light meal (WR)
- Friday night Shabbat dinner at the hotel (HD)
- Celebration Dinner at a Jerusalem restaurant (CD)
- Egyptian dinner and galabeya party with entertainment (HD)
- 19 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 4 lunches (L) 8 dinners (D) plus bottled water, tea or coffee while cruising
Insight Tours: First Class Services
- In each country you are escorted by one of Insight’s professional multilingual Tour Directors
- Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
- Sightseeing and Travel by air-conditioned coach or minibus
- Insight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterage
- 4 night Nile cruise on MS Medea or MS Sapphire or La Boheme (or similar) with all cruise boat gratuities included
- Scheduled flights between Jerusalem/ Cairo, Cairo/Luxor and Aswan/Cairo
- Services of Insight’s Representative in Egypt
- Insight Traveller Welcome pack
- All arrival & departure transfers between the airports and your Insight tour hotels
Insight Tours: Highlights
- Amman: See the Roman Amphitheatre and Citadel Hill.
- Jerash: Visit the finest surviving example of a Greco-Roman city in the world.
- Petra: Journey through the winding dark passageway between rock walls 300 and 600 ft high to the ancient hidden city.
- Shobak: Visit the Crusader fortress.
- Madaba: View the mosaic that is believed to be the earliest surviving map of the Holy Land.
- Mount Nebo: Look down upon Moses’s Promised Land.
- Tel Aviv: Visit Mini Israel, a miniature park. See Habimah National Theatre, Rabin Square and Carmel market.
- Jaffa: Visit the ancient port.
- Nazareth: Visit the Church of the Annunciation.
- Galilee: Enjoy a morning boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. An insight into the history and contemporary life on a Kibbutz. Visit Capernaum and the Mount of the Beatitudes.
- Dead Sea: Enjoy a dip in the mineral rich waters. See where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
- Masada: Take a thrilling cable-car ride up to the fortress.
- Jerusalem: Walk the Stations of the Cross and visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Garden of Gethsemene, Room of the Last Supper, Pool of Bethesda, Ecce Homo Arch. See the Temple Mount. Visit the Jewish sites of King David’s Tomb, Western Wall, Holocaust Museum and Shrine of the Book.
- Cairo: See Tutankhamun’s treasure in the Egyptian Museum. Visit Tahrir Square, the ‘beating heart’ of the 2011 Revolution. Visit Mohammed Ali Mosque and view Cairo from the Citadel.
- Giza: Enjoy a Sound & Light Show at the Great Pyramids. See the Sphinx and venture inside one of the Pyramids
- Memphis: See the statue of Rameses II & Alabaster Sphinx.
- Sakkara: See the Step Pyramid of Zozer, oldest in the world.
- Luxor: Visit the awe-inspiring Temples of Luxor and Karnak. See the Colossi of Memnon, visit the Temple of Hatshepsut and some of the Pharaoh’s tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
- Kom Ombo & Edfu: Visit the riverside temples.
- Aswan: Enjoy the sunset and high tea in colonial English style at at Agatha Christie’s Old Cataract hotel. Sail on a traditional ‘felucca’ around the Botanical gardens . Visit the Aswan High Dam and the unfinished obelisk. Board a motorboat to the Philae Island temple complex.
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