Israel In Depth
Tour 34     11 Days/9 Nights
from $1,856 plus airfare from your home City!

Itinerary Rates Hotels

Tour Features

Nine nights hotel accommodation in Israel (Tel Aviv 3, Jerusalem 4, Nahariya 1, Galilee 1) with Israeli buffet breakfast daily All transfers with assistance and baggage handling Eight full days of escorted sightseeing as per itinerary Sightseeing by air- conditioned vehicles and English speaking professional tour guides Entrance fees to all sites as per itinerary All Hotel service and local taxes are included Host service in Israel Meals as per itinerary: Breakfast (9), Dinner (1) Dinner at a Kibbutz

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Itinerary (B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner)

Day 1 TEL AVIV DEPART via International overnight flight to Tel Aviv with all meals on board.

Day 2 TEL AVIV Upon arrival at Ben Gurion airport you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel in Tel Aviv. Balance of the day at leisure.

Day 3 TEL AVIV - JAFFA/ REHOVOT/ ASHDOD/ BEIT GUVRIN (B)  Start today with a short tour of Tel Aviv, driving through the busy streets of the city and continue to the picturesque port of Jaffa with its artist colony. Proceed to Rehovot to visit the Weizman institute of science and then on to Ashdod for a view of the harbor. Continue to Yad Mordeshai and to the excavations and caves of Beit Guvrin. Continue to Jerusalem for overnight.

Day 4 DEAD SEA-MASSADA (B)  This morning drive via Ma'ale Edumim and the Good Samaritan Inn through the Judean desert to the shores of the Dead Sea. Continue to Massada, the ancient Jewish stronghold where the Zealots made their last stand against the Romans. Return to Jerusalem for a visit to the Diamond Center to witness the diamond cutting factory, museum and showroom. Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 5 JERUSALEM (NEW CITY)- BETHLEHEM (B)  Start your tour of Jerusalem today with visits to the Israel Museum's Shrine of the Book, where the Dead Sea Scrolls are displayed, the Yad Vashem, memorial of the Holocaust, the Hadassah Medical center to view the Chagall stained glass windows and the model of Jerusalem during the second Temple period. Continue to Bethlehem to visit the Church of Nativity. Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 6 JERUSALEM (OLD CITY) (B)   Drive to Mt. Scopus this morning for a magnificent view of Jerusalem, then to Mt. of Olives and to the Garden of Gesthemane to visit the Basilica of the Agony. Enter the old city of Jerusalem and walk along the Via Dolorosa through the Cardo and the Bazaar to the Temple Mount, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall. Continue to the Mt. Zion to visit David's Tomb, the room of the Last Supper and the Dormation Abbey. Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 7 JORDAN VALLEY-BEIT SHEAN - YARDENIT-GOLAN HEIGHTS (B,D)   Drive via Jericho, the oldest city in the world, through the Jordan valley to Beit Shean. Visit the excavations of the ancient Roman city and continue to Yardenit, the baptismal site of Jesus. Proceed along the shores of the Sea of Galilee and drive up to the Golan Hights for a view of the Jordan Valley and the Sea of Galilee. Continue to the kibbutz for a short orientation tour, followed by dinner and overnight.

Day 8 SAFED-TIBERIAS-GALILEE- NAZARETH (B)   Today drive to Safed, the center of the Jewish mysticism, visit the old synagogues and the artists colony. Then to Tiberias to embark on a short boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, continue to Capernaum, ancient synagogue of the second Temple period and to Tabgha where the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and the fish was performed. Drive to the summit of the Mount of Beatitudes, site of the Sermon of the Mount and to Nazareth via Cana, the site of the first miracle. Visit the Basilica of the Annunciation and St. Joseph's carpentry shop and proceed to Nahariya for overnight.

Day 9 HAIFA-ACRE-CAESAREA (B)   This morning you will visit Acre to see the old crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications. Then drive on the slopes of Mount Carmel for a panoramic view of the city of Haifa and the bay. Visit the Persian Gardens of the Bahai Shrine and continue along the coast to Caesarea. See the Roman Theater, the crusader fortress and the aqueduct, and proceed to Tel Aviv for overnight.

Day 10 TEL AVIV (B)   A day at leisure in Tel Aviv.

Day 11 TEL AVIV (B)   After breakfast at the hotel you will be transferred to the airport for your flight home.

Rates

DEPART: DAILY

        First Class   Deluxe
Jan        $1,856     $2,745
Feb        $1,856     $2,745
Mar        $1,856     $2,745
Apr        $1,856     $2,745
May        $1,875     $1,745
Jun        $1,939     $2,839
Jul        $2,099     $2,839
Aug        $2,099     $2,839
Sep        $2,099     $2,839
Oct        $1,856     $2,745
Nov        $1,856     $2,745
Dec        $1,856     $2,745

Rates are per person double occupancy. Rates do not include airfare.

Air add-ons from your airport

EXTEND YOUR STAY: Extra hotel nights or upgrades are available upon request.
(Rates per person/ per night including breakfast).

 

Hotels

YOUR HOTELS: Metropolitan (Tel Aviv), Carlton Nahariya (Nahariya), Ayelet Hashachar (Tiberias), Prima Kings (Jerusalem) or similar.

HOTEL UPGRADE to deluxe add: double $415, single $335.
EXTEND YOUR STAY: Extra hotel nights or upgrades are available upon request.

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