11 Days / 9 Nights Classical Tour of Israel ...

Guaranteed weekly Thursday departure

 
 
   

Thursday
Departure from North America

Friday
Arrive Israel meet and assist at Ben Gurion Airport. Transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv

Saturday
Free day in Tel Aviv


 
Tel Aviv

 
Sunday
Diaspora Museum / Caesarea / Druze villages
Depart Tel Aviv and drive to the Diaspora Museum for a visit. Proceed along the coastal plain to Caesarea, capital of Judea under the Romans. See the excavations of the crusader city and the Roman port, aqueduct and the amphitheatre that has been restored to its former glory as a concert venue. Continue via the Druze villages to Haifa.
Overnight in Haifa.

 
Caesarea, the ancient city
   
Monday
Haifa / Safed / Golan Heights
The tour of Haifa will begin at the summit of Mount Carmel where you will take in a breathtaking panoramic view of the Haifa Bay and Western Galilee. Continue on to the golden dome of Bahai Shrine to visit the exotic Persian Gardens. Proceed to Safed, the center of Jewish mysticism, where you will visit the ancient synagogues and the artist colony. Continue to the Golan Heights to see the former Syrian bunkers, Kuneitra and the new Israeli town of Katzrin.
Dinner & overnight Kibbutz hotel Lavi
The Bahai Gardens, Haifa
Caesarea Philipi, Golan
   

Tuesday
Sea of Galilee / Nazareth
Start the day with a visit to Tiberias. Drive to Capernaum to see the Ruins of the synagogue and octagonal Church of St. Peter. Proceed to Nazareth, here you will visit the Church of the Annunciation. Drive around the New Jewish town and visit the Arab market. Drive via Beit Shean to Beit Alpha to see the remains of the mosaic of an ancient synagogue depicting the Zodiac.
Overnight in Jerusalem.


 
The Sea of Galilee
   
Wednesday
Jerusalem: The Old City
Visit the tomb of King David on Mt. Zion and the room of the last supper. Enter the walled city and walk through the newly restored Jewish Quarter. Visit the Roman Cardo, the Herodian Quarter and continue to the Western Wall. Walk along the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Proceed to Mount Scopus and then to the Mount of Olives for a magnificent panoramic view of the Old City. Overnight in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem, Temple Mount
The Church of the Holy Sepulcher
   

Thursday
Jerusalem: The New City
Drive to Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem to see the Chagall stained glass windows. Continue to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial and then to the Israel Museum.
Visit the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed. At the same grounds of the Museum we will visit the Miniature model of Jerusalem as it was 200 years ago. We will see the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, and the Givat Ram Campus of the Hebrew University. Overnight in Jerusalem.

 
The Shrine of the Book Museum
   
Friday
Qumran / Massada / Dead Sea
Drive through the Judean Desert to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth, almost 1300 feet (400 meters) below sea level. Stop at Qumran to visit 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 fortress where the Zealots made their last stand against the Romans before committing mass suicide in 73 AD. Descend by cable car, time and weather permitting, an opportunity will be provided to float on the Dead Sea. Overnight in Jerusalem.

Massada
Dead Sea, mud treatment
   

Saturday
Free day in Jerusalem.

Sunday
Transfer to your flight back to North America.

Plan B
Plan D

Plan E

 

THE CLASSICAL
5 Stars 1
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Nights

Tel Aviv
Carlton
Dan Panorama
Mercure
2
Haifa
Dan Carmel
Dan Panorama
Dan Panorama
1
Galilee
Kibbutz Hotel Lavi Hod wing
Kibbutz Hotel Lavi lev wing
Kibbutz Hotel Lavi lev wing
1
Jerusalem
Inbal
Dan Panorama
Prima Royal
5

Tour will not operate on the following arrival dates:
Apr 10, 17, 24 (Passover) May 01, Sept 25 Oct 2,9,16 (high Jewish holidays)

Reservations made within 2 weeks prior to departure are on request basis.

Tour Includes:

  1. Private transfer from Ben Gurion Airport to your Hotel in Tel Aviv and from the Hotel in Jerusalem to the Airport.
  2. Meeting point on arrival at the Steimatzky bookstore at the Main Arrival Hall at the Ben Gurion International Airport.
  3. 6 Full day touring with all entrance fees as per the above itinerary.
  4. 9 nights accommodation on bed and breakfast basis at hotels as mentioned above..
  5. One dinner at the hotel in Kibutz Lavi / Galilee.
Not Included service in our tour rates:
  1. Tips to guide/driver and Hotel staff.
  2. Airfare not included.

See Terms and Conditions.

 

 
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