Group
Tour / Guaranteed departures min 2 participants
Accommodation in Standard and Superior Hotels
Tel Aviv (1) - Jerusalem (3)
- Galilee (2) - Tel Aviv (1)
Category:
Escorted group, cultural tour, roundtrip, scenic land journey,
guaranteed departures
Day 1: Arrive Tel Aviv (D)
Arrival to Ben Gurion airport where you will be met by our
representative and transferred to your hotel. Overnight Tel Aviv.
Day 2: Tel-Aviv - Beer
Sheba
- Masada Dead Sea
(B )
Depart from Tel Aviv and travel
via Ashdod and Ashkelon
to Beersheba.
Enjoy a short visit to the Negev
capital. From there continue to Masada via
Arad. Ascend with a cable car to
the fortress, which was the last stronghold of the
Jewish Zealots in their war against the Romans. Visit
the excavations, Herod’s palaces, the synagogue and
bathhouse etc. Enjoy the magnificent view of the Dead
Sea. Descend for a possible “float” in the
in the salty water of the lowest place on earth. Proceed
to Jerusalem via Ein Gedi &
Kalya, for overnight.
Day 3: Jerusalem (B)
Start
the day at the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book with
the famous Dead Sea scrolls, then a visit to the
beautifully renovated model of the Herodian city of
Jerusalem, dating back to the time of the Second Temple.
Enjoy Ein Karem; a picturesque village in the south
western outskirts of Jerusalem. This small village has
great significance in Christian traditions, since this
is where according to tradition John the Baptist was
born. Visit Yad Vashem the official memorial to the
Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953,
located at the foot of Mt. Hertzl. Visit Bethlehem - the
birthplace of Jesus at the Church of the Nativity and
Manger Square. Return to your Jerusalem hotel.
Day 4: Jerusalem Old City
& Bethlehem
(B)
Enter the Old City of Jerusalem where you will see the
Western Wall and the actual site of the Second Temple,
the Temple Mount. Walk the Way of the Cross, the Via
Dolorosa, to Calvary and the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre, housing both the traditional site of
Crucifixion and the Tomb of the Resurrection. To the
southwest, just outside the Old City, is Mount Zion,
with the traditional tomb of King David and the Room of
the Last Supper. Enjoy the spectacular panoramic view of
Jerusalem - the holy city for each of the world’s three
great religions – Christianity, Judaism and Islam, from
atop the Mount of Olives. Visit the Garden of Gethsemane
where Judas betrayed Jesus. In the heart of a
neighborhood in downtown Jerusalem, visit Mahane Yehuda
to experience the flavors, aromas, colors and the
traders' interaction with the crowds, at the largest
open market in Israel. Return to your Jerusalem hotel.
Day 5: Beit Shean - Nazareth - Safed
(B)
Leave Jerusalem and drive north
passing by Jericho, the oldest city in the world .
Travel through the Jordan Valley and the
new settlements to Beit Shean, and visit the excavations
of this beautifully preserved Roman City .On to Nazareth
to visit the Church of the Annunciation and Christian
holy sites. Proceed to Safed, city of the Kabbalah
and centre of Jewish mysticism, to visit the beautiful
streets of the artists’ colony. Overnight in a kibbutz
hotel in the Galilee.
Day 6 :
Golan Heights- Sea of Galilee (B)
Drive up to the Golan Heights passing by Banias, source
of the Jordan River, former Syrian fortifications and
the Druze
villages .Enjoy an Israeli wine country experience, with
vineyards surrounded by breathtaking views. Become
acquainted with the collection of fine and rare wines
enjoying a tour, wine tasting and understanding of the
wine production process. Descend to the shore of the Sea
of Galilee and proceed to Capernaum, to visit the ruins
of the ancient synagogue, the Mount of Beatitudes,
traditional site of the ‘Sermon on the Mount’ and Tabgha,
the traditional site of the ‘miracle of the loaves and
the fish.’Onwards to Tiberias, the old center of Jewish
learning. Optional sailing on a boat across the Sea of
Galilee to experience the tranquility and scenery little
changed during the past 2000 years (subject to
conditions and fee). Return to the kibbutz hotel for
overnight.
Day 7: Acre
- Haifa
- Tel Aviv (B)
After breakfast drive through the hills of the Galilee,
westwards to Acre (Akko) for a visit of the old, famous
Crusader stronghold and medieval fortification .
Continue to Haifa, ascending Mount Carmel for a
panoramic view of the city, including the Baha'i Shrine,
Persian Garden, and Haifa bay .Proceed along the
Mediterranean coast to Caesarea to visit the Roman
Theater and the Crusader fortress at what is known as
the “masterpiece of Herod the Great .” End the day
with a short city tour of Tel Aviv and the ancient port
of Jaffa. Overnight in Tel Aviv.
Day 8: Departure- Tel Aviv (B)
Transfer to Ben Gurion airport for departure.
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