Israel and Jordan Jewish Heritage Tour

Day 1 – Departure

• Depart USA

Day 2 – Arrival to Israel

• Arrival to Israel
• VIP Service at airport
• Introduction tour to Tel Aviv (depends upon arrival time to Israel)
• Transfer to hotel in Tel Aviv
• Dinner out to be advised or on your own
• Overnight Tel Aviv Kempinski hotel https://www.kempinski.com/en/the-david-kempinski-tel-aviv?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=KITLV1&utm_content=gmb&source=S308962248

Day 3 – Tel Aviv

• Breakfast at hotel
• 10:00 am guide will meet group at hotel
• Palmach museum
• Jaffa Port
• Neve Zedek neighborhood with Bauhaus architecture
• Carmel market + food tasting
• Drive by Rabin Square
• Rothschild BLVD
• If time permits Tel Aviv Museum of Arts
• Dinner out Itzik Hagadol, Jaffa https://book.itzikhagadol.co.il/ – on client’s account
• Overnight Tel Aviv Kempinski hotel

Day 4 – Mediterranean Coast

• Breakfast at hotel
• 09:00 – Guide will meet clients
• Depart hotel
• Caesarea
• Mei Kedem walk in knee level water
• Drive by Haifa overlooking the Bay and Bahai Gardens
• Atlit or Ein Hod artist village
• Drive to Mitzpe Hayamim
• Overnight and dinner Mitzpe Hayamin https://www.isrotel.com/

Day 5 – Golan Heights

• Breakfast at hotel
• Kabbalah city of Safad
• Galleries of Sefad
• Golan Heights
• Jeep Tour of the Golan
• Druze Lunch
• Winery + wine tasting
• Mt Bental overlooking borders with Syria and Lebanon
• Oz 77
• Valley of Tears
• Overnight and Dinner Mitzpe Hayamim

Day 6 – Tiberius/Jerusalem

• Breakfast at hotel
• Visiting a Kibbutz
• Katherina chocolate factory + workshop
• Water activities at Lake Kinnerth (banana, water ski etc) let me know if interested
• Beth Shean excavations
• Or Gan Hashlosha
• Drive to Jerusalem via the Jordan Valley
• Mt Scopus / Shechiyanu prayer
• Dinner out Jerusalem Chakara https://www.chakrarest.com/
• Overnight Jerusalem Inbal hotel https://www.inbalhotel.com/

Day 7 – Jerusalem

• Breakfast at hotel
• Israel Museum
• Mt of Olives
• Room of Last Supper
• Via Dolorosa
• Holy Sepulcher
• Exit via the colorful Arab market
• Sound and Light Show at Tower of David
• Dinner out Jacko Street on clients account (Machne Yehuda) https://jackosstreet.co.il/ or on your own
• Overnight Jerusalem Inbal hotel

Day 8 – Jerusalem

• Breakfast at hotel
• Roof top tour
• Western Wall + Tunnels
• Western Wall Virtual Tour
• Cardo
• Davidson Center + 3D Model
• Hurva Synagogue
• Austrian Hospice for some great Strudel
• Dinner at Satya https://www.satya.co.il/ or on your own
• Overnight Jerusalem Inbal hotel

Day 9 – Modern Jerusalem

• Breakfast at hotel
• Check out of hotel
• Yad Vashem private guided tour of holocaust memorial
• Drive by the Knesset – + Israel’s Parliament and drive by the Supreme Court
• Mahne Yehuda market + local lunch on clients account for street food
• Visit Qumran where Dead Sea scrolls were found
• Drive to Dead Sea for overnight and dinner Isrotel Nevo hotel Dead Sea https://www.isrotel.com/

Day 10 – Masada and Dead Sea/Petra

• Breakfast at hotel
• Float in the Dead Sea (early around 8:00 – 900 am)
• Tour Masada
• Visit Ein Gedi
• 15:00 Transfer to Arava border/Itzhak Rabin (around 2 hours drive)
• 17:00 Cross to Jordan
• Transfer to Movenpick hotel in Petra (around 2 hours drive)
• Overnight and Dinner Petra Movenpick hotel https://www.movenpick.com/en/middle-east/jordan/petra/resort-petra.html?y_source=1_MTUzNjI5NjgtNzE1LWxvY2F0aW9uLndlYnNpdGU%3D

Day 11 – Full day tour to Petra

• Breakfast hotel
• Full day tour of Petra with local guide
• Drive to Wadi Rum
• 2 hours jeep tour in Wadi Rum
• Overnight and Dinner Memories Aicha Luxury camp http://www.mlc.jo/

Day 12 – Wadi Rum/Tel Aviv

• Breakfast at hotel
• Tour Wadi Rum
• 11:00 am transfer to Arava Border/Itzhak Rabin
• Cross to Israel
• Visit the Red Sea
• Lunch in Eilat
• 17:00 – flight to Ben Gurion airport
• Guide and vehicle will assist group
• Farewell dinner in Tel Aviv
• 20:00 transfer to Ben Gurion airport
• 20:30 VIP Service will meet clients at airport
• 23:00 Depart to USA