Itinerary

Tour Israel with a private guide and driver.  Stay in some of the best 5-star hotels in Israel.  Limousine service to and from the airport to travel in style.  This tour can be changed according to your needs.  Days are added on or subtracted according to your schedule.  

Day 1:  Arrival at Ben Gurion airport

When you arrive at the Ben Gurion airport, a driver with a limousine will be waiting to take you to your hotel in Jerusalem overnight.

Day 2:  Jerusalem

After breakfast at your hotel, start the touring day with your driver and guide. Tour the Old City and the New City of Jerusalem.  Walk through the Old City and the Jewish Quarter, and continue on to the Wailing Wall.   Tour the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum.  After touring the Old City, drive to the new city to see the Knesset, where the government resides, and a few other points of interest.  Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 3:  Underground Jerusalem

The driver and guide will be waiting for you.  Start the day with a drive along the Kidron Valley to view the Mount of Olives and the Jewish cemetery.  On Mount Zion, stop at the Tomb of David.  Men and women are separated here. Tour the Byzantine Cardo, and continue through the Jewish Quarter to see the 2000-year-old wall that was built by King Hezekiah.  Descend to the ancient complex of homes and view the original mosaic floors and mikva.  Exit through the Dung Gate and see the excavations of the City of David.  Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 4:  Masada and Dead Sea 

Dive towards the Dead Sea and stop at the sea level marker. Arrive at Masada and take the cable car to the top. Tour the bathhouse, the Roman barracks, the palaces, a synagogue, and more. Continue on to the Dead Sea, touring the Qumran caves, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. At the Dead Sea, you will have time for a swim after checking into your hotel. Overnight at the Dead Sea.

Day 5: Dead Sea 

Start the day with the Spa. Have a massage (not included), take a mud bath, or just lie on the beach and relax. Overnight at the Dead Sea.

Day 6: Caesarea, Haifa, and Acre

In the morning, after breakfast, drive past Herzliya and Natania, to arrive at Caesarea. Tour the Roman city that was built by Herod. Walkthrough the theater and the hippodrome next to it. Then tour the remains of a Roman temple. Drive on to Haifa to tour the Baha’i gardens and shrines. Travel north to Rosh Hanikra, and ride the cable car down to the grottos. Finally tour Acre, the remains of the Crusader city, and a Turkish prison. Overnight on a Kibbutz.

Day 7:  Galilee 

Travel north along the Jordan Valley, to the southern end of the Kineret, the Sea of Galilee, and ascend the Golan Heights. There is a Roman spa and a tour of the Shalom observatory. Tour Katzerin and the restored remains of a village from the Mishnah and Talmud periods. Continue on to tour the museum nearby, to see the finds from the excavations. Travel to Mount Bental to explore the Syrian fortifications that were taken by Israel in the Six-Day War. Overnight on a Kibbutz.

Day 8:  Galilee and Golan continue 

After breakfast go on a tour of the kibbutz and continue on to drive north to Banias, and tour a fortress on the hill. Stop at Birkat Yam, a large round lake that receives its water from underground springs. Leaving the Golan Heights Drive to Safed, the city of the Kabbalah, and tour the synagogues that are dedicated to Josef Caro the Ari. Tour the Old City and the Artists’ Quarter.

Day 9:  Safed

Drive north to Tiberias which was built in the first century. There are many archeological remains from the Mishnah and Talmud periods. Tour three prominent graves of sages, Rabbi Baal Hanes, Rabbi Meir, and Rabbi Akiva. There are separate praying areas for men and women. There is a mini-market selling candles and religious artifacts. Walkthrough the old city and stop at the synagogue of Ari Hakadosh, and Rabbi Isaac Luria. There is a visitor center and tour of the artist's galleries. Continue on to Mt. Meron, which is the site of the pilgrimage every year on Lag Baomer. See the tomb of Rabbi Akiva, which is also a synagogue. Overnight in Tel Aviv

Day 10:  Flight

Check out of your hotel, and you will have a transfer to the Ben Gurion airport for your flight home.