Israel Highlights Tour
7 Nights / 8 Days
2 nights in Tel Aviv
3 nights in Jerusalem
2 nights in a kibbutz

Arrive Israel any Sunday

SUNDAY - TEL AVIV
Upon arrival, you will be met by a Ya'lla Tours USA's representative and transferred to your Tel Aviv hotel for overnight.

MONDAY - JERUSALEM
Depart for Masada via Ashdod, Ashkelon, Beersheva (a short visit to the Negev capital) and Arad. At Masada, take the cable car to the top of the fortress and visit the Roman palaces, store houses, synagogues and bath house which witnessed the Jewish resistance to the Romans approximately 2000 years ago.
Descend by cable car and proceed to the Dead Sea for a float in the water.
Drive up into the Judean Hills and the most beautiful city in the world, Jerusalem, for overnight.

TUESDAY - JERUSALEM
Drive to Mount Scopus for a sweeping view of Jerusalem. Then on to the Garden of Getsemane and the Church of the Agony. Continue to the Shrine of the Book to see the exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Then see the model of Jerusalem as it was 2,000 years ago. Contiue to Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial. In the afternoon, drive to the picturest village of Ein Karem, birthplace of John the Baptist. Return to the hotel for overnight.

WEDNESDAY - JERUSALEM
Start the walking tour of the old city through the Jaffa Gate. Visit the renewed Jewish Quarter, the Western Wall, the Temple area, the colorful bazaars, the Via Dolorosa and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. At Mt. Zion, visit the tomb of King David, the Last Supper Room and Dormitian Abbey. Pending security clearance, continue to Bethlehem to visit the Church of the Nativity. Return to Jerusalem for overnight.

THURSDAY - KIBBUTZ
Depart Jerusalem via the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean. After a visit to the excavations here, proceed to Tiberias, the old center of Jewish learning. Drive along the shores of the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum to visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue. Continue to a Kibbutz hotel for overnight.

FRIDAY - KIBBUTZ
Drive to Golan Heights and visit the former Syrian fortifications and the Druze villages. Continue to Banias, source of the Jordan River and then through the Hula Valley to Safed, city of the Kabbalah and one of the four holiest cities in Judaism. Visit the old synagogue and artists' colony. Drive to the Lower Galilee region through Cana to Nazareth. Visit the Church of the Annunciation. Return to your Kibbutz hotel for overnight.

SATURDAY - TEL AVIV
Depart the Kibbutz and drive west to the Mediterranean Coast. In St. John of Acre, visit the Knights' Halls, one of the most beautiful remains of the Crusade period. Continue to Haifa. Sightseeing in Haifa includes the Bahai Shrine, Persian Garden and Mount Carmel for a panoramic view of the city. Proceed southward to Caesarea to visit the Roman theater and the Crusader fortress.
Drive via Netanya to Tel Aviv. Tour Tel Aviv and Jaffa briefly before arriving at the hotel for overnight.

SUNDAY -
You will be transferred to the airport for your
departure flight.