Upon arrival at airport in Tel Aviv, you will be warmly met by a representative, who will provide assistance and transfer to your accommodation to check-in.

Overnight: Tel Aviv

Activities:

• After breakfast drive to Mount of Olives. Enjoy a panoramic view of the Golden City of Jerusalem.
• Stop at Mount Zion to visit the Room of Last Supper, Dormition Abbey and traditional tomb of King David. Enter the Old City through one of its numerous Gates and walk through Armenian and Jewish quarters to the recently excavated and restored Cardo, ancient Roman Road.
• Arrive to the Western Wall, the only remains from the 2nd Temple period, also known as the Wailing Wall, a sacred place fro the Jewish people.
• Continue to the Christian Quarter. Walk along Via Dolorosa with its 14 Stations of the Cross. Visit the Church of Holy Sepulchre, the holiest Shrine in the Christendom.
• Drive to your hotel.

Overnight: Jerusalem – (B, D)

Activities:

• After breakfast drive through the hills of Judea to the Dead Sea area, the lowest spot on earth, over 400 m below the sea level. Roadside view of Qumran caves (visit not included) where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were found.
• Drive along the shores of the Dead Sea to Massada where you will learn the story of the Jewish zealots. Ascend by cable car and tour the fortress, built by King Herod, where, allegedly, the Jewish zealots made their last stand against the Romans in the 1st Century.
• Visit the remains of the walls, palace, synagogue, water cisterns, mosaic floors, roman baths and other findings. Descend by cable car.
• Continue to the shores of the Dead Sea; enjoy the unique opportunity to float in the Dead Sea and cover yourself with the mineral rich mud that many believe has its therapeutic effects.
• Return to your hotel in Jerusalem.

Overnight: Jerusalem – (B, L)

Activities:

• After breakfast drive through the Judean desert towards Jericho.
• Enjoy the view of Good Samaritan Inn.
• After a short stop at sea level point continue to Jericho, one of the oldest cities on earth.
• Stop to see Zacchaeus’ Sycamore fig tree and view Mt. of Temptation.
• Visit the Tal of ancient Jericho where 25 ancient cities were uncovered. (*Cable car is not included).
• Proceed to the city of Bethlehem. Visit the Church of Nativity with its grottos and wander around Manger Square.
• Drive towards Jerusalem, passing by Shepherd’s Field.

Overnight: Jerusalem – (B, D)

Activities:

• After breakfast start the day with a visit to the Independence hall where the establishment of the state of Israel was declared.
• Next drive to Latrun to visit the Armed Corps Museum, one of the most diverse tank museums in the world.
• Visit the mini Israel park including miniature replicas of the most important landmarks and buildings in Israel.
• Proceed to Ayalon Institute, once an ammunition factory for the Hagana, the underground movement before May 1948.
• Return to your hotel in Jerusalem.

Overnight: Jerusalem – (B, D)

Activities:

• Leave your hotel and proceed to Nazareth, the town where Jesus spent his childhood.
• Visit the church of Annunciation and the church of St. Joseph.
• Continue, via Cana of Galilee where Jesus performed his first miracle of turning the water into wine on the wedding fest, to Tiberias, the capital of Lower Galilee on the Sea of Galilee.
• Drive along the shores of the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum, the town of Jesus. See the ruins of the ancient synagogue where Jesus taught.
• Continue to Tabgha, the site of the miracle of fish and loaves located at the foot of the Golan Heights.
• Proceed to Yardenit, the baptismal on the river Jordan and proceed to your hotel.

Activities:

• After breakfast, proceed via Nahariya to Rosh Hanikra to visit the limestone grottos close to the Lebanese border.
• Continue then to Acre, the ancient city on the Mediterranean recognized by UNESCO as world heritage site; Walk through the market, the mosque and the old port.
• Visit the Crusaders and along the coastal road proceed to Haifa, one of Israeli’s largest ports and a beautiful city on the slopes of Mt. Carmel. Enjoy a panoramic view and see the Bahai temple with its hanging Persian Garden.
• Drive along the coastal road to Caesarea, the ancient Roman capital build by King Herod.
• Visit the restored ancient Roman Theatre, the Aqueduct and the Hippodrome.
• Proceed to your hotel in Tel Aviv.

Overnight: Tel Aviv – (B,D)

Departure: Breakfast at hotel. Departure transfer to Ben Gurion airport for your flight home. – (B)