DAY 1: USA-TEL AVIV
Depart New York on your overnight transatlantic flight to
Tel Aviv with meals on board.
DAY 2: TEL AVIV
Upon arrival at Ben Gurion Airport
you will be met, assisted and
transferred to your hotel. The
remainder of the day is at leisure.
DAY 3: DIASPORA MUSEUM -
CAESAREA - DRUZE
VILLAGES - HAIFA (B)
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.
DAY 4: HAIFA - SAFED -
GOLAN HEIGHTS (B)
Begin your day at the summit of
Mount Carmel offering a breathtaking
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, to visit the ancient
synagogues and the artists'
colony. On to the Golan Heights
to see the former Syrian bunkers,
Kuneitra and the new Israeli town
of Katzrin. Overnight in Kibbutz.
DAY 5: SEA OF GALILEE -
NAZARETH (B)
Start the day with a visit of
Tiberias. 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.
DAY 6: JERUSALEM - OLD CITY (B)
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 Sepulchre, proceed to Mount
Scopus and then to the Mount of
Olives for a magnificent
panoramic view of the Old City.
Continue to Bethlehem (subject to
availability), stopping at Rachel's
Tomb and to visit the Church of
the Nativity. Overnight in
Jerusalem.
DAY 7: JERUSALEM - NEW
CITY (B)
Drive to the Hadassah Medical
Center in Ein Kerem to see the
Chagall stained glass windows.
Proceed to Bayit Vegan to view 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.
DAY 8: QUMRAN/ MASSADA/
DEAD SEA (B)
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.
DAY 9: JERUSALEM (B)
Day at leisure.
DAY 10: JERUSALEM-DEPARTURE (B)
After breakfast you will be transferred
to the Ben Gurion Airport
for your departure flight.
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