2008
GUARANTEED WEEKLY DEPARTURES
ISRAEL HERITAGE TOUR
(2)
Sunday arrival
8
days/7 nights
SUNDAY
Upon arrival to airport
meet our representative and transfer to hotel in Tel Aviv for overnight.
MONDAY - Tel Aviv - Beersheba - Arad - Masada - Jerusalem
Depart Tel Aviv -
via Ashdod - Ashkelon - Beersheba. A short visit to the Negev capital.
Continue via Arad to Masada. Ascend by cable car to the fortress, which was
the last stronghold of the Jewish Zealots in their war against the Romans.
Visit the excavations, Herod’s palaces, the synagogue and bathhouse. Enjoy
the breathtaking view of the Roman camps and the Dead Sea. Descend for a
possible “float” in the in the salty water of the world’s lowest place. Via
Ein Gedi and Kalya, proceed to 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 andthe 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 - Tiberius - Galilee
Leave Jerusalem, and drive north via Jericho*,
the oldest city in the world, through the Jordan Valley and the new
settlements to Beit Shean. Visit the excavations of this beautiful preserved
Roman City. Proceed to Tiberius, the old center of Jewish learning. Drive
along the shores of the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum to visit the ruins of the
ancient synagogue. Continue to a Kibbutz hotel for overnight.
FRIDAY
- Upper Galilee and Golan
Heights - Nazareth
Drive to the Golan Heights. Visit the former
Syrian fortifications and the Druze villages, via Banias, the source of the
Jordan River. Proceed via the Hula Valley to Safed, city of the Kabala, to
visit a synagogue and the artists’ colony and then to Nazareth to visit the
Christian Holy Sites. Return to the Kibbutz hotel for overnight.
SATURDAY - Acre - Haifa - Tel Aviv
After Breakfast drive west to Acre for a visit
of the famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications. Continue to
Haifa, sightseeing tour of Haifa including the Bahai Shrine, Persian Garden
and Mount Carmel for a panoramic view of the city and the bay. Proceed along
the cost to Caesarea to visit the Roman Theater and the Crusader fortress.
End the day with a short city tour of Tel Aviv-Jaffa and overnight.
SUNDAY
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 |
Deluxe |
Double
Single room supplement |
875.00
300.00 |
950.00
325.00 |
1200.00
500.00 |
1550.00
825.00 |
|
6 dinners supplement |
120.00 |
120.00 |
200.00 |
N/A |
|
High season supplement |
40.00 |
40.00 |
70.00 |
N/A |
|
Peak season supplement |
150.00 |
200.00 |
300.00 |
N/A |
