ISRAEL

8 day Splendors of Israel from $1240.00. Includes seven nights hotel accommodations, sightseeing of Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Caesarea, Galilee, Cana, Nazareth and Jerusalem and all transfers.

Though great in significance, Israel is small in size, allowing us to show you all the best sights in only eight days.

DAY 1: TEL AVIV
Sunday Upon arrival at the Ben Gurion Airport, you will be greeted by our representative and escorted to your hotel.

DAY 2: JAFFA ,CAESAREA, HAIFA
Monday (BD) After a brief tour of Tel Aviv and a visit to the ancient port of Jaffa, drive along the Mediterranean coast to Caesarea, the ancient Roman capital, where you will visit the aqueduct, the Roman Statues and the ancient amphitheatre in use today as a concert venue. Continue north to Haifa, where you will enjoy a breathtaking view of the bay from the summit of Mt. Carmel and visit the Persian Gardens and Bahai Temple. See the Crusader’s city at Accre before arriving at the Kibbutz Beit Hava for dinner and the night.

DAY 3: GALILEE
Tuesday (BD) Drive to the Sea of Galilee and visit Capernaum with its ancient Synagogue. See Tabgha, site of the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes and Mount Beatitudes, traditionally held to be the site of the Sermon on the Mount. Drive on to Kibbutz Hagoshrim for dinner and the night.

DAY 4: CANA, NAZARETH, JERUSALEM
Wednesday (BD) After a short tour of the Kibbutz, drive to Yardenit on the Jordan River. Proceed to Cana, site of the first miracle of Jesus Christ. Continue to Nazareth, where you will see Joseph’s Workshop and the Church of the Annunciation before driving through the Jordan Valley to Jerusalem.

DAY 5: JERUSALEM
Thursday (BD) Visit the Tomb of King David and then Mount Zion, the site of the last supper. Enter the Old City of Jerusalem and take a walk through the newly restored Jewish Quarter on the Western Wall and along the Via Dolorosa to the Church of Holy Sepulchre. Drive to Mt. Scopus and the Mount of Olives for a magnificent view of the Old City. Drive past Rachel’s Tomb and on to Bethlehem to see the Church of Nativity before returning to Jerusalem.

DAY 6: JERUSALEM
Friday (BD) Your day begins with a drive to Hadassah Medical Center at Ein Karem to see the Chagall Stained Glass Window and to Bet Vagan to see the scale model of Jerusalem. Continue on to Yad Vashem, the memorial to the six million martyrs of World War II. Proceed to the Israel Museum to visit the Shrine of the Book which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls.

DAY 7: JERUSALEM
Saturday (BD) Full day of leisure in Jerusalem.

DAY 8: DEPARTURE
Sunday (B) You will be transferred from your hotel to the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.

This tour begins every Sunday in Tel Aviv; You may combine Splendors of Israel and/or Lawrence of Arabia's Jordan with any Nabila tour to Egypt. Nabila will be glad to assist with any special transportation and accommodation arrangements (to/from Egypt, Israel, Jordan or Turkey) to meet the Sunday departure time. The rates do not include any international airfares.