Tour Features Meeting and assistance at airport. Round trip airport transfers. Accommodations with private bath using the hotel plan of your choice. Full Israeli buffet style breakfast - daily. Services of government licensed guide on sightseeing days. Air conditioned transportation used for touring. All entrance fees as per chosen itinerary. Portfolio including itineraries and maps. Swimming in the Dead Sea. Program available from cities across the United States.

Day-by-Day Itinerary

Friday

Ben Gurion Airport / Tel Aviv

Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, where you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel.

Overnight: Tel Aviv

Saturday

Leisure day

Overnight: Tel Aviv

Sunday

Caesarea / Haifa / Acre / Rosh Hanikra

Drive north to Caesarea, once the Roman capital of the region.  See the excavations of the crusaders' city, the aqueduct and the amphitheatre which has been restored as a concert venue.  Proceed to Haifa for a panoramic view from Mt. Carmel and visit "AF AL PI CHEN", the naval museum of the illegal immigration to Israel at the time of the British mandate.  Drive to Acre; walk along the old harbour and local market; continue to the northernmost point of Israel at Rosh Hanikra.  Descend by cable into the limestone Grottoes. 

Overnight: Kibbutz Guesthouse

Monday

Safed / Tel Facher / Banias / Tel Hai

Drive to Safed, center of the Kaballa movement.  Visit the JOSEPH CARO and the HA' ARI synagogues, the most important synagogues in the city; stroll around the Artist's quarter.  Enjoy a jeep tour to they foot of the Golan.  Continue to the Golan Heights.  Stop at an observation point over the city of Kuneitra, and the Syrian territory.  Stop at Tel Facher, a former Syrian army camp.  Visit the Banias springs.  Next, a visit to Tel-Hai.  See the "Roaring Lion" monument and learn about the heroic battle of Josef Trumpeldor and his comrades in 1920.

Overnight: Kibbutz Guesthouse

Tuesday

Beit Shean / Beit Alpha / Gan Hashlosha / Jerusalam

Drive to Tiberias to visit Rambam's grave.  Proceed to Beit Shean, also called "Scythopolis", the biggest archeological park in Israel with beautiful excavations from the Roman and Byzantine period.  Stop at Beit Alpha to see the beautiful mosaic floor of a synagogue from the Byzantine period.  Onto Gan Hashlosha, (Sachne) where you will have the opportunity to enjoy bathing in the water springs located at the foot of the Gilboa mountain, the famous mountain on which King Saul was killed in the battle against the Philistines.  Continue via the Jordan valley to Jerusalem.  Stop at Mount Scopus for a blessing as you enter the city. 

Overnight: Jerusalem

Wednesday

 

Jerusalem: The Old City

Tour the old city of Jerusalem.  Start with a visit to the tomb of King David on Mt. Zion.  Walk along the Cardo, the ancient Roman road.  Visit the four Sepharadic synagogues restored after the 1967 war in the Jewish quarter.  Tour the Kotel Tunnels.  Visit Davidson center and walk through the Roamn Cardo, to the local Arab bazaar.  Walk through Jaffa to David's Tower museum and see the ancient remains of the city beginning with the first Temple period.

Overnight: Jerusalem

Thursday

Jerusalem: The New City

Celebrate the Bar-Mitzvah ceremonies at the kotel.  Continue to Mea Shearim and learn about the unique lifestyle of the ultra orthodox communities.  Drive by the Knesset, Israel's parliament and see the Menorah with the biblical emblems.  Next visit the Israel museum, the Shrine of the book where the Dead Sea scrolls are housed, and the new holyland model - a miniature replica of Jerusalem as it was during the second temple period.  Drive to Mount Hertzel, the military cemetery and Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust.  Visit the ammunition hill, a former Jordanian army stronghold, conquered by the Israeli army in the Six Day War, and converted into a national memorial site and museum.

Overnight: Jerusalem

Friday

Qumeran / Massada / Dead Sea

Drive through the Judean desert to the Dead Sea.  Stop at Qumeran, the site where the Dead Sea scrolls were found.  Continue to Massada, ascend by cable car and tour the ancient fortress, visiting the remains of the walls, palaces, synagogue, the bathhouses, etc.  Descend by cable car.  Next stop is for lunch and Spa facilities in one of the leading hotels in the area.

Overnight: Jerusalem

Saturday

Leisure day

Overnight: Jerusalem

Sunday

The Negev Desert / Timna / Eilat

Travel south to the Negev desert, visit Israel's Air Force Museum at Hatzerim to view the planes and equipment and to hear the story of this brave fighting force.  Continue south, visiting the kibbutz Sde Boker, to see Ben Gurion's hut and grave, overlooking the magnificent Zin valley.  Stop at Mitzpeh Ramon to gaze into the Ramon crater, a geological wonder.  Drive to Timna to see the copper mines and King Solomon's pillars and marvel at the huge multi-colored rock formations.  Proceed to Eilat.

Overnight: Eilat

Monday

Leisure day or optional tour to Petra (additional charge)

After assistance with visa to the Jordanian Border, drive straight away to Petra through desert highways, your ultimate destination is the astonishing rose-red city of Petra which was built by the Nabateans (An early Arab Tribe). Petra was renowned for its massive architecture, pools, dams and water channels. Petra is the legacy of the Nabateans who settled in the South of Jordan more than two-thousands years ago. The visit begins with the possibility of a short horseback-riding for about 700 m. until the entrance of the Siq, which is about 1.2 km long (walking distance). There is a possibility to rent a chariot (extra) to get inside Petra and back to the gate outside.

Petra is famous for its huge monuments such as The Treasury, Royal Tombs, The Court, Roman Theatre, Roman Street, Qassier El- Bint (Palace of Pharaoh’s daughter) and many other smaller monuments which fascinates the visitors. The city itself is almost 45 square km and is considered to be the second wonder of the world. After the visit, time for lunch in a nice Restaurant. After lunch drive back to Border. On the way, a short visit to Aqaba with the possibility to stop and take a walk around. Then transfer to border around 18:00 PM, Then cross to Eilat.

Overnight: Eilat

Tuesday

Eilat / Mamshit / Tel Aviv

Visit the Underwater Observatory, one of the largest seaquariums in the world, built into coral reef. Drive to Mamshit for a Camel riding experience and visit to an authentic Bedouin tent. Learn about the Bedouin hospitality and enjoy a light lunch . Drive back to Tel-Aviv .

Overnight: Tel Aviv

Wednesday

Tel Aviv / Ben Gurion Airport

After breakfast, transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for your departure flight.

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