DETAILS
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DAY 1 |
Arrival Upon arrival to the Ben Gurion International Airport you will meet our representative and transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv. Overnight Tel-Aviv |
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DAY 2 |
Tel Aviv After breakfast drive around the main streets of Tel Aviv, center of business and entertainment of Israel, also known as the "White City" and declared by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site. Stop at Rabin's square, place of assassination of Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin. Continue to Old Jaffa, an 4000 year Old Port city; Visit the ancient ruins and walk along the restored artists' quarter. Visit Neve Tzedek, the first neighborhood of Tel Aviv, built in 1887 and Nahalat Benyamin, the pedestrian street of the city with its musicians, handmade jewelry and artifacts (available on Tuesdays & Fridays only). Visit the Carmel Market. You'll find yourself pleasantly lost among the locals in the maze of food stalls. Shuk HaCarmel, Tel Aviv’s largest and most-centrally located shuk: from hand-made Jachnun, a traditional Yemenite dish, to boutique cheeses, and from one-off cotton clothes to designer threads. Our last stop at Sheinkin, the lively and colorful street specially known with the unique shops, café life and youthful ambiance Overnight Tel Aviv |
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DAY 3 |
Caesarea - Haifa – Acre - Tiberias After breakfast checkout your hotel with your luggage. Drive north along the coast to the archaeological ruins of Caesarea, built by Herod the Great in honor of Augustus Caesar. Continue to Haifa, for a panoramic sightseeing tour of the city, including the Baha'i Shrine, Persian Garden, Mount Carmel and Haifa bay. Proceed to Acre (Akko) for a visit of the old, famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications. After exploring Acre we drive toward the Sea of Galilee. Arrive at Tiberias and check-in to your hotel. Overnight Tiberias |
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DAY 4 |
Sea of Galilee Start the day from historic Tiberias, where Jesus lived, sojourned, and preached on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Our next destination will be Capernaum, the center of Jesus ministry. On to Tabgha, just north of Tiberias, the site of Christ’s miracle of feeding the 5,000 and at the Church of Multiplication, where the mosaic floor depicts a basket with loaves and two fishes. We drive on to the Mount of Beatitudes overlooking the Sea, where Jesus preached the “Sermon on the Mount” and it is believed that Jesus picked his 12 apostles. We ascend to the Golan Heights to view the panoramic view of the peaks of Mt. Hermon, the rugged plateau of the Golan Heights, and beneath it the green pastoral Hula Valley. Return to Tiberias for another lovely night in town. Overnight Tiberias |
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DAY 5 |
Nazareth - Jordan Valley - Beit Shean - Jerusalem After breakfast checkout your hotel with your luggage. This morning we travel to Cana to visit the Wedding Church where Jesus performed his first miracle, turning water into wine. We proceed to Nazareth, where Jesus spent his childhood, and the Church of Annunciation, built on the site where archaeologists believe the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary. You will also see Mary’s Well and Joseph’s Church. Drive through the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean with its recently excavated amphitheater. Visit the excavations of this beautiful preserved Roman City which was destroyed in an earthquake. Continue to Jerusalem, to check-in at the hotel. Overnight Jerusalem |
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DAY 6 |
Masada & Dead Sea Through remarkable scenery of the Dead Sea we continue to Masada which is situated on an isolated cliff in the Judean Desert. The site was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. Ascend by cable car to the fortress, which was the last stronghold of the Jewish Zealots in their war against the Romans. Visit the excavations, King Herod’s palace, the synagogue, bathhouse and much more. Enjoy the breathtaking view of the Roman camps and the Dead Sea. En route to the Dead Sea, you will visit the site of the Qumran Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Nearly Overnight Jerusalem |
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DAY 7 |
Jerusalem Old City Start the day at Mt. Scopus. Enjoy the spectacular panoramic view of Jerusalem. The holy city for each of the world’s three great religions – Christianity, Judaism and Islam, Jerusalem occupies a unique place in the world. Your tour includes the Mount of Olives, a stop at the site where Jesus first gave the Lord’s Prayer, and the Garden of Gethsemane where Judas betrayed Jesus. In the Old City 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. Return to hotel. Overnight Jerusalem (50) |
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DAY 8 |
Jerusalem New City - Bethlehem Today's tour includes Yad Vashem the official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953, located at the foot of Mt. Hertzl. 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. Continue to 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. Drive by the Knesset (House of Parliament) and the campus of Hebrew University. Visit Bethlehem to see the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square. Back to your hotel for overnight. Overnight Jerusalem |
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DAY 9 |
Departure Transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport for flight back home |
