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General Interest Itineraries 

4 Day Tours
Day 1

 

Mediterranean Coast:

 

Caesarea National Park, remains of former Roman Capital and Crusader city. Tour of Roman theater, hippodrome and, promenade to the renovated port area

See 'Caesarea Experience', computerized presentation about the city's history.

 

Old Jaffa, the ancient seaport with Artists’ quarter in renovated Old City.

 

Tel Aviv- "White City". See the preservation of buildings of Bauhaus architecture (declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site) including Independence Hall, where Ben Gurion declared independence in 1948.

 

Tel Aviv’s night life spots, including the Port.

 

 

 

Day 2

 

Tel Aviv :

 

Azrieli Observatory - a panoramic view of Tel Aviv from the 49th floor of Azrieli Tower, one of the highest buildings in the Middle East.

 

Tel Aviv Museum for Art –a rich collection of modern and old paintings are presented by works of Israeli and foreign artists

 

 

See some of Tel-Aviv's street scenes:

 

  • Sheinkin Street - Tel Aviv’s Yuppie area
  • Carmel open-air market, selling fruits, vegetables and clothing
  • Nachlat Binyamin Pedestrian Mall



Day 3

 

Jerusalem:

 

Mount of Olives – Panoramic view of Jerusalem’s Old City and ancient Jewish cemetery.

 

Tour of the Old City:
 

  • Western Wall - Judaism’s most sacred site See a Bar Mitzva (Monday & Thursday only).
  • Jerusalem Archaeological Park at Southern Wall excavations & "Davidson" Visitors Center with computerized model of Jerusalem during the 2nd Temple Period.
  • Rebuilt Jewish Quarter with ancient Sephardi synagogues and the Cardo  Tour of the Rebuilt Jewish Quarter and Cardo - ruins of a main street from Roman times.
  • Christian Quarter - with the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
  • Arab Market (Shuk) - Old City of Jerusalem.

 

 

 

Day 4

 

Jerusalem –New city

 

Yad Vashem - National Memorial and Museum of the Holocaust with new Historical Museum, Valley of Communities, Remembrance Hall & Children's’ Memorial.

 

Drive by the Government complex, including:  the Knesset (Israel’s Parliament) and the New Supreme Court Building.

 

 

Israel Museum - Shrine of the Book (Dead Sea Scrolls - earliest biblical texts) and Second Temple Model of Jerusalem.

 

 

Downtown Jerusalem - walk in the pedestrian malls of Ben Yehuda St. & Nachlat Shiva, restored quarter of shops, galleries, cafes (free time for shopping.)