Day 1: Mon: Tel Aviv-Arrive
Tel Aviv
Arrive at the Tel Aviv Airport. You will be met and transferred to the hotel.
Day 2: Tue: Jerusalem-Tour of the New City
Drive to Mt’ Scopus, then to the Garden of Gethsemane and Church of the Agony. Drive to Mt’ Zion for a visit to the tomb of King David, the Room of the Last Supper and Dormition Abbey. We also visit the Israel Museum, the Shrine of the Book, the new Supreme Court bldg, Mt’ Herzl and Yad Vashem. Then we visit the model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem, the synagogue with Marc Chagall stained glass windows and then via Ein Karem return to the hotel.
Day 3: Wed: Jerusalem-Tour of the Old City-Bethlehem
Walk through the Jaffa Gate to the City. We visit the Jewish Quarter, the Western Wall, the Temple area, the colorful bazaars, Via Dolorosa, and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Then to Bethlehem, (Rachel’s Tomb and Church of the Nativity). Return to Jerusalem for overnight.
Day 4: Thu: Jericho-Beit Shean-Tiberias-Galilee
Drive north via Jericho. Then via the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean. Visit the excavations of this Roman City. Proceed to Tiberias. Drive along the shores of the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum. Continue to a Kibbutz hotel for overnight.
Day 5: Fri: Upper Galilee-Golan Heights-Nazareth
Drive to the Golan Heights. Visit the former Syrian fortifications, Birkat Ram, and the Druze villages. Via Banias proceed via Kiryat Shmone and the Hula Valley to Safed, city of the Kabbalah. After Nazareth return to the Kibbutz hotel for overnight.
Day 6: Sat: Acre-Haifa-Tel Aviv
Drive to Acre to visit the famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications. Continue to Haifa to visit the Bahai Shrine, the Persian Garden and Mount Carmel. Proceed to Caesarea, (Roman theater and the Crusader fortress) and via Natanya to Tel Aviv for overnight.
Day 7: Sun: Tel Aviv
Day at leisure in Tel Aviv.
5 DAY CRUISE
CYPRUS, TURKEY &
GREEK ISLANDS
Day 8: Mon: Ashdod/Israel
After breakfast transfer to Ashdod to embark on Blue Monarch, sailing at 6.00pm for Limassol/Cyprus.
Day 9: Tue: Limassol/Cyprus
Arrive in Limassol at 7.00am. Free time to explore this cosmopolitan resort. The ship sails at 5.00pm.
Day 10: Wed: Antalya-Cruising at Sea
Arrive in Antalya at 7.00am. Antalya offers natural beauty and historical remains. The ship sails at 1.00pm.
Day 11: Thu: Santorini/Mykonos
Today we visit two ports of call. Santorini, (8.30am-12.00pm) and Mykonos, (5.00pm-11.00pm).
Day 12: Fri: Piraeus-Disembarkation/Athens
After breakfast disembark and transfer to your hotel in Athens.
Day 13: Sat: Athens-Athens City Tour
Today you visit, Athens, the Acropolis, the Pathenon and the Acropolis Museum.
Day 14: Sun: Athens-Departure
Transfer to the airport for your departure flight.
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Dates of Operation:
Apr. 21;
May 5, 19;
Jun. 2, 16, 30;
Jul. 14, 28;
Aug. 11, 25;
Sep. 8, 22;
Oct. 6, 20;
Nov. 3, 10
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