Friday
Ben
Gurion Airport / Tel Aviv
Arrival
at Ben Gurion Airport, where you will be met by a Diesenhaus Unitours
representative and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight
in Tel Aviv.
At leisure
Overnight
in Tel Aviv.
Sunday
Caesarea
/ Haifa / Acre / Rosh Hanikra
Drive
north to Caesarea, once the Roman capital of the region. See the excavations of
the crusaders' city, the
aqueduct and the amphitheatre
which has been restored as a concert venue. Proceed to Haifa for a panoramic
view from Mt. Carmel and visit “AF AL PI CHEN” , the naval museum of the
illegal immigration to Israel at the time of the British mandate.
Drive to
Acre; walk along the old harbour and local market ; Continue to the northernmost
point of Israel at Rosh Hanikra.
Descend by
cable into the limestone Grottoes.
Overnight
at a Kibbutz guesthouse.
Monday
Safed /
Tel Facher / Banias / Tel Hai
Drive to
Safed, center of Kaballa movement;
Visit the JOSEPH CARO and the HA’ ARI synagogues, the most important
synagogues in the city; stroll around the the Artist’s quarter .
Enjoy a Jeep tour to the foots of the Golan.
Continue
to the Golan heights ; Stop at an observation point over the city of Kuneitra,
and the Syrian territory.
Stop at
Tel Facher, a former syrian army camp ; Visit the Banias springs.
Next, a
visit to Tel-Hai ; See the “Roaring Lion”
monument and learn about the heroic battle of Josef Trumpeldor and his comrades in 1920 .
Overnight
at a kibbutz guesthouse.
Tuesday
Beit
Shean / Beit Alpha / Gan Hashlosha / Jerusalem
Begin the
day with a tree planting ; Drive to
Tiberias to visit Rambam’s
grave ; Proceed to Beit Shean,
also called "Scythopolis", the biggest archeological park in Israel
with beautiful excavations from Roman and Byzantine periods.
Stop at Beit Alpha to see the beautiful mosaic floor of a synagogue
from the
Byzantine
period.
Onto Gan Hashlosha, (Sachne)
where you will have an opportunity to enjoy in the water springs located
at the foots of the Gilboa mountain, the famous mountain on which King Saul was
killed in the battle against the philistines.
Continue
via the Jordan valley to Jerusalem; Stop at Mount Scopus for a blessingas you
enter the city.
Overnight
in Jerusalem.
Wednesday
Jerusalem:
The Old City
Tour the
old city of Jerusalem .
Start with
a visit of the tomb of King David on Mt. Zion. Walk along the Cardo, the ancient Roman road ; Visit the
four Sepharadic synagogues restored after 1967 war in the Jewish quarter .
Tour the
Kotel Tunnels; Visit Davidson center and walk through the
Roman Cardo, to the local Arab bazaar. Walk through Jaffa gate to David’s Tower museum and
see the ancient remains of the city beginning with the first Temple period.
Overnight in Jerusalem.
Thursday
Jerusalem:
The New City
Celebrate the Bar-Mitzvah
ceremonies at the kotel.
Continue to Mea Shearim
and learn about the unique lifestyle of the
ultra orthodox
communities.
Drive by the Knesset,
Israel’s parliament and see the Menorah with the biblical emblems. Next visit the
Israel Museum, the Shrine of the book
where the Dead sea scrolls are housed , and the new holyland model – a
miniature replica of Jerusalem as it was during the second temple period.
Drive to mount Hertzel ,
the military cemetery and Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust . Visit the
ammunition hill, a former Jordanian army stronghold , conquered by the Israeli
army in the Six Day War , and converted into a national memorial site and
museum.
Overnight in Jerusalem.
Friday
Qumeran
/ Massada / Dead Sea
Drive through the Judean
desert to the Dead Sea. Stop at Qumeran, the site where the Dead Sea scrolls
were found. Continue to Massada, ascend by cablecar and tour the ancient
fortress, visiting the remains of the walls, palaces, synagogue, the bathhouses
etc. Descend by cable car.
Next stop
is for lunch and Spa facilities in one of the leading hotels in the area.
Overnight
in Jerusalem.
Saturday
At
leisure
Overnight
in Jerusalem.
Sunday
Jerusalem
/ Ben Gurion Airport.
After
breakfast, transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for departure.