| Friday |
Arrive at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport. Meet our representative and transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Tel Aviv |
Arrive Tel Aviv |
| Saturday |
At leisure and overnight in Tel Aviv. [B] |
Tel Aviv |
| Sunday |
Drive through Tel Aviv, visit Beit Hatfutsot, the Diaspora Museum, to learn about 2000 years of Jewish history and achievement in all corners of the world. Proceed along the coastal plain to Caesarea, visit the excavations of the Herodian port and the Roman, Byzantine and Crusader cities. Continue via Mt. Carmel and the Druze villages to Haifa. Overnight in Haifa. [B] |
Tel Aviv/Haifa |
| Monday |
The tour of Haifa will begin at the summit of Mount Carmel where you will take in a breathtaking panoramic view of Haifa Bay and Western Galilee. Continue on to the golden domed Bahai Shrine to visit the renowned exotic Gardens. Proceed to Safed, the centre 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.Overnight in Tiberias. [B] |
Haifa/Tiberias |
| Tuesday |
Start the day with a visit to Hamat Tiberias. Continue to Capernaum to see the ruins of the synagogue. Proceed to Nazareth. Drive through the new Jewish town and visit the Arab suk. Continue to Beit Shean and visit the ruins of one of the most exciting archaeological site in Israel. Proceeed to Beit Alpha and visit the ancient Synagogue to see the remains of the mosaic floor. Overnight in Jerusalem. [B] |
Tiberias/Jerusalem |
| Wednesday |
Visit the tomb of King David and the room of the Last Supper on Mt. Zion. Enter via Zion Gate into the Old City. Walk through the restored Jewish Quarter. Visit the Cardo, the Broad Wall, the Herodian Quarter and the Western Wall. Proceed to Mt. Scopus and Mount of Olives for a magnificent panoramic view of the Old City. Free afternoon. Overnight in Jerusalem. [B] |
Jerusalem: The Old City |
| Thursday |
Start the day at the Hadassah Medical Centre in Ein Kerem, visit the Chagall stained glass windows. Proceed to Bayit Vegan to visit the miniature model of Jerusalem as it was during the Second Temple period. At Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial, pay tribute to the six million Jews who perished in the Shoah (Holocaust). Proceed to the Israel Museum. Visit the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed. View the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament and the Givat Ram Campus of the Hebrew University. Overnight in Jerusalem. [B] |
Jerusalem: The New City |
| Friday |
Drive through the arid Judean Desert to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth, 1300 feet (400 meters) below sea level. Stop at Qumran to visit the ruins of an Essene community near 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 Herodian fortress, site of the epic last stand in the Jewish rebellion against Rome 73 CE. Time and weather permitting, float in the Dead Sea. Overnight in Jerusalem. [B] |
Journey to the Dead Sea and Massada |
| Saturday |
Leisure day and overnight in Jerusalem. [B] |
Jerusalem |
| Sunday |
Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for departure. |
Jerusalem/Depart Tel Aviv |
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