Highlights of Israel and Petra Trip Experience - 9 Days

Itinerary

Day 1: Welcome to Israel and Transfer to the hotel

Stop At: Click Tours Israel, Tel Aviv Israel
The beginning of your journey in Israel and Petra.

After passport control, the representative of Click Tours will be waiting to welcome you (with a sign with your name on it) at the arrival lounge, ready to drive your directly to your amazing vacation in Israel.
Duration: 3 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight: Tel Aviv

Day 2: Tel Aviv / Beer Sheba / Masada & Dead Sea

Stop At: Masada National Park, Some 18 km south of Ein Gedi or 12 km from Ein Bokek to the cable car on the east side., Masada 8698000 Israel
Start your day meeting up with your tour guide and setting out from Tel Aviv. Drive south and pass the cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon on the way to Beersheba for a short visit in the capital of the Negev Desert. We continue through Arad to Masada, Israel’s prominent archaeological park. We ascend by cable car for a visit with insights into the rituals, politics, and culture of the people who inhabited the desert fortress. This was the last stronghold of Jewish Zealots fighting against the Romans. View excavations, Herod’s palaces, the synagogue, bathhouse, and cisterns. Witness the spectacular view of Roman camps and the Dead Sea. Move to the lowest point on Earth, the Dead Sea, to enjoy the mineral-rich black mud and go for a float in its salty waters. Pass by the oasis of Ein Gedi and travel through the Judean Desert to Jerusalem.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight: Jerusalem

Day 3: Jerusalem / Bethlehem / Church of the Nativity / Israel Museum’s / Yad Vashem

Stop At: Church of the Nativity, Manger Square .15 minutes walking from bus 231, Bethlehem Palestinian Territories
Start the day at the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea scrolls, then a visit to the beautifully renovated model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem, dating back to the time of the Second Temple. Enjoy Ein Karem; a picturesque village in the south western outskirts of Jerusalem. This small village has great significance in Christian traditions, since this is where according to tradition John the Baptist was born. Visit Yad Vashem the official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953, located at the foot of Mt. Hertzl. Visit Bethlehem - the birthplace of Jesus at the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight: Jerusalem

Day 4: Jerusalem Old City / Via Dolorosa / Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Stop At: Western Wall Plaza Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem 97500 Israel
Enter the Old City of Jerusalem where you will see the Western Wall and the actual site of the Second Temple, the Temple Mount.

Walk the Way of the Cross, the Via Dolorosa, to Calvary and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, housing both the traditional site of Crucifixion and the Tomb of the Resurrection. To the southwest, just outside the Old City, is Mount Zion, with the traditional tomb of King David and the Room of the Last Supper. Enjoy the spectacular panoramic view of Jerusalem - the holy city for each of the world’s three great religions – Christianity, Judaism and Islam, from atop the Mount of Olives. Visit the Garden of Gethsemane where Judas betrayed Jesus. In the heart of a neighborhood in downtown Jerusalem, visit Mahane Yehuda to experience the flavors, aromas, colors and the traders' interaction with the crowds, at the largest open market in Israel.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight: Jerusalem Hotel

Day 5: Beit Shean / Nazareth / Safed / Church of the Annunciation

Stop At: The Church of the Annunciation, Casa Nova Street רחוב קזנובה, Nazareth Israel
Leave Jerusalem and drive north passing by Jericho, the oldest city in the world. Travel through the Jordan Valley and the new settlements to Beit Shean, and visit the excavations of this beautifully preserved Roman City. On to Nazareth to visit the Church of the Annunciation and Christian holy sites.Proceed to Safed, city of the Kabbalah and centre of Jewish mysticism, to visit the beautiful streets of the artists’ colony.
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in a kibbutz hotel in the Galilee.

Day 6: Golan Heights / Sea of Galilee / Capernaum / Tabgha

Stop At: Golan Heights Winery, Tayelet Neve 28 Industrial site Katzrin, Katzrin 12900
Drive up to the Golan Heights passing by Banias, source of the Jordan River, former Syrian fortifications and the Druze villages.

Enjoy an Israeli wine country experience, with vineyards surrounded by breathtaking views. Become acquainted with the collection of fine and rare wines enjoying a tour, wine tasting and understanding of the wine production process. Descend to the shore of the Sea of Galilee and proceed to Capernaum, to visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue, the Mount of Beatitudes, traditional site of the ‘Sermon on the Mount’ and Tabgha, the traditional site of the ‘miracle of the loaves and the fish’.

· Onwards to Tiberias, the old center of Jewish learning.

· Optional sailing on a boat across the Sea of Galilee to experience the tranquility and scenery little changed during the past 2000 years (subject to conditions and fee).
Duration: 9 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in a kibbutz hotel in the Galilee.

Day 7: Acre / Haifa / Caesarea / Tel Aviv

Stop At: Caesarea National Park, Route 2 Near Aqiva, Caesarea Israel
After breakfast drive through the hills of the Galilee, westwards to Acre (Akko) for a visit of the old, famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications. Continue to Haifa, ascending Mount Carmel for a panoramic view of the city, including the Baha'i Shrine, Persian Garden, and Haifa bay. Proceed along the Mediterranean coast to Caesarea to visit the Roman Theater and the Crusader fortress at what is known as the “masterpiece of Herod the Great”.

Continue to Tel Aviv‘s domestic airport for a short flight to Eilat, the Red Sea resort.

·Transfer to your Eilat hotel.
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Eilat.

Day 8: Petra / Rose City of Petra / Aqaba

Stop At: Petra - Wadi Musa 77110 Jordan
After breakfast leave Eilat, Israel and cross into Jordan at the Arava border. Drive to Petra through the scenic Jordanian desert, passing by the Wadi Rum area. Enter the Rose City of Petra through the Siq, a narrow passage through the mountains that has inspired people for centuries. Up to the Treasury which suddenly appears at the end of the gorge, leaving visitors breath taken by its' size, color and beauty.

Continue into the heart of this ancient city carved into the mountains, passing hundreds of tombs and monuments and a spectacular Amphitheatre, which once held 3,000 spectators. Exit the city and stop for a sit-down lunch in Wadi Musa - the new town of Petra, followed by a visit to Moses Spring before leaving.

Drive to Aqaba for a short city tour, before returning to the Arava border and back to Eilat for return flight to Tel Aviv.

Transfer from Tel Aviv airport to Tel Aviv hotel for overnight
Duration: 11 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Tel Aviv

Day 9: Farewell for now - Transfer to the Airport

Stop At: Tel Aviv Marina and Sea Center, Atarim Square, Tel Aviv Israel
Check out of the hotel following breakfast.

Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for the flight home.

Goodbye to Israel! Hope to see you again on your next visit.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.