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8 Nights - £3,250pp

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  • International flights from UK
  • Domestic flights
  • 8 nights accommodation
  • Breakfast
  • Private car, driver & guide
  • Entrance fees
  • Based on 2021 - 22 prices
  • ATOL protection
  • Travel trust protection

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Classic Israel in Style - 8 nights

Many thanks for your interest regarding a holiday to Israel.

When you have a browse through the itinerary you'll begin to realise just how much there is to see in Israel.

You'll begin and end the trip in Tel Aviv, a vibrant, cosmopolitan city by the sea.

From Tel Aviv head to Masada and the Negev for a journey back to Roman times and deep into Jewish history. Float in the Dead Sea before heading to Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is one of the world's great travel destinations. Visit the Old City, the Garden of Olives, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Garden of Gethsemane and Mount Zion. Wandering the streets of the Old City is like stepping back in time.

You'll also visit the biblical sites of Bethlehem, Nazareth and the tranquil Sea of Galilee, plus the Golan Heights, Druze Villages and Safad.

You'll visit the great historic coastal sites including Caesarea, Acra and Old Jaffa, along with the Baha'i Shrina at Haifa.

Please bear in mind that all of our Israel holidays are tailor made and can be adjusted to suit your interests, time, hotel & airline choice and be tailored to fit your budget.

We can easily combine your Israel holiday with a trip to neighbouring Jordan or Egypt, so just let us know what you would like to do.

Inclusions

  • International flights from the UK
  • Accommodation
  • Breakfast & some other meals
  • All airport transfers by private car
  • Private car, driver and guide
  • Entrance Fees
  • ATOL protection
  • Travel Trust protection

Accommodation

  • 2 nights Tel Aviv
  • 3 nights Jerusalem
  • 2 nights Galilee

Excursions

  • Tel Aviv
  • Old City Jerusalem
  • Bethlahem
  • Nazareth
  • Acre
  • Caesarea
  • Haifa
  • Golan Heights
  • Druze Villages
  • Sea of Galilee
  • Negev Desert
  • Dead Sea

Day 1: Fly UK to Tel Aviv

Fly to Tel Aviv with British Airways (or with your preferred airline).

On arrival in Tel Aviv you will be met and transferred to your hotel by private car.

Enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.

Day 2: Jerusalem

This morning you will meet your guide in the lobby of your hotel.

Today enjoy a full tour of the Old City of Jerusalem which will introduce you to this place of intense sanctity to Jews, Christians and Muslims alike, where holy sites tumble over each other.

Your expert guide will unpeel layers of history and provide an overview of what Jerusalem means to the three monotheistic religions.

Amongst other sites, you will visit the sites most holy to these three faiths, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Kotel (Western Wall of the Second Temple), and you will view the Dome of the Rock.

During your tour today your guide will focus not only on the three monotheistic religions but also on Roman history in Jerusalem, for example focusing on the Cardo and the remains of Herod’s Temple.

Day 2: Jerusalem

As stunning as the Old City of Jerusalem is, no visit to Jerusalem is complete without also delving into the treasures of the New City. Highlights include a visit to Yad Vashem, the Mahane Yehuda Market and the Israel Museum.

Yad Vashem, Israel’s monument to the Holocaust, is weighty and important, and well deserving of a visit. Most visitors find this an extremely emotional experience, and particularly meaningful in the context of the history of the State of Israel.

It is uplifting to visit Yad Vashem and then continue to Mahane Yehuda market, where you will find yourself surrounded by the colourful hustle and bustle of life which continues after tragedy. The market offers a plethora of sights, smells and tastes – yum!

Finally the internationally acclaimed Israel Museum is not to be missed.  Home to the Dead Sea Scrolls (the Shrine of the Book), and the celebrated model of Second Temple Jerusalem, the Israel museum also offers an extremely impressive standing collection of archaeology and art, including contemporary art.

Day 4: Jerusalem

This morning your guide will meet you in the lobby of your hotel. Arguably Israel’s most dramatic site, Masada’s mountain top ruins, set against the extraordinary backdrop of the Judean desert, are but a stage for the retelling of an heroic and ancient tale, now engrained in national mythology.

With your expert guide as storyteller, you will hear about the lives of the final Jewish resisters to Roman rule, relive their struggle against the mighty Roman army, and wonder at their heroic end.

Masada is a totally unique site, well deserving of its UNESCO world heritage status.

Cool off from the desert heat at Ein Gedi, this glorious, green oasis in the middle of the Judean desert, significant as David’s hiding place from King Saul.

Natural spring water cascades over a series of ledges in the desert rock, creating waterfalls and fresh water pools, perfect for hiking and swimming through.

The springs give life to palm trees, bulrushes, and tropical and Mediterranean plant life, which together produce the sweetest of scents. Watch out for the hyraxes, ibexes, and many native bird species as your guide leads you along the family-friendly Nahale Davide trail.

The waters of the Dead Sea shimmer like nowhere else on earth. Best of all, here you really will float!

Full of good-for-you minerals and surrounded by air which is naturally rich in oxygen, the Dead Sea should leave you feeling full of energy.

Please take flip flops along for the Dead Sea, and avoid taking your best bathing suits as the minerals in the water may damage the material.

Day 5: Golan Heights

This morning check out of your hotel in Jerusalem and drive North with your expert guide, viewing the following places before checking into your hotel in the North.

Your guide will take you to an incredibly beautiful site – Zippori, described by Josephus as “the ornament of the Galilee”.

Zippori was the Galilee’s major centre of commerce from the time of the reign of Herod, through the birth of Jesus, and it is probable that Jesus would have worked in Zippori as a craftsman.

In Jewish terms, Zippori is hugely important as the place where the Mishna was redacted by Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi in 220 CE, and modern Judaism was therefore given shape.

Evidence of the city’s former glory and sophistication is today seen in the stunning mosaic floors which remain. Of major interest are the ‘Mona Lisa of the Galilee’, the Nile Mosaic, and the floor of the 6th century synagogue.

Zippori’s remains also include a Crusader fortress and Roman theatre which once seated 4500 people. In Christian heritage the site has significance as the town of origin of the Virgin Mary and her parents.

Next for a one hour tour of Kibbutz Degania Beth. The tour will provide you with real insight into the history and present day reality of kibbutz life.

Lastly, you will tour the Sea of Galilee area. Ancient Jewish communities thrived around the Sea of Galilee, as testified by several remains of early synagogues, examples including those at Capernaum, (and also Chorazin, and Hammat Tiberias which are viewed on longer tours).

It was amongst these communities that Jesus chose to live and preach, and the area is therefore also replete with important Christian sites.

Your expert guide will lead you to key sites including the Mount of the Beatitudes (where tradition holds that Jesus delivered the famous Sermon on the Mount); Capernaum, interesting for both the early octagonal church built around the house of Peter, and for the later and ornate 5th century synagogue; and the “Jesus Boat”, a boat dating back to the time of Jesus, found and now exhibited at Kibbutz Ginosar.

Day 6: Golan Heights

The Banias Spring emerges at the foot of Mount Hermon and flows powerfully through a canyon for 3.5 km, eventually leading to the impressive cascade of the Banias Waterfall.

Access to the Waterfall is via an easy and pleasant family friendly path, refreshing to walk through on a hot day.

Banias combines history with nature and boasts the wonderful archaeological remains of Caesarea Philippi, the city built by Herod’s son Philip.

The site also contains Crusader ruins and the remains of a far older pagan temple dedicated to the god Pan.

For Christians, the Banias holds particular significance as the place where Peter recognised Jesus, and Jesus named Peter the “rock” on which his church would be built.

High up in the Golan, on the ridge of Mount Hermon, lies Nimrod Castle, an abandoned Crusader period castle. Here you will be presented with a fantasy landscape. The castle is huge, and beckons to be explored.

As your guide will explain, although Crusader in period and style, the castle was built by by Al-Maliq al-‘Aziz ‘Othman in 1228 in order to block the passage of Friedrich II who threatened to march from Acre to Damascus flying the Crusader banner.

It was extended and aggrandised by the Mamluk Sultan Beibars, whose insignia remains on a huge stone tablet. This is a massively exciting site which sparks the imagination of all who visit it.

In the afternoon enjoy a two hour jeep ride on a fascinating and intense ‘off the beaten track’ experience. Your expert guide will drive you through a working agricultural kibbutz, explaining about the pace and style of life in this region of Israel.

You will also explore the history and current day reality of kibbutz life from the historic ‘childrens’ house’ system to today’s need to diversity and modernise.

You may then drive off road into the demilitarised zone and along the Syrian border (security conditions allowing), viewing hidden Israeli army bunkers and positions.

Your expert guide will provide background on Israel’s historical and current relations with her northern neighbours, together with an in-depth analysis of today’s complex situation in Syria and what it means for Israel.

Day 7: Acre - Caesarea - Tel Aviv

This morning your guide will again meet you in the lobby of your hotel. Together you will drive west and then south to Tel Aviv. Along the way you will stop at the following places:

The Old City of Acre (Akko in Hebrew) is well deserving of its UNESCO world heritage site status.

Acre boasts stunning Crusader remains which are so complete you’ll feel transported in time. As your guide recounts Crusader tales, you will marvel at the halls of the Knights Hospitalier, and “escape to the sea” through underground runaway tunnels.

Time allowing, together with your guide you might also explore some of Acre’s more varied treasures – the exotic thriving Arab market, the second most holy mosque in Israel (home to a hair from the beard of Mohammed), and the newly renovated Underground Prisoners Museum which commemorates Jewish resistance fighters imprisoned, and sometimes executed, by the British during the Mandate period.

Caesarea was King Herod the Great’s imposing port town, where Rome was honoured with temples, gladiators fought each other to the last, and games were played in celebration of the King and the empire.

Later, Caesarea became a thriving Byzantine town, and then a Crusader conquest, each civilisation leaving its archaeological gems.

For Christians Caesarea is of significance because of the stone tablet found near the amphitheater which is inscribed with the name Pontius Pilate, and dedicated to Tiberius Caesar who nominated him as procurator.

Caesarea is also the place where the Apostle Paul was sent to stand trial, and as a Roman citizen demanded judgment in front of the Emperor. Your expert guide will tell the tales of this once centrally important place, while you enjoy the fresh sea air.

Day 8: Jaffa - Tel Aviv

 Ancient Jaffa and modern Tel Aviv are wonderful to tour together because of their contrasts.

In Jaffa you will explore one of the most ancient ports in the world, replete with history from Biblical, ancient Egyptian, Roman, Napoleonic eras and more.

Visiting Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv’s prettiest and oldest neighbourhood, you will hear the story of the city’s beginnings – how the first modern Hebrew city was moulded out of the barren sand dunes in an out-pouring of ideological vision and determination.

You will make your way through the colourful and bustling Carmel Market, full of additional tasty treats!

The very great variety of foods reflects the fact that Israel is an immigrant society with citizens who have come here from the four corners of the earth.

Continuing into more central Tel Aviv you will visit Rothschild Boulevard and Independence Hall (from the outside) where David Ben Gurion famously declared the independence of the modern State of Israel.

You will note the various architectural styles of the buildings from eclectic to Bauhaus, and hear stories about the waves of immigration who designed and created these remarkable buildings.

The Bauhaus buildings are internationally significant and Tel Aviv’s UNESCO world heritage status is thanks to them.

Day 9: Tel Aviv – UK

You will be collected from your hotel in Tel Aviv and transferred to the airport by private car for your onward flight.

Fly from Tel Aviv direct to Heathrow with British Airways.

Arrive back in the UK.

 

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