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Includes Bethel reservation, land transportation, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, and hotel lodging included. It includes entries to the museum and parks.
Land package 9 days/7 cities from $2600 pp
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Prices: ($75 off p/p)
- 2 people per room $2,600.00 (Now $2,525) per person (one matrimonial bed or 2 twin beds)
- 1 person per room $3,600.00 (Now $3,525) per person (one matrimonial bed or 2 twin beds
Call the office if the third person is a child.
Deposit to reserve your seat is $499.00 per person. Deposit is non-refundable. Pay in installments until March 2020.
Day 1 - May 16/ Saturday
TEL AVIV
- 🛬Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv.
- 🚌You will need to make your own arrangements to get to the hotel. Check-in will take place in the afternoon and later we can enjoy a pleasant evening of dining as a group.
- 🍽️Dinner included
- 🏨Overnight: Tel Aviv
Day 2 - May 17/Sunday
TEL AVIV /JERUSALEM
- 🍽️(B/L/D= Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
- 🚌Visit the Watchtower Association of Israel Branch, RA.
- This branch translates Bible literature into Hebrew and Israeli Sign Language. Supports the congregations within the country.
- 🏨Overnight: Jerusalem
Day 3 - May 18/Monday
JERUSALEM: "the city of Salem (peace)" – Ps. 76:2; Isa. 60:14.
- 🍽️(B/L/D= Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
- After breakfast, we will start with a panoramic tour of the modern city of Jerusalem: The Knesset (Parliament), The Presidential Residence, the Municipal Theater.
- A visit worth doing is the Israel Museum where the Shrine of the Book and the Mock-up of Jerusalem are located at the time of Jesus. Later we depart to the Mount of Olives and the Garden of Gethsemane.
- We will continue to Yad Vashem, the memorial to the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust.
- In the afternoon visit the picturesque Ein Karem
- 🏨Overnight: Jerusalem
Day 4 - May 19/Tuesday
JERUSALEM/BETHLEHEM
- 🍽️(B/L/D= Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
- After breakfast, we will depart to the Old City of Jerusalem.
- Tour of the 14 stations of the Via DolorosaVisit the Jewish Quarter, the Temple area, the Wailing Wall and the colorful bazaars of the Muslim quarter.
- We will continue towards Mount Zion.
- In the afternoon we will visit Bethlehem.
- 🏨Overnight: Jerusalem
Day 5 - May 20/Wednesday
The Salt (Dead) Sea – Num. 34:3
- 🍽️(B/L/D= Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
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After breakfast, we will depart and travel through the Judean desert to Massada, the fortress of King Herod and the last bastion of the Jewish resistance against the Romans, with its magnificent views and fascinating excavations.
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Arrival to the Dead Sea. The waters of this sea, which due to its high degree of salinity have remarkable healing properties, together with the mineral-rich mud, together with the climatic effect, make the area an unequaled natural spa in which to treat different diseases, such as diseases of the skin, rheumatic diseases, and even respiratory diseases. Mud or mud baths are internationally recognized as the best in the world due to their salinity as well as their high proportions of iron, magnesium, calcium, sodium and potassium chlorides, so this type of bath has exceptional therapeutic qualities.
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We will continue to the city of Qumran.
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🏨Overnight: Jerusalem
Day 6 - May 21/Thursday
Hills of Galilee – Josh. 20:7
- 🍽️(B/L/D= Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
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After breakfast, we will travel through the Judean desert to Jerico, the oldest city in the world, a panoramic view of the city and the Mount of Temptation.
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Continue along the Jordan Valley towards Yardenit, a place on the Jordan River.
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Visit Nazareth. Cruise through the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum to visit the ancient Synagogue and the house of Peter.
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Departure to Tabgha and the Mount of Beatitudes, place of the Sermon on the Mount.
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🏨Overnight: Galilee
Day 7 - May 22/Friday
HAIFA / CESAREA / TEL AVIV
- 🍽️(B/L/D= Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
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After breakfast, we will depart to Haifa "The Northern Pearl" religious and cultural center, one of the most beautiful cities in the region. Panoramic view of Bahai Shrine, and the beautiful Persian Gardens.
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We continue towards San Juan de Acre to appreciate the medieval fortifications.
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Later we continue towards the top of Mount Carmel.
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We will continue to Caesarea, with its magnificent excavations.
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Visit of the Roman Theater, the city of the Crusaders and the Aqueduct.
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🏨Overnight: Tel Aviv
Day 8 - May 23/Saturday
TEL AVIV
- 🍽️(B/L/D= Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
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Sightseeing tour of Tel Aviv, a city of towering skyscrapers, shopping, sandy beaches, and wide-open boulevards.
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Afterward, enjoy the rest of the day at leisure in Tel Aviv.
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🏨Overnight: Tel Aviv
Day 9 - May 24/Sunday
We will eat breakfast as a group. After checkout, feel free to stay longer on your own in Tel Aviv.
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🍽️Breakfast.
TERMS and CONDITIONS
[Spring 2020] "Explore Israel" May 16th-24th (Land 🚍 package only)
Please meet us on May 16/ Saturday at TEL AVIV at our hotel to check-in and enjoy a pleasant evening of dining.
🍽️Dinner included
🏨Overnight: Tel Aviv