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Participants will benefit by the guides showing personal guidance and attention to each one of the group members! This new and unique tour is designed to include the best that Israel has to offer, incorporating its fascinating historical UNESCO world heritage sites, holy sites, exciting and educational “hands on” attractions as well as its vibrant markets, cultural experiences not to be found on other tours of Israel!
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Depart from the USA for your Deluxe Israel Tour
Welcome to Israel!
Arrive at Ben Gurion airport where you will be met and assisted before passport control, by our VIP service representative.
Transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv.
Overnight Tel Aviv
Start the day with a visit to the Palmach Museum dedicated to the Hagana, the underground military organization.
Next, visit Itzhak Rabin center; learn the legacy of the late Prime Minister and explore the making, the history, and the development of the state.
Continue to Jaffa, an ancient port city, named for Japheth, one of the sons of Noah who built it after the flood; Visit the old city and stroll around the restored city, the Artists’ quarter, galleries, and the renovated harbor.
Visit Tel-Aviv Museum, Israel’s largest art museum that displays a wide collection of permanent and temporary exhibits of both Israeli and international artists.
Witness the old meet the new as you visit Sarona, originally a 140-year-old German Templar colony, occupied later by the British forces and handed back to the Israelis in 1947; It has now been restored ,preserving the original architecture, and converted to a lively pedestrian open-air commercial center.
Overnight Tel Aviv
Start the day with a visit to Ayalon Institute, once a secret underground ammunition factory.
Drive through the main streets of Tel-Aviv, passing by Rabin’s Square, the place of the assassination of Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin.
Stop at Tel-Aviv new port and enjoy the promenade along the seafront with the unique shops, cafés, and youthful ambiance.
Continue to Neve Tzedek, the first neighborhood of Tel-Aviv built in 1887 outside the old port city of Jaffa; explore the narrow alleys and the unique low buildings; Proceed to the Carmel market and enjoy the vibrant noises, smells, and colors
End the day at Nahalat Benyamin and enjoy live street music, arts, crafts, and handmade jewelry.
Overnight Tel Aviv
Day at Leisure.
Explore the city, enjoy a café, meet up with friends!
Overnight Tel Aviv
Ride along the coast north to the beautiful Caesarea, once the Roman capital of the region; View the excavations of the Crusaders’ city, the aqueduct, and the Amphitheatre that has been restored as a concert venue comparable in performers and musicians to Madison Square Garden or Carnegie Hall
in NYC.
Proceed to Haifa to visit the Clandestine Immigration and Naval museum (“Af al Pi Chen”) and learn the story of the illegal immigrants who came to Israel at the time of the British Mandate.
Enjoy a drive to Acre (Akko), the Old City recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage site; walk through the old port and local market.
Overnight at Mitzpe Hayamim
Drive to Safed, one of the four holy cities in Israel, also considered the center of Kabballah, Jewish mysticism; Visit the Joseph Caro and the Ari synagogues, the most important synagogues in the city; Stroll around the artists’ quarter and the picturesque alleyways.
Continue to the Golan Heights; Stop at Gadot overlook, the memorial site for the fallen of the Golan, located over former Syrian bunkers, and see the monument built on site in honor of the Alexandroni brigade.
Stop at the Golan Winery for a tour and wine tasting;
Continue to Mount Bental, a dormant volcanic mountain, for a panoramic view of Mount Hermon and the Golan; learn the story of one of the largest tank battles that took place in the 1973 war.
Return to your hotel.
Overnight Mitzpe Hayamim
Visit Tiberias; Continue to Capernaum and explore the ruins of the synagogue and church of St. Peter.
Enjoy a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee and visit the Igal Alon center where an ancient 2000-year-old ancient boat discovered is displayed.
Onto Nazareth to visit the church of Annunciation.
Continue to Beit Shean, also called “Scythopolis”, the biggest archeological park in Israel with beautiful excavations from Roman and Byzantine periods.
Drive via the Jordan valley to Jerusalem;
Stop at Mount Scopus for a blessing as you enter the city
Overnight Jerusalem
Tour the Old City of Jerusalem; Visit the Jewish and Christian quarters; Walk through the Cardo, the reconstructed main street of Byzantine Jerusalem. Visit the Western Wall.
Learn the story of ancient Jerusalem as you tour the Western Wall tunnels; discover the hidden layers of the walls revealed underground.
Return to your hotel to freshen up and get ready for your night out.
Enjoy a Middle Eastern dinner followed by the Spectacular night show at the Tower of David Museum.
Overnight Jerusalem
Start the day with a visit to the Israel Museum, the shrine of the book where the Dead Sea scrolls are housed, and the new holy land model, a miniature replica of Jerusalem as it was during the second temple period.
Continue for a tour at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament house, and see the Menorah with the biblical emblems.
Experience the contemporary Jerusalem at the famous Mahane Yehuda market with its authentic and colorful stands; Enjoy the “Shuk bites” and taste a variety of local food.
Continue to Yad Vashem, the memorial to the holocaust.
Overnight Jerusalem
Drive through the Judean desert;
Stop at Ein Gedi nature reserve and explore the lush oasis filled with waterfalls, vegetation, and rare wildlife.
Continue to Masada, ascend by cable car, and tour the ancient fortress; visit the remains of the walls, palaces, synagogue, the bathhouses, etc. Descend by cable car.
Next, stop for lunch and swim at the spa facilities in one of the leading hotels in the area.
Overnight Jerusalem
Enjoy the day at your leisure.
Overnight Jerusalem
Private Transfer to Ben Gurion airport where you will be met and assisted by our VIP representative who will escort you through security and passport control.
All itineraries are subject to change.
Accommodation
Presenting the ultimate in luxury and prestige, the Royal Beach Tel Aviv is located on the non-stop city’s bustling promenade. This attractive location makes it easy for guests to enjoy an entire world of fabulous entertainment and cultural activities within easy walking distance: endless white beaches, the artsy Neve Tzedek neighborhood, HaTachana – the old train station that has been converted into a modern leisure complex, the ancient port city of Old Jaffa, Nahalat Binyamin pedestrian mall, the famous Rothschild Boulevard, and more.
The Orient Jerusalem hotel, part of the Isrotel Exclusive Collection, is nestled at the heart of the German Colony, walking distance from countless cultural, tourist, and historic attractions: the First Station, Liberty Bell Park, and Mishkenot Sha’ananim, as well as charming boutiques and bistros. The Old City and the Western Wall is just 2 miles away.
The King David Jerusalem Hotel, one of the world’s legendary hotels, is a major landmark in a unique and historic city. Blending the past and the refinement of the ancient world, the King David Hotel is unquestionably the most famous of all of Jerusalem’s hotels. A don’t miss!
Mitzpe Hayamim, the “natural Galilee treasure,” is embraced on all sides by flourishing orchards, fields of herbs, a livestock farm, a dairy, and the organic farm that supplies the hotel’s restaurants with fresh seasonal ingredients, under the “farm to table” philosophy.
The Dan Tel Aviv Hotel reflects Tel Aviv’s dynamic lifestyle. The first luxury Tel Aviv hotel in Israel’s first Jewish city, the Dan Tel Aviv has always been a prime venue for statesmen, politicians and artists who gathered here from the earliest years of the State of Israel.
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Presenting the ultimate in luxury and prestige, the Royal Beach Tel Aviv is located on the non-stop city's bustling promenade. This attractive location makes it easy for guests to enjoy an entire world of fabulous entertainment and cultural activities within easy walking distance: endless white beaches, the artsy Neve Tzedek neighborhood, HaTachana – the old train station that has been converted into a modern leisure complex, the ancient port city of Old Jaffa, Nahalat Binyamin pedestrian mall, the famous Rothschild Boulevard, and more.
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