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Jerusalem
Upon arrival to the airport you will meet our representative and transfer to your hotel in Jerusalem for overnight. You will have time to explore this holy city and check it’s culinary treasures.
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Jerusalem - Old City & Yad Vashem
Start the day with a panoramic view of Jerusalem from atop the Mt. of Olives. Enter through one of the Gates to the walled Old City to visit the renewed Jewish Quarter, the Western Wall, the Temple area and the colorful bazaars. Walk along the Via Dolorosa and the Stations of the Cross, ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Drive to Mt. Zion and visit the tomb of King David, the Room of the Last Supper and Dormition Abbey. Continue to Yad Vashem (the memorial to the six million Jews who were killed in the holocaust). Overnight - Jerusalem.
Breakfast
3
Jerusalem New City & Bethlehem
Visit the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea scrolls, then a visit to the beautifully renovated model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem, dating back to the time of the Second Temple. Afternoon drive to the picturesque village of Ein Karem (the birth place of John the Baptist). Continue to Bethlehem to visit the Church of the Nativity, Manger Square and a view over the Shepherd's Fields.* (* Site under the Palestinian Authority jurisdiction. Visit subject to situation). Overnight – Jerusalem.
Breakfast
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Beit Shean / Nazareth / Galilee
Bid farewell to Jerusalem and drive north via Jericho, the oldest city in the world.* Visit Qasr al Yahud, the River Jordan baptismal site. Travel through the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean. Visit the excavations of this beautiful preserved 2000 years old Roman City. On to Safed, city of the Kabala for a walk through the mystic alleys and the artists’ colony. Continue to a Kibbutz hotel for overnight.
Breakfast
Dinner
Dinner
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Nazareth & Sea of Galilee
Drive to Nazareth to visit the Church of the Annunciation and Mary's Well. Continue to the shores of the Sea of Galilee and Capernaum. Visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue and Peter's house. Visit Tabgha, where the miracle of the fish and bread took place and on to the Mount of Beatitudes. Continue to Tiberias for a short tour of the old center of Jewish learning and a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Return to the Kibbutz hotel for overnight.
Breakfast
Dinner
Dinner
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Acre / Haifa / Caesarea / Tel Aviv
After Breakfast drive west to Acre for a visit of the old, famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications. Continue to Haifa, for a panoramic sightseeing tour of the city, including the Baha'i Shrine, Persian Garden, Mount Carmel and Haifa bay. Proceed southwards to Caesarea to visit the Roman Theater and the Crusader fortress. Continue to Tel Aviv-Jaffa for a short city tour End the tour at the airport.
Breakfast
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Return flight to Canada
A 0045 (45 minutes after midnight) return flight on board El Al back to Canada
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Monday
Upon return from the Galilee transfer to a hotel in Tel Aviv.
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