HIGHLIGHTS TOUR - 2010

 

Sunday Arrival 8 Days & 7 Nights

 

SUNDAY

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

 

MONDAY –

Tel Aviv – Beer Sheba- Masada Dead Sea 

Tel Aviv – Beer Sheba- Masada Dead Sea  Leave Tel Aviv - via Ashdod - Ashkelon - Beersheba. A short visit to the Negev capital. Continue via Arad to Masada. Ascend by cable car to the fortress, which was the last stronghold of the Jewish Zealots in their war against the Romans. Visit the excavations, Herod’s palaces, the synagogue, bathhouse, etc.  Enjoy the breathtaking view of the Roman camps and the Dead Sea. Descend for a possible “float” in the in the salty water of the world’s lowest place. Via Ein Gedi & Kalya, proceed to Jerusalem for overnight.

 

TUESDAY-

Jerusalem - sightseeing of the new city

Drive to Mt’ Scopus for a panoramic view of Jerusalem. On to the Garden of Gethsemane and Church of the Agony. Continue to Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea scrolls, then a visit to the beautifully renovated Model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem, dating back to the time of the Second Temple. Continue to Yad Vashem (the memorial to the six million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust. Afternoon visit  the Hadassah medical center’s synagogue, with Marc Chagall stained glass windows.  Via Ein Karem (the birth place of John the Baptist). Return to Hotel.

 

WEDNESDAY - Jerusalem - (Old City) – Bethlehem*

Walk through one of the Gates to the walled Old City: the renewed Jewish Quarter; the Western Wall, the Temple area; the colorful bazaars; Via Dolorosa and the stations of the cross ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Drive to Mt’ Zion and visit the tomb of King David, the Room of the Last Supper and Dormition Abbey.  Afternoon  continue to Bethlehem* to visit the Church of the Nativity and return to Jerusalem for overnight.

 

THURSDAY – Beit Shean  - Tiberias - Galilee

Leave Jerusalem, and drive north via Jericho*, the oldest city in the world. Through Jordan Valley and the new settlements to Beit Shean. Visit the excavations of this beautiful preserved Roman City.  Proceed to Tiberias, the old center of Jewish learning. Drive along the shores of the Sea of Galilee to  Capernaum , to visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue. Continue to a Kibbutz hotel for overnight.

 

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY - Upper Galilee and Golan Heights - Nazareth

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

 

SATURDAY - Acre - Haifa - Tel Aviv

After Breakfast drive west to Acre for a visit of the old, famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications. Continue to Haifa, sightseeing tour of Haifa, including the Bahai Shrine, Persian Garden and Mount Carmel for a panoramic view of the city and the bay. Proceed along the cost  to Caesarea to visit the Roman Theater and the Crusader fortress. End the day with  a short city tour of Tel Aviv-Jaffa and  overnight.

 

SUNDAY

 After breakfast transfer to the airport for departure.

 

 

 

Plan A

Plan B

Plan C

Hotel Plan

Tourist Class

First Class

Superior

Tel Aviv

Sea Net/Gilgal/Adiv

Metropolitan/Grand Beach

Crown Plaza

Galilee

Kibbutz Kfar Giladi

Kibbutz Kfar Giladi

Kibbutz Kfar Giladi

Jerusalem

Gate/Jlm Gold/Shalom

Grand Court/Prima Royale

Crown Plaza

Date

Double

Single

Double

Single

Double

Single

Feb 28

1216

1645

1340

1848

1649

2420

Mar 7, 14, 21

1216

1645

1340

1848

1649

2420

Mar 28 (Passover)

1438

1867

1673

2181

N/A

N/A

Apr 4  (Passover)

1312

1740

1483

1991

N/A

N/A

Apr 11, 18, 25

1216

1645

1340

1848

1649

2420

May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

1216

1645

1340

1848

1649

2420

Jun 6, 13, 20, 27

1216

1645

1340

1848

1649

2420

Jul 18, 25

1216

1645

1340

1848

1649

2420

Aug 1, 8, 15, 22

1280

1708

1404

1912

1745

2406

Aug 29

1216

1645

1340

1848

1649

2420

Sep 5

1216

1645

1340

1848

1649

2420

Sep 19

1343

1771

1530

2039

N/A

N/A

Sep 26 (Succot)

1407

1835

1626

2134

N/A

N/A

Oct 10, 17, 24, 31

1216

1645

1340

1848

1649

2420

Nov 7, 14, 21, 28

1216

1645

1340

1848

1649

2420

Dec 5, 12, 19, 26

1216

1645

1340

1848

1649

2420

Jan 02, 09, 2011

1216

1645

1340

1848

1649

2420

Jan 16, 23, 30, 2011

1216

1645

1340

1848

1649

2420

Feb 6, 13,  2011

1216

1645

1340

1848

1649

2420

Feb 20, 27,  2011

1216

1645

1340

1848

1649

2420

Family Plan:

Tourist & First Class: Child (2-12) sharing parents' room - 20% reduction on half dbl rate

Superior: Chd up to age 18 sharing parents’ room – 40% reduction on half dbl rate