ITINERARY
After arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, you will be met by our transfer representative and transferred to your hotel in Tel-Aviv.
Hotels: Overnight in Tel Aviv
Meals: NA
After breakfast, 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 southwestern 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.
Hotels: Overnight in Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
After breakfast, we will start our tour in 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.
Hotels: Overnight in Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
After breakfast, begin the day 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, the city of the Kabbalah and the center of Jewish mysticism, to visit the beautiful streets of the artists’ colony.
Hotels: Overnight in Galilee
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Following breakfast, Drive up to the Golan Heights passing by Banias, the 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, the 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).
Hotels: Overnight in Galilee
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
After breakfast drive through the hills of the Galilee, westwards to Acre (Akko) for a visit to the old, famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications.
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.
Hotels: Overnight in Tel Aviv
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Following breakfast, Day at leisure in Tel Aviv, or an optional tour to Masada & the Dead Sea.
Hotels: Overnight in Tel Aviv
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Enjoy your last meal of the trip. Depending on your departure time, you will be transferred from your hotel to Ben Gurion Airport for your departing flight home at the appropriate time home.
Hotels: NA
Meals: Breakfast
SERVICES
- Arrival and departure transfer
- Porterage at airports and hotels
- 2 nights in Tel Aviv at Metropolitan Hotel or similar
- 2 nights in Tiberias at Royal Plaza Hotel or similar
- 3 nights in Jerusalem at Gran Court Hotel or similar
- 13 Meals: 7 Breakfast and 6 Dinners
- Visit the Israel Museum’s Shrine
- Visit the Herodian city of Jerusalem
- Visit Yad Vashem
- Visit Bethlehem
- Visit the Old City of Jerusalem
- Visit the Via Dolorosa, to Calvary and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- Visit the traditional tomb of King David
- Visit the Mount of Olives
- Visit the Garden of Gethsemane where Judas betrayed Jesus
- Visit Mahane Yehuda and Israel market
- Visit the excavations of this beautifully preserved Roman City
- Visit the Church of the Annunciation and Christian holy sites
- Visit the beautiful streets of the artists’ colony.
- Enjoy an Israeli wine country experience
- Visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue, the Mount of Beatitudes
- Visit the old, famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications
- Visit the Roman Theater and the Crusader fortress at what is known as the “masterpiece of Herod the Great”
- City tour of Tel Aviv and the ancient port of Jaffa.
- International flights
- Any optional excursions
- Any beverages
- Tips for guides, drivers, and specialist guides
- Personal expenses
- Optional tours or visits
- Any tests are required for passengers due to Covid-19 regulations.
- Optional Masada & Dead Sea tour on Sunday (on regular tour – $139 per person. )
Metropolitan Hotel
Royal Plaza Hotel
Grand Court Hotel