Israel in Luxury - 9 Nights
(JEWISH HERITAGE IN
DEPTH)
FRIDAY
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, where you will be
met by our representative and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight Tel
Aviv
SATURDAY
Free day at leisure in Tel Aviv.
Overnight
Tel Aviv
SUNDAY
Drive north to Caesarea, once the Roman capital of
the region. See the excavations
of the crusaders' city, the aqueduct and the
amphitheatre which has been restored
as a concert venue. Proceed to Haifa for
a panoramic view from Mt. Carmel and visit “AF AL PI CHEN” , the naval museum of
the illegal immigration to Israel at the time of the British mandate.
Drive
to Acre; walk along the old harbor and local market; Continue to
the
northernmost point of Israel at Rosh Hanikra. Descend by cable into the
limestone Grottoes.
Overnight at a Kibbutz guesthouse.
MONDAY
Drive to Safed, center of Kaballa movement; Visit
the JOSEPH CARO and the
HA' ARI synagogues, the most important synagogues in
the city; stroll around the
Artist's quarter. Enjoy a Jeep tour to the foot
of the Golan.
Continue to the Golan Heights; Stop at an observation point
over the city of
Kuneitra, and the Syrian territory.
Stop at Tel Facher, a
former Syrian army camp ; Visit the Banias springs.
Next, a visit to Tel-Hai
; See the “Roaring Lion” monument and learn about the heroic battle of
Josef Trumpeldor and his comrades in 1920 .
Overnight at a kibbutz
guesthouse.
TUESDAY
Drive to Tiberias to visit
Rambam's grave; proceed to Beit Shean, also called "Scythopolis", the biggest
archeological park in Israel with beautiful excavations from Roman and Byzantine
periods. Stop at Beit Alpha to see the beautiful
mosaic floor of a synagogue
from the Byzantine period.
Onto Gan Hashlosha, (Sachne) where you will have
an opportunity to enjoy in the water springs located at the foots of the Gilboa
mountain, the famous mountain on which King Saul was killed in the battle
against the philistines.
Continue via the Jordan valley to Jerusalem; Stop at
Mount Scopus for a blessing as you enter the city.
Overnight Jerusalem.
WEDNESDAY
Tour the old city of Jerusalem .
Start with
a visit of the tomb of King David on Mt. Zion. Walk along the Cardo,
the
ancient Roman road; Visit the four Sepharadic synagogues restored after 1967 war
in the Jewish Quarter.
Tour the Kotel Tunnels; Visit Davidson Center and walk
through the Roman
Cardo, to the local Arab bazaar.
Walk through Jaffa gate
to David's Tower museum and see the ancient remains of the city beginning with
the first Temple period.
Overnight Jerusalem
THURSDAY
Enjoy seeing the Bar-Mitzvah ceremonies at the
Kotel.
Continue to Mea Shearim and learn about the unique lifestyle of the
ultra
orthodox communities.
Drive by the Knesset, Israel's parliament and
see the Menorah with the biblical emblems. Next visit the Israel Museum, the
Shrine of the book where the Dead
Sea Scrolls are housed, and the new
holyland model - a miniature replica of
Jerusalem as it was during the second
temple period.
Drive to mount Hertzel , the military cemetery and Yad Vashem,
the memorial to the Holocaust . Visit the ammunition hill, a former Jordanian
army stronghold,
conquered by the Israeli army in the Six Day War, and
converted into a national memorial site and museum.
Overnight Jerusalem.
FRIDAY
Drive through the Judean desert to the Dead Sea.
Stop at Qumran, the site where
the Dead Sea scrolls were found. Continue to
Massada, 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 Spa facilities in one of the leading hotels in
the area.
Overnight Jerusalem.
SATURDAY
Free day at leisure in Jerusalem.
Overnight
Jerusalem
SUNDAY
Transfer to Ben Gurion
Airport
