Astronomical Tours Eclipse 2006 Payment Page

Post-Eclipse Cruise Tour Extension options:

3-nights / 4 day Istanbul Stopover Istanbul Stopover Begins and ends in Instanbul, Turkey for $499 pp Airfare from Athens available upon request and subject to change until confirmed with payment. Dates: March 31 - April 3, 06
3-night itinerary: March 31 - April 3, 2006 $300 per person due at the time of booking. Balance due 60 days prior to departure. *NOTE: It is not necessary to have a Paypal account to initiate secure payments online.* Click here to Deposit $300 now for this tour extension. Airfare deviations to Istanbul available on request by calling 660-747-9458	Price includes: Transfers - airport/hotel/airport 3 nights accommodations at Instanbul Akgun Hotel (5) with daily breakfasts and dinners Ottoman Heritage and Byzantine Heritage tours All Entrance Fees English speaking tour guide Byzantine Heritage Tour: Blue Mosque* - Its magnificent series of domes and semi-domes and six slender minarets. Hippodrome and Obelisks - Scene of chariot races and center of Byzantine life. Haghia Sophia Museum - the most renowned Byzantine cathedral and the best known Christian church in Istanbul. Grand Bazaar - containing 4399 shops, 2195 workshops and 497 stalls! Ottoman Heritage Tour: Topkapi Palace - The most important historical site in Istanbul, - administrative center for 400 years with courtyards, imperial gates, towers and chambers. The treasury holds fabulous displays of exotic weath and beauty; and the Pavillion of Holy Relics. Suleymaniye Mosque - Considered the most beautiful of all imperial mosques in Istanbul. Inside are the mihrab and the mimber made of finely carved white marble and exquisite stained-glass windows coloring the incoming streams of light.

4 nights / 5 day Jerusalem Jewish Heritage Stopover
5 day 4 night Jerusalem Jewish Heritage Stopover Itinerary March 31 - April 4, 2006 This is oriented as a Jewish Heritage Tour $300 per person due at the time of booking. Balance due 60 days prior to departure. *NOTE: It is not necessary to have a Paypal account to initiate secure payments online.* Click here to Deposit $300 now for this tour extension. Airfare deviations to Istanbul available on request by calling 660-747-9458	March 31 - TEL AVIV Upon arrival in Tel Aviv, you will be met by a Tour representative and transferred to your hotel for overnight. April 1 - JERUSALEM Depart for Masada via Ashdod, Ashkelon, Beersheva (a short visit to the Negev capital) and Arad. At Masada, ascend by cable-car to the fortress which was the last stronghold of the Jewish Zealots in their war against the Romans. Visit the excavations, Herod's palaces, the synagogue and bath house which overlook the Roman camps and the Dead Sea. Descend by cable-car. Proceed to Jerusalem for overnight. April 2 - JERUSALEM Drive to Mount Scopus for a sweeping view of Jerusalem. Then on to the Garden of Getsemane and the Church of All Nations. Drive to Mount Zion for a visit to the Tomb of King David, the Last Supper Room and Dormition Abbey. Sightseeing in the New City includes Shrine of the Book with its famous Dead Sea Scrolls, the new Knesset Building (Parliament), the Hebrew University campus, Mount Herzl and Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial. Then visit the model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem dating back to the time of the Second Temple 2000 years ago.Continue to the Medical Center for a short visit to the synagogue with the Marc Chagall stained-glass windows.Return to the hotel for overnight April 3 - JERUSALEM Start the walking tour of the Old City through the Jaffa Gate. Visit the Kardo, the Western Wall, the Dome of the Rock (entrance fee not included), the Via Dolorosa and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Pending security clearance, continue to Bethlehem to visit Rachel's Tomb and the Church of the Nativity. Return to Jerusalem for overnight. April 4 - You will be transferred to the airport for your departure flight.

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