ISRAEL TOUR ITINERARIES
Grand Tours of All Israel
Image Credit: Flickr, Ze'ev Barkan
Day 1 Mon
Arrive at your hotel in Jerusalem. If time allows we'll do some sightseeing e.g. Panoramic views of Jerusalem from vantage points suitable according to the time of day according to arrival time.
Day 2 Tue
Old City of Jerusalem, the various quarters and city gates.
Day 3 Wed
New City of Jerusalem and surroundings
Day 4 Thu
Massada and the Dead Sea area specially recommended hike to the Ein Gedi waterfall and floating on the Dead Sea. Continue to Eilat
Day 5 Fri
Eiltat underwater observatory, hike in the Sinai desert or take a day tour to Mr. Sinai
Day 6 Sat
Day tour from Eilat to Petra
Day 7 Sun
Drive through the Negev Desert with a stop for a short hike through theAvdat Canyon. Visit the ancient Nabetean City of Avdat. Coninue to Tel Aviv
Day 8 Mon
Kibbutz tour, Visit Safed, the city of the Jewish mystics of the 16th century. Visit the Dan Nature Reserve. Hike to one of the waterfalls of the Golan Heights
Day 9 Tue
Drive northwards along the Mediteranean coast for a visit to Caesarea and Haifa. Continue to Tiberias on the shores of the Sea of Galilee
Day 10 Wed
Visit the Golan Heights. Hike through one of the canyons of the Golan to a beautiful waterfall for a dip in the cool waters of the natural pools. Visit the Jewish Mystic Town of Safed. Continue to Tel Aviv for overnight.
Day 11 Thu
Departure
10 Day Grand Tour of all Israel
21 Days Shavuot Tour - Israel - the Land of the Bible
Day 1 and 2 Thursday and Friday
2 day Jerusalem discovery tour.
Overviews around Jerusalem, Old Jerusalem Jewish quarter, Jaffa gate Western wall Cardo, Broad wall, Southern wall, Pool of Siloam,
Welcome the Shabbat at the Wailing Wall
Day 3 Shabbat
Shabbat in Jerusalem attend services at the Great Synagogue
Day 4 Jerusalem origins
City of David, New Jerusalem, Israel museum, Second temple Model (scale representation of Jerusalem in Temple times) Shrine of the Book (Torah scrolls are kept), Yad Vashem .
In the evening: Torah Study at the Center for Progressive Judaism
Attend services at Harel Reform Congregation.
Day 5 Outskirts of Jerusalem
Overview of Elah Valley, Ein Sataf in the Sorek Canyon, Tel Shemesh ( Beth-shemesh) Aijalon Valley, Mini town Kh.Qeiyafa (site of recently discovered tenth-century inscription) Herodion
Day 6 The land of Benjamin
Tribal Territories of Benjamin Visit wine and cheese farms in the Lachish area.
Day 7
Free day for Visit the markets (shooks) in Jerusalem for shopping
Day 8
Judean Desert
Dead sea, wallow in the mud or spread it, dead sea product factory, Masada, Ein Gedi, Qumran.
Day 9 Jerusalem to Galilee
Wadi Kelt, Jordan Valley Road to Galilee, Beth-Shan, Jezreel Valley and Nazareth Ridge, Ein Harod, Tel Jezreel, Mount of Precipice Nazareth
Day 10
Tiberius and around Galilee
Chorazin, Tabgha, Capernaum, Boat Ride and eat St Peter’s fish, Jordan River Park, Bethsaida ruins.
Day 11
Upper Galillee
Visit Safed and the cheese and wine makers of the Galilee, Mts. Of Naftali, lookout into Lebanon, Mt Arbel
Day 12
Golan Overview
Golan and Huleh Basin National Park, Tel Hazor, Tribal Territories of Dan Tel dan Banias/Caesarea-Philippi
Day 13
The Coast of Israel
Megiddo, Mount Carmel, Sharon plain, Caesarea on the sea
Day 14
Markets (shuks) and shopping in Tel Aviv, tour ancient Joppa
Day 15
Lachish Biblical Negev Tel Arad Tel sheva (Beer-sheva) Avdat Canyon Avdat
Day 16
Shabbat rest in Eilat attend synagogue worship at your hotel
Day 17
Cross over into Jordan, Visit Petra, overnight in Akaba Jordan
Day 18
Cross over into Israel, Solomons Pillars (Park Timna) Jeep tour in the Ramon Crater,
Day 19
Sderot lookout into Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod,
Day 20
Free day in Tel Aviv