MIDDLE EAST “


I want to thank you for another memorable


trip. I shared the Egypt and Jordan experience with one of my daughters, which made it even more enjoyable for me since we both had wanted to make this trip for years. When I returned home I added up the costs of included entrance fees (if we had done this on our own)... a real advantage of an all-inclusive tour.


” – Philip H. Steward, CA


Like the Seljuk art that adorns its mosques, the poetry of Rumi, or the elaborate


designs of an Oriental carpet, the cultural tapestry of Turkey is colorful, vast and endlessly fascinating, as you might expect from a land that bridges Europe and Asia... from Istanbul, with its roots in ancient Byzantium (Ottoman, Arabic, Greek and Roman architectural wonders in the midst of modern urban sprawl), to the Christian cave city of Cappadocia, the fairy chimneys of Göreme, and all the natural wonders in between, you’ll find Turkey as intoxicating as the aroma of its spice markets, and like its potent coffee, deep, rich and mystical.


So many religions, ethnicities and cultures coexist in Israel (barely the size of New


Jersey) that you may be astonished at the complexities of life in this melting pot of the Middle East, where the Biblical past exists beside cosmopolitan cities and a burgeoning high-tech economy... from the Bauhaus architecture of Tel Aviv and the Arabic enclave of Jaffa to the Crusader port of Akko, the vacation resorts of the Dead Sea, and ancient Jerusalem, sacred to three faiths, with its long, tempestuous history. A land of contrasts – inspirational, eye-opening and filled with new experiences.


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