Tour Dates	Duration	Price	Highlights
28th October to 6th November 2011	10 Days 4*/3* Hotels	€1749pps inc €149 taxes	Jerusaleum, Western Wall, Mount of Olives, King Davids Tomb, Massada, Dead Sea Scrolls, Haifa, Gallilee, Tel Aviv

Your Tour Price Includes:

• Return flights from Dublin to Tel Aviv including flight / airport taxes & charges of €75.
• Professional English speaking tour manager and executive coach transfers throughout
• 5 nights in the quality Dan Jerusaelem Hotel including breakfast
• 2 nights in the popular Kibbutz Lavi in Tiberias including breakfast
• 2 nights in the Grand Beach Tel Aviv hotel including breakfast
• 9 evening meals in hotels or local restaurants
• Visit the walled city of Jerusalem including the restored Jewish Quarter, the Roman Cardo,
  Herodian Quarter, Western Wall, Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Mount of Olives *
• Visit the tomb of King David and the room of the Last Supper on Mt Zion above Jerusalem *
• Visit Holocaust Memorial, and see the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Shrine of the Book in Israel Museum
• Visit Rachel's Tomb and the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem *
• Visit to the ancient fortress of Massada, the Judean Desert and the amazing Dead Sea *
• Visit the Roman Aqueduct and Amphitheatre in Caesarea, the summit of Mt Carmel and the Persian Gardens and Bahai Shrine in Haifa
• Visit the ancient Church of St Peter in Capernaum and the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth
• Visit to the synagogue of Beit Alpha, the valley of Beit Shean and the Sea of Gallilee
• Free days in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

Day 1
Fly from Dublin to Ben Gurion Airport Tel Aviv where you will be met by your tour manager. Transfer by executive coach to your hotel in Jerusalem.
Overnight in Jerusalem.
 

Day 2
Enjoy a guided sightseeing tour of the Old City of Jerusalem. Visit King David's Tomb and the Room of the Last Supper on Mount Zion. Enter the walled city and walk through the newly restored Jewish Quarter. Visit the Roman Cardo, Herodian Quarter and continue to the Western Wall. Walk along the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, proceed to Mount Scopus and then to the Mount of Olives for a magnificent panoramic view of the Old City. Continue to Bethlehem, stopping at Rachel’s Tomb and to visit the Church of the Nativity. Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 3
Today our guided tour visits the New City of Jerusalem. Drive to the Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem to see the Chagall stained glass windows. Continue to Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust and then to the Israel Museum. Visit the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed and the miniature model of Jerusalem as it was during the Second Temple period. View the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament and the Givat Ram Campus of the Hebrew University. Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 4
Today enjoy a free day to enjoy Jerusalem shopping and sightseeing at leisure. Overnight in Jerusalem

Day 5
Drive through the Judean Desert to the Dead Sea. Stop at Qumran to visit the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Drive along the shores of the Dead Sea to Masada. Ascend by cable car and tour the ancient fortress where the Zealots made their last stand against the Romans before committing mass suicide in 73 A.D. Descend by cable car, time and weather permitting, an opportunity will be provided to float on the Dead Sea. Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 6
Depart Jerusalem and drive to the Diaspora Museum for a visit. Proceed along the coastal plain to Caesarea, capital of Judea under the Romans. See the excavations of the Crusader city, Roman port, aqueduct and the amphitheater that has been restored to its former glory as a concert venue. Continue via the Druze villages to Haifa. Tour of Haifa from the summit of Mount Carmel where you will take in a breathtaking panoramic view of the Haifa Bay and Western Galilee. Continue to the golden domed Baha’i Shrine to visit the exotic Persian Gardens. Overnight in Tiberias.

Day 7
Proceed to Safed, the center of Jewish mysticism, where you will visit the ancient synagogues and artists’ colony. Continue to the Golan Heights to see the former Syrian bunkers, Kuneitra and the new Israeli town of Katzrin. Overnight in Tiberias. 

Day 8
Start the day with a visit of Tiberias. Drive to Capernaum to see the ruins of the synagogue and octagonal Church of St. Peter and then proceed to Nazareth. Here you will visit the Church of the Annunciation. Drive via Beit Shean to Beit Alpha to see the remains of the mosaic floor of an ancient synagogue depicting the zodiac. Overnight in Tel Aviv

Day 9
Free day in Tel Aviv to enjoy at leisure and for further sightseeing and shopping. Overnight in Tel Aviv.

Day 10
After breakfast, transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for departure. Arrive Dublin

Booking Information:

• Inclusive of all taxes & service charges
• Inclusive of 1 standard piece checked in luggage per person
• Single supplement of €435 per person per tour
• Optional insurance: €36 (terms & conditions apply)
• A non-refundable / non transferable deposit of €350 per person is required
  at time of booking (by laser, cheque or credit card)
• Balance is due 10 weeks prior to departure
• A minimum number of 20 persons must book on this tour for it to proceed. 
  Deposit refunded if tour does not proceed.
• Flights, prices, taxes and itinerary are subject to change.