Today you will tour the Egyptian Museum that houses the most spectacular collections of Egyptian artifacts.  Here you will view the treasures found in King Tut’s Tomb.  You will also visit the Citadel, the Mosque and the bazaars.

In the afternoon tour Giza, site of the three great pyramids. Here you will have the opportunity to climb within Cheop’s Pyramid to view the inner chamber.  Continue onward to see the elusive Sphinx and the Valley Temple. (b)

   Overnight RAMSES HILTON HOTEL, Cairo

Transfer to the airport flight to Aswan where you will be met and taken to board your Nile cruise ship.

OPTIONAL: ABU SIMBEL

Morning visit of the High Dam, Granite Quarries, the Unfinished Obelisk and the Temple of Philae.  Depart for Kom Ombo and the Temple of Two Gods.  Continue along the Nile to Edfu. (b,l,d)

Morning tour of the Temple of Horus, the most complete temple complex in Egypt.  Cruise to Esna to tour the Temple, dedicated to Knum.  Proceed to Luxor. (b,l,d)

Morning departure from cruise ship. Ferry crossing to the Western Bank to see the Valley of the Kings, Queen Hatshepsut’s temple and the Colossi of Memnon.

Afternoon transfer to Luxor airport for your flight to Cairo to connect with your flight to Tel Aviv.

WELCOME TO ISRAEL !!!

 Transfer to your hotel. (b)  

    Overnight  PRIMA HOTEL, Tel Aviv

Today drive through the Old City.  Visit the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum to see the Dead Sea Scrolls.  Continue to Hadassah Synagogue to enjoy the Marc Chagall Vitraux that depicts the Twelve Tribes of Israel.  Proceed to Yad Vashem to honor the memory of the Holocaust victims.  Going back two thousand years, visit the Model of Jerusalem as she existed in times of the Second Temple.

Continue to Bethlehem only a twelve-minute drive south of Jerusalem to visit the fourth-century Basilica of the Nativity, one of the world's oldest churches.  The simple silver star in the grotto beneath the altar marks the very place Christians believe the infant Jesus was born. (b)

    Overnight  PRIMA HOTEL, Tel Aviv

Today drive through the New City.  Drive to Mount Scopus, Gethsemane.  Visit the Western Wall, the Temple Mount and the Mosques, the Via Dolorosa and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.  Visit the Jewish Quarter, the Roman Cardo.  Visit the Mount Zion with the Tomb of King David, the Room of the Last Supper and the Dormition Abbey

Visit the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum to see the Dead Sea Scrolls.  Continue to Hadassah Synagogue to enjoy the Marc Chagall Vitraux that depicts the Twelve Tribes of Israel.  Proceed to Yad Vashem to honor the memory of the Holocaust victims.  Going back two thousand years, visit the Model of Jerusalem as she existed in times of the Second Temple.  (b)

     Overnight  PRIMA HOTEL, Tel Aviv

Drive to Nazareth - visit the church of Annunciation and St. Joseph's carpentry. Continue to Cana of Galilee, site of the first miracle. View of Mt of Beatitudes and Tabgha, site of the miracle of the Fishes and Loaves.

Visit Capernaum the city of Jesus. Drive to Tiberias to the site of Baptism on the Jordan River. Return to the hotel via the scenic view of Mt. Tabor site of multiplication. (b)

    Overnight  PRIMA HOTEL, Tel Aviv