Day 1
Jerusalem:
Mount of Olives – Panoramic view of Jerusalem’s Old City and ancient Jewish cemetery.
Tour of the Old City:
- Tower of David Museum - presenting the History of Jerusalem at the Citadel.
- Western Wall - Judaism’s most sacred site. Rebuilt Jewish Quarter with ancient Sephardi synagogues and the Cardo
- Jerusalem Archaeological Park at Southern Wall excavations & "Davidson" Visitors Center with computerized model of Jerusalem during the 2nd Temple Period.
- Western Wall Tunnels
- Christian Quarter - with the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Arab Market (Shuk) Old City of Jerusalem
Day 2
Jerusalem – The New City
Yad Vashem - National Memorial and Museum of the Holocaust with new Historical Museum, Valley of Communities, Remembrance Hall & Children's’ Memorial.
Israel Museum with exhibits of art, Judaica, archaeology, Shrine of the Book (Dead Sea Scrolls - earliest biblical texts) and Second Temple Model of Jerusalem.
Drive by the Government complex, including: the Knesset (Israel’s Parliament) and the New Supreme Court Building.
Downtown Jerusalem - walk in the pedestrian malls of Ben Yehuda St. & Nachlat Shiva, restored quarter of shops, galleries, cafes (free time for shopping)
Day 3
Modern Tel Aviv & Old Jaffa:
Tour of Old Jaffa, the ancient seaport with Artists’ quarter in renovated Old City.
Tour "White City" to see the preservation of buildings of Bauhaus architecture (declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site) including Independence Hall, where Ben Gurion declared independence in 1948.
Azrieli Observatory - a panoramic view of Tel Aviv from the 49th floor of Azrieli Tower, one of the highest buildings in the Middle East.
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
Tel Aviv’s night life spots, including the Port.
Day 4
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.
Haifa, Israel’s third largest city.
City tour, including:
- Bahai Shrine and Gardens- World center of the Bahai Faith with hanging gardens
- Panoramic views of the city and the bay from the Louis Promenade
- German Colony renovated neighborhood.
Akko (Acre), the ancient Phoenician and Crusader seaport (designated by UNESCO as a world heritage site) for a tour of the Old Walled city including
Day 5
The Galilee Region and Tiberias:
Nazareth - childhood town of Jesus, with the Basilica of the Annunciation, Mary’s Well and the Church of St. Joseph.
Mount of Beatitudes - traditional site of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.
Hula Nature Reserve - last remnant of original swamp, wide variety of wild-life and flora.
Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) – water activities.
Day 6
Dead Sea:
Qumran - ruins of ancient Essenes settlement (a mystical Jewish zealot sect) in whose nearby caves the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
Massada - ruins of King Herod’s mountaintop fortress and last stronghold of the Jewish revolt against the Romans in 73 C.E. (Ascend and descend by cable-car).
Nahal David - Ein Gedi Nature Reserve, Biblical oasis with a spring and waterfalls, where David hid from Saul, or Nahal Arugot.
Kibbutz Ein Gedi - Tour of Kibbutz Ein Gedi’s tourism facilities, including: guest house, Eco tourism botanical garden and beach. Ein Gedi Antiquities National Park - remains of an ancient Essenes village (a mystical Jewish zealots sect) with a well-preserved Byzantine-period synagogue.
Relax and float in the Dead Sea at Ein Bokek - Health and Tourism Resort, enjoy mud treatments.
Day 7
Eilat:
Timna Park - site of the ancient copper mines, today a geological park with hiking trails , lake, tourism attractions and rock formations, including Solomon’s Pillars
Eilat - Israel’s Southernmost resort town on the Red Sea.
Eilat tour, including:
- Underwater Observatory Marine Park- with underwater museum, aquarium, shark pools and oceanarium
- Dolphin Reef- beach and water attractions and an opportunity to swim or dive with the dolphins as well as to observe their training
- Scuba diving in Red Sea waters
- Cruise on the Red Sea
- Bird watching Centre
- Camel riding and Bedouin hospitality
- Jeep tour
- Kings’ City– Biblical amusement park