Heritage Israel Tour Package
Heritage Israel Tour Package: 8 Day / 7 nights
This tour covers the main sites in Jerusalem, Galilee and the Dead Sea areas (including Masada). Ideal for those who have never visited the Holy Land before.
Tour Type: Multi-day guided tour with all transport, accommodation & entrance fees included
Duration: 8 Days / 7 Nights
Flights: Not included (land package only)
Itinerary:
Day 1 (Thursday)
- Meet & Greet at Tel Aviv (Ben Gurion International Airport)
- Transfer to Tel Aviv Hotel
Day 2 (Friday)
- Jaffa (joppa) – short walking tour
- Travel up Old Damascus Road
- Caesarea (Herod’s Maritime harbour city)
- Megiddo (Armageddon)
- Cross Jezreel Valley
- Tiberias / Sea of Galilee
Day 3 (Saturday)
- Sea of Galilee
- Capernaum (hometown of Jesus / Yeshua)
- Tabgha (loaves & fishes)
- Church of Multiplication (feeding of the 5000)
- Mount of Beatitudes (Sermon on the mount)
- Golan Heights (view the Hula valley & Mt Hermon)
- Return to Tiberias
Day 4 (Sunday)
- Travel to Nazareth
- Church of Annunciation (Mary’s well & Joseph’s church)
- Cana (wedding feast & site of Jesus’ first miracle)
- Beit She’an (beautifully preserved Roman City)
- Continue to Jerusalem
Day 5 (Monday)
- Travel into the Judean wilderness
- Visit Qumran (location where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found)
- Masada (Herod’s mountain fortress)
- Dead Sea (Take a swim – or float!!)
- Ascend back into Jerusalem
Day 6 (Tuesday)
- Israel Museum (Shrine of the book & Jerusalem model)
- Ein Karem (traditional birth-place of John the Baptist)
- Bethlehem (Church of the Nativity & Manger Square)
- Return to Jerusalem
Day 7 (Wednesday)
- Western Wall & Temple Mount
- Via Dolorosa (walk of sorrows)
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- Mount Zion (David’s tomb & the Room of the last supper)
- Mount of Olives
- Garden of Gethsemane
Day 8 (Thursday)
- Transfer to Ben Gurion International airport
Please Note: the above itinerary is a brief description of the main sites visited on this tour. More sights will be seen / explained during each day than is listed. The tour & sites visited may be amended due to circumstances or at the company’s / guide’s discretion.
Included:
- 7 nights accommodation (bed and breakfast)
- Assistance at the Airport
- Airport transfers on arrival and departure
- All transportation
- Government licensed guide
- All entrance fees to places of interest while touring
Not included:
- Porterage at airport
- Tips for guide, driver & hotel staff
- Drinks with meals
- Personal travel insurance
More Information:
- Appropriate dress – Casual
Ladies should ensure knees & shoulders are covered (it may also be appropriate to take along a shawl for covering in certain sites)
Men should dress modestly with shorts (below knee length) and shoulders covered - Shoes – most people wear a comfortable pair of trainers
- Swimming costume & towel (required for optional Dead Sea tour)
Some people take water shoes to enter the Dead Sea as the salt / minerals can make the sea bed very rough to walk on - Sun Cream – temperatures can become very hot
- Passport – each passenger should bring along their passport in case of security checks
- The tour is on a guaranteed departure basis (subject to a minimum of 2 passengers)
- The sequence of the tour, hotels used, and sites visited may be changed at a moments notice circumstances dictate
- Bookings received less than 14 days prior to the tour departure date are taken a request only basis
Prices
Child Rates:
Tourist & First Class: Child (2-12) sharing parents’ room – reduction on the Double rate 20%
Superior: Child up to age 18 sharing parents’ room – reduction on the Double rate 40%
