Jerusalem
(Old City)/Bethlehem
Departures : Daily
Step through 3,000 years of history in the city which is holy for Jews, Christians
and Muslims. Enter the Old City of Jerusalem. Walk the Via Dolorosa, and visit
the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Explore the Arab Market. Walk through the
renewed Jewish Quarter. View the Temple Mount and visit the Western (Wailing)
Wall.
Drive to Bethlehem and visit the Church of Nativity, the cradle of Christianity.
Jerusalem
(New City) Israel Museum/Yad Vashem/Ein Karem
Departures : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu
Visit the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum where the Dead Sea Scrolls
are displayed. View the Knesset (the parliament building), the Menorah and the
Supreme Court. Visit Mount Herzl and Yitzhak Rabin's grave. Continue to Yad
Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial. On to Ein Karem, the birthplace of St. John
the Baptist. View the new City Hall and Montefiore's Windmill in Yemin Moshe
- the first suburb built outside of the walls of Jerusalem.

Mt. of Olives/Old
City of Jerusalem
Departures : Monday, Thursday
Enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of the Old City from Mount of Olives, walk
down hill through the cemetery and by the churches of Dominus Flevit and Maria
Magdalene. Visit the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations in the
Kidron Valley. Walk along the Garden Promenade. Enter the Old City and walk
the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. End the day walking through
the colorful Middle Eastern markets. If time allows, visit the Western (Wailing)
Wall.
Massada/Dead
Sea/Ein Gedi Hot Springs
Departures : Daily
Drive to the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea - the lowest point on earth. Ascend
by cable-car to the top of the ancient Herodian fortress of Massada. Hear the
tragic story about the last days of the Zealots, the last defenders of Massada.
Walk among the ruins of the bath-house, the synagogue and the store-rooms. Descend
by cable-car and drive to the Dead Sea shore to enjoy a unique experience of
floating on the saltiest lake in the world.
Nazareth/Capernaum/Sea
of Galilee/Tiberias
Departures : Monday, Wednesday, Saturday
Following the footsteps of Jesus in the Galilee. Drive to Nazareth, the hometown
of Jesus. Visit the magnificent Church of the Annunciation. On the way to Tiberias,
pass by the village of Cana, the site of Jesus' first miracle. Visit Tabgha
and the Church of the Multiplication. On to Capernaum to see the ruins of St.
Peter's home. Experience a boat-trip on the Sea of Galilee. Stop at the Jordan
River.
Caesarea/Haifa/Acre/Rosh
Hanikra
Departures : Sunday, Tuesday, Friday
Following the Roman Via Maris alongside the Mediterranean shores of Israel.
Visit Caesarea's Roman and Crusader ruins including the theater, the walls and
the ancient port. Continue to Haifa and Mount Carmel. Drive along Haifa Bay
to the beautifully preserved Crusader town and harbor of Acre. Visit the new
excavations of the Knights' Halls and the Crypt. Drive north to the border with
Lebanon. Visit the amazing natural caves of Rosh Hanikra.
Safari to
the Judean Desert/Jericho/Wadi Kelt
Departures : Tuesday Saturday
Drive to the Judean Wilderness on the dirt roads of the Judean Desert. As you
drive through the Bedouin territories of the Gihalin tribe, see the most amazing
sight of the 1,500-year-old functioning Marsaba Monastery carved in the cliffs.
Enjoy a picnic lunch served next to the beautiful Mamluk building of Nebi Musa.
Drive to Jericho, the oasis of the Judean Desert and a 10,000-year-old town.
Return to Jerusalem on the ancient Roman road along Wadi Kelt to get the fascinating
view of St. George Monastery.
Tel Aviv City
Tour (1/2 day)
Departures : Sunday, Thursday
Visit the most important sites of Israel's largest metropolis: Eretz Israel
Museum, Oppenheimer Museum and the Diamond Center. Continue to Yitzhak Rabin
Square, the Mann Auditorium, Habima Theater and Rothschild Boulevard. Drive
to Old Jaffa. Stroll along the alleys of the Artists' Colony and visit the archeological
dig of ancient Jaffa. End tour visiting the famous Flea Market.