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7 Nights/8 Days
2 nights in Tel Aviv, 3 nights in Jerusalem, and 2 nights in a Kibbutz
Arrive Israel any Sunday
SUNDAY – TEL AVIV
Upon arrival, you will be met by a Ya’lla Tours USA’s representative and transferred to your Tel Aviv hotel for overnight.
MONDAY – JERUSALEM
Depart for Masada via Ashdod, Ashkelon, Beersheva (a short visit to the Negev capital) and Arad.
At Masada, take the cable car to the top of the fortress and visit the Roman palaces, store houses, synagogues and bath house which witnessed the Jewish resistance to the Romans approximately 2000 years ago.
Descend by cable car and proceed to the Dead Sea for a float in the water.
Drive up into the Judean Hills and the most beautiful city in the world, Jerusalem, for overnight.
TUESDAY – JERUSALEM
Drive to Mount Scopus for a sweeping view of Jerusalem. Then on to the Garden of Getsemane and the Church of All Nations. Drive to Mount Zion for a visit to the Tomb of King David, the Last Supper Room and Dormition Abbey.
Sightseeing in the New City includes Shrine of the Book with its famous Dead Sea Scrolls, the new Knesset Building (Parliament), the Hebrew University campus, Mount Herzl and Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial.
Then visit the model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem dating back to the time of the Second Temple 2000 years ago. Continue to the Medical Center for a short visit to the synagogue with the Marc Chagall stained-glass windows. Return to the hotel for overnight.
WEDNESDAY – JERUSALEM
Start the walking tour of the old city through the Jaffa Gate. Visit the Kardo, the Western Wall, the Dome of the Rock (entrance fee not included), the Via Dolorosa and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Continue to Bethlehem to visit Church of the Nativity. You will have time for shopping in one of Bethlehem’s best souvenir shops before returning to Jerusalem for overnight.
THURSDAY – KIBBUTZ
Depart Jerusalem to Jericho, the oldest city in the world.
Visit the excavations.
Continue northward via the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean.
After a visit to the excavations here, 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.
Evening: enjoy a lecture about the unique way of life in the Kibbutz.
FRIDAY – KIBBUTZ
Drive to Golan Heights and visit the former Syrian fortifications, Birkat Ram, and the Druze villages. Continue via Banias, source of the Jordan River, to Kiryat Shmona and then through the Hula Valley to Safed, city of the Kabbalah and one of the four holiest cities in Judaism.
Visit the old synagogue and artists’ colony. Drive to the Lower Galilee region through Cana to Nazareth.
Visit the Church of the Annunciation.
Return to your Kibbutz hotel for overnight.
SATURDAY – TEL AVIV
Depart the Kibbutz and drive west to the Mediterranean Coast. In St. John of Acre, visit the Knights’ Halls, one of the most beautiful remains of the Crusade period. Continue to Haifa. Sightseeing in Haifa includes the Bahai Shrine, Persian Garden and Mount Carmel for a panoramic view of the city. Proceed southward to Caesarea to visit the Roman theater and the Crusader fortress.
Drive via Netanya to Tel Aviv. Tour Tel Aviv and Jaffa briefly before arriving at the hotel for overnight.
SUNDAY –
You will be transferred to the airport for your
departure flight.
We guarantee to operate this tour with a minimum of two passengers
TOUR INCLUDES:
• 7 nights of accommodations in the hotels of your choice with Israeli buffet breakfast daily.
• 6 days of touring in an air-conditioned bus with a licensed English-speaking guide.
• Private transfers to / from the airport.
• All entrance fees as per itinerary.
• Porterage at airport and hotels.
• Service and local taxes.
Contact us for curent rates and International discounted air.
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