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Tours
JEWISH HERITAGE - Friday arrival (9 nights)
Friday - Ben Gurion Airport / Tel Aviv
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, where you will be met by a Diesenhaus Unitours representative and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight in Tel Aviv.
Saturday - At leisure
Overnight in Tel Aviv.
Sunday - Caesarea / Haifa / Acre / Rosh Hanikra
Drive north to Caesarea, once the Roman capital of the region. See the excavations of the Crusaders' city, the Roman Aqueduct and the amphitheatre which has been restored as a concert venue.
Proceed to Haifa for a panoramic view from Mt. Carmel and visit "AF AL PI CHEN" the naval museum of the illegal immigration to Israel at the time of the British mandate.
Drive to Acre; walk along the old harbor and local market. Continue to the northernmost point of Israel at Rosh Hanikra. Descend by cable car into the limestone Grottos.
Overnight in a Kibbutz guesthouse.
Monday - Safed / Tel Facher / Banias / Tel Hai
Drive to Safed, center of Kaballa movement. Visit the JOSEPH CARO and the HA' ARI synagogues, the most important synagogues in the city; stroll around the Artist's quarter .
Enjoy a jeep tour to the foot of the Golan Heights.
Continue up to the Golan Heights. Stop at an observation point over the city of Kuneitra, and the Syrian territory.
Stop at Tel Facher, a former Syrian army camp. Visit the Banias springs.
Next, a visit to Tel-Hai; See the "Roaring Lion" monument and learn about the heroic battle of Josef Trumpeldor and his comrades in 1920.
Overnight in a kibbutz guesthouse.
Tuesday - Beit Shean / Beit Alpha / Gan Hashlosha / Jerusalem
Drive to Tiberias to visit Rambam's grave. Proceed to Beit Shean, also called "Scythopolis", the biggest archeological park in Israel with beautiful excavations from Roman and Byzantine periods. Stop at Beit Alpha to see the beautiful mosaic floor of a Byzantine synagogue.
On to Gan Hashlosha, (Sachne) where you will have an opportunity to enjoy the water springs located at the foot of the Gilboa mountain, the famous mountain where King Saul was killed in the battle against the Philistines.
Continue via the Jordan valley to Jerusalem. Stop at Mount Scopus for a blessing as you enter the city.
Overnight in Jerusalem.
Wednesday - Jerusalem: The Old City
Tour the old city of Jerusalem.
Start with a visit to the tomb of King David on Mount Zion. Walk along the Cardo, the ancient Roman road; Visit the four Sepharadic synagogues in the Jewish quarter, all beautifully restored after 1967 war.
Tour the Kotel Tunnels; Visit the Davidson Center and walk through the Cardo, to the local Arab bazaar. Walk through Jaffa gate to the David's Tower museum to see.
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