4 Day Jewish Israel Tour

Overview

1. Day 1Masada and the Dead Sea
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   07:15 AMHotel pickup in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem

   Pickup from Tel Aviv hotels is at around 07:15, and from Jerusalem hotels at around 08:30. Pickups can start 30 to 60 minutes earlier, and we confirm your exact time the day before. The road drops from Jerusalem past the Inn of the Good Samaritan and the sea level marker into the Judean Desert.

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   Mid-morningHerod's fortress on Masada

   Take the cable car up to Masada, where Herod built palaces, cisterns and even a synagogue on a desert plateau. Your guide tells how about 960 Jewish rebels held out here against the Roman army, a story that still shapes Israeli identity. The park entrance with the round-trip cable car is paid on the day.

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4. 3
   AfternoonEin Gedi, Qumran and a Dead Sea float

   Pass the oasis of Ein Gedi, where David hid from King Saul, and the caves of Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. The day ends with a swim at the Dead Sea, where the mineral-rich water keeps you floating with no effort.

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5. EveningOvernight at your tourist class hotel

   Check in to your tourist class hotel, which is named on your booking voucher. Dinner is not included, so the evening is free. Breakfast is served the next morning before day 2.

6. Day 2City of David and Underground Jerusalem
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   MorningPickup from your hotel and King David's Tomb

   After breakfast you are collected from your hotel and look over the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives. You then drive the Kidron Valley, past the tombs of Absalom and Zechariah, to King David's Tomb on Mount Zion.

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   Late morningSephardic synagogues, the Cardo and the Broad Wall

   Inside Zion Gate you visit the Four Sephardic Synagogues, found in ruins in 1967 and fully restored since. You walk the Byzantine Cardo and see the 2,700-year-old Broad Wall built in the days of King Hezekiah.

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   MiddayHerodian mansions and the Western Wall

   Go beneath the Jewish Quarter into 2,000-year-old mansions with original mosaics and ritual baths. Then stand at the Western Wall, once part of the outer wall of the Second Temple compound, and leave a prayer note between the stones.

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10. 7
    AfternoonCity of David and the Gihon Spring

    Exit through Dung Gate to the City of David, the 3,000-year-old city of King David. You see how Hezekiah's engineers brought water inside the walls, and rest at the Gihon Spring where Solomon was anointed king.

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11. EveningOvernight at your tourist class hotel

    Return to your tourist class hotel for a free evening. Breakfast is included the next morning before the drive up the coast.

12. Day 3Caesarea, Haifa, Rosh Hanikra and Acre
13. 8
    MorningPickup and Caesarea National Park

    Head up the Mediterranean coast to Caesarea, Herod's grand port city. You see the Roman theater, the hippodrome and the temple platform that once overlooked ships bound for Rome.

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14. 9
    Late morningBaha'i Gardens in Haifa

    In Haifa you stop to see the Baha'i Shrine and its 19 garden terraces running down Mount Carmel. The view across Haifa Bay is one of the best on the coast.

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15. 10
    AfternoonRosh Hanikra grottoes

    At the Lebanese border, a cable car takes you down the white cliff to the Rosh Hanikra grottoes. Waves have carved these sea caves out of the chalk over thousands of years.

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    Late afternoonOld City of Acre

    Walk the walls of Acre that even Napoleon could not break, and the Crusader halls beneath the town. You also see the prison and gallows where the British held and executed Jewish underground fighters during the Mandate.

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17. EveningOvernight at your tourist class hotel

    Check in to your tourist class hotel for the final night, named on your booking voucher. Breakfast is served before the Golan day.

18. Day 4The Golan Heights
19. 12
    MorningPickup, Megiddo and the Sea of Galilee

    After breakfast you drive north through the Jezreel Valley with a view of Megiddo, the biblical Armageddon. From a lookout above the south end of the Sea of Galilee you see the lake with the Golan Heights rising behind it, then cross the Jordan River past Hamat Gader.

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20. 13
    Late morningAncient Katzrin and the Golan Antiquities Museum

    After the Shalom Observatory view over Tiberias, you walk through a Talmudic-era village at Katzrin with a basalt synagogue and an oil press. The local museum tells the story of Gamla, a Jewish town that fought Rome in the Second Temple era.

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21. 14
    AfternoonMount Bental

    Climb through old Syrian bunkers and trenches on Mount Bental, taken by Israel in 1967. From the top you look over the UN buffer zone to Quneitra in Syria.

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22. 15
    EveningDrop-off at your hotel in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem

    The drive back south ends at your hotel in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. You finish with four full days of Jewish history behind you, from the desert to the northern border.

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What's included

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Cancellation policy

This tour includes flights or accommodation that are booked for you as soon as you book, so it is non-refundable, including no-shows. Border and visa fees are also non-refundable once paid. We strongly recommend travel insurance that covers trip cancellation. If we cancel or materially change the tour, you can choose an alternative date, a credit or a full refund. Read the booking terms.

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