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STT I011: Discover
Israel (8days)
Day 1: Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, where you are
met and assisted through customs and transferred to your hotel in
Tel Aviv.
Day 2: Haifa |Safed |Golan Heights
– Tiberias.  Drive along the Mediterranean coast to Haifa. Begin
your tour with a breathtaking panoramic view of Haifa Bay and the
Western Galilee from the summit of Mt. Carmel. Visit the
golden-domed Bahai Temple and its exotic Persian gardens. Pass
the city’s port and drive to Sephoris to visit the
excavations of the ancient town from the Roman period. Proceed to Safed. Visit this center of Jewish mysticism with historic
synagogues and modern artists’ quarter. Continue to the
Golan Heights to see the former Syrian army bunkers, the
abandoned city of Kuneitra and the new city of Katzrin. Continue
to Tiberias, a resort town on the Sea of Galilee for overnight.
Day 3: Nazareth |Jordan Valley | Jericho
| Jerusalem. Start the day with a visit to the Church of the
Annunciation in Nazareth. Continue to Capernaum, and visit the
ruins of the ancient synagogue and the old town of Jesus. Proceed
to Beit Alpha to view the famous mosaic floor of an ancient
synagogue. Follow the Jordan Valley through Jericho, the oldest
known city in the world. Continue driving up through the Judean
Hills to Jerusalem for overnight.
Wednesday – Day 4: Jerusalem (Old City)
| Bethlehem.  Start the day with a visit to the tomb of King
David and the room of the Last Supper on Mount Zion. Enter the
walled city and stroll through the 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 Sepulchre. 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. Visit the Church of
the Nativity. Return to your Jerusalem Hotel for overnight.
Thursday – Day 5: Jerusalem (New City).
A full day devoted to the New City starts with
a drive to the Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem to see
Chagall’s fascinating stained-glass windows. Proceed to see
the famous Scale Model of Jerusalem as it was during the Second
Temple. Continue to Yad Vashem – the Holocaust Museum and
Memorial. Proceed to the Israel Museum and visit the Shrine of
the Book, housing the original Dead Sea Scrolls. End the day with
a view of the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament. Return to your
hotel for overnight.
Day 6: Qumran Caves | Dead Sea
| Massada |Jerusalem. Drive through the moonscaped Judean Desert down
to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth, almost 1300 feet (400
meters) below sea level. Stop at the Qumran Caves to visit the
excavations where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Ascend
Massada by cable car, to marvel at King Herod’s desert
fortress-palace and last stronghold of the Jewish zealots against
the Roman domination in 73 CE. Time and weather permitting, you
will have the opportunity to float effortlessly on the Dead Sea
itself. Drive along the Dead Sea shore to your Jerusalem hotel
for overnight.
Day 7: Megiddo | Caesarea| Jaffa
Depart Jerusalem and visit the ruins of the
Biblical Emmaus. Continue to Megiddo to see the excavations of
King Solomon’s stables and 20 layers of civilization. Onto
Caesarea, once the Roman capital of the Holy Land. See the
crusader city, Roman port, aqueduct and the restored
amphitheater. Return to your hotel in Jerusalem for overnight.
Day 8: Transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport,
for your return flight.
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