Jewish Heritage Tour

• Have a relaxed morning to explore Tel Aviv on your own.
• Suggested Morning: stroll along the boardwalk and enjoy Tel Aviv’s bustling Mediterranean beach culture.
• Suggested Afternoon: visit the cultural hubs of Tel Aviv — Visit Rabin Square Memorial, the HaBimah Theater Grounds, and the classic Bauhaus architecture of Tel Aviv and Rothschild Blvd.

Highlights:

• Tel Aviv Beach
• Rabin Square
• Habima Square

Overnight in Tel Aviv

• After breakfast, continuing north along the Mediterranean coast via Netanya to Caesarea.
• We will visit the Crusaders’ Battlement, the Roman Theater – where concerts and cultural events take place all summer long, plus the ancient Aqueduct still standing for 2000 years. Next, an emotional visit to Atlit – a former detention compound for Jewish immigrants who arrived in Israel illegally during the British Mandate period.
• Stop atop Mt. Carmel where we will have a panoramic view of Haifa Bay, Bahai Gardens and Carmel Mountains.
• Our last visit will be to ancient Akko (Acre) where we will explore one of the oldest functioning cities and its markets.

Highlights:

• • Caesarea
  • Atlit
  • Carmel
  • Bahai Gardens
  • Akko
  • Rosh Hanikra

• Following breakfast, we will start our day with a drive south to the Mystical City of Safed. It is considered to be one of the Four Holy Cities according to tradition and its Kabbalistic studies (the birthplace of Kabbalah).
• Proceed to the Golan Heights for a Jeep adventure.  The tour explores the Golan Heights and its terrain by jeep.
• Stop at an observation point overlooking the destroyed city of Kuneitra (Syrian territory).
• Furthermore, proceed to Tel Facher, a former Syrian army camp.
• Continue north to Banias Springs, considered the largest spring feeding from Mt. Hermon and leading into the Jordan River.
• Visit Tel-Hai to see the “Roaring Lion” monument.

Highlights:

• • Tzfat (Safed)
  • Banias Springs
  • Jeep Adventure
  • Tel Facher
  • Tel Hai

• Following breakfast, we will drive to Tiberias to visit Rambam’s grave.
• Continuing south via the Jordan Valley to the ancient City of Beit Shean, also called “Scythopolis”. Proceed to walk through the largest ongoing archaeological dig in the land of Israel.
• Proceed to visit Beit Alpha to see the beautiful mosaic floor of a Byzantine synagogue.
• Moving further south to visit Gan Hashlosha (Sachne). We will have the opportunity to enjoy the water springs, located at the foot of the Gilboa Mountain.
• Proceed south through the lush Jordan Valley. Upon arriving in Jerusalem we will stop at Mt. Scopus for a beautiful panoramic view of Jerusalem and the Old City.

Highlights:

• • Tiberias
  • Scythopolis
  • Beit Alpha
  • Sachne Water Springs
  • Mount Scopus

• The tour will start at Mt. Zion to visit the Tomb of King David.
• Enter the walled city of Jerusalem and proceed to the Jewish Quarter. Visit the Four Sephardic Synagogues reconstructed after the city was unified at the conclusion of the Six-Day War in 1967.
• Continue with our walk to the broad stone stairway down to the holy Western Wall – the “Kotel” (Beit Hamikdash).
• Descend beneath the Western Wall,  through the many layers of Jerusalem’s past at the time of the Temple, into the Western Wall Tunnels. An incredible labyrinth of tunnels, arches, and passageways remain untouched for centuries.
• Continue towards the Southern Wall excavations to see the Davidson Center. It is one of the most significant archeological sites in the country.
• To conclude, return to the Roman Cardo though the local Arab Bazaar (Suk).
• Walk out of the Old City through the Jaffa gate to visit David’s Tower Museum. See the ancient remains of the city beginning with the first Temple period.

Highlights:

• • King Davids Tomb
  • Jewish Quarter
  • Western Wall
  • Rabbinical Tunnels
  • Davidson Center
  • The Shuk (Arab Suk)
  • Tower Museum