EXPLORE ISRAEL

Day 1: Arrival

Airport Pickup to your hotel.

• Check-in to you to your hotel in Tel Aviv and enjoy the ‘White City’, its beaches and cafe-culture.
• Overnight in Tel Aviv, relax and recover from your journey ahead of the first touring day tomorrow.

Day 2: Galilee.

• Pickup from your hotel
• Pass through the Jezreel Valley (Valley of the Armageddon) on your way to Nazareth.
• Tour the Church of the Annunciation and St Joseph in Nazareth, and see Mary’s Well.
• Drive through Cana and pass the Church of the Multiplication.
• Visit Capernaum, and see Mount Beatitude on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
• Visit the Yardenit Baptism Site on the Jordan River and immerse in the water.
• If time permits, visit the ancient Roman city of Beit Shean, the most extensive Roman site in Israel.
• Overnight in Tel Aviv.

Day 3: Northern Coast.

• Pickup from your hotel
• Visit the Herodian city of Caesarea on the Mediterranean
• See the Bahai Gardens in Israel’s third city, Haifa
• Tour Akko, the Crusader port,
• See the grottos at Rosh Hanikra
• Overnight in Tel Aviv

Day 4: Golan Heights

• Pickup from your hotel
• Visit the highest most northern region of Israel, the Golan Heights
• View of the triangular border
• See the ancient synagogue of Katzrin
• From Mt. Bental, enjoy the view of Quneitra Valley and stop at former Syrian fortifications
• Overnight in Tel Aviv

Day 5: Jerusalem

• Pickup from your hotel
• Overview of the city of Jerusalem and of the Mount of Olives.
• Tour the Old City – visiting sites such as the Western Wall, Via Dolorosa, Church of the Sepulcher, Cardo, Jaffa Gate, Mount Zion, and more.
• In the afternoon, visit Israel’s Holocaust Memorial and Museum at Yad Vashem.
• Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 6: Masada & Dead Sea.

• Pickup from your hotel
• Head to the lowest place on earth, the Dead Sea.
• Ascend Masada, the fortress beside the Dead Sea, and tour the ruins.
• Relax at a private beach at the Dead Sea, float in the waters, and immerse in the muds.
• Enjoy a view of Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discoverd
• Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 7: Bethlehem & Jericho.

• Pickup from your hotel
• Tour the town of Bethlehem, where Jesus was born, including the Church of the Nativity and Shepherd’s Field.
• Visit the city of Jericho, the lowest and oldest city on Earth
• Tour Old Jericho and see the Mt of Temptation
• Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 8: Departure

• Enjoy a free day in the Holy City of Jerusalem. Transfer back to Ben Gurion.