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Day 1-Depart
JFK on Delta around
9:00 pm, supper and
breakfast aboard flight.
Day 2-Arrive Ben
Gurion Airport Tel Aviv around 2:45 pm, clear passport
control, collect luggage, proceed to bus, meet Sami our
driver, drive to Notre Dame Hotel Jerusalem, check in,
Supper
& overnight at Notre Dame Hotel Jerusalem.
Day 3-Breakfast
Notre Dame Hotel, tour Beth Shemesh, Valley of Elah, Tel
Lachish, Lunch
in Arad, tour Tel Beersheva, Wilderness of Tzin, Mizpeh
Ramon Crater, check in for Supper
and overnight in Nova Hotel Eilat.
Day 4-Breakfast
Nova Hotel Eilat, tour Eilat, Lunch
in Underwater Observatory, enjoy beaches, shopping at Eilat
stone factory, snorkeling (passenger expense), Supper
and overnight Nova Hotel Eilat.
Day 5-Breakfast
Nova Hotel Eilat, tour Solomon's Pillars, Mushroom Rock, and
Egyptian copper mines in Timnah park, drive north up Arabah,
Lunch
and ice cream on Arabah Kibbutz, Supper
and overnight La Meridian Hotel, Dead Sea.
Day 6--Breakfast
La Meridian Hotel Dead Sea, tour Masada, swim in Dead Sea
and Lunch
@ Kapulskis, tour Dead Sea area, enjoy mineral baths, rest,
Supper
and overnight La Meridian Hotel Dead Sea.
Day 7-Breakfast
La Meridian Hotel Dead Sea, tour Ein Gedi, Qumran,
Lunch at Qumran, tour Jericho, Supper
and overnight Notre Dame Hotel Jerusalem.
Day 8-Breakfast
Notre Dame Hotel Jerusalem, am tour Bethany and Bethlehem,
Lunch Abu Shanab, shopping @ Three Arches,
communion at Garden Tomb, afternoon walking tour Old City
Jerusalem, Supper & overnight Notre Dame
Hotel.
Day 9-Breakfast
Notre Dame Hotel, tour Mt. of Olives, Kidron Valley, Ciaphas'
House, Upper Room, David's Tomb, Lunch in Old
City, tour Via Dolarosa, Church of the Holy Sepulchure,
Supper & overnight Notre Dame Hotel Jerusalem.
Day 10-Breakfast
Notre Dame Hotel Jerusalem tour museums, Lunch
Notre Dame Hotel Jerusalem, walking tour of modern Jerusalem
and shopping Ben Yahuda Street, Supper and
overnight Notre Dame Hotel, Jerusalem.
Day 11-Breakfast
Notre Dame Hotel Jerusalem, tour Arabah, view Mt. Sartaba,
Beth Shean Lunch Beth Shean, tour Gideon's
Spring, drive up Mt. Tabor in taxi, drive to Kibbutz Nof
Ginasor for Supper & overnight.
Day 12-Breakfast
Kibbutz Nof Ginasor, tour the Sea of Galilee, Tabgha, Mt. Of
Beatitudes, Chorazin, Beth Saida, Kursi, Jordan River,
Lunch at Ali's Sea of Galilee, boat ride Sea of
Galilee, return to Kibbutz Nof Ginasor for Supper
& overnight.
Day 13-Breakfast
Kibbutz Nof Ginasor, tour Golan Heights, Mt. Hermon,
Nimrod's Castle, Lunch at Banias, Tel Dan,
drive through the Hula Valley, view Tel Hazor, return to
Kibbutz Nof Ginasor for Supper & overnight.
Day 14-Breakfast
Kibbutz Nof Ginasor, tour Meggido, Acco, Nazareth,
Lunch at Maria de la Fontana, tour Zippori, Cana,
Gath Hepher, drive to Nof Ginasor for Supper &
overnight.
Day 15-Breakfast
Kibbutz Nof Ginasor, tour Mt. Carmel, Haifa,
Lunch at Caesarea Maritime, tour Tel Aviv, Joppa,
Supper, Fish restaurant Joppa, go to BenGurion
airport for early check in and boarding
Delta flight home.
Day 16--Arrive
safely in JFK on Delta flight @ 5:15 am to catch domestic
flights home. |