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Country(ies): Israel
Tour type: Shoestring
Group size: Min: 2 | Max: 45
Accommodation: 4-star hotels and Kibbutz Hotel
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Transport: A/C car/minibus/coach
Highlights: Tel Aviv, Roman ruins at Caesarea, Druze villages, Golan Heights wine tasting, Haifa, Sea of Galilee, Tiberias, Nazareth, Masada fortress by cable car, Bethlehem, Dead Sea swim, old & new Jerusalem
This comprehensive 8-day tour to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories explores the Mediterranean coast, Nazareth and the Golan Heights as well as the Dead Sea, Masada and Old Jerusalem and offers a great and balanced introduction to the regions's religious and historical sites together with its natural beauty, scenic and cultural attractions.
Starting in Tel Aviv we head north along the coast visiting the roman excavations at Caesarea, a Druze Village and the beautiful gardens at Haifa. Heading inland we climb up to the Golan Heights to enjoy a wine tasting session at one of Israel's most well known wineries. Next we visit the holy sites around the Sea of Galilee and the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. We drive south back to Jerusalem for a tour of the old and new city and if possible, enter the Occupied Palestinian Territories to visit Bethlehem. We finish off with a trip to the hilltop town of Masada and take a dip in the Dead Sea.
Note: Our Biblical Israel follows a similar itinerary but has more of a focus on connecting the sites you visit to specific passages in scripture and so is more suited to faithful travellers looking for more of a pilgrimage style tour.
Standard accommodation is based on 4-star hotels and a Kibbutz hotel, with upgrades available to deluxe 4-star and 5-star levels on request.
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Israel is extremely busy this year and many hotel allocations are full. Availability is on a request basis so please contact us with your preferred dates and we will check space in the standard and upgraded hotel levels for you.
The hotels and accommodations listed below are the ones we most often on this tour. From time to time we may exchange these for similar properties at the same level. In general, specific hotels cannot be guaranteed on our group tours, but you may select your preferred options if you are booking a tailor-made trip.
Prima Tel Aviv Hotel
Tel Aviv
Just 100 yards from the beach, Prima Tel Aviv Hotel offers a dining hall overlooking the sea, where an Israeli buffet breakfast is served each morning. The en suite rooms have a TV with 100 satellite channels.
Kibbutz Lavi
Tiberias
Located high on a mountain, this Glatt- Kosher hotel mainly caters for Jewish religious travellers. At this peaceful location, just minutes from Tiberias, there are spectacular views of the surrounding mountains.
Prima Kings Hotel
Jerusalem
Offering a spa and fitness centre, in addition to an executive business lounge, Jerusalem's Prima Kings Hotel is located in the exclusive Rahavia area, 0.6 miles from the Old City.
Our tours are designed to include all that you need to enjoy a really special time in the destination you‘re visiting. However, we do also offer some extra options to complement the tour and add some additional sightseeing or activities, or some extra time at either end of the tour.
All accommodation based options (e.g. Single supplements, extra nights, cruise upgrades) should be booked and paid for in advance so that we can make the appropriate arrangements. Other options may either be booked and paid for in advance or while you are on the tour, though we recommend booking in advance to ensure there are no issues with availability.
Many options are priced the same throughout the year, but some may incur single or high season supplements - full details are given on the tour reservation form or on request.
The detailed Tour Notes below have been written to give you some more detailed information about how the tour runs, what to expect, and how to prepare for your holiday. We recommend downloading an up to date copy of these shortly before you travel in case of any changes.
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Posted 21st of Nov 2017
Wonderful trip made even more enjoyable by efficient arrangements and a very informative and helpful guide.
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Posted 24th of Oct 2015
We had been with Encounters Travel before to Jordan which was excellent, so our expectations were high. We were not disappointed. The hotels were very good, the guide extremely knowledgeable with excellent English, and food plentiful and excellent. We visited all the places We remembered from the bible at Sunday school, and then some. I would recommend this holiday to anyone. It was fantastic. I shall definitely book another holiday with Encounters Travel.
