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Israel Highlights Tour
7 Nights / 8 Days 2 nights in Tel Aviv 3 nights in Jerusalem 2 nights in a kibbutz 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 the Agony. 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 the Israel Museum's
Shrine of the Book with its famous Dead Sea Scrolls, the new Supreme Court Building, Mount
Herzl and Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial. Continue to the Medical Center for a short visit
to the synagogue with the Marc Chagall stained-glass windows. Then on to Ein Karem, the birth
place of John the Baptist. Return to the hotel for overnight.
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WEDNESDAY - JERUSALEM
Start the walking tour of the old city through the Jaffa Gate. Visit the renewed Jewish Quarter, the Western Wall, the Temple area, the colorful bazaars, the Via Dolorosa and the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre. Pending security clearance, continue to Bethlehem to visit Rachel's Tomb and the
Church of the Nativity. Return to Jerusalem for overnight.
THURSDAY - KIBBUTZ Depart Jerusalem 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.` |
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Land only rate from $1295.00
Rate varies based on dates of travel.
Air available from your gateway
Insurance not included
For more details or to reserve space on this tour, contact:
Travel All Over
800-559-TRIP(8747)
