Israel Tours - Israel tour package 2009

Special Winter Israel Tour Package
December 24, 2009-January 03, 2010

Special Israel Tour Package for Adults

Winter Israel tour package in December/January 2009/10 - ITAS offers a special Winter Israel tour package for adults only!

Go to Israel for 11 days! ITAS' exceptional guides will take you to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Tiberias and more.
Contact ITAS' experienced tour operators via email to info@itastours.com to get a full registration package.
Keep reading below for full details on this unique Winter Israel tour package.

Please Note: English speaking non US residents can join this trip, please contact us for a special deal (Land arrangements only).

Israel Tour Special Package Includes

Round trip airfare: JFK/Tel Aviv/JFK
8 nights hotel accommodations:
- 5 nights Jerusalem - Crowne Plaza Hotel
- 2 nights Tiberias - Holiday Inn Hotel
- 1 night Tel Aviv – Crowne Plaza Hotel + late check-out
Breakfast and dinner daily
Meeting and assistance at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel upon arrival & departure
Transfer airport - hotel - airport with the group
Touring in a deluxe air-conditioned motor-coach per itinerary
English-speaking guide throughout
Sightseeing per itinerary below
Entrance fees to all included sites
Baggage handling, hotel taxes & service charges
Farewell Dinner

This Israel Tour Package Does NOT include:

Airline taxes
Extra meals
Tips to guide and driver
Personal Expenses
Travel Insurance - highly recommended available at an additional cost
Anything not mentioned as included

Israel Tour Day One - USA/Tel Aviv

Overnight flight to Israel.

Israel Tour Day Two - Tel Aviv/Jerusalem

Upon arrival, meet your Israel guide and driver and ransfer up to Jerusalem, the Holy City.

Visit Rappaport's sculpture of the "Scrolls of Fire" located on the way to Jerusalem. Upon entering Jerusalem, honor your Jewish heritage by reciting the "Shehechayanu" blessing.

Continue to Machane Yehuda, Jerusalem's marketplace, to share in the spirit of preparation for Shabbat.

Check in at hotel and after dressing for Shabbat, visit the Western Wall and participate in an exclusively ITAS Kabbalat Shabbat service at the Southern Wall.

Get-together and overnight in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem Old City

Israel Tour Day Three - Jerusalem

You'll have a chance to enjoy a full day at rest to enjoy the Sabbath or participate in a walking tour of Jerusalem's Old City. The tour enters via the Jaffa Gate and winds through the narrow cobblestone alleys of the Christian, Moslem and Armenian Quarters; continue along the Via Dolorosa, the "way of sorrows," to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. End the walk at the Tower of David where the Museum of History of Jerusalem beautifully explains the 3000-year story of the city.

Take time to climb the 16th century walls of the city to view the inner dynamics of this unique location.

Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Israel Tour Day Four - Jerusalem

Drive to Ein Karem to view Chagall’s famous stained glass windows at the Synagogue of the Hadassah Hospital. Visit the Menorah, symbol of Israel, located next to the Knesset. On to Mount Herzel, Israel’s military cemetery, to pay respects at the tomb of Yitzhak Rabin. Drive through the Ayalon Valley to Latrun, the famous Independence War staging area; tour its Armour Corps Museum. Become part of this land by planting your own tree in the ITAS Forest.

Drive to an archaeological site at Tel Maresha, where you have the opportunity to get "down and dirty" as you personally dig for artifacts!

Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem

Jerusalem Jewish Quarter

Israel Tour Day Five - Jerusalem/Dead Sea/Massada/Jerusalem

Dead Sea

Begin your day descending through the Judean Wilderness and along the shores of the Dead Sea to Massada.

Ascend by cable car to view the excavations of the Herodian palace, storerooms, bathhouse and waterworks.

Continue your Dead Sea adventure with a visit to Ein Gedi, the oasis of the Judean desert. Take a short hike to the waterfalls.

Enjoy the unique sensation of a "float" in the unsinkable Dead Sea. On the way back to Jerusalem, pass the caves of Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.

Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Israel Tour Day Six - Jerusalem/Latrun/Jerusalem

The day starts with a visit to the Israel Museum; visit the Shrine of the Book, housing the Dead Sea Scrolls, and stroll through the magnificent Billy Rose Sculpture Garden. Visit the Scale Model of Jerusalem in its new location and see the replica of Jerusalem during the 2nd Temple period. Drive to Yad Vashem, Israel’s memorial to the Holocaust, for a Yizkor service; visit the Children’s Pavilion and the Valley of Destroyed Communities. Enter the Old City via the Zion Gate; walk through the restored Jewish Quarter, pass the excavated Roman Cardo and Herodian Manions en route to the Western Wall. On to the Rabbinical Tunnel.

Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Kneeset

Israel Tour Day Seven - Beit She'an/Tiberias

Galillee

Depart Jerusalem and drive along the Jordan Valley to Bet She'an and tour the extensive, ongoing archeologic excavations, a Roman decapolis city built on ancient remains which figured prominently during the reign of King Saul.

Continue to Bet Alpha. See an exquisite mosaic floor in an ancient synagogue set in a pomegranate orchard.

Stop at Gan Hashloah (Sachne) and have the opportunity to swim or just relax.

Enjoy a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.
End this day with our special Kibbutz home hospitality, sharing conversation and dinner with the Kibbutz members.

Overnight - Tiberias.

Israel Tour Day Eight - Tiberias/Golan/Galilee/Tiberias

This morning you'll explore the geo-politically vital Golan Heights by jeep! Continue by motorcoach to Mt. Bental for an observation over the city of Kuneitra, the capital of the Golan and Upper Galilee.

Enjoy fun-filled river rafting on the "mighty Jordan."

On to Safed, home to theKabbala. This charming town, filled with cobblestone streets, lined with ancient synagogues and artist galleries, offers breathtaking views of the entire Galilee.

End this day with our special Kibbutz home hospitality, sharing conversation and dinner with the Kibbutz members.

Dinner and overnight - Tiberias.

Safed

Israel Tour Day Nine - Tiberias/Rosh Hanikra/Acre/Druze Village/Tel Aviv

Depart Tiberias and drive northwest to the shores of the Mediterranean to Rosh HaNikra for a cable car ride to the beautiful grottos.

On to Acre, a former Crusader stronghold. Roam through the remains including the knights' center and dining hall.

Proceed to Haifa; ascend Mount Carmel to appreciate the spectacular view of the coastline and the magnificent terraced gardens of the Bahai Center.

Akko Panorama

A special luncheon is planned at the Druze village of Ussifiya; time to learn about these unique Israeli citizens. End your touring day with a visit to the Friday special Arts and Crafts Fair at Nahalat Binyamin.

Dinner and overnight in Tel Aviv.

Israel Tour Day Ten - Tel Aviv

Jaffa

Day at leisure. Today is yours to explore, shop, stroll along the seafront promenade or swim in the Mediterranean Sea! Farewell Dinner. Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport. Check in for your overnight flight.

Israel Tour Day Eleven - Tel Aviv/USA

After midnight flight back to the USA. Arrive the same day.

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