Friday - Ben Gurion  Airport / Tel Aviv
Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport, where you will be met by a representative and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight Accommodation in Tel Aviv.

Saturday – At Leisure
Overnight Accommodation in Tel Aviv.

Sunday - Diaspora Museum / Caesarea / Druze villages
Depart Tel Aviv and drive to the Diaspora Museum for a visit.
Proceed along the coastal plain to Caesarea, capital of Judea under the Romans.  See the excavations of the Crusader city and the Roman port, aqueduct and the amphitheater that has been restored to its former glory as a concert venue.  Continue via the Druze villages to Haifa.
Overnight Accommodation in Haifa.

Monday - Haifa / Safed / Golan Heights
The tour of Haifa will begin at the summit of Mount Carmel where you will take in a breathtaking panoramic view of the Haifa Bay and Western Galilee.  Continue on to the golden domed Bahai Shrine to visit the exotic Persian Gardens.  Proceed to Safed, the center of Jewish mysticism, where you will visit the ancient synagogues and the artists’ colony.  Continue to the Golan Heights to see the former Syrian bunkers, Kuneitra and the new Israeli town of Katzrin.
Overnight Accommodation on a Kibbutz.

Tuesday - Sea of Galilee / Nazareth
Start the day with a visit of Tiberias.  Drive to Capernaum to see the ruins of the synagogue and octagonal Church of St. Peter and then proceed to Nazareth.  Here you will visit the Church of the Annunciation.  Drive via Beit Shean to Beit Alpha to see the remains of the mosaic floor of an ancient synagogue depicting the zodiac.
Overnight Accommodation in Jerusalem.

Wednesday - Jerusalem: The Old City
Visit the Tomb of King David and the Room of the Last Supper on Mt. Zion.  Enter the walled city and walk through the newly restored Jewish Quarter.  Visit the Roman Cardo, the Herodian Quarter and continue to the Western Wall.  Walk along the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, proceed to Mount Scopus and then to the Mount of Olives for a magnificent panoramic view of the Old City.  Continue to Bethlehem**, stopping at Rachel’s Tomb and to visit the Church of the Nativity.
Overnight Accommodation in Jerusalem.

Thursday - Jerusalem: The New City
Drive to the Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem to see the Chagall stained glass windows.   Continue to Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust and then to the Israel Museum.  Visit the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed and the miniature model of Jerusalem as it was during the Second Temple period.  View the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, and the Givat Ram Campus of the Hebrew University.
Overnight Accommodation in Jerusalem.

Friday - Qumeran / Massada / Dead Sea
Drive through the Judean Desert to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth, almost 1300 feet (400 meters) below sea level.  Stop at Qumeran to visit the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.  Drive along the shores of the Dead Sea to Massada.  Ascend by cable car and tour the ancient fortress where the Zealots made their last stand against the Romans before committing mass suicide in 73AD.  Descend by cable car, time and weather permitting, an opportunity will be provided to float on the Dead Sea.
Overnight in Jerusalem.

Saturday - At leisure
Overnight Accommodation in Jerusalem.

Sunday - Jerusalem / Ben Gurion Airport.
After breakfast, transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for departure.

** visit subject to availability

The above program can be extended and tailor-made for groups.

HOTEL PLAN:

Tel Aviv   
A    Carlton – Superior Sea View Room
B    Leonardo Plaza
C    Renaissance
D    Leonardo Plaza
E    Prima Tel Aviv

Haifa
A    Dan Carmel Deluxe Carmel
B    Dan Panorama
C    Dan Carmel  Superior Room
D    Dan Panorama
E    Dan Panorama
   
Galilee
A    Kibbutz Lavi- Hod Wing
B    Kibbutz Lavi – Hod Wing
C    Kibbutz Lavi – Hod Wing
D    Kibbutz Lavi  – Lev Wing
E    Kibbutz Lavi – Lev Wing

Jerusalem
A    David Citadel
B    Leonardo Plaza
C    Mount Zion
D    Olive Tree
E    Prima Kings

The hotels may be replaced with similar ones

Rates include:
*       Transfer on arrival and departure (from/to Ben Gurion airport)
*       9 nights' accommodation on Bed & Breakfast basis except Kibbutz Lavi on Half Board basis.
*       6 touring days as per itinerary, with English speaking guide
*       Entrance Fees to the sites visited as per the itinerary