Sunday
TEL AVIV
Arrive Tel Aviv, transfer to
hotel.
Tel Aviv
Monday
TEL AVIV - BEERSHEBA - MASADA -
DEAD SEA - JERUSALEM
Depart Tel Aviv and travel via
Ashdod and Ashkelon to Beersheba for 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 and Bathhouse and more. Enjoy
the breathtaking view of the Roman camps and the
Dead Sea. Descend for a possible “float” in the
salty waters of the Dead Sea. Proceed via Ein Gedi
and Kalia to Jerusalem. (B)
Jerusalem
Tuesday
JERUSALEM
Drive to Mt. Scopus for a
panoramic view of Jerusalem. Visit the Garden of
Gethsemane, Church of the Agony, Israel Museum’s
Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea Scrolls,
and the beautifully renovated Model of the Herodian
city of Jerusalem dating back to the time of the
Second Temple (2000 years ago). Travel to Yad Vashem,
the memorial to the six million Jews who were killed
in the Holocaust. Continue to the Hadassah Medical
Centre for a short visit to the synagogue with Marc
Chagall’s stained-glass windows. Proceed via Ein
Karem, the birthplace of John the Baptist back to
your hotel. (B)
Wednesday
JERUSALEM - BETHLEHEM
Walk through one of the gates to
the Old City; see the renewed Jewish Quarter, the
Western Wall, the Temple area and colourful bazaars.
Walk through the Via Dolorosa and the Stations of
the Cross to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Drive
to Mt. Zion and visit the tomb of King David, the
Room of the Last Supper and Dormition Abbey.
Continue to Bethlehem** and visit Rachel’s Tomb and
the Church of the Nativity. (B)
Jerusalem
Thursday
BEIT SHEAN - TIBERIAS - GALILEE
Depart Jerusalem and travel north
via Jericho and the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean.
Visit the excavations of this beautifully preserved
Roman city. Continue to Tiberias, the old centre of
Jewish learning. Drive along the shores of the Sea
of Galilee to Capernaum and visit the ruins of the
ancient synagogue. Continue to a kibbutz for
overnight. (B)
Galilee
Friday
GOLAN HEIGHTS - UPPER GALILEE -
SAFED - NAZARETH
Drive to the Golan Heights. Visit
the former Syrian fortifications and a Druze
village. Continue to Banias, source of the Jordan
River. Travel via Hula Valley to Safed, city of the
Kabbalah, Jewish Mysticism to visit a synagogue and
the artists’ colony. Continue to Nazareth and visit
the Christian holy sites. (B)
Galilee
Saturday
ACRE - HAIFA - CAESAREA - TEL
AVIV
Travel west to Acre and visit the
famous old Crusader stronghold and medieval
fortifications. Continue to Haifa and see the Bahai
Shrine and Persian Garden. Enjoy the panoramic view
of the city and the bay from Mount Carmel. Travel
along the coast to Caesarea and visit the Roman
Theatre and the Crusader fortress. End the day with
a short city tour of Tel Aviv and Jaffa. (B)
Tel Aviv
Sunday
TEL AVIV
Departure transfer to Tel Aviv
Airport. (B)
