Tour Pace: Comfortable Premium Experiences & Dining: In Tel Aviv, visit Mini Israel, featuring models of famous buildings and sites from all around Israel. Explore the Roman and Crusader ruins at Caesarea, formally one of the splendid cities in Palestine. Enjoy a morning boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, the very place where Jesus is said to have walked on water. It’s nearly impossible to sink the Dead Sea so be sure to take a dip in the mineral rich waters. Ascend by cable car to the ancient fortress at Masada where Jewish Zealots held out for three years against Herod’s armies, before committing mass suicide. In Jerusalem, walk the Stations of the Cross to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, site of the Crucifixion. Visit two of Jerusalem’s most important museums, the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum and Shrine of the Book. Partake in a Friday night Shabbat dinner in Tel Aviv. Toast the culmination of your tour with a lively Celebration Dinner at an Jerusalem restaurant. Due to religious festivals some departures will operate in reverse and/or a modified itinerary. The order of sightseeing may also change at short notice.
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Day 1
DEPART CANADA
Board your overnight flight (not included).
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Day 2
TEL AVIV AT LEISURE
Welcome to Israel. You are met at Ben Gurion airport and transferred to your hotel.
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Day 3
EXPLORING VIBRANT TEL AVIV
A sightseeing tour shows you the Habimah National Theatre, Rabin Square and Carmel market. Then drive to the ancient port of Jaffa. Visit Mini Israel, a miniature park featuring 330 replica models. Tonight enjoy a Shabbat dinner at your hotel.(Buffet Breakfast / Highlight Dinner)
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Day 4
CAESAREA, ACRE & NAZARETH
Explore the Roman and Crusader ruins at Caesarea. Then travel via Haifa to Acre to see the fortress, the old harbour area and Crusader crypt. Continue to Nazareth to visit the Church of the Annunciation. The day concludes with a brief introduction to life on a Kibbutz.(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
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Day 5
ALONG THE JORDAN TO THE DEAD SEA
After a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, visit the ancient wooden boat, dating back to the time of Jesus. Visit Capernaum and the Mount of Beatitudes. Now journey along the Jordan valley to take a dip in the waters of the Dead Sea.(Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
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Day 6
MASADA AND THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM
Take a cable-car ride up to the fortress of Masada. Pass the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, before driving through the Judean hills to Jerusalem. Enjoy the view over the city from Mount Scopus. On arrival visit King David’s Tomb on Mount Zion, the Room of the Last Supper and Western Wall. Then check in to your hotel for three nights. Next morning tour Yad-Vashem, the moving museum commemorating the victims of the Holocaust. Continue to the Shrine of the Book, housed in the Israel Museum which also contains the Dead Sea Scrolls. Later, there is an optional excursion to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. During your stay you’ll also visit the Garden of Gethsemene and walk through the Old City to see the Temple Mount, one of Islam’s holiest sites. Continue along the Via Dolorosa to see the Stations of the Cross, Ecce Homo Arch, Pool of Bethesda and Church of the Holy Sepulchre built on the site of the Crucifixion. Tonight enjoy an end-of-tour Celebration Dinner with wine.(Buffet Breakfast / Buffet Breakfast / Buffet Breakfast / Celebration Dinner)
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Day 9
DEPART JERUSALEM
Your tour comes to an end with transfers to Ben Gurion airport.(Buffet Breakfast)
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7 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 1 Highlight Dinner (HD), 1 Celebration Dinner (CD) and 2 three-course table d’hôte Dinners, or Buffets, plus tea or coffee (D)
Departures on tour for New Year’s Eve, enjoy a festive celebration dinner
Insight’s professional multilingual Tour Director to escort you
Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
Travel by air-conditioned coach or minibus (smaller coaches without toilet facilities may be used on this tour)
Insight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterage
Insight Traveller Welcome pack
Arrival & departure transfers between the airport and your Insight tour hotel
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Insight’s professional multilingual Tour Director to escort you
Headsets for all guided visits and walking tours
Travel by air-conditioned coach or minibus (smaller coaches without toilet facilities may be used on this tour)
Insight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterage
Insight Traveller Welcome pack
Arrival & departure transfers between the airport and your Insight tour hotel
7 Buffet Breakfasts (BB), 1 Highlight Dinner (HD), 1 Celebration Dinner (CD) and 2 three-course table d’hôte Dinners, or Buffets, plus tea or coffee (D)
Departures on tour for New Year’s Eve, enjoy a festive celebration dinner
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Included Premium Highlights
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Included Premium Highlights
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Included Premium Highlights
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Included Premium Highlights
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Included Premium Highlights
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Included Premium Highlights
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Included Premium Highlights
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Included Premium Highlights
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Included Premium Hotels
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Included Premium Hotels
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Included Premium Hotels
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Included Premium Hotels
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