2008
GUARANTEED WEEKLY DEPARTURES
BIBLE LAND TOUR (6)
Monday arrival
8
days/7nights
MONDAY
Upon arrival to airport
meet our representative and transfer to your hotel in Jerusalem for overnight.
TUESDAY - Jerusalem - sightseeing of the
new city
Drive
to Mt. Scopus for a panoramic view of Jerusalem continuing to the Garden of
Gethsemane and Church of the Agony. Visit Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book
with the famous Dead Sea scrolls and the beautifully renovated Model of the
Herodian city of Jerusalem, dating back to the time of the Second Temple.
Continue to Yad Vashem (the memorial to the six million Jews who were killed
in the Holocaust. Afternoon visit Hadassah medical center’s synagogue, with
Marc Chagall stained glass windows. Via Ein Karem (the birth place of John
the Baptist) return to your hotel.
WEDNESDAY - Jerusalem - (Old City) – Bethlehem*
Walk through one of the Gates to the walled Old
City: the renewed Jewish Quarter; the Western Wall, the Temple area; the
colorful bazaars; Via Dolorosa and the Stations of the Cross ending at the
Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Drive to Mt. Zion, visit the tomb of King David,
the Room of the Last Supper and Dormition Abbey. Afternoon continue to
Bethlehem* to visit Rachel’s Tomb and the Church of the Nativity and return to
Jerusalem for overnight.
THURSDAY – Beit Shean - Nazareth - Galilee
Leave Jerusalem and drive north via Jericho*,
the oldest city in the world and the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean. Visit the
excavations of this beautiful Roman City. Proceed to Nazareth to visit the
Church of the Annunciation & Mary’s Well. Continue to Safed, city of the
Kabala, for a walk through the mystic alleys and the artists’ colony. Drive to
Kibbutz Hotel for overnight.
FRIDAY -
Golan Heights – and around the Sea of Galilee
Drive to the Golan Heights to see the former
Syrian fortifications and the Druze villages. Via Banias, source of the Jordan
River, drive to the shores of the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum. Visit the ruins
of the ancient synagogue and Peter's House. Visit Tabgha, where the miracle of
the Fish & Bread took place and Mt Beatitude. After a short tour of Tiberius
the old center of Jewish learning, Return to the Kibbutz hotel for overnight.
SATURDAY - Acre - Haifa - Tel Aviv
Journey west to Acre for a visit of the famous
Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications. Continue to Haifa for a
sightseeing tour of Haifa and the Bahai Shrine, Persian Garden and Mount
Carmel for a panoramic view of the city. Traveling south to Caesarea, visit
the Roman Theater and the Crusader fortress. Continue to Tel Aviv-Jaffa for a
short city tour and to hotel for overnight.
SUNDAY
A day at leisure in Tel Aviv or an optional tour
to the Dead Sea.
MONDAY
Transfer to the airport for departure or
extension tour to Jordan.
* Site under the
Palestinian Authority jurisdiction. Visit subject to current situation.
TOUR
INCLUDES:
• Tours and transfers per itinerary
• English-speaking guides.
• Accommodation per itinerary
• Breakfast daily
PER
PERSON BASED ON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
Rates for period: 1 March 2008 – 28 February 2009
HOTEL |
Standard |
First class |
Superior |
Double
Single room supplement |
900.00
300.00 |
975.00
325.00 |
1250.00
500.00 |
|
High season supplement |
40.00 |
40.00 |
70.00 |
|
Peak season supplement |
150.00 |
200.00 |
300.00 |
