FreeGate
Included Features
- Round trip economy class airfare New York-Amman-New York
- 7 nights accommodation (Amman 5, Petra 2) with breakfast
daily
- Guided tour of Amman
- 6 days, fully escorted tour of Jordan as per itinerary
- All transfers with assistance & baggage handling
- Dinner at the Kan Zaman village
- Entrance fees to all places on included sightseeing tours
- Hotel service charges & taxes
- Sightseeing in air-conditioned vehicles with English
speaking professional tour guides
- Meals: B=breakfast (7), D=dinner (1)
- Host service in Amman
- FreeGate travel bag & document portfolio
Itinerary
DAY 1: USA-AMMAN
Depart New York via overnight transatlantic flight to Amman
with meals on board.
DAY 2: AMMAN
Meeting and assistance with Customs and baggage claim formalities
at Amman's airport. Then your host will escort you to your
hotel. The remainder of the day is at leisure.
DAY 3: AMMAN (B,D)
Today start your tour of Amman the modern capital city of
Jordan (known in history as Rabbath-Ammon and in the Greek-Roman
period as Philadelphia) with a visit to the ancient citadel.
You will see the remains of the Temple of Hercules and the
Greek Roman Theater. Continue to the archaeology and folklore
museums and one of the many art galleries of the city. The
afternoon is free for your own activities. Dinner this evening
is in the Kan Zaman village,just outside of Amman. It is a
walled fortress, built at the turn of the century and transformed
into a restaurant & handicraft center. Enjoy traditional
Jordanian cuisine and folklore music and dancing.
DAY 4: AMMAN - DEAD SEA-PELLA - UMM QEIS (B)
Today you will drive to the shores of the Dead Sea, the
lowest point on earth, to experience floating in the waters.
You will continue northward to visit the ruins of the ancient
city of Pella in the Jordan valley, one of the richest,
largest and most important archaeological sites in the area.
From there on to Umm Qeis (Gedara of the ancient days) a
very important cultural center of the Greek-Roman period,
for a visit & a panoramic view of the Sea of Galilee
& the Golan Heights. Return to Amman.
DAY 5: AMMAN-JERASH-AJLOUN (B)
Today you will visit Jerash (Gerasa of the ancient days),
built by the legions of Alexander the Great in the 2nd century
BC. Jerash was a member of the Decapolis, a dynamic commercial
league of ten Greek cities which flourished in the Hellenistic
and Roman periods. You will walk the colonnaded streets
and visit the ruins of the Theaters & the Temples. Continue
to Ajloun to visit the 12th century Saracen castle, built
in 1184 by Usama Ibn Munqich, nephew of Salah El Din for
his campaign against the Crusaders in 1189. Return to Amman.
DAY 6: MADABA - MT.NEBO - PETRA (B)
Drive southward this morning along the ancient King's Highway,
one of the oldest trade routes in the world, to Madaba,
home of the finest Byzantine mosaics. View the 6th century
mosaic map of Jerusalem, possibly the oldest map of the
holy city in existence. Continue to Mt. Nebo, the highest
point of the Moabite mountain range, overlooking the Jordan
valley & the Dead Sea, to see the memorial of Moses,
the presumed site of his death & burial place. Tradition
holds that Moses viewed the promised land from this peak.
From there you move on to Kerak, driving through the magnificent
scenery of Wadi Mujib to visit the Crusader castle. Continue
to Petra for overnight.
DAY 7: PETRA (B)
Today you will have a full day to visit the many sites of
Petra, the city that was carved into the red-rose rock of
Sharah mountains by the Nabateans and lost to civilization
for centuries. Petra was rediscovered in 1812 by the Swiss
traveler Johann Ludwing Burkhardt. You will walk through
the Siq, a narrow & winding fissure between the cliffs
to reach the treasury, the Greek Roman Theater, the courts,
the Temple of the Winged Lion & other monuments. Overnight
in Petra.
DAY 8: PETRA - WADI RUM - AMMAN (B)
Drive to the Wadi Rum desert this morning, one of Jordan's
largest & most magnificent desert landscapes. Here the
film "Lawrence of Arabia" was shot. Enjoy a short
ride on a 4x4 vehicle and return to Amman for overnight.
DAY 9: AMMAN-USA (B)
You will be transferred to the airport this morning for
your departing flight home.
| Accommodations |
VALUE |
OPTION A |
OPTION B |
| AMMAN |
San Rock/
or similar |
Century
Park/ Days Inn |
Radisson SAS |
| PETRA |
Petra Palace/ Edom |
Petra Crowne
Plaza |
Moevenpick
|
Departure
Dates & Prices
|
DEPART
USA: Saturday
|
VALUE |
OPTION A |
OPTION B |
| 2007
Departures |
| Jan 13,
20, 27 |
$1,739 |
$1,869 |
$2,029 |
| Feb 3,
10, 17, 24 |
1,739 |
1,869 |
2,029 |
| Mar 3,
10, 17, 24, 31 |
1,739 |
1,869 |
2,149 |
| Apr 7,
14, 21, 28 |
1,979 |
2,109 |
2,399 |
| May 5,
12 |
1,979 |
2,109 |
2,399 |
| May 19,
26 |
2,429 |
2,559 |
2,849 |
| Jun 2,
09, 16, 23, 30 |
2,429 |
2,559 |
2,729 |
| Jul 7,
14, 21, 28 |
2,429 |
2,559 |
2,729 |
| Aug 4,
11, 18, 25 |
1,979 |
2,109 |
2,279 |
| Sep 1,
8 |
1,979 |
2,109 |
2,279 |
| Sep 15,
22, 29 |
1,979 |
2,109 |
2,399 |
| Oct 6,
13, 20, 27 |
1,979 |
2,109 |
2,399 |
| Nov 3,
10 |
1,949 |
2,089 |
2,369 |
| Nov 17,
24 |
1,949 |
2,089 |
2,249 |
| Dec 1,
8 |
1,949 |
2,089 |
2,249 |
| Dec 15 |
2,409 |
2,539 |
2,699 |
| Dec 22 |
2,409 |
2,539 |
2,819 |
| Dec 29 |
1,949 |
2,089 |
2,369 |
2008
Departures |
| Jan 5,
12, 19, 26 |
1,949 |
2,089 |
2,249 |
| Feb 2,
9, 16, 23 |
1,949 |
2,089 |
2,249 |
| Single
room (add) |
+195 |
+275 |
+365 |
| Triple
room (deduct) |
-30 |
-39 |
-47 |
Rates are per person, double occupancy, based
on New York departures. Departures from most USA gateways
are available - please inquire. Air departure taxes ($145-195)
and possible airline fuel surcharges are additional.
BUSINESS
CLASS UPGRADE (Transatlantic airfare): $2,649
to $3,189 depending on your travel dates
BRING-YOUR-OWN-AIR: If
you buy your own airline tickets, please deduct from
above prices:
Jan
1 - Mar 31, 2007
|
$995
|
Apr 1- May
17
|
1,240
|
May
18 - Jul 29
|
1,659
|
Jul 30 -
Oct 28
|
1,240
|
Oct 29 - Dec 13
|
1,205
|
| Dec 14-24 |
1,659
|
| Dec 25 - Feb 23 2008 |
1,205
|
|
