Weekly Guaranteed Tour of Israel
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Highlights
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| Weekly Guaranteed Tour of Israel
Operated with arrival every Friday. |
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Thursday Departure from North America. |
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Friday Arrive Israel meet and assist at Ben Gurion Airport. Transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv. |
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Saturday Free day in Tel Aviv. |
 Caesarea |
Sunday Diaspora Museum/Caesarea/Druze villages Depart Tel Aviv and drive to the Diaspora Museum for a visit. Proceed along the coastal plain to Caesarea, capital of Judea under the Romans. See the excavations of the Crusader city and the Roman port, aqueduct and the amphitheater that has been restored to its former glory as a concert venue. Continue via the Druze villages to Haifa. Overnight in Haifa. |
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Monday Haifa/Safed/Golan Heights The tour of Haifa will begin at the summit of Mount Carmel where you will take in a breathtaking panoramic view of the Haifa Bay and Western Galilee. Continue on to the golden domed Bahai Shrine to visit the exotic Persian Gardens. Proceed to Safed, the center of Jewish mysticism, where you will visit the ancient synagogues and the artists’ colony. Continue to the Golan Heights to see the former Syrian bunkers, Kuneitra and the new Israeli town of Katzrin. Overnight Tiberias. |
 Beit Shean |
Tuesday Sea of Galilee/Nazareth Start the day with a visit to Hamat Gader. Drive to Capernaum to see the ruins of the synagogue and octagonal church of St. Peter and then proceed to Nazareth. Here you will visit the church of the Annunciation. Drive via Beit Shean to Beit Alpha to see the remains of the mosaic floor of an ancient synagogue depicting the zodiac. Overnight in Jerusalem. |
 Old Jerusalem |
Wednesday Jerusalem: The Old City Visit the tomb of King David and the room of the Last Supper on Mt. Zion. Enter the walled city and walk through the newly restored Jewish Quarter. Visit the Roman Cardo, the Herodian Quarter and continue to the Western Wall. Walk along the Via Dolorosa to the church of the Holy Sepulcher; proceed to Mount Scopus and then to the Mount of Olives for a magnificent panoramic view of the Old City. Continue to Bethlehem*, stopping at Rachel’s Tomb and to visit the Church of the Nativity. Overnight in Jerusalem. |
 Yad Vashem |
Thursday Jerusalem: The New City Drive to the Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Karem to see the Chagall stained glass windows. Proceed to Bayit Vagan to visit the miniature model of Jerusalem as it was during the Second Temple period. Continue to Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust and then to the Israel Museum. Visit the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed and see the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, and the Givat Ram Campus of the Hebrew University. Overnight in Jerusalem. |
 Massada |
Friday Qumran/Massada/Dead Sea Drive through the Judean Desert to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth, almost 1300 feet (400 meters) below sea level. Stop at Qumran to visit the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Drive along the shores of the Dead Sea to Massada. Ascend by cable car and tour the ancient fortress where the Zealots made their last stand against the Romans before committing mass suicide in 73 AD. Descend by cable car, time and weather permitting, an opportunity will be provided to float on the Dead Sea. Overnight in Jerusalem. |
Saturday Free day in Jerusalem. |
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Sunday Transfer to your flight back to North America. |
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Hotels on tour
| THE JEWISH HERITAGE TOUR | 5-Star Deluxe Hotels |
5 Star Hotels |
Superior 4 Stars |
Nights |
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| Tel Aviv | Dan | Sheraton Moriah | Dan Panorama | 2 |
| Haifa | Dan Carmel | Dan Panorama | Dan Panorama | 1 |
| Galilee | Kibbutz Hotel Lavi | Kibbutz Hotel Lavi | Kibbutz Hotel Lavi | 1 |
| Jerusalem | *King David | Sheraton Plaza | Dan Panorama | 5 |
*At the King David Jerusalem, based on deluxe new city view rooms
Rates per person in USD $.
Valid: Mar 1, 2006 Feb 28, 2007
Tour will not operate on the following arrival dates:
April 7 and 14 (Passover), August 4,11,18,25 and October 6 and 13 (Sukkoth)
| THE JEWISH HERITAGE TOUR | 5-Star Deluxe Hotels |
5 Star Hotels |
Superior 4 Stars |
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| Per Person in a Double Room. including Breakfast | $1,665 | $1325 |
$1,055 |
Single Room Supplement |
$1000 | $750 | $520 |
Child Under 18 Sharing Room with Parents |
$810 | $715 | $580 |
High season supplement for the 5* hotel category (the Sheraton Package):
December 15, 22 and 29 arrivals $50 per person
Included services in our tour rates:
- Private transfer from Ben Gurion Airport to your Hotel in Tel Aviv and from the Hotel in Jerusalem to the Airport.
- Meeting point on arrival at the Steimatzky bookstore at the Main Arrival Hall at the Ben Gurion International Airport.
- 6 Full day touring with all entrance fees as per the above itinerary.
- 9 nights accommodation on bed and breakfast basis at hotels as mentioned above.
- One dinner at the hotel in Kibutz Lavi / Galilee
Not Included services in our tour rates:
- Tips to guide/driver and Hotel staff.
- Lunches en route on sightseeing days.
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