DAY 1: Sunday - Depart THE USA
- Depart the USA for Israel. Your flight includes meals, drinks, and in-flight entertainment for your journey.
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DAY 2: Monday - Arrival Jerusalem
- Upon arrival to the airport you will meet our representative and transfer to your hotel in Jerusalem for overnight.
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DAY 3: Tuesday - Jerusalem - sightseeing of the new city
- Start the day with a panoramic view of Jerusalem from the top of Mt&rsquo of Olives. On to the Garden of Gethsemane and Church of the Agony.
- Continue to Israel Museum&rsquos Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea scrolls, then a visit to the beautifully renovated Model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem, dating back to the time of the Second Temple.
- Continue to Yad Vashem (the memorial to the six million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust.
- Afternoon visit to the picturesque village of Ein Karem , the birth place of John the Baptist. Return to Hotel.
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DAY 4: Wednesday - Jerusalem - Old City – Bethlehem
- Enter through one of the Gates to the walled Old City to visit the renewed Jewish Quarter, the Western Wall, the Temple area and the colorful bazaars.
- Walk along the Via Dolorosa and the Stations of the Cross, ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
- Drive 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 Shepherds Fields.
- Return to Jerusalem for overnight.
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DAY 5: Thursday - Beit Shean - Nazareth - Galilee
- Leave Jerusalem and drive north via Jericho, the oldest city in the world.
- Travel 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.
- On to Safed, city of the Kabala, for a walk through the mystic alleys and the artists&rsquo colony.
- Continue to a Kibbutz hotel for overnight.
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DAY 6: Friday - Golan Heights – and around the Sea of Galilee
- Drive to the Golan Heights. See the former Syrian fortifications, and the Druze villages. Via Banias, source of the Jordan River , drive to the shores of the Sea of Galilee , to Capernaum.
- Visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue and Peters House. Visit Tabgha , where the miracle of the Fish & Bread took place and Mt Beatitude.
- After a short tour of Tiberias the old center of Jewish learning, Return to the Kibbutz hotel for overnight.
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DAY 7: Saturday - Acre - Haifa - Tel Aviv
- After Breakfast drive west to Acre for a visit of the old, famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications.
- Continue to Haifa, sightseeing tour of Haifa, including the Bahai Shrine, Persian Garden and Mount Carmel for a panoramic view of the city.
- Proceed southwards to Caesarea to visit the Roman Theater and the Crusader fortress. Continue to Tel Aviv-Jaffa for a short city tour and to hotel for overnight.
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DAY 8: Sunday - Tel Aviv
- Day at leisure in Tel Aviv, or an OPTIONAL tour to the Dead Sea.
- Transfer to the airport for departure.
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DAY 9: Monday - Departure
- Your flight includes meals, drinks, and in-flight entertainment for your journey.
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