Friday 20 August: Nablus and Vicinity
Highlights: Khan al Lubban, Huwara, Jacob's
Well, Tel Balata (Shechem), Roman Nablus, the Old City: The oriental market,
the Grand Mosque, the Turkish Bath, soap factory, Kenafa workshop, and
al Qasaba museum, Mt. Gerzim and Sebastiya (Samaria). Cost: NIS 120
Friday 27 August: Jericho and Vicinity
Highlights:
The Good Samaritan Inn, Nabi Musa, St. George's Monastery, Tulul Abu al
Alayeq (Herod's Winter Palace), Tel Jericho, Monastery of Temptation, Hisham's
Palace, Khirbet Qumran, and the Dead Sea. Cost: NIS 130
Sunday 29 August: Turkish Bath
Highlights: Dinner followed by famous Nabulsi
sweets and a presentation of oriental music. Bath is optional. Departure
from Ramallah at 16:00 and return is expected at 23:00. Cost: NIS 110
Summer Nights in Artas (south of Bethlehem)
Artas Folklore Center telefax: 02-2744046
http://event.palnet.com/artas
01 August - 26 September
For groups of 10 - 25 persons
Artas may be a small village near Bethlehem,
but its rich history and wonderful natural scenery affords it a special
status in the region.
Schedule for August
16:30 - 17:40 Gathering at Artas restaurant
located next to Al Burak Castle, an optional soft drink, coffee and tea.
17:40 - 19:40 walking tour of Al Burak castle,
Solomon's pools, Attan spring, Khirbet Al Khoukh, Artas Monastery, Ein
Artas, Wadi Artas, Artas folklore center exhibition, Palestinian Ethnographic
Museum.
19:40- 21:00 Palestinian traditional dinner
21:00 - 22:00 Live folklore night show with
Arabic coffee
Costs: (per person)
18-14 persons $30 (NIS 120)
16-19 persons $26 (NIS 104)
20-25 persons $22 (NIS 88)