This site makes an easy excursion from Jerusalem, less than an hour away, and is usually combined with a float and mud-bath at the Dead Sea. Here are just a few of our Israel tours that include this site: Jerusalem Stopover, Israel Highlights, Glory of Israel. Herod the Great took advantage of ... Read More »
Foto Friday – Greece Tours
a few sites you can see on one of our Greece tours ~ ... Read More »
Turkey Tours – Name That Site!
Can you name this Greco-Roman city in western Turkey that is not Ephesus? Like Ephesus, it is a highlight of many of our Turkey tours. Like Ephesus, it is one of the seven churches in the Book of Revelation, and as such, is usually included in Christian pilgrimage tours of Turkey. Also like Ephesus, ... Read More »
Greece Tours, Day Trips from Athens: Cape Sounion
Less than an hour drive southeast of Athens is Cape Sounion, a windswept promontory jutting out into the Aegean Sea. A magnificent 5th-century BCE Temple of Poseidon commands the end of the cape. It’s a dramatic and evocative place, well worth the pretty drive from Athens along the Saronic ... Read More »
Jordan Tours – Name That Site!
We're looking for the name of the modern city known for Byzantine mosaics. As in most of our Jordan tours, a visit to this site is often combined with Mt. Nebo (the traditional burial site of Moses), and one of the crusader castles of Kerak or Shobak, among other attractions along the ... Read More »
Name That Country!
This North African country was the first to acknowledge the independence of the United States of America.* In 1777, seeking to expand foreign trade, the country's sultan opened his ports to several European countries with which he did not have treaties, and to the brand new nation of the USA. In ... Read More »
