10 DAY GENERAL CLASSIC TOUR OF ISRAEL

TEN DAY TOUR

Day 1 - MONDAY

Day 2 - TUESDAY
Jerusalem
Welcome to Israel, upon arrival into Ben Gurion International Airport, you will be met and assisted by our airport representative. Transfer to Jerusalem– the birthplace of the world’s three major religions in Israel. Check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight. Your hotel is conveniently located near the Old City walls, shops, restaurants and other city attractions just a short cab ride away.
Overnight Jerusalem- including Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner.

Included:

• Transfer from Ben Gurion International Airport to your hotel in Jerusalem.
• Your selection of 5 Star Deluxe to 4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.

Day 3 – WEDNESDAY
Jerusalem: Old City
We begin our escorted general tour of Israel in the Old City visiting Mount Zion to see the tomb of King David and the nearby Room of the Last Supper. Walk through the Cardo, the main street of Jerusalem 2000 years ago, and on to the Jewish Quarter. Experience the Temple Mount and the Western Wall- The holiest site in Judaism and an original wall that retained the Temple. Walk along the Via Dolorosa on the Stations of the Cross, and continue to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, after proceed to Mount Scopus and then on to Mount of Olives for a grand panoramic view of the Old City. After we tour Bethlehem * to visit Rachel’s Tomb and Church of the Nativit.
Overnight Jerusalem- including Full Buffet Breakfast.

Included:

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per day itinerary.
• Your selection of 5 Star Deluxe to 4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.

Day 4 - THURSDAY
Jerusalem: New City
After a delicious Israeli breakfast we drive to Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Karem to see the beautiful Chagall stained glass windows. After continue to a must stop while on a tour of Israel in Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust. Next visit the Israel Museum, and 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. We’ll continue our Jerusalem tour driving to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament building, and see the Menorah with the biblical emblems, and the Givat Ram Campus Hebrew University.
Overnight Jerusalem– including Full Buffet Breakfast.

Included:

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per day itinerary.
• Your selection of 5 Star Deluxe to 4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.

Day 5 – FRIDAY
Qumran / Massada / Dead Sea
On this day we start our tour with a drive in the Judean Desert and explore the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth almost 1300 feet (400 meters) below sea level. We'll stop at Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found in 1947 by a Bedouin boy. We’ll continue to perhaps one of the most impressive sites in Israel to the fortress of Masada, and the last stronghold of the Jews after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D. Here we ascend by cable car high up to Masada and tour the ancient fortress exploring the food storeroom, water irrigation system, bathhouses, and Herod’s Palace. After we descend Masada by cable car, time and weather permitting, an opportunity will be provided to float on the Dead Sea. At the end of this day, we drive to Tel Aviv.
Overnight Tel Aviv- including Full Buffet Breakfast.

Included:

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per day itinerary.
• Your selection of 5 Star Deluxe to 4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.

Day 6 – SATURDAY
Tel Aviv
At leisure in Tel Aviv. Israel largest and modern city with short distance to Jaffa. Tel Aviv lies next to the shore of the Mediterranean Sea and is famous for shopping and attractions, beautiful promenade sidewalks with outdoor shopping stores, restaurants, and coffee shops. If your time permit, visit the artistic neighborhood of Neve Tzedek.
Overnight Tel Aviv- including Full Buffet Breakfast.

Included:

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Your selection of 5 Star Deluxe to 4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.

Day 7 - SUNDAY
Caesarea / Megiddo / Druze Villages
Drive along the coastal plain to Caesarea, capital of Judea under the Romans. See the excavations of the Crusader city, Roman port, aqueduct and the amphitheater that has been restored to its former glory as a concert venue. Proceed to Megiddo, identified as the site of Armageddon and explore the archaeological excavations including the preserved water supply system. Continue to Daliat El Carmel, a Druze village and enjoy a late lunch at a local restaurant. Proceed via Mount Carmel to Haifa for a panoramic view of the Haifa Bay and Golden domed Bahai shrine and Bahia Gardens.
Overnight Galilee– including Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner.

Included:

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per day itinerary.
• Dinner at your hotel.
• Your selection of 5 Star Deluxe to 4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.

Day 8 - MONDAY
Safed / Golan Heights / Winery
Start your Israel tour Monday with a drive to Safed, center of the Kaballa movement. Visit the Joseph Caro synagogue and the Ha’Ari synagogue, the most important synagogue in this city, continue with a stroll around the Artist’s quarter. After we continue to the Golan Heights and stop to see the former Syrian bunkers, Kuneitra and the new Israeli town of Katzrin. We'll continue to the Golan Winery for a tour and wine tasting. After proceed to Kessem Hagolan, a multimedia presentation of the area and its history.
Overnight Galilee– including Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner.

Included:

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per day itinerary.
• Dinner at your hotel.
• Your selection of 5 Star Deluxe to 4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.

Day 9 - TUESDAY
Sea of Galilee / Nazareth
On today’s Israel tour we’ll travel to Tiberias and see Capernaum–referred in the Bible as Jesus “own town,” and see the excavations of the synagogue, and see the modern octagonal Church of St. Peter. Next we proceed to Nazareth and visit the Church of the Annunciation. We’ll continue our tour driving via Beit She'an, the largest archeological park in Israel with amazing excavations from the Roman and Byzantine periods. This site rivals those of ruins in ancient Rome. Next on your tour we stop at Beit Alpha to see beautiful mosaic floors of a synagogue from the Byzantine era depicting the zodiac.
Overnight Tel Aviv– including Full Buffet Breakfast.

Included:

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per day itinerary.
• Your selection of 5 Star Deluxe to 4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.

Day 9 - WEDNESDAY
Ben Gurion Airport for Departure
Breakfast at your hotel, please check out from your room at 12 noon and leave your luggage with the Hotel Concierge. Pick up time from the hotel lobby to Ben Gurion airport will be 4 hours before your departure flight.

Included:

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Transfer from your Tel Aviv hotel to the Ben Gurion International Airport for your departure flight back home or to your next destination.

If your flight departs in the morning you will arrive back in America the same day of your departure. If your flight departs in the night you will arrive back to America the following day of your departure.