Tour Itinerary:
Day 1, Thursday: Departure. Fly from North America to Israel.
Day 2, Friday: Arrival - Welcome to Israel. Arrive at the new Ben-Gurion Airport. Meet our representative and transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv for check in. Overnight: Tel Aviv.
Day 3, Saturday: Free day in Tel Aviv. Free Shabbat to enjoy Tel Aviv, the city that never sleeps. Overnight: Tel Aviv.
Day 4, Sunday: Diaspora Museum/ Caesarea/ Druze villages. Depart Tel Aviv and drive to the Diaspora Museum for a visit. Proceed along the coastal plain to Caesarea, capital of Judea under the Romans. See the excavations of the Crusader city and the Roman port, aqueduct and the amphitheater that has been restored to its former glory as a concert venue. Continue via the Druze villages to Haifa. Overnight: Haifa.
Day 5, Monday: Haifa/ Safed/ Golan Heights. The tour of Haifa will begin at the summit of Mount Carmel where you will take in a breathtaking panoramic view of the Haifa Bay and Western Galilee. Continue on to the golden domed Bahai Shrine to visit the exotic Persian Gardens. Proceed to Safed, the center of Jewish mysticism, where you will visit the ancient synagogues and the artists’ colony. Continue to the Golan Heights to see the former Syrian bunkers, Kuneitra and the new Israeli town of Katzrin. Dinner and overnight: Galilee - Kibutz Lavi.
Day 6, Tuesday: Sea of Galilee/ Nazareth. Start the day with a visit to Tiberias. Drive to Capernaum to see the ruins of the synagogue and octagonal Church of St. Peter. Proceed to Nazareth, here you will visit the Church of the Annunciation. Drive around the new Jewish town and visit the Arab market. Drive via Beit Shean to Beit Alpha to see the remains of the mosaic floor of an ancient synagogue depicting the zodiac. Overnight: Jerusalem.
Day 7, Wednesday: Jerusalem - The Old City. Visit the tomb of King David on Mount Zion and the room of the last supper. Enter the walled city and walk through the newly restored Jewish Quarter. Visit the Roman Cardo, the Herodian Quarter and continue to the Western Wall. Walk along the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Proceed to Mount Scopus and then to the Mount of Olives for a magnificent panoramic view of the Old City. Overnight: Jerusalem.
Day 8, Thursday: Jerusalem - The New City.Drive to the Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem to see the Chagall stained glass windows. Continue to Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust and then to the Israel Museum. Visit the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed. At the same grounds of the Museum we will visit the Miniature model of Jerusalem as it was 2000 years ago .We will see the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, and the Givat Ram Campus of the Hebrew University. Overnight: Jerusalem.
Day 9, Friday: Qumeran/ Massada/ Dead Sea. Drive through the Judean Desert to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth, almost 1300 feet (400 meters) below sea level. Stop at Qumran to visit the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Drive along the shores of the Dead Sea to Massada. Ascend by cable car and tour the ancient fortress where the Zealots made their last stand against the Romans before committing mass suicide in 73 AD. Descend by cable car, time and weather permitting, an opportunity will be provided to float on the Dead Sea. Overnight: Jerusalem.
Day 10, Saturday: Free day in Jerusalem. Free day to enjoy the special atmosphere of Shabbat in Jerusalem. Overnight in Jerusalem.
Day 11, Sunday: Departure from Israel. Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for your transatlantic flight back home. Take your fond memories of Israel that will last a lifetime and start planning your next fun-filled trip to Israel.
Note: Due to high Jewish holidays this tour will not be operated on the following arrival dates:
- April 11,18, 25, 2008
- May 02, 2008
- September 26, 2008
- October 3, 10, 17, 2008.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- 9 nights hotel accommodation: 5 nights in Jerusalem, 2 night in Tel Aviv, 1 night in Haifa, 1 night in Galilee
- Israeli style buffet breakfast daily at the hotels
- One dinner at the hotel in Kibutz Lavi / Galilee
- 6 full days of sightseeing in private transportation
- Top professional government-licensed English speaking tour guide
- All entrance fee's as per itinerary
- Private transfers upon arrival and departure
- All service charges and local taxes
Prices Excludes:
- Extra meals not mentioned in the itinerary
- Extra expenses of personal nature
- Tips to guide/driver and Hotel staff
- Lunches en route on sightseeing days
- Treatments at the Dead Sea spa
- Travel Insurance (highly recommended)
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