Antiquities of the Red Sea and Aegean Sea
Trip Dates: Friday, March 8, 2024 - Thursday, March 21, 2024
Leader Name: David Fleshler, Vice Provost and interim executive director, Siegal Lifelong Learning, CWRU
Trip Pricing:
Cabin Prices start at $8,495, per person, based on double occupancy.
Trip Details & Highlights
Visit three continents; explore centuries-old landmarks in Jordan, Egypt, and Greece; and cruise from the Red Sea to the Aegean Sea via the Suez Canal on this remarkable voyage. Discover the historical sites of Jordan on a journey to Amman, Jerash, Wadi Rum, and legendary Petra. Mid-
cruise, overnight in Luxor in a Nile-view room and enjoy a specially arranged visit into the tomb of Queen Nefertari. Stand in the shadows of the Great Pyramids of Giza. View the Minoan Palace at Knossos and continue to Heraklion to visit the Archaeological Museum. Enhance your immersion into these ancient civilizations with an optional Greece Post-Program.
Trip Inclusions
- Fourteen-day, 12-night, 5-star journey to visit ancient sites in Jordan, Egypt, and Greece, and cruise from the Red Sea to the Aegean Sea via the historic Suez Canal.
- Three nights in Amman, with a tour of the city and the Greco-Roman ruins of Jerash.
- One night near the legendary “rose-red city” of Petra, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
- Eight-night, exclusively chartered cruise aboard the five-star Le Bougainville; each suite and stateroom has a private balcony.
- Overnight in the fabled Nile Valley in Luxor and visit the tombs of King Tutankhamen and King Ramses IV with a specially arranged visit to Queen Nefertari’s tomb.
- Enjoy lectures on board by Dr. Tarek Sayed Tawfik Ahmed, an acclaimed Egyptologist.
- Excursion into the Wadi Rum Protected Area, a traditional Bedouin site.
- Visit millennia-old sites in Jordan, Egypt, and Greece, and cruise from the Red Sea to the Aegean Sea via the Suez Canal and Mediterranean Sea.
- Excursion in the Mediterranean port of Alexandria, founded in 331 B.C. by Alexander the Great and today a cosmopolitan cultural hub.
- Visit Giza to see the Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx.
- Complimentary alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages throughout the cruise and complimentary Wi-Fi access aboard the ship (conditions permitting).
- Optional two-night Classical Greece Post-Program.
Contact Information
Sarah Doody
904.432.3141
sxd618@case.edu
Luminary Society Members
CWRU’s Luminary Society members may receive additional discounts on CWRU Educational Travel programs. For further information on Luminary Society travel discounts only, please contact The Office of Strategic Giving at 216.368.4460.