Israel

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Jerusalem

  • Haas Promenade - Enjoy the spectacular view of the city
  • Renovated First Station
  • Historic Ottoman-era train station - The City’s transformed and one of the most lively entertainment districts
  • Tour the Jerusalem Seam Line with Col. (Res.) Dan Tirza
  • Enter the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem
  • Enjoy Meals at the Jewish Quarter
  • Kotel-the Western Wall, the ancient retaining wall of the 2nd Temple (the Holiest site in the world for the Jewish people)
  • The Southern Wall Excavations at the Davidson Center
  • City of David - experience 5,000 years of history as you descend into the ancient foundations of King David’s Jerusalem.
  • Tour the south through the Judean lowlands.
  • The Assaf Sibony memorial viewpoint and see the remarkable proximity of the Gaza Strip to the Israeli communities on the border
  • Kibbutz Gvulot, the first of three outposts built in the Negev in 1943
  • Yad Vashem, considered the foremost memorial to mankind’s darkest period and Israel’s official memorial and historical museum to the victims of the Shoah
  • Susan’s House, a unique program for teens-at-risk in the Israeli society
  • Machane Yehuda - food and spice market
  • Experience Kabbalat Shabbat at the Western Wall. Sing and dance alongside hundreds of devoted worshippers as they welcome in the Sabbath

Tel Aviv

  • The ancient city of Jaffa - The world’s oldest port city (dating back over 4,000 years!)
  • Independence Trail on Rothschild Blvd
  • The Carmel Market (Shuk Hacarmel) - the city’s largest outdoor market
  • On a self-guided Shuk Bites culinary tasting tour
  • Rabin Square
  • Tel Aviv Museum of Art - the most important museum for contemporary art in Israel

Dead Sea - Desert Enchantment at the lowest spot on dry land on Earth

  • Tour to Masada - Herod’s magnificent mountain top palace and fortress
  • Experience swimming and ‘floating’ in the buoyant waters of the Dead Sea
  • Ein Gedi National Park - a unique ecosystem of springs, waterfalls and pools surrounded by lush greenery in a desolate desert setting

Other Prominent tourist locations

  • Leket Israel - the National Food Bank
  • Caesarea - The ancient Roman amphitheater
  • The mystical city of Tzfat, one of the Four Holy Cities
  • The Golan Heights - tour focusing on the military history and civil heritage
  • Moshav Kidmat Tzvi - homegrown Assaf Winery for a delicious wine tasting
  • Beit Shearim National Park
  • Israeli-Arab city - Umm el-Fahem