Day 1, Depart hometown to JFK
Depart from your hometown and arrive in JFK in time for your El Al flight to Tel Aviv.
Day 2, - Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
Arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport. Transfer to your centrally located Jerusalem hotel. If time permits, a short orientation tour of Jerusalem. Welcome dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.
Day 3, - Jerusalem
View Jerusalem from Mount Scopus and visit the Garden of Gethsemane. Drive along the Kidron Valley to enter the old city through the Dung Gate. Inside the old city many special visits are planned including stops at the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Tour the Jewish Quarter, visit the famous Cardo and Mt. Zion. After dinner enjoy the audio visual show at the citadel (weather permitting).
Day 4, - Jerusalem
City tour of modern Jerusalem; Yad Vashem Memorial for the Holocaust, Model of Herodian Jerusalem. Next participate in a special experience by planting a tree with your own hands in the Judean Hills. After lunch visit Bethlehem and stroll along the panoramic Hass promenade. Evening dinner show of Israeli folk music and songs at the Wine Cellar with free wine.
Day 5, - Jerusalem
Travel out of Jerusalem to the Dead Sea by way of the Judean Desert. Todays tour escorts you backward in time some 2500 years to experience the life-style and environment of Abraham's days. At the lowest point on earth spend the afternoon exploring, swimming at a health club, or floating in the salty water. Return to Jerusalem for dinner.
Day 6, - Jerusalem & Dead Sea
Full day of independent activities in Jerusalem. Now that you have been oriented to the new and old city, spent time visiting sights, relaxing, shopping, or exploring. Professional guide service available (not included in program price).
Day 7, - Jerusalem to Tiberias
Depart Jerusalem to the North by way of the rarely visited Eastern slopes of the tribes Benjamin and Efrayim. Enter the Jordan Valley via Maale Efrayim where you visit the Crocodile Farm. Tour a local Kibbutz and join the members for lunch before continuing to Bet-Alpha synagogue. Reaching Tiberias in the afternoon enjoy a boat tour and cruise on the Sea of Galilee and a visit to Capernaum (weather permitting). Dinner and overnight in Tiberias, at a lake shore resort village.
Day 8, - Tiberias
Depart for the Lower Galilee for a day of creativity. Produce your own bread from harvest until baking and collect your own olives and make your own olive oil. Next travel on to Zippori and discover the mosaic of the "Manalisa of Galilee." Continue to Nazareth and visit the Church of the Annunciation.
Day 9, - Tiberias to Tel Aviv
Travel through the central Galilee and Wadi Milek to reach the magnificent Rothchild's Gardens at Zikhron Yaakov. View the panorama of the Mediterranean from the ancient harbor. Continue to bustling Tel Aviv for a city tour. Visit the Diaspora Museum and the old city of Jaffa. Overnight in Tel Aviv.
Day 10, - Tel Aviv
Second day of independent activities. Now that you have been oriented to the city, spent time visiting sights, relaxing, shopping, or exploring. Farewell dinner and party tonight in Tel Aviv.
Day 11, - Tel Aviv to JFK
Transfer today to Ben Gurion airport with full assistance in time for your flight home.
Tour price Includes
9 nights superior tourist and first class accessible hotels with private bath based on double occupancy, full-board in Israel, daily lunches while en-route (excluding arrival and departure days) air conditioned luxury motorcoach with lift and tie-downs, English speaking guides, porterage of all luggage, all entrance and activity fees listed on itinerary including workshop in Zippori, Sea of Galilee cruise, audio-visual light show, free wine at Jerusalem night club tree planting, travel T-shirt, or hat, touring map and Pilgrimage Certificates.
Tour price does not include
R/T airfare, passports, departure taxes, special equipment rentals, health and travel insurance, extras not mentioned in itinerary, refreshments en-route and at meals, soft drinks, alcohol at meals except for Night Club wine, items of personal nature, telephone & postal fees, currency exchange fees, gratuities for guide and driver (recommended $5.00 per person per day to be paid directly)
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