Tour #1A - Sunday,
June 7: Jerusalem - New
and Old City Depart 08:00 Depart hotel, hear story of 1948
Palmach fighters' battles to save Jerusalem. Pass by the
churches of Ein Kerem and the Yad Vashem Memorial to the
six million Holocaust victims. Pass Mt. Herzl and the
Knesset and Israel's new Supreme Court building. After
lunch (not included) visit the Old City of Jerusalem and
tour on foot Mt. Zion, King David's Tomb, the Room of
the Last-Supper, Dormition Church, Zion Gate, and three
Old City Quarters - Armenian, Jewish and Christian. Visit
the Cardo - the reconstructed main street of Byzantine
Jerusalem from the 6th century - the Western Wall, Via
Dolorosa, Church of the Tomb, exit the Old City to the
bus and return to hotel. Price: $70
Tour #1B - Friday,
June 12:Jerusalem - New
City Depart 12:00 Depart hotel, hear story
of 1948 Palmach fighters' battles to save Jerusalem. Visit
and tour Yad Vashem Memorial to the six million Holocaust
victims. Pass by the churches of Ein Kerem, and return
via Mt. Herzl, the Knesset and Israel's new Supreme Court
building. Price: $39
Tour #2 - Two Day
Overnight Tour, June 14-15 Day 1 Sunday, June
14 Caesarea, Haifa & Acre
Depart 08:00 Depart Jerusalem via Tel Aviv, Israel's
first modern city built on sand dunes. Pass Netanya on
the coastal road to King Herod's ancient Roman port city
of Caesarea, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Tour the ancient
port, Hippodrome and Crusader buildings and experience
the new museum and film that take you back 2000 years.
Pass Zichron Yaakov and hear about the vineyards and city
that Baron Rothschild built nearly 100 years ago. Tour
Haifa, pass the Carmel Mountains, Stella Maris and Bahai
Gardens and exit Haifa north towards Acre. Break for lunch
(not included). Visit UNESCO World Heritage site of the
Crusader underground city-Acre. Tour ancient port, the
marketplace and, time permitting, the citadel prison where
the British jailed Israel's pre-state fighters. Over-night
in the Galilee. (Supper included)
Day 2 Monday, June
15 Galilee and Jordan Valley Depart 08:00 Highlights: Visit Church
of the Beatitudes, the ruins at Capernaum, Tabgha and
the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and the
Fishes, Tiberias and the Jordan River (Yardenit). Tour
Scitopolis Bet Shaan - Roman amphitheatre. Return to Jerusalem
via Jordan Valley. Lunch not included. Price: $255
Single Supplement: $50
Note: All
itineraries are subject to change and require a minimum
of 15 participants per tour. For
additional tours and extensions please contact the Secretariat. Pickup
from lobby at conference hotels.
All
itineraries are subject to change and require a minimum
of 15 participants per tour.