11 Nights and 8 touring days in Israel

• Wedensday

  Our representative will meet you at Ben Gurion airport and from there you will be transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Tel-Aviv.

• Thursday

  Start with a visit to the Independence Hall; where the state of Israel establishment was declared. Drive to visit "Mini Israel" park at Latrun; Here you will find miniature models of the most important sites and buildings in Israel. Continue to Ayalon institute, once an ammunition factory for the Hagana organization - one of the pre-Israel underground movements. Onto to Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, named after one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto's rebellion - Mordechai Anilevitz; Visit the restored battle field of the War of Independence and learn the story. Overnight in Tel-Aviv.

• Friday

  Visit the Diaspora museum (- Beith Hat'futsoth) - the museum of Jewish Diaspora. Drive around the center of business and entertainment of Israel - Tel Aviv. Stop at Rabin Square where the Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin was murdered in 1995. Continue to Old Jaffa (Yaffo), the 8000 year old port city; Walk along the restored artist's quarter and visit the ancient ruins. Visit the first neighborhood of Tel Aviv - Neve Tzedek and Nahalat Benyamin, the pedestrian street of the city with its musicians, hand made jewellery and artifacts. Next, stop at Sheinkin St., the lively and colorfull street especially known with the unique shops, cafés and youthful ambiance. Overnight in Tel-Aviv.

• Saturday

  At leisure. Overnight in Tel-Aviv

• Sunday

  Drive to once the Roman capital of the region - Caesarea. See the aqueduct, the excavations of the crusaders' city and the restored amphitheatre which is no being used as a concert venue. Proceed to a panoramic view from Mt. Carmel near Haifa. Onto "AF AL PI CHEN" - the illegal museum of immigration to Israel at the time of the British mandate. Drive to Acre (Akko); walk along the old harbour and the local market; Continue to Rosh Hanikra the northernmost point of Israel. Descend into the limestone Grottoes by cable. Overnight in a Kibbutz guesthouse.

• Monday

  Drive to the center of Kaballa movement - Safed (Tsfat); Visit the Joseph Qaro's and the Ha'ari synagogues; stroll around the Artist’s quarter of Safed. Enjoy a Jeep tour to the Golan's feet. Drive to the Golan heights; Stop for an observation over the Syrian city of Kuneitra. Visit a former syrian army camp - Tel Faher. Visit the beautiful Banias River. Drive to Tel Hai; See the "the lion of Judah" statue and learn about the heroic battle of Joseph Trumpeldor and his comrades in 1920. Overnight in a kibbutz guesthouse. Meet members of the Kibutz and learn about their unique community lifestyle.

• Tuesday

  Visit the Rambam's (Maimonides - Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon) grave at Tiberias; Proceed to Beit Shean (Scythopolis), and see the beautiful excavations from Roman and Byzantine periods in the biggest archeological park in Israel. Stop at Kibutz Beit Alpha to see the mosaic floor of a synagogue from the Byzantine times. Onto the Sachne Gan Hashlosha, where you can enjoy the water springs located at the feet of Mount Gilboa - where King Saul was killed during the war with the philistines. Continue to Jerusalem via Jordan valley; Stop at Mount Scopus for a "Shehecheyanu" blessing as you enter the city. Overnight in Jerusalem.

• Wednesday

  Visit the tomb of King David on mount Zion. Walk along the restored Cardo, the ancient Roman road; Visit the Sepharadic four synagogues in the Jewish quarter. Tour the Western Wall Tunnel; Visit Davidson center and the local Arab market. Walk through the Jaffa gate to the museum at David's Tower and see the ancient remains of the city; some dated to the first Temple period. Overnight in Jerusalem

• Thursday

  Join the Bar Mitzvah ceremonies at the Kotel. Continue to learn about the unique lifestyle of the ultra orthodox communities in Mea Shearim. Drive by the Knesset - the Israeli parliament; see the Menorah. Visit Israel Museum, the Shrine of the book (where the Dead sea scrolls are housed), and onto the new holyland model: a miniature replica of Jerusalem in the second temple period. Drive to mount Hertzl to visit the military cemetery and Yad Vashem - the memorial to the Shoah (the holocaust). Visit the ammunition hill (Giv'at HaTahmoshet), a former Jordanian army position, conquered by the Israeli parachuters during the Six Days War and now converted into a national memorial site and a museum. Overnight in Jerusalem .

• Friday

  Drive to the Dead sea through the Judean desert. Stop at Qumran caves - where the Dead Sea scrolls were found. Continue to Masada, ascend by cable car and tour the ancient fortress; see the remains of walls, palaces, synagogue, bathhouses etc. and descend by cable car. Stop for lunch and visit the SPA facilities in one of the Dead Sea hotels. Overnight in Jerusalem. .

• Saturday

  At leisure. Overnight in Jerusalem

• Sunday

  Transfer to Ben-Gurion airport for departure.