Grand Jewish Heritage Tour

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Group Size: Up to TBD travelers

Duration: 13 Days jewish heritage Journey to Israel

Activity Level: Average of 2 to 3 miles of walking per day

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Tour Type: Jewish Journey

       
About This Tour

The Grand Jewish Heritage Tour will lead you through the land of Israel from a Jewish Heritage perspective. Travelers on this wonderful journey will become acquainted with Israel’s most important cultural, biblical and historical sites as well as modern Israel.

Please note that America Israel Tours does not operate this weekly tour. There are many tour companies in the U.S. and in Israel with whom you can book this exact tour. Therefore, whether you book this tour with us or with any other tour company, you will ultimately be on the same tour bus. The advantage of booking this tour with AIT is that we offer outstanding prices and travel services. With offices in the U.S. and in Israel, we are here to assist you during the booking and planning process, and while you are touring in Israel.

What's unique about this tour?
  • We tour all day! (Some tour companies include only half day touring)
  • All Sightseeing and entrance fees are included. Everything is taken care of!
  • Private transfer from Ben Gurion International Airport to your Hotel.
  • Tour based on Jewish heritage.
  • Our licensed guides are the most experienced in the industry.
  • We provide life-changing tour experiences at the most affordable rate.
Day1Tuesday
Departure / Flight from the U.S to Israel
  • Our journey begins today as we depart on our flight to Israel- the Promised Land. Sit back, relax, enjoy your flight, and prepare for a life-changing experience.
Meals: On board
Accommodation: On board
Day2Wednesday | Arrival
Welcome to Israel
  • Upon arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport and after passport control, you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel in Tel Aviv for check-in.
  • The rest of the day will be free to enjoy the hotel and the nearby famous Tel Aviv promenade..
Meals: N/A
Accommodation: Tel Aviv
Day3Thursday | In & Around Tel Aviv
Independence Hall / Latrun / Beit Guvrin / Ayalon Institute
  • Today's touring of Tel Aviv starts with a visit to Independence Hall, where the establishment of the state of Israel was declared.
  • Next, we will drive to Latrun to visit the Armore Corps museum, one of the most diverse tank museums in the world.
  • Visit Beith Guvrin national park, declared by UNESCO as a world heritage site and explore some of the caves and archaeological remains.
  • From there we will head to the Ayalon Institute, once an ammunition factory for the Jewish underground, the Hagana. It was here where the members of the resistance hiding from the British were making bullets in an underground bunker cleverly disguised under the laundry and bakery of the kibbutz.
  • At the end of the day we will return to your Tel Aviv hotel.
Meals: Full Buffet Breakfast
Accommodation: Tel Aviv
Day4Friday | Explore Tel Aviv City attractions and Museums
Diaspora Museum / Rabin's Square / Old Jaffa / Neve Tzedek / Nachlat Binyamin
  • Our morning starts at Beit Hatfutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People, serving to connect people to their roots and reinforce a sense of identity.
  • We will then drive around the main streets of Tel Aviv, the center of business and entertainment in Israel, and home of plenty to see!
  • We will have a stop at Rabin's Square, where Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated in 1995.
  • We will continue to Old Jaffa, an 8,000 year old port city and the oldest part of the Tel Aviv municipality.
  • We will visit the ancient ruins and walk in the restored Artists' Quarter.
  • From there we will visit Neve Tzedek, the first neighborhood in Tel Aviv, built in 1887, before the city was even founded!
  • We will also stop by Nachlat Binyamin, a pedestrian street devoted to arts and crafts, filled with musicians and performers. There you can buy handmade jewelry, and other fun art pieces.
  • We will also stop at Shenkin, a lively and colorful street known for being one of the trendiest in the city.
  • We will then return to your Tel Aviv hotel.
Meals: Full Buffet Breakfast
Accommodation: Tel Aviv
Day5Saturday | Free day in Tel Aviv
Enjoy the sites in Israel during your free day
  • Enjoy a free day for Shabbat! You may explore Tel Aviv, the city that never sleeps!
  • Discover the famous boardwalk along the Mediterranean Sea, or take a walk in Old City Jaffa. Tel Aviv is home to numerous art galleries, cafes, and museums, as well as the beach!
  • The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is a very highly rated institution, while the Eretz Israel Museum offers a historical perspective on the history of Tel Aviv.
  • For those who prefer to shop, there are several shopping malls that open after the end of Shabbat till late night.
  • Stroll along the famous tree lined Rothschild Boulevard, and take in the magnificent villas and buildings occupying the most expensive real estate in Tel Aviv.
Meals: Full Buffet Breakfast
Accommodation: Tel Aviv
Day6Sunday | From Tel Aviv to the Galilee
Caesarea / Haifa / Acre (Acco) / Rosh HaNikra
  • After breakfast we start our day and will drive north to Caesarea, which has been an important city for the Jewish faith since before the Roman invasion.
  • There we will see excavations dating to the Crusades; the aqueduct, whose construction dates back to King Herod, and the restored amphitheater, now serving as a concert venue.
  • From there we will proceed to Haifa, the largest city in northern Israel, and take in the magnificent view from Mount Carmel, a UNESCO biosphere reserve.
  • We will also be visiting the INS Af Al Pi Chen, a former Second World War era landing craft that now serves as the Clandestine Immigration and Navy Museum, covering the maritime history of Israel.
  • A drive to the waterside town of Acre follows, where we can walk along the old harbor, and visit the local market, taking in the sights of one of the oldest inhabited sites in Israel.
  • We will continue on to the northernmost point of Israel at Rosh HaNikra, taking an exciting descent by cable car into the spectacular limestone grottoes.
  • The day will end with a drive to Galilee and our lodging at Kibbutz Lavi. There we will have the opportunity to meet with Kibbutz members and learn more about their unique lifestyle.
  • Dinner at the kibbutz hotel is included.
Meals: Buffet Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Galilee, Kibbutz Lavi Hotel
Day7Monday | Upper Galilee & Golan Heights
Safed / Gadot / Banias / Tel Hai
  • The day will start with a drive to Safed, the center of Kabbalah and one of the four holy cities of Judaism.
  • There you can visit both the Yosef Caro and the Ari Ashkenazi synagogues. The Ari synagogue may be the oldest in Israel that is still in use, and is certainly one of the most important in the city.
  • The Artists’ Quarter is also well worth checking out. You can view and purchase the very unique “micro calligraphy” artworks that Safed is famous for.
  • We will then enjoy an exhilarating Jeep ride to the foot of the Golan Heights.
  • Next we will travel up the Golan Heights and stop at an observation point over the almost entirely destroyed city of Quneitra and the Syrian territory.
  • Tel Faher, a former Syrian outpost, is our next stop. There will also be an opportunity to explore the beautiful Banias waterfall and springs, an area rife with hiking trails.
  • Next up is Tel Hai, the site of a pivotal battle between Arab rebels and the New Yishuv in 1920.
  • We will also see the famous Roaring Lion Monument, commemorating Josef Trumpeldor, among others who lost their lives that day.
  • We will then return to the kibbutz hotel for Dinner.
Meals: Buffet Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Galilee, Kibbutz Lavi Hotel
Day8Tuesday | From the Galilee to Jerusalem
Beit Shean / Gan HaShlosha / Beit Alpha / Jerusalem
  • After breakfast we will drive to Tiberias to visit the grave of Mosheh ben Maimon, a famous philosopher and Torah scholar from the Middle Ages.
  • Next is Beit Shean, the biggest archaeological park in Israel, featuring beautiful excavations from the Roman and the Byzantine periods. There will be a stop at Beit Alpha to see a beautiful mosaic floor in a Byzantine era synagogue.
  • From there we will move onto Gan HaShlosha National Park, where you will have an opportunity to enjoy the wonderful springs located at the foot of Gilboa Mountain, where King Saul was killed in his battle against the Philistines.
  • We will then continue along the Jordan Valley to Jerusalem, stopping at Mount Scopus for a blessing as we enter the city.
Meals: Buffet Breakfast
Accommodation: Jerusalem
Day9Wednesday | Jerusalem Old City
Mount Zion / Western Wall Tunnel / Davidson Center / David's Tower
  • Today there will be a tour of the Old City of Jerusalem. We will start with a visit to the Tomb of King David on Mount Zion.
  • We will then walk along the Cardo, an ancient Roman road as we visit the four Sephardic synagogues restored after the 1967 war in the city’s Jewish Quarter.
  • No tour of Jerusalem would be complete without a visit to the Western Wall Tunnel, which runs the full length of the Wall, and was built in 19 BCE.
  • We will also have the opportunity to visit the Davidson Center. It is an archaeological museum, where we will learn more about the Western Wall, before once again walking along the Roman Cardo to the local Arab bazaar.
  • Walking through the Jaffa Gate, one of the eight gates in the historic walls of Jerusalem, we will go to the Museum of David’s Tower, which chronicles the history of Jerusalem.
Meals: Buffet Breakfast
Accommodation: Jerusalem
Day10Thursday | Jerusalem Old & New City
Western Wall / Mea Shearim / Israel Museum / Holyland Model / Yad Vashem
  • We will depart the hotel and arrive at the Western Wall once more, located in the Old City of Jerusalem.
  • There is the option to celebrate a Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony at the Kotel (Western Wall).
  • * Next, we will continue on to Mea Shearim, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Jerusalem, where we will learn about the lifestyle of the ultra Orthodox communities.
  • We will drive by the Knesset, Israel’s version of parliament, a modern building with a large menorah up front. From there we will go to the Israel Museum and the Shrine of the Book, site of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the new Holyland model – a miniature replica of Jerusalem as it appeared during the Second Temple Period between 530 BCE- 70 CE.
  • A drive to Mount Herzl follows, home of the military ceremony and the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem.
  • Yad Vashem features the Hall of Remembrance inscribed with six million names continuously read out loud. It also has some beautiful gardens for contemplation.
  • We will end the day visiting Ammunition Hill, a former Jordanian stronghold, conquered by the Israeli army in the Six Day War and converted into a national memorial site and museum.
  • Optional Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony For families who wish to celebrate a Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall, the option is available. This is an amazing, once in a lifetime opportunity. While the rest of the group tours Mea Shearim, arrangements will be made at the Western or Southern Wall with an Israeli rabbi. At the end of the service, you will be transferred to the current location of the group. Please call us for more details about this special option.
Meals: Buffet Breakfast
Accommodation: Jerusalem
Day11Friday | Dead Sea & the Judean Desert
Dead Sea / Qumran / Masada
  • After a drive through the Judean Desert, we will arrive at the Dead Sea, stopping at Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.
  • Next we will drive along the shores of the Dead Sea to visit Masada, Israel's most popular site, ascending by cable car once again to tour the ancient fortress at the top. Masada, built by King Herod, was also the site of an uprising by the Jews against the Romans that ended in the mass suicide of close to 1,000 Jewish rebels and families who took refuge there.
  • We will also visit the walls, palaces, synagogue, and bathhouses that made up this ancient city.
  • Descending by the cable cars, we will stop for lunch and float in the Dead Sea, whose high saline content will keep you peacefully floating for hours!
  • The Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth. At over 1,300 feet below sea level it is so low that you don’t even need sunscreen, as you will not burn! The water has healing and medicinal properties.
  • We will also have use of the spa facilities in one of the leading hotels in the area.
  • We will return to Jerusalem for the evening.
Meals: Buffet Breakfast & Dinner
Accommodation: Jerusalem
Day12Saturday | Free day in Jerusalem
  • Today is a free day to enjoy the special atmosphere of Shabbat in Jerusalem. You may want to discover some museums and re-visit the Christian Quarter in the Old City.
Meals: Buffet Breakfast
Accommodation: Jerusalem
Day13Sunday | Departure from Israel / Arrival in the USA
  • After breakfast we will transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport for your transatlantic flight back to the USA.
  • Take home your fond memories of Israel that will last a lifetime, and start planning your next trip!
Meals: Buffet Breakfast

* In the rare event that a hotel is overbooked, the group will be provided with an equivalent level hotel or higher.

Hotels on Tour

Hotel Level # of nights First Class Superior First Class 5-Star 5-Star Deluxe
Tel Aviv 4 Prima City Tel Aviv Standard Room Dan Panorama - Tel Aviv Room Carlton – Superior Room Dan Hotel - Tel Aviv Room
Galilee 2 Kibbutz Lavi Standard Rooms: Eden Wing Kibbutz Lavi Rooms: Eden Wing Kibbutz Lavi Rooms: Hadar Wing Kibbutz Lavi (Hadar Wing)
Jerusalem 5 Prima Royale or Prima Kings Standard Room Dan Panorama – Jerusalem Room Inbal – Standard Room King David Jerusalem Room

Note: Please note that the hotel rooms provided in this package for each category are the standard rooms.

*Please note that you must register for a tour no less than 30 days prior to departure date

Land package prices listed are per person in U.S. dollars. Rates are based on double occupancy and inclusive of all taxes.

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Join America Israel Tours' exciting and life-changing tours of the Holy Land.

Included in your tour package:

Our Israel tour packages include the following:

  • Private transfer from Ben Gurion International Airport to your Hotel in Tel Aviv and from the Hotel in Jerusalem to the Airport
  • Meeting point on arrival at the Steimatzky Bookstore at the Main Arrival Hall of the airport
  • 8 Full day touring with all entrance fees and attraction as per the above itinerary
  • Transportation – in deluxe air-conditioned vehicle
  • 11 nights hotel accommodation
  • Full Israeli buffet breakfasts daily at the hotels
  • Two dinners at the hotel in Kibbutz Lavi in Galilee
  • Lunch and swim at a Dead Sea spa hotel
  • Jeep ride in the Golan Heights
  • Land and service taxes

Not Included:

  • International flights: please call us toll free at (877) 248-8687 to arrange your flights
  • Extra meals not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Extra expenses of personal nature
  • Tips to guide/driver and Hotel staff
  • Lunches en route on sightseeing days
  • Treatments at the Dead Sea spa
  • Travel Insurance (highly recommended)

Please Note:

  • Rates are for land package only
  • We do sell air tickets; please contact us at 877-America Israel Tours-TOUR (248-8687) to arrange your air travel
  • Inquire about a discount for reservations of 6 passengers and above
  • Extension tours to Eilat and/or Egypt & Jordan are available upon request
  • Extension tours to our other destinations are available upon request
  • A Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony can be arranged in Jerusalem at the Western or Southern Wall. (Please call for info)

We strongly recommend the purchase of travel insurance package to protect your travel investment.

Journey Highlights:

  • Visit some of the most famous sites of Tel Aviv including Independence Hall, Yad Mordechai, the Diaspora Museum, and Rabin’s Square
  • Explore the excavations of Caesarea
  • Descend into the limestone grottoes of Rosh HaNikra
  • Take an exciting Jeep Ride in the Golan Heights
  • Enjoy the beautiful Banias waterfall and springs
  • Visit Beit Shean, the biggest archaeological park in Israel
  • Explore the sites of the Old City of Jerusalem including the Davidson Center and David’s Tower
  • See the sites of the New City of Jerusalem such as the Western Wall, Israel Museum and Yad Vashem
  • Eat lunch in Dead Sea Hotel
  • Float effortlessly in the Dead Sea
  • Take a cable car up to the fortress of Masada

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