| TRAVEL, TOURS AND ACCOMMODATION |
The Organizing Committee has appointed Ortra Ltd., a registered travel agent, as the official Organizer and Travel Agent for the Symposium. Please note that payment for registration and accommodation must be made directly to the Symposium Secretariat. Rooms have been reserved at the Sharon Hotel in Herzliya in three categories of rooms at a special reduced rate. Double and single occupancy rooms will be available. All guestrooms are fully air-conditioned and include remote Control color television and international direct-dial telephones. Ortra Ltd. will offer pre-and post-Symposium tours. Participants will be invited to make additional reservations for tourist services in Israel as desired, such as hotel extensions, regular tours, private car tours, car rentals, touring in limousines with driver/guide, desert trips, Jordan tours, etc.
AIRPORT
TRANSFERS
I. SYMPOSIUM PACKAGE
II. DAILY
ACCOMMODATION
III. PRE- SYMPOSIUM TOUR TO JORDAN
IV. PRE-SYMPOSIUM
ONE DAY TOUR TO CAESAREA, HAIFA, ACRE
AND ROSH HANIKRA
V. POST-SYMPOSIUM ONE DAY TOUR TO STALACTITE CAVES, BEIT
GUVRIN CAVES AND KIBBUTZ TZORAH
TOURIST
SERVICES FORM
Airport Transfers
Limousine
transfers can be arranged by Ortra Ltd. For Symposium participants at a
cost of US$ 50 per car. Participants who wish to book this service will be
met at the airport by Ortra Ltd. Representatives at the “Tour Bus”
counter, located in the Arrival Hall (after customs).
I.
SYMPOSIUM PACKAGE
(Thursday,
September 14, 2000 - Saturday, September 16, 2000)
| Thursday, September 14, 2000 |
| Arrival at the Sharon Hotel, Herzliya for Symposium Registration and Opening Reception |
| Friday, September 15, 2000 - Saturday, September 16, 2000 |
| Symposium Program |
Rates:
| Sharon Hotel, Herzliya | Per
person in a double room * |
Per
person in a single room |
|
Superior Room |
US $195 | US $348 |
| Bellavista Room |
US $231 |
US $384 |
| Garden Room |
US $288 |
US $441 |
| Rates include:: | |
 |
Arrival transfer on a car sharing basis on Thursday, September 14th, 2000 only. |
|
3 nights accommodation including Israeli buffet breakfast and service charge |
|
Bus transfer to Jerusalem on Sunday morning, September 17, 2000 (or on Sunday afternoon for participants registered for the Post-Symposium Tour). |
| Sharon Hotel, Herzliya | Per
person in a double room * |
Per
person in a single room |
|
Superior Room |
US $57 | US $100 |
| Bellavista Room |
US $69 |
US $112 |
| Garden Room |
US $88 |
US $131 |
| Rates include:: | |
|
One night accommodation including Israeli buffet breakfast and service charge. |
III.
PRE-SYMPOSIUM TOUR TO JORDAN
(Saturday, September 9- Tuesday, September 12, 2000)
| Saturday, September 9 |
| Arrival transfer from Ben Gurion Airport to the Metropolitan Hotel, Tel Aviv (or similar), for overnight. |
| Sunday, September 10, 2000 |
| Drive from Tel Aviv to Allenby Bridge, after border crossing procedures enter Jordan. Drive to Madaba to see the ancient mosaic map of the Holyland and ruins of historical sites. Continue about 10 km, to Mount Nebo, from where Moses viewed the promised land. From there you will see the Jordan Valley, Jericho and the Dead Sea. Visit the remains of a Byzantine church with a mosaic floor, then drive to Amman, the capital city of Jordan - a short orientation tour viewing the various landmarks of the city and drive to first class hotel in Amman for overnight. |
| Monday, September 11, 2000 |
| After an early breakfast, leave the hotel and travel south on the road to Wadi Musa. Then on horseback to the “siq” (canyon) and then on foot to Petra, also known as “Sela Adom” or “Red Rock City”, the ancient capital of the Nabateans from 3rd century bc to 2nd century ad. Visit the most interesting carved monuments, such as the Treasury, El Khazneh (a tomb of a Nabatean King), the field of tombs, obelisks, the altar (Al Madhbah). From this point you can view the whole of the Rock City, then back to Wadi Musa Village and drive back to Amman for Dinner and overnight. |
| Tuesday, September 12, 2000 |
| After breakfast leave the hotel and proceed to Jerash - city of the Decapolis, located about 45 km north of Amman in the fertile heights of the Gilad, visit the ancient Roman city with colonnaded streets, the baths and the hill top temple etc. Then drive to the border and back to Herzliya, for overnight at The Sharon hotel. |
Rates:
| Sharon Hotel, Herzliya | Per
person in a double room * |
Per
person in a single room |
|
Superior Room |
US$
528 |
US$
701 |
| Bellavista Room |
US$
540 |
US$
713 |
| Garden Room |
US$
559 |
US$
732 |
| Rates include:: | |
|
Arrival transfer (Saturday, September 9, 2000 only). |
|
3 days touring in an air-conditioned bus with licensed guide (lunches are not included). |
|
4 nights accommodation including breakfast and service charge. |
| Rates do not include: | |
|
Cost of visa to Jordan |
|
Israeli and Jordanian border taxes |
|
Tips and personal expenses |
| Visas Visas to Jordan are arranged on a group basis. You are requested to advise us of the following information in order to enable us to make arrangements: |
|
 |
Full name as it appears on your passport |
|
Nationality and passport number |
|
Issue and expiration dates (Passport must be valid for at least six months) |
|
Date and place of birth |
The arrangements do not include payment for the visa, which is made on an individual basis directly with the Jordanian border authorities. The cost of visa differs for each country of origin.
IV.
PRE-SYMPOSIUM ONE DAY TOUR TO CAESAREA, HAIFA, ACRE
AND ROSH HANIKRA
| Wednesday, September 13, 2000 |
| Following the Roman “Via Marris” alongside the Western shores of Israel, visit ancient harbors and magnificent sites of Roman times in Caesarea. Monumental structures built by the crusaders in Acre. Natural wonders in Rosh Hanikra grottos. Return to Herzliya for overnight at The Sharon Hotel. |
Rates:
| Sharon Hotel, Herzliya | Per
person in a double room * |
Per
person in a single room |
|
Superior Room |
US$
129 |
US$
172 |
| Bellavista Room |
US$
141 |
US$
184 |
| Garden Room |
US$
160 |
US$
203 |
| Rates include:: | |
|
1 day of touring in an air-conditioned bus with licensed English Speaking Guide (lunch not included). |
|
1 night accommodation including breakfast and service charge, on Wednesday, September 13th, 2000. |
| Note: Tour will operate with a minimum of 15 participants | |
V.
POST-SYMPOSIUM ONE DAY TOUR TO STALACTITE CAVES, BEIT GUVRIN CAVES AND
KIBBUTZ TZORAH
Sunday,
September 17, 2000
Full
Day Tour to the Stalactite Caves, Biet Guvrin Caves and Kibbutz Tzorah,
including lecture on the unique way of life in the Kibbutz. The tour will
end in Jerusalem for the 36th EASD Conference registration.
Rate:
US$ 61 Per Person
| Rates include:: | |
|
Full day of touring in an air-conditioned bus with licensed English Speaking Guide (lunch not included) |
| Note: Tour will operate with a minimum of 15 participants | |
*Important
Note: The
number of single rooms is limited. Participants requesting to share a
double room should send their tourist and services forms together. Ortra
will not accept reservations for sharing double rooms unless the forms are
received together.
REQUEST
FOR TOURIST SERVICES
Kindly make your requests on the attached “Tourist Services Form” and
return it with payment to Ortra Ltd. Payment to Ortra Ltd. can be made by
bank draft or bank transfer to Account #142-47233,Bank Hapoalim, Branch
554,Namir Square, Tel Aviv, by Eurocheque (in the currency of the issuing
country), by Travelers cheques, or by credit card
(VISA/Mastercard/Diners/American Express only).
TOURIST
SERVICES CANCELLATION POLICY
In case of cancellation, payments will be refunded in full, except for $80
cancellation fee plus bank charges, if notification reaches Ortra Ltd. by
August 10, 2000. Afterwards a $100 cancellation fee plus one night hotel
charge and bank charges will be retained.
TRAVEL, TOURS AND ACCOMMODATION
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