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Highlights of Palestine and Israel

All in an 8 Day Private Tour

Weekly on Sundays, year round: Tel Aviv, Beersheva, Arad, Massada, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jericho, Tiberias, Galilee, Upper Galilee and Golan Heights, Nazareth, Acre, Haifa, Tel Aviv.

Tour

Day 1 – SUNDAY – Jerusalem: Arrival Weekly Year Round. Private Touring throughout Israel & Palestine.
Upon arrival to airport meet our local representative and transfer to hotel in Jerusalem. For your transfers: Private air-conditioned vehicle, private chauffeur.

Day 2 – MONDAY – Dead Sea – Jerusalem: (B)
Today we drive to the Dead Sea, and descend for a possible “float” in the in the salty water of the world’s lowest place and sea. We drive back via Ein Gedi and Kalya to Jerusalem. Private air-conditioned vehicle, private chauffeur.

Day 3 – TUESDAY – Jerusalem: sightseeing of the new city (BL)
Drive to Mt. Scopus for a panoramic view of Jerusalem. On to the Garden of Gethsemane and Church of the Agony. Drive to Mt. Zion for a visit to the tomb of King David, the Room of the Last Supper and Dormition Abbey. Sightseeing in the new city including the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea scrolls, new Supreme Court bldg. Mt. Herzl and Yad Vashem (the memorial to the six million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust). Then visit the model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem dating back to the time of the Second Temple. Afternoon visit of the Hadassah medical center in the synagogue with Marc Chagall stained glass windows, then via Ein Karem (the birth place of John the Baptist). Lunch is included at a local restaurant. For your tours: Private air-conditioned vehicle, private chauffeur and private guide.

Day 4 – WEDNESDAY – Jerusalem – (Old City) – Bethlehem: (BL)
Walk through one of the Gates to the walled Old City: the renewed Jewish Quarter; the Western Wall, the Temple area; the colorful bazaars; Via Dolorosa, and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Continue to Bethlehem* to visit Rachel’s Tomb and the Church of the Nativity and return to Jerusalem. Lunch is again included at a charming local restaurant. For your tours: Private air-conditioned vehicle, private chauffeur and private guide.

Day 5 – THURSDAY – Jericho – Tiberias – Galilee: (B)
Leave Jerusalem, driving via Bethany to Jericho*, the oldest city in the world. Visit the excavations and then continue northward via Jordan Valley and the new settlements to Beit Shean. After a short visit proceed to Tiberias, the old center of Jewish learning. Drive along the shores of the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum to visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue. Continue to a Kibbutz hotel for overnight. For your tours: Private air-conditioned vehicle, private chauffeur and private guide.

Day 6 – FRIDAY – Upper Galilee and Golan Heights – Nazareth: (B)
Drive to the Golan Heights. Visit the former Syrian fortifications, Birkat Ram, and the Druze villages, Via Banias, source of the Jordan River. Proceed via Kiryat Shmone and the Hula Valley to Safed, city of the Kabala, to visit synagogue and the artists’ colony and then to Nazareth to visit the Christian Holy Sites. Return to the Kibbutz hotel for overnight. For your tours: Private air-conditioned vehicle, private chauffeur and private guide.

Day 7 – SATURDAY – Acre – Haifa – Tel Aviv: (B)
After Breakfast drive west to Acre for a visit of the old, famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications. Continue to Haifa, sightseeing tour of Haifa, including the Bahai Shrine, Persian Garden and Mount Carmel for a panoramic view of the city. Proceed southwards to Caesarea to visit the Roman theater and the Crusader fortress. Continue south for a short city tour of Tel Aviv-Jaffa and to hotel for overnight. For your tours: Private air-conditioned vehicle, private chauffeur and private guide.

DAY 8 – Sunday – DEPARTURE: (B)
Breakfast at the hotel. We’ll escort you to the airport to catch your homeward-bound flight. Salam & Shalom!

 

Rates per person in US:
Tourist class
(3 stars hotels)
First class
(4 stars hotels)
Deluxe
(5 stars hotels)
Triple
$ 2350
$ 2885
$ 3910
Double
$ 2484
$ 2904
$ 4041
Single
$ 3950
$ 4409
$ 5119

Prices include:

  • All ground transportation, including service between airport and hotels.
  • All tips / Gratuities to drivers, guides etc.
  • Meals as indicated, with preset menu (B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner)
  • Guided sightseeing with private professional guide
  • All admission fees
  • Hotel accommodations, including tax and service charges

Not included:

  • Trip interruption and cancellation insurance
  • Personal expenses such as laundry and phone calls
  • Beverages
  • Visa fee (when / if needed)
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Featured Review

I have used Travel In Style travel agency, based in San Francisco, for two different trips – one to Greece in 2007 and again this summer (August 2011) for a trip to Israel and Jordan. My experiences with them were both very positive.

For Greece, we used TIS to book our hotels and to handle all in-country transportation. Upon arrival in Greece, our local travel representative met us at our hotel to provide us with our information, vouchers and tickets, and to answer any questions. He followed up with us every day to ensure that everything was going okay, even making dinner recommendations and reservations for us.

At one point, weather prevented us from being able to take our boat between islands. Our tickets were re-booked and hotels were adjusted before we ever knew that there was an issue.

For Israel/Jordan, we actually decided that we wanted a private guide and driver for our entire trip. I worked with TIS to create the customized trip that I wanted, adding and removing sites and activities until everything was as I desired. When we arrived at Ben Gurion airport, we were met by an airport representative who whisked us through the paperwork and out a side door to our waiting car. A great start to a great trip! I had a couple of small questions for TIS during out trip; I emailed them and they responded promptly.

I will definitely consider using them again, should I be traveling to a location that they cover.

Debbie