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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights

Group sizeStandard Group - 25 + people

Age rangeNo age restrictions

Flights and transport

Start CityTel Aviv

End CityJerusalem

Travel Themes

Cultural
50 Plus
Holy Land

Destinations

Activities

Culture
Educational/ Learning
Historic Sightseeing
History
Nature

Trip includes

Round-trip airfare from New York (JFK)
Airfare taxes, fees & fuel surcharges
All intra-Israel ground transportation and transfers
Accommodations at superior first class hotels
13 meals: 8 buffet breakfasts (B), 1 lunch (L), 4 dinners (D)
Comprehensive sightseeing tours and entry fees
English-speaking Tour Director throughout Your extension includes: Transportation to Eilat
3 nights at a superior first-class resort in Eilat overlooking the lagoon & Marina
One extra night in Jerusalem
Daily full buffet breakfasts (B)

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Itinerary

Day 1: Depart USA.

Your fascinating journey on our Israel tours begins this afternoon with an overnight flight to Israel.

Day 2: Arrive Tel Aviv.

Accommodation: Dan Panorama Hotel Welcome to Israel! Upon arrival at Ben Gurion airport this afternoon you’ll be greeted and escorted to nearby Tel Aviv, a bustling seaside metropolis representing the modern face of Israel and the center of commerce and culture. En rou...

Day 3: Tel Aviv/Jaffa.

Meals: Breakfast and Dinner This morning your tour director holds a welcome briefing. Following the briefing, enjoy a guided morning walk of the picturesque neighborhood of Neve Zedek, dating to the early 1900’s. Walk along the maze of narrow streets lined with restor...

Day 4: Caesarea/Haifa/Nazareth/Galilee.

Meals: Breakfast and Dinner Accommodation: Lavi Kibbutz Hotel This morning depart Tel Aviv, traveling north along the coastal road. Visit Caesarea, with its ancient Roman port and aqueduct, Byzantine streets and Crusader ruins. Visit the fascinating archeological dis...

Day 5: Optional Golan & Galilee Excursion.

Meals: Breakfast and Dinner Enjoy a full day at leisure. We suggest you join an exciting full day excursion ($90, lunch included) to some of northern Israel’s prime attractions. Start with a delightful boat ride on the tranquil Sea of Galilee. Then, ascend the Golan He...

Day 6: Capernaum/Tabgha/Beth Shean/Jerusalem.

Meals: Breakfast Accommodation: Dan Panorama Hotel Start your day with a guided tour of Kibbutz Lavi, then drive to Tiberias and visit Capernaum, site of an ancient Byzantine synagogue and a church believed to be on the site of St. Peter’s house. Continue to Tabgha, ...

Day 7: Jerusalem.

Meals: Breakfast It is difficult to imagine a city quite as unique as Jerusalem anywhere in the world. Tradition has it that Jerusalem is where King Solomon built the great temple, Jesus was crucified and Muhammad visited on his Night Journey. From the Mount of Olives,...

Day 8: Masada/Dead Sea Excursion.

Meals: Breakfast and Dinner Today’s included memorable full day excursion begins with a drive along the shores of the Dead Sea past Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Arrive in Masada, an isolated mountain-top fortress. Ascend Masada by cable car and en...

Day 9: Jerusalem.

Meals: Breakfast This morning, visit Yad Vashem, a memorial dedicated to the remembrance of the Holocaust. Later, tour the renowned Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum, where the exceptional 2000 year-old Dead Sea Scrolls are housed and stroll through the lovely Billy Rose Sculpture Garden. In the afternoon, you may choose an optional tour to Bethlehem, visiting the Church of the Nativity ($30).

Day 10: Jerusalem.

Meals: Breakfast and Dinner Enjoy a guided walking tour of the Old City today. Walk through the winding alleys housing the colorful bazaar where you may find unique souvenirs. Tour David’s Citadel and visit the engaging Tower of David Museum where you can explore the entire history of Jerusalem. Afternoon at leisure. This evening celebrate with your fellow travelers at a farewell dinner.

Day 11: Jerusalem/USA or Eilat.

Early this morning, transfer to the airport to end your holy land tours for your return flight to the USA, or continue your exciting journey with an extension to Eilat with an optional Petra excursion.

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Dates & Availability

Price From $3,299

Price per day$300

Single supplement (single occupancy)$749

Last Updated: 11/18/2019

Prices may vary due to local taxes and trip seasonality. Click "Request Info" to inquire directly with the tour operator for the final trip price.

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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.

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Lidia

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The tour experience was good

The tour experience was good. Kibbutz not so great, not even a bar of soap in the bathroom. In Egypt bottle water was free every day, in Israel had to pay for every ...

Bruce

Mar 2020

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Tour was extremely well organized

This’s was our first major tour since we generally like to “do our own thing”. Very glad we did it. Tour was extremely well organized, got to meet some great people ...

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Mar 2020

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I am satisfied is an understatement

I never went on a guided tour. As a matter of fact, I was totally against them. I loved researching and doing it all myself. I decided to take a Smartour trip to Isr...

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Mar 2020

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An absolutely wonderful trip to Israel

An absolutely wonderful trip to Israel. While I was somewhat anxious about security I felt very safe wherever we went. Our guide , Dan Ofri, was precise in getting u...

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