 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Israel Tours Discover Israel S
u n d a y |
O/N Tel Aviv |
Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport.
Transfer to your selected hotel in Tel Aviv.
|
M
o n d a y |
O/N Galilee |
Drive to the modern port city of Haifa.
Begin the tour of Haifa at the summit of Mount Carmel for a breathtaking panoramic
view of the Haifa Bay and the Western Galilee. Continue to the golden domed Bahai
Shrine to visit the exotic Persian Gardens. Proceed to Safed, the center of Jewish
mysticism. Visit the ancient synagogue and the artists colony. Continue to the Golan
Heights to see the former Syrian bunkers, and the new Israeli town of Katzrin.
|
T
u e s d a y |
O/N Jerusalem |
Start the day with a visit to the ruins
of Hamat. Drive to Capernaum, to see the Church of St. Peter, then proceed to Nazareth.
Here visit the Church of the Annunciation. Drive via Beit Shean to Beit Alpha to see
the remains of the mosaic floor of an ancient synagogue. Drive along the Jordan Valley via
Jericho, the world's oldest city. End the day in Jerusalem.
|
W
e d n e s d a y |
O/N Jerusalem |
Visit the tomb of King David and the room of the Last
Supper on Mount Zion. 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 Sepulchre. Proceed to Mount Scopus and then to the Mount of
Olives for a magnificent panoramic view of the Old City. Continue to Bethlehem. View Rachel's
Tomb and visit the Church of the Nativity.
| T
h u r s d a y |
O/N Jerusalem |
Drive to the Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem
to see the Chagall stained glass windows. Proceed to Bayit Vagan to visit the miniature model
of Jerusalem as it was during the Second Temple period. Continue to Yad Vashem, the memorial
to the Holocaust, and then to the Israel Museum. Visit the Shrine of the Book, where the Dead
Sea Scrolls are displayed. See the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, and the Givat Ram Campus of
the Hebrew University.
|
F
r i d a y |
O/N Jerusalem |
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 C.E. Descend by cable car.
Time and weather permitting, an opportunity will be provided to float on the Dead Sea.
|
S
a t u r d a y |
O/N Tel Aviv |
Depart Jerusalem and visit the ruins of biblical Emmaus.
Continue to Megiddo to see the excavations of the Chariot city of King Solomon and 20 layers of
civilization. On to Caesarea, once the Roman capital of the Holyland. See the excavations of the
crusader city and Roman port, aqueduct and the amphitheater, which has been restored to its former
glory as a concert venue. Proceed along the Mediterranean coast for a short city tour of modern
Tel Aviv.
|
S u n d a y |
|
Transfer to Ben Gurion airport for departure flight.
|
| ||||||||
