Visit All The Historic Jewish Sites
Highlights included in your tour:
• Meeting/assistance at the airport
• Return transfer to/from airport
• 11 nights at selected hotels with Israeli buff et breakfast
• 2 Dinners at Kibbutz Lavi
• Porterage at airport and hotels
• Deluxe air conditioned transportation
• English speaking driver/guide
• All entrance fees to places of interest
• All hotel taxes and service charges
Welcom to Israel! Arrival Ben Gurion Airport; Transfer to your hotel in
Tel Aviv for Overnight.
Day 2 – Thursday
Tel Aviv • Yad Mordechai
Start the day with a visit to the Independence Hall where the
establishment of the state of Israel was declared; Next, drive to Latrun to
visit the new “Mini Israel” park including miniature models of the most
important sites and buildings in the country. Continue to visit Ayalon
Institute, once an ammunition factory for the Hagana, the underground movement
before May 1948. Proceed to Yad Mordechai, named after Mordechai Anilevitz,
leader of the Warsaw Ghetto; Visit the restored battle fi elds of the war of
liberation and learn about their heroic story. Overnight Tel-Aviv. (B)
Day 3 – Friday
Tel Aviv • Jaffa
Visit the Diaspora museum; Drive around the main streets of Tel Aviv,
center of business and entertainment of Israel. Stop at Rabin’s Square, place
of assassination of Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin. Continue to Old Jaff a, an
8000 year old port city; Visit the ancient ruins and walk along the restored
artist’s quarter. Visit Neve Tzedek, the fi rst neighborhood of Tel Aviv, built
in 1909 and Nahalat Benyamin, the pedestrian street of the city with its
musicians, hand made jewellery and artifacts. Next, stop at Sheinkin, the
lively and colorfull street especially known with the unique shops, café life
and youthful ambiance. Overnight Tel-Aviv. (B)
Day 4 – Saturday
Tel Aviv
At leisure. Overnight Tel-Aviv (B)
Day 5 – Sunday
Caesarea • Hifa • Acre • Rosh Hanikra
Drive north to Caesarea, once the Roman capital of the region. See the
excavations of the crusaders city, the aqueduct and the amphitheatre which has
been restored as a concert venue. Proceed to Haifa for a panoramic view from
Mt. Carmel and visit “AF AL PI CHEN”, the naval museum of the illegal
immigration to Israel at the time of the British mandate. Drive to Acre; walk
along the old harbour and local market; Continue to the northernmost point of
Israel at Rosh Hanikra. Descend by cable into the limestone Grottoes. Overnight
at a Kibbutz guesthouse. (B, D)
Day 6 – Monday
Safed • Golan Hights • Tel Hai
Drive to Safed, center of Kaballa movement; Visit the Joseph Caro and
the HA’ ARI synagogues, the most important synagogues in the city; stroll
around the Artist’s quarter. Enjoy a Jeep tour to the foots of the Golan.
Continue to the Golan heights; Stop at an observation point over the city of
Kuneitra, and the Syrian territory. Stop at Tel Facher, a former syrian army
camp; Visit the Banias springs. Next, a visit to Tel-Hai; See the “Roaring
Lion” monument and learn about the heroic battle of Josef Trumpeldor and his
comrades in 1920. Overnight at a kibbutz guest house. Meet with a Kibbutz
member and learn about their unique lifestyle. (B,D)
Day 7 – Tuesday
Tiberias • Beit Shean • Beit Alpha
Drive to Tiberias to visit Rambam’s grave; Proceed to Beit Shean, also
called “Scythopolis”, the biggest archeological park in Israel with beautiful
excavations from Roman and Byzantine periods. Stop at Beit Alpha to see the
beautiful mosaic fl oor of a synagogue from the Byzantine period. Onto Gan
Hashlosha, (Sachne) where you will have an opportunity to enjoy in the water
springs located at the foots of the Gilboa mountain, the famous mountain on
which King Saul was killed in the battle against the philistines. Continue via
the Jordan valley to Jerusalem; Stop at Mount Scopus for a blessing as you
enter the city. Overnight Jerusalem. (B)
Day 8 – Wednesday
Jerusalem • The Old City
Start with a visit of the tomb of King David on Mt. Zion. Walk along the
Cardo, the ancient Roman road; Visit the four Sepharadic synagogues restored
after 1967 war in the Jewish quarter. Tour the Kotel Tunnels; Visit Davidson
center and walk through the Roman Cardo, to the local Arab bazaar. Walk through
Jaff a gate to David’s Tower museum and see the ancient remains of the city
beginning with the fi rst Temple period. Overnight Jerusalem (B)
Day 9 – _ ursday
Jerusalem • The New City
Option to celebrate your Bar-Mitzvah ceremonies at the Kotel. Continue
to Mea Shearim and learn about the unique lifestyle of the ultra orthodox
communities. Drive by the Knesset, Israel’s parliament and see the Menorah with
the biblical emblems. Next visit the Israel Museum, the Shrine of the book
where the Dead sea scrolls are housed, and the new Holyland model – a miniature
replica of Jerusalem as it was during the second temple period. Drive to mount
Hertzel, the military cemetery and Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust.
Visit the ammunition hill, a former Jordanian army stronghold, conquered by the
Israeli army in the Six Day War, and converted into a national memorial site
and museum. Overnight Jerusalem. (B)
Day 10 – Friday
Qumeran • Massada • Dead Sea
Drive through the Judean desert to the Dead sea. Stop at Qumeran, the
site where the Dead Sea scrolls were found. Continue to Massada, ascend by
cable car and tour the ancient fortress; visit the remains of the walls,
palaces, synagogue, the bathhouses etc. Descend by cable car. Next stop for
lunch and Spa facilities in one of the leading hotels in the area. Overnight
Jerusalem. (B)
Day 11 – Saturday
Jerusalem
Full day at leisure. Overnight Jerusalem (B)
Day 12 – Sunday : Departure
Jerusalem to Ben-Gurion airport
Transfer to Ben-Gurion airport for
departure.
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