Best of Israel

Price Per person double occupancy

Date	Price	Single Supplement
October 24-November 5, 2024	$4,329*	$1,200
*Includes airfare from Newark. Reservation Due: July 12, 2024 Final Payment Due: August 23, 2024

Included

Roundtrip air from Newark including current air taxes and fuel surcharges (taxes and fuel charges are subject to change), 11 nights lodging at 4 star hotels, Breakfast and dinner daily, 1 lunch, Full time English speaking tour escort, Services of air conditioned deluxe motor coach, All guides, entrances, touring and transportation as appears on itinerary, Baggage handling at hotels (one piece), Tips to driver, guides, and hotel staff, Pilgrim payment processing by check, Visa, Master Card, or Discover

Not Included

10 lunches, drinks, Shabbat meal in Jerusalem, Israel VAT tax of $160 per person (not charged if passport copy is provided), Optional travel insurance (7.95% or 10.85% of tour cost)

Day 1: Thursday, Departure from USA

• Depart from Newark, overnight flight to Tel Aviv

Day 2: Friday, Arrive Tel Aviv, Transfer to Negev

• Arrive in Tel Aviv
• Meet your guide
• Beit Shemesh, Elah Valley
• Dinner and overnight in Arad

Day 3: Saturday, Old Testament sites

• Tel Be’er Sheva
• Ein Avdat, choice for hiking
• Tel Arad
• Dinner and overnight in Arad

Day 4: Sunday, Dead Sea

• Ein Gedi, David Waterfall
• Masada, choice to hike up Ramp Trail or cable car
• Floating in the Dead Sea
• Dinner and overnight in Arad

Day 5: Monday, Qumran, Jordan Rift Valley

• Check out, depart hotel.
• Qumran, site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
• Wadi Qelt overlook
• Bet Shean, Scythopolis, Drive to Galilee
• Dinner and overnight in Tiberias

Day 6: Tuesday, Sea of Galilee

• Mt Arbel, choice for cliff hike
• Magdala, Migdal Synagogue, Magdala’s Chapel, The Encounter
• Capharnaum, the Town of Jesus
• Enjoy a meal of St. Peter’s fish
• Boat ride on the Sea of Galilee
• Dinner and overnight in Tiberias

Day 7: Wednesday, Banias, Golan Heights

• Mount of Beatitudes
• Tel Dan Nature Reserve, Caesarea Philippi
• Syrian border overlook
• Park Katzrin, the Talmudic Village
• Galilee shore at Tabgha parking lot
• Dinner and overnight in Tiberias

Day 8: Thursday, Mount Carmel, Coastal Plains

• Nazareth Village
• Tel Megiddo
• Mount Carmel, walk to overlook
• Caesarea Maritime, Aquaduct
• Depart to Jerusalem via Coastal Plains.
• Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem

Day 9: Friday, Jerusalem

• Mehane Yehuda Market
• Tel Shiloh
• Bethlehem, Shepherd’s field, olive wood factory
• Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem

Day 10: Saturday, Jerusalem

• Visit Israel Museum, model of Jerusalem, Shrine of the Book
• Panoramic view from the top of Mount of Olives.
• Palm Sunday Path
• The Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations.
• Worship service at Garden Ambo (across from Gethsemane).
• Option to take tram to Ben Yehuda Street after dinner
• Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem

Day 11: Sunday, Jerusalem

• Temple Mount
• The Western Wall, Davidson Center, the southern Steps
• Yad Vashem (Holocaust Museum)
• Visit City of David, Hezekiah’s tunnels
• Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem

Day 12: Monday, Jerusalem

• Garden Tomb
• Western Wall Tunnels
• Pool of Bethesda
• Lunch in old city (on own)
• Hurva Synagogue
• Shorashim Shop
• Old City Market
• Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem

Day 13: Tuesday, Arrive in USA

• Transfer to Tel Aviv airport for flight home

Itinerary subject to change while touring for the best interest of the group.