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10 days / 9 nights
Included in the tour:
 9 nights accommodations.
Sightseeing: mentioned below in the program.
Admissions to: mentioned below in the program.
Deluxe air-conditioned motorcoach throughout.
Multilingual escort throughout tour.
Note: in Israel, tours of holy sites require modest dress
(no shorts or sleeveless shirts for men or women), head covering passports required for entrance into the Knesset, Which might be closed without prior notice . on Fridays there is no entrance to the temple mount, or passing through Jericho.
on Saturday or Jewish holidays no entrance to Rachel's tomb.
ISRAEL (TEL AVIV & JERUSALEM)
Day 1
Arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport, meet, and assist you through customs.
Board your motorcoach to transfer eastwards Jerusalem, the rest of the day is free to explore this Holyland City.
Overnight: The Hotel
JERUSALEM / BETLEHEM / JERUSALEM
Day 2
Morning, a walking tour through the Old City, which includes the recently restored Jewish Quarter, visit the ' Cardo ' and the Western Wall, the only remnant left of the outer wall of the Second Temple. Proceed to the Temple Mount, visit the Dome of the Rock and El-Aksa Mosque. Walk the 14 Stations of the way of the Cross (Via Dolorosa), through the Moslem and the Christian Quarters, to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Enjoy a magnificent view of the Old City from the Mount of Olives, visit King David's Tomb, the Dormition Abbey, and the Room of the Last Supper on Mount Zion.
Then Proceed to Bethlehem, visit the Church of the Nativity, tour the site marking the birthplace of Jesus.
Visit Rachel's Tomb on the way back to Jerusalem.
Overnight: The Hotel.
JERUSALEM / MASSADA / EIN GEDI / JERICHO / JERUSALEM
Day 3
Morning, drive via the Judean Desert eastwards the Dead Sea, about 400 meters below sea level (lowest spot on Earth ).
Visit Massada, remains of the fortress built by Herod the Great, and the last stronghold of the Zealots.
Take a chance for a unique bathing experience in the Dead Sea. Continue through the desert oasis of Ein Gedi, then via Jericho, the lowest and oldest
city in the world, back to Jerusalem.
Overnight: The Hotel
JERUSALEM / RAFAH BORDER / CAIRO
Day 4
Morning, check out and drive in a visit to Jerusalem( the New City ).
Visit the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, passing the President's Mansion.
On to the Bible Lands Museum, which houses fascinating collections depicting the cultures and civilizations of the ancient lands of the Bible.
Continue for a visit to "Yad Vashem", a memorial to the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Then drive back to Rafah Border, cross it to the Sinai Peninsula, then cross the Suez Canal to arrive Cairo by night, where you check in your hotel.
Overnight: The Hotel
CAIRO
Day 5
Morning departure to Giza, visiting one of the seven wonders of the world "The Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus".
Not far from the Pyramids, you explore and photograph "The Great Sphinx of Giza", that large statue which is the one of most famous monuments in the whole world. Then visit the capital of Upper and Lower Egypt some 5000 years ago, "Memphis". We continue to visit the first pyramid has been built in ancient Egypt "Sakkara".
Through this historic route, you visit the factories of handmade carpets and papyrus and perfumes institutes.
Overnight: The Hotel
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