ISRAEL

7 NIGHTS / 8 DAYS

SUNDAY: Tel Aviv

Upon arrival to airport meet our representative and transfer to hotel in Tel Aviv for overnight.

MONDAY : Tel Aviv - Beersheva - Arad - Massada - Jerusalem.

Leave Tel Aviv to - Beersheba. for a short visit to the Negev capital and the site of Abraham's Well. Then via Arad to Mt. Massada which was the last stronghold of the Jewish Zealots in their war against the Romans. Ascend by cable car to the fortress, Visit the excavations, Herod's palaces, the synagogue, bathhouse and other buildings. Enjoy the breathtaking view of the Roman camps and the Dead Sea. Descend to the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth. Take a break near Ein Gedi for a short swim or float in the salty mineral water. Proceed to Jerusalem for overnight.

TUESDAY : Jerusalem - sightseeing of the new city

Drive to Mt. Scopus for a panoramic view of Jerusalem. Then to the Garden of Gethsemane and Church of the Agony. Visit the tomb of King David on Mt. Zion, the Room of the Last Supper and Dormition Abbey. Visit the Israel Museum's Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea scrolls and the model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem dating back to the time of the Second TempleDrive by the Supreme Court and Mt. Herzl.

Visit "Yad Vashem", the Holocaust Memorial . visit . Afternoon visit of the Hadassah Medical Center and the synagogue with the magnificent Marc Chagall stained glass windows, then drive through the quaint village of Ein Karem - birth place of John the Baptist - to the Hotel for overnight.

WEDNESDAY: Jerusalem - The Old City and Bethlehem*

Enter the Walled Old City by the Jaffa Gate through the Mamilla Arcade that hosts Arab and Jewish families and tourists strolling elbow to elbow through shops and art exhibits. Within the city walk to the renewed Jewish Quarter; visit the Temple area, with its last remaining Western Wall (also called the Wail ling wall);, walk the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Walk out of the old city of Jerusalem via the colorful bazaars; and drive to Bethlehem* to visit Rachel Tomb and the Church of the Nativity and return to Jerusalem for overnight.

THURSDAY: Jericho* -Jordan river - Tiberias - Galilee.

Leave Jerusalem, driving via Bethany and Jericho*, the oldest city in the world. Continue northward via the Jordan Valley and the new settlements to Beit Shean. After a short stop in Yardenit where you can walk into the Jordan river , proceed to the town Tiberias, the old center of Jewish learning on the shores of the Sea of Galilee . Drive along the shores of the Lake to Capernaum to visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue. Continue to a Kibbutz hotel for overnight.

FRIDAY: Upper Galilee - Golan Heights – Nazareth

Drive to the Golan Heights. Visit the former Syrian fortifications, Birkat Ram, and the Druze villages, Via Banias, source of the Jordan River. Proceed via Kiryat Shmone and the Hula Valley to Safed, city of the Kabala, to visit synagogues and the artists colony and then to Nazareth to visit the Christian Holy Sites. Return to the Kibbutz hotel for overnight.

SATURDAY: Acre - Haifa -Carmel -Tel Aviv.

After Breakfast drive west to Acre for a visit of the famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications. Continue a sightseeings tour of Haifa, including the Bahai Shrine, Persian Garden and Mount Carmel for a panoramic view of the city. Proceed southwards to Caesarea to visit the Roman theater and the Crusader fortress. Continue south for a short city tour of Tel Aviv-Jaffa transfer for night flight back home. optional overnight in the hotel.

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