Israel Peace & Olives (ISR – DHS04)

Upon arrival meet our representative and transfer to your hotel in Jerusalem for overnight.

Enjoy your breakfast.

Start the day with a panoramic view of Jerusalem from the top of Mt. of Olives.

Continue to the Garden of Gethsemane and Church of the Agony.

Next visit Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea Scrolls, then a visit to the beautifully renovated Model of Herodian city of Jerusalem.

Continue to Yad Vashem the memorial to all the Jewish lives lost in the Holocaust for an unforgettable experience.

In the afternoon visit the picturesque village of Ein Karem.

Transfer to your hotel for overnight in Jerusalem.

Breakfast included.

Enjoy your breakfast.

Enter through the gates to the walled Old City and visit the renewed Jewish Quarter, the Western Wall, the Temple area and the colorful bazaars.

Walk along the Via Dolorosa and Stations of the Cross, ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Continue to Mt. Zion and visit the tomb of King David, the Room of the Last Supper and Dormition Abbey.

In the afternoon continue to Bethlehem to visit the Church of the Nativity and a view of the Shepherd’s Fields*.

Transfer to your hotel for overnight in Jerusalem.

Breakfast included.

Enjoy your breakfast.

Leave Jerusalem and drive north, passing by Jericho, the oldest city in the world and through the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean. Visit the excavations of this beautifully preserved Roman City.

Proceed to Nazareth to visit the Church of the Annunciation and the carpentry workshop of Joseph.

Next head on to Safed, city of the Kabala, for a walk through the mystic alleys, a visit to a synagogue and the artist’s colony.

Transfer to your hotel for overnight in Galilee.

Breakfast included.

Enjoy your breakfast.

Drive to the Golan Heights, passing by the Druze Villages.

Next drive by Banias, source of the Jordan River to visit the Mount of Beatitudes.

Visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue and Peter’s House at Capernaum.

Later visit Tabgha, where Jesus’ miracle of multiplication took place.

Continue to Tiberias for a short tour of the old center of Jewish learning.

Transfer to your hotel for overnight in Galilee.

Breakfast included.

After breakfast, drive west to Acre for a visit of the old, famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications.

Continue on to Haifa for panoramic sightseeing tour of the city including the Baha’I Shrine, Persian Garden, Mount Carmel and Haifa Bay.

Proceed southwards to Caesarea to visit the ancient port, including the Roman Theater and the Hippodrome.

Continue to Tel Aviv for a short city tour and to your hotel.

Transfer to your hotel for overnight in Tel Aviv.

Breakfast included.

Free day in Tel Aviv, or an optional tour to the Dead Sea for $140 per person.

On the tour depart Tel Aviv via the Judean Hills to the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth. Stop for relaxation at one of the shores of the Dead Sea. Enjoy the opportunity to float in the unsinkable Dead Sea and cover yourself with the mineral rich, therapeutic mud. Return to point of departure.

Overnight at hotel in Tel Aviv.

Breakfast included.

Breakfast and transfer to the airport for departure.

Breakfast included.