Itinerary:
Day 1 - Sunday: TEL AVIV
Arrival in Tel Aviv, transfer to hotel.
Overnight: Tel Aviv.
Day 2 – Monday: BEERSHEBA – NEGEV DESERT – MASADA – DEAD SEA - JERUSALEM
Via Ashdod, Ashkelon, to Beersheba for a visit. Drive through parts of the Negev Desert. Continue to Masada, Herod’s mountain fortress. Enjoy a “swim" in the Dead Sea. Proceed to Jerusalem.
Overnight: Jerusalem. (B)
Day 3 – Tuesday: JERUSALEM
Drive to Mt. Scopus for a view of Jerusalem. To the Garden of Gethsemane, see the Church of Agony. . In the New City visit the Shrine of the Book, see the original Dead Sea Scrolls, Mt. Herzl and the Holocaust Museum. See the Model of Jerusalem and the Chagall stained glass windows.
Overnight: Jerusalem. (B)
Day 4 – Wednesday: JERUSALEM – OLD CITY - BETHLEHEM
Walking tour of the Old City: Visit the Jewish Quarter and the Western (“wailing”) Wall. See the Temple Mount. Through the bazaar area to Via Dolorosa, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. On to Mt. Zion with King David’s Tomb, Room of the Last Supper and Dormition Abbey . Local conditions permitting, drive to Bethlehem, visit Rachel’s Tomb and the Church of the Nativity.
Overnight: Jerusalem. (B)
Day 5 – Thursday: BEIT SHEAN – TIBERIAS – SEA OF GALILEE – CAPERNAUM - KIBBUTZ
We leave Jerusalem and drive north to Beit Shean for a short visit. North along the Jordan Valley and on to Tiberias. Continue along the shores of the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum to see the ruins of the ancient synagogue.
Overnight: Kibbutz hotel, Galilee. (B)
Day 6 – Friday: GOLAN HEIGHTS – BANIAS – JORDAN RIVER – TZFAT - NAZARETH
To the Golan Heights. Visit a Druze villages. Continue via Banias, the source of the Jordan River. On to Tzfat (Safed), city of the Kabbalah, to visit the old synagogue and artists' colony. To Nazareth to visit the Church of Annunciation and Mary's Well.
Overnight: Kibbutz hotel. (B)
Day 7 – Saturday: AKKO – HAIFA – BAHAI SHRINE – CAESAREA – JAFFA – TEL AVIV
In Akko (Acre), visit the famous Crusader Castle. In Haifa, a short tour including the Bahai Shrine, the Persian Gardens and Mt. Carmel for a view of the city. Drive south to Caesarea, see the Roman theatre and Crusader City. Via Netanya to Tel Aviv, short city tour, and to the ancient port city of Jaffa (Joppa).
Overnight: Tel Aviv. (B)
Day 8 – Sunday: TEL AVIV – JERASH - AMMAN
Depart Tel Aviv and drive to the border and enter the Kingdom of Jordan. Drive to Jerash, once an important city in the Roman Empire. Visit this Roman city with colonnaded streets, ancient theatre, baths, temples etc. Drive to Amman for a short city tour.
Overnight: Amman. (B)
Day 9 - Monday: AMMAN - PETRA - AMMAN
Travel by road to Petra. A full day’s walking tour of Petra. The city is known as the Red Rock City and was the ancient capital of the Nabateans from the 2nd and 3rd century AD. Visit the carved monuments, such as the Treasury, Elhazneh, the field of tombs, obelisks, and the altar from where you can view the whole of this magnificent site. Return to Wadi Musa and drive to Amman.
Overnight: Amman (B)
Day 10 - Tuesday: AMMAN – MEDEBA – TEL AVIV
Drive to Madaba to see ancient mosaic map of the Holy Land and ruins of the historical site. Continue to Mt Nebo, from where Moses viewed the Promised Land. Transfer to the border and return to Tel Aviv.
Overnight: Tel Aviv (B)
Day 11 - Wednesday: TEL AVIV
Day at Leisure.
Overnight: Tel Aviv. (B)
Day 12 - Thursday: TEL AVIV
At leisure until your departure transfer to Tel Aviv airport. (B)
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