ISRAEL HIGHLIGHTS TOUR (1)
10 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS ISRAEL TOUR / WEEKLY SUNDAY ARRIVALS
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10 Days / 7 Nights Fully Escorted Tour of Israel / Operated Weekly with Sunday Arrivals
Emphasis on Biblical and General Sites / English speaking Tour /Optional Eilat & Petra Extensions |
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Day 1 - Saturday - Departure Massada Mountain Top
Today we embark on our Journey to the Holy Land. Prepare yourself for
a life-changing experience. Get some rest on the flight…Tomorrow you
will be walking in the ancient land of Israel! Overnight: onboard
Day 2 -Sunday - Arrival in Israel - Welcome to Israel
Arrive at the new Ben-Gurion Airport. Meet our representative and transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv for check in. Free time to rest, relax and enjoy your first evening in Israel. Overnight: Tel-Aviv
Day 3 - Monday - Tel Aviv - Beersheva - Arad - Massada - Jerusalem
After breakfast drive from Tel Aviv via Ashdod & Ashkelon to Beersheba. After a short visit to the Negev capital we continue via Arad to Masada. We will ascend by cable car to Masada, the spectacular mountaintop fortress built by Herod, famous for being the last stronghold of the Jewish rebellion against the Romans. From the top of Masada, the Roman camps and siege ramps can be seen. Visit the excavations, Herod’s palaces, the synagogue, bathhouse, etc. Enjoy the breathtaking view of the Roman camps and the lowest place on earth - the Dead Sea. Descend from Masada for a possible “float” in the in the salty water of the world’s lowest place. We will proceed via Ein Gedi and ascend to Jerusalem, the Holy City of Zion. Overnight: Jerusalem
Day 4 - Tuesday - Jerusalem - sightseeing of the new city
After breakfast we will head to Mt’ Scopus for a panoramic view of Jerusalem. Next, we will visit the Garden of Gethsemane and Church of the Agony. Drive to Mt’ Zion and visit the tomb of King David, the Room of the Last Supper and the Dormition Abbey. Continue on to the New City and visit the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea scroll and the new Supreme Court building.
Visit the newly renovated Holocaust Museum - Yad Vashem (the memorial site to the six million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust). Afternoon visit of the Hadassah medical center and Marc Chagall’s stained glass windows. We will end our touring day in the picturesque Ein Karem (the birth place of John the Baptist). Return to the Hotel. Overnight: Jerusalem
Day 5 - Wednesday - Old City Jerusalem - Bethlehem*
After breakfast we will enter the Old City and visit the renewed Jewish Quarter; the Western Wall (“Wailing Wall”), the Temple area; the colorful bazaars; Via Dolorosa, and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. We will then head on to Bethlehem, to visit Rachel’s Tomb and visit the Church of the Nativity. Return to Jerusalem. Overnight: Jerusalem
Day 6 - Thursday - Beit Shean - Tiberias - Galilee
After breakfast we will drive via the Jordanian valley and pass the city of Jericho to the ancient city of Beth Shean for an overview of this remarkable archeological site. It was here that after defeating Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa, the Philistines hanged their bodies on the walls of Beth Shean (1 Samuel 31). Proceed to Tiberias, the old center of Jewish learning. Drive along the shores of the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum to visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue. Continue north to the upper Galilee region for our 2 nights lodging in a lovely Kibbutz hotel. Overnight: Kibbutz Hotel, Galilee
Day 7 - Friday - Upper Galilee and Golan Heights - Nazareth
Today we drive up to the Golan Heights to visit former Syrian fortifications. Continue to Birkat Ram and visit one of the Druze villages of the Golan Heights. Proceed via Kiryat Shmone and the Hula Valley to Safed, the birthplace city of the Kabala. Here we will visit some of the synagogues and the artists’ colony. Then on to Nazareth to visit the city’s Christian Holy Sites. Return to the hotel. Overnight: Kibbutz Hotel, Galilee
Day 8 - Saturday - Acre - Haifa - Tel Aviv
After Breakfast drive west to Acre for a visit of the old, famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications. Continue to Haifa, Israel’s 3rd largest city. Visit the Bahai Shrine and its remarkable gardens. From Mount Carmel We will take a breathtaking panoramic view of the Haifa Bay and the western Galilee. Proceed to Caesaria - the remnants of the city and ancient port built by Herod the Great. Visit the Roman theater and the Crusader fortress. Drive to Tel Aviv, Israel’s largest metropolitan, and take a short city tour of Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Overnight: Tel-Aviv
Day 9 - Sunday - Departure
Transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport for your flight back home.
Day 10 - Monday
Arrive this morning back in the U.S.A * visit to Bethlehem subject to availability
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