Monarch Israel

Tour Itinerary

Day 1 TEL AVIV

Upon arrival in Israel, you will be met by a Monarch-Israel representative and transferred to your Tel Aviv hotel for overnight.

DAY 2 TEL AVIV

Start your tour with Tel Aviv city tour. See the Habima theater, Dizengof Street and the campus of Tel Aviv University. Then visit the Museum of the Diaspora and the Palmach Museum. End the day with a visit of Old Jaffo. Return to your hotel for overnight.

DAY 3 TIBERIAS

Depart Tel Aviv and drive along the Mediterranean Coast to the ancient city of Caesarea, once the Roman capital of Palestine. Continue to Mt. Carmel and the city of Haifa. Visit the Naval and Clandestine Immigration Museum. Continue to Beth Shearim and see the Tombs of the Sanhedrin. On to Acko for a visit to the Knights' Halls. Drive north to visit the grotto of Rosh Hanikra. Continue to Tiberias for overnight.

DAY 4 TIBERIAS

Visit Safed with its ancient synagogues and art galleries. Then take a 2 hour jeep ride to moshav Bat Yaar. Continue to the ruins of the prehistoric settlement at Tel Dan. Stop at Sha'ar Yishuv east of Kiryat Shomena on the old border of the Golan Heights. Continue to Mt. Bental for an outstanding view of the Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights. Drive to Katzrin, the only city in the Golan Heights. Visit Golan Wines Winery for a quick tasting. Return to Tiberias for overnight.

DAY 5 DEAD SEA

Depart Tiberias and drive south to the Kinneret Cemetery with the tombs of some of the political, cultural and spiritual founders of Zionism. Visit the ruins of Beth Shean, one of Israel's most ancient cities. On to Beth Alpha to view the magnificent mosaics in the floor of a 6th century synagogue. Continue along the Jordan Valley to the Bika Monument, a memorial to the Israeli soldiers who died in this area between 1967-1971. Continue to the Dead Sea for overnight.

DAY 6 DEAD SEA

Drive to Masada. Take the cable car to the top of the rock and visit the Roman palaces, store houses, synagogues, and bath house which witnessed the Jewish resistance to the Romans approximately 2,000 years ago. Descend by cable car and return to your hotel for a free afternoon. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 7 EILAT

Drive through the Arava Valley to the southern part of Israel. Stop at Kibbutz Yotveta which produces some of Israel's most delicious dairy products. Arrive Eilat and visit the Underwater Observatory. Enjoy the balance of the day at leisure.

DAY 8 EILAT

Day at leisure.

DAY 9 JERUSALEM

Drive through the spectacular Ramon Crater (Israel's Grand Canyon). Arrive at Sde Boker and visit Ben Gurion's Hut and Tomb. Continue to the museum of the Israeli Air Force at Hatzerim. Then climb the Judean Hills and arrive in Jerusalem for overnight.

DAY 10 JERUSALEM

Drive to the Mount of Olives for a panoramic view of Jerusalem. Continue to Mt. Zion and David's Tomb. Enter the Old City through the Zion Gate. See the Burnt House, the Herodian Quarter, the Western Wall, the multi-media presentation at Davidson Center and the Western Wall Tunnel. Return to your hotel for overnight.

DAY 11 JERUSALEM

Visit the Hadassah Medical Center to see the Chagall Windows in the synagogue there. Continue to Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. Drive to Mt. Herzl for a visit to the Military Cemetery and the tombs of Theodor Herzel, Golda Meir and Itzhak Rabin. Drive to the Israel Museum and to the Shrine of the Book to see the exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the model of Jerusalem from the days of the Second Temple. Next, visit The Israel Supreme Court building, the Knesset and Ammunition Hill. Return to your hotel for overnight.

DAY 12 JERUSALEM

Drive to the Scroll of Fire Monument. Drive to the Tank Memorial at Latrun Junction. Then visit the model of Mini Israel,offering a birds eye view of over 300 sites in Israel. Continue to the Avshalom Stalactite Cave. Return to Jerusalem for overnight.

DAY 13 JERUSALEM