Classic Israel with Eilat
14 DAYS/13 NIGHTS - Sunday arrival

Half day tour of Tel Aviv. Drive to Neve Tzedek, then walk through the colorful Carmel Market and the Nachalat Binyamin pedestrian Mall. Continue to Independence Hall, where the establishment of the State of Israel was proclaimed. Drive to the old port city of Jaffa. Stroll through the restored artists' quarter.

Drive north via Netanya to Caesarea, once the Roman capital of the Holyland. See the excavations of the Roman statues, the aqueduct and the amphitheater, which was restored to its former glory as a concert venue. Visit Ein Hod, the artists colony on the Carmel mountains. Proceed to Megiddo to see the excavations of King Solomon's stables and 20 layers of civilization.

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. Continue north to Acre and visit the crypt of St. John and the underground Crusader City. Proceed to Safed, the center of Jewish mysticism. Visit the ancient synagogues and the Artists Colony. Continue to the Golan Heights to see the former Syrian bunkers, and Katzrin-the new Israeli town.

Start the day with a visit to the Church of Annunciation in Nazareth. Drive to Capernaum, the old town of Jesus, and proceed to Tiberias, the lovely resort town, and the excavated remains of the synagogue at Hamat. Continue via Beit Shean to Beit Alpha to see the remains of the mosaic floor with its famous Zodiac. Drive along the Jordan valley rift, pass Jericho - the oldest city on earth.

Visit the tomb of King David and the room of the Last Supper on Mount Zion. Enter the walled city and walk the newly restored Jewish Quarter. Visit the Roman Cardo, the Herodian Mansion 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 city of Jerusalem. Continue to Bethlehem, stopping at Rachel's Tomb, to visit the Church of the Nativity.

Drive to the Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Karem to see the Chagall stained glass windows. Proceed to Bayit Vegan to study the scale 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 Hebrew University Campus.

Drive to Beersheba. Continue through the Negev desert to Sde Boker to visit Ben Gurion's Hut. On to the ruins of Avdat,a 2000 year old Nabatean city. Drive through Mitzpe Ramon to the Visitor's Center overlooking the Ramon Crater.

Day at leisure in Eilat. Spend the day on the beach, enjoy various water sports take a jeep tour, a cruise on the Red Sea, or a full day tour to Petra in Jordan.

Tour of Eilat, including Coral World, the Underwater Observatory and Marine Museum. See the borders with Egypt at Taba and with Jordan at Arava. Continue to Timna to see Solomon's pillars, the ancient Egyptian temple, the Mushroom Rock. Head north, via the Arava Valley to Tel Aviv.