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3 Day HOLY LAND & EGYPT Sailing Times
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dates 2006 June:
14 ,21, 28 July:
5, 12, 19, 26 2 Day HOLY LAND Sailing Times
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DEP. Departure date 2006 April: 12, 26 May: 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 June: 07
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optional excursions : JERUSALEM & BETHLEHEM During this deeply religious and historic tour we travel to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, where we visit the Church of the Nativity and the Grotto, built over Jesus’ birthplace. After lunch in a local restaurant in Bethlehem, we drive to the Holy City of Jerusalem. Entering through Jaffa Gate, we begin a walking tour of the old city. We visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Golgotha, where daily prayers are chanted by many Christian denominations over the place where Jesus was crucified and buried. Our tour continues through the exotic oriental bazaar to the Wailing Wall. On the way we stop to admire views of the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock and Al Aksa Mosques. We then proceed past the Mount of Olives for a panoramic view of the Garden of Gethsemane and the beautiful Church of All Nations and drive through modern Jerusalem where we can enjoy views of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), the Museum of Israel and the Shrine of the Book, where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed. Our tour ends with a visit to the exhibition halls of the famous diamond centre “Caprice” where we can admire a vast selection of diamonds and other jewellery. |
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| CAIRO & CRUISE ON THE RIVER NILE | ||
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| From Port Said we drive through the cultivated desert to Cairo – home to 18 million people and the largest city
on the African continent. Our first stop is the Giza Plateau and the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient
World, the Great Pyramids of Giza. We continue down the valley to visit the
guardian of this mortuary complex, the mighty Sphinx. Watching the passage of time and men
in centuries of silence, its enigmatic expression is a mystery yet to be
unraveled. Our next stop is at a Papyrus Institute where the science of paper-making from reeds, an
art first discovered by the ancient Egyptians, is demonstrated. We continue downtown to the banks of the River Nile where a luxurious cruise boat awaits to sail down the same timeless waterway traversed by Pharaohs, Queens and Nobles thousands of years ago. Sit back, relax and enjoy a sumptuous buffet lunch in elaborate interiors as we glide past Cairo’s waterfront landmarks. For our entertainment, a folkloric presentation and belly dancing will be performed during lunch. Our last stop is at Tahrir (Liberty) Square, the heart of downtown Cairo. We visit the National Archaeological Museum and acquaint ourselves with Egypt’s ancient history, spanning a period of over 50 centuries. The Museum is the repository of the world’s largest and richest collection of Egyptian Antiquities, amongst them the priceless collection of King Tutankhamun. |
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| Cairo excursion with lunch on a Nile cruise at C£39 | ||
