Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Tel Aviv

When your plane lands, a driver and a limousine will be waiting to take you to your hotel in Jerusalem.  Overnight Jerusalem.

Day 2: Jerusalem

Start the day with a tour of Jerusalem after breakfast in your hotel.  Tour Jerusalem with your private guide.  Take a walk through the Old City, and see the Wailing Wall, where you can put a note in the wall if you wish.  Walk through the Old City markets where everything is for sale.  Explore the ancient excavations, and then go for a drive around the new city to see the Knesset, where the government resides.  Continue on to more important sites.  Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 3:  Safed, Mt. Meron, and Tiberias

After breakfast, take a drive with your guide to Tiberias at the Sea of Galilee, and visit the graves of Ravvi Moses Maimonides, Rambam, and, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes.  There will be drinks served at the diamond factory.  Tour the old city of Safed, including the synagogue of Ari Hakadosh, and Isaac Luria.  Continue on to Mt. Meron, and visit the graves of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai Rashbi and his son.  Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 4:  Masada and the Dead Sea

Drive towards the Dead Sea and stop at a few places along the way including the Sea Level marker. When arriving at Masada, take the cable car up to the plateau.  Tour the palaces, the synagogue, the Roman barracks, a beautifully preserved bath house, and much more.  After the tour drive to the Dead Sea for a nice swim in the salty waters.  Overnight Tel Aviv.

Day 5:  Tel Aviv and transfer.

Wake up in the morning and take a tour of Tel Aviv.  Visit the Diaspora Museum to see the beautiful displays, and some of the history of the Jewish people.  Take a ride through Nave Tzedeck, the first neighborhood in Tel Aviv.  Continue on touring, subject to the time of your flight schedule.  Transfer to Ben Gurion airport for your flight home.