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Jordan Tours: Wadi Rum!
Included in many of our Jordan tours, Wadi Rum in the southeast of the country is three hundred square miles of protected desert, where you’ll find red sand dunes, mountains, and narrow canyons snaking between sheer towers of granite and sandstone. A small population of Bedouins live much as their ... Read More »
Turkey Tours: Name That Site!
This little Byzantine church-turned-mosque-turned-museum is tucked into a quiet neighborhood of Istanbul, about 3 miles from the star attractions of the Old City. The building's modest exterior belies the brilliance inside, where an outstanding collection of Byzantine frescoes and mosaics cover the ... Read More »
Egypt Tours – Name That Site!
In the far south of Egypt, on a lonely, barren shore stands one of Egypt's most dramatic sites. We include this site in most of our Egypt tours, while many tour operators offer it only as an optional add-on. The temples were built by Rameses II (the Great) more than three thousand ... Read More »
Foto Friday – GRAND Egypt
Happy Friday, Friends! Let's drop in on Egypt for a few minutes, shall we? Click to drop in on Egypt for a few days, or as long as you wish. ... Read More »
Morocco Tours: Ait Ben Haddou
Two of our Morocco tours that include Ait Ben Haddou: Ultimate Morocco and Glory of Morocco. In the foothills of the High Atlas Mountains of south-central Morocco, on the old trade route between the Sahara desert and Marrakech stands the fortified village (ksar) of Ait Ben Haddou. The indigenous ... Read More »
