Luxury Israel, Jordan & Egypt Travel Review: Mount of Beatitudes, St Peter’s Church, Dead Sea, Giza, Nile River, Petra, Temples

Our guide in Egypt made it incredibly easy and explained all the history.  He carried bags, repeated himself over and over for my hearing impaired mother and her friend.  He was so patient!!  He knows his stuff and prepared you for everything including tipping, buying gifts, what to eat, etc. 
Highlights were Mt Nebo, Temple of Giza, St Peter’s church, Mount of Beatitudes,  St George’s church with the map of the Holy Land, the Citadel, Petra, floating in the Dead Sea, Moses burial place, and the Sea of Galilea.
I looked forward the most to Jerusalem.  The Mount of Olives, the garden of gethsemane and the via dolorosa, but it was the most disappointing.  The commercialization really took away from the experience.  It was amazing to get to see it, but it really comes alive at the Israel museum.  Don’t miss this!!  The model of the temple helps you imagine what it was like back then.   The long road that Jesus carried his cross.  Don’t waste time at the reinvention of Golgotha and the tomb.  It is a madhouse and doesn’t do justice to our Savior and what he endured!!   The Dead Sea Scrolls are incredible.  What an amazing find!!