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Unique Bauhaus Architecture, Tel Aviv Tour Includes: ITINERARY of Tel Aviv as we drive through the • Professional Tour Director main streets of this city known as the • Choice of Deluxe Hotel Plans Sunday: En Route “White City”. Tel Aviv has been pro- • 10 Days of Comprehensive Sightseeing claimed a UNESCO World Heritage Depart the U.S.A. on your flight to Israel. • Walking Tour of Tel Aviv Site for its splendid Bauhaus Archi- • Arrival and Departure Transfers Monday: Tel Aviv tecture and has the largest number of buildings in this unique style of any Welcome to Israel! Arrive Ben Gurion 18 Meals: city in the world! Continue past the Airport; meeting, assistance and trans- • Daily Israeli Buffet Breakfast Charles Bronfman Auditorium, (Israeli fer to your hotel in trendy Tel Aviv’s • Friday Dinner Get-together in Tel Aviv Philharmonic), Habimah Theatre, the Mediterranean beach. Balance of the impressive Opera House and Yitzhak • 2 Dinners in afternoon and evening at leisure in the Rabin Square, dedicated to the late • Lunch at Kfar Charuv “city that never sleeps”. • Restaurant Dinner in Prime Minister. We’ll visit the Tel Aviv , Israel’s largest art mu- • Traditional Friday Night Dinner-Israeli home Tuesday: Tel Aviv Museum of Art seum and award winner for its unique in Jerusalem Begin the day with a visit to the structural design. Onward to charm- on the campus of Special Features Diaspora Museum ing and quaint Neve Tzedek (Tel the Tel Aviv University. Here, your Aviv’s “Soho”), the first neighborhood • Tour the underground Ammunitions Factory private guide will present you with constructed outside Old Jaffa; the old at Machon Ayalon the unique and ongoing story of the buildings are amazing! Just down the • Visit the Unique Diaspora and Palmach Jewish People throughout the genera- road is the newly developed open- tions, using murals, dioramas, three Museums air pedestrian mall—the “Tachana” • Archeological “Dig” at Beit Guvrin National dimensional reconstructions, films and converted from an old railroad sta- Park interactive multimedia presentations. tion. You’ll have some time to stroll • Tour the Israeli Museum at the Rabin Center Drive to the town of Zichron Yaacov; through the shops here and perhaps the magnificent gardens are dedicated • Visit the beautifully restored former Templar enjoy coffee or an ice cream in one of to Baron Rothschild, one of Israel’s settlement—Sarona the many cafes before we head back great benefactors. Then, on to Atlit, to your hotel (those wishing to spend • Dinner and special presentation in Haifa the detention camp where “illegal” ISRAEL SYMPHONY — SUNDAY DEPARTURES ISRAEL SYMPHONY — SUNDAY • Descend to the Underwater Grottos at some more time here can taxi back to Jewish immigrants fleeing from Nazi the hotel, just minutes away). (B) Rosh Hanikra persecution in Europe were incarcer- • Enjoy wine tasting at a Golan Winery ated during the British Mandate. The Thursday: Tel Aviv • Visit an Army Bunker in the Golan JNF helped to restore this site. See Begin the day with a visit to Weizmann • Tour the spectacular FOZ Heritage Center the replica of a ship (when available House, the recently restored unique for visits • Night Tour of “illuminated” Jerusalem ) illustrating the conditions and grand home of Chaim Weizmann, that the thousands of survivors en- • Tour Herodian Mansions or Hasmonean first President of Israel and founder dured during their transport to Israel. Tunnel of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Visit , when daylight hours • Sound & Light Show in Jerusalem The house is presented in a living way, permit, the only artists’ village in • Shabbat Dinner with Home Hospitality in as if its residents are still living on the Israel, and one of the few of its kind in Jerusalem premises. Continue to the pre-state the entire world. Return to Tel Aviv for • WiFi enabled buses and Free Wifi at all underground Ammunitions Factory overnight. (B) hotels at Machon Ayalon (restored by JNF) • Tips to all restaurant staff Wednesday: Tel Aviv to learn about the activities of the Hagannah. Then, on to the military • Express Airport Check-in Service & Dan VIP Begin the day with a visit to Ben junction at , once the border Lounge at (upon return Gurion House in Tel Aviv, which to the USA) served as one of the residences of with Jordan; visit the Tank Division the First Prime Minister of Israel; see Memorial. Continue to Sarona, a (B) Breakfast (L) Lunch (D) Dinner his personal belongings and expan- former Templar settlement restored to sive library. Continue to the Palmach perfection with beautifully landscaped Museum (subject to appointment gardens and upscale restaurants. You confirmation), for a virtual tour of the may wish to return in the evening history of the underground organiza- when Sarona looks and feels magical. tion. We’ll then have a great discovery On to your hotel in Tel Aviv. (B)

32 | www.isramisraelusa.com Isram Israel (844) 9-ISRAEL Friday: Tel Aviv Today, a great adventure! Spend the morning digging and excavating at the Tel Dig at Beit Guvrin National Park (weather permitting). Continue to the 4,000-year-old port city of Jaffa. Explore the magnificently reconstructed Artists’ Quarter with its gal- leries and boutiques. Afterwards, on to Tel Aviv’s bustling Carmel Market and lively Nachlat Benjamin Street with its delightful craft stalls. Adjacent is Sheinkin Street one of the most popular streets in Tel Aviv, for the trendiest boutiques or just some coffee and people watching — definitely the place to be on Friday afternoon! Tonight, Get Together Dinner. (B.D) Saturday: Tel Aviv Morning walking tour through the city’s well known streets including Dizengoff Square. Remainder of the day at leisure to enjoy all of the delights of this Mediterranean paradise. Tel Aviv’s museums and restaurants

are world-class. Don’t miss Tel Aviv’s hip port ISRAEL SYMPHONY — SUNDAY DEPARTURES neighborhood, with its yachts, eateries and Grottoes at Rosh Hanikra café-filled boardwalk.(B) here, in the magnificent strip of the Golan that Sepulchre; stroll through the exotic bazaars has become known for producing the finest with their wondrous aromas. End today with Sunday: Tel Aviv/Haifa wines in the world, that we will enjoy a tour a visit to the fabulous Friends of Zion Heri- Depart Tel Aviv. Drive to the extraordinary of the wine making process as well as sample tage Center celebrating the Christian heroes Israeli Museum at the Yitzhak Rabin Center some of the Golan’s tastiest wines. Continue who have contributed to the Jewish people chronicling the life of the late Prime Minister for a visit to a former Syrian army bunker at and the State of Israel. The cutting edge and the development of the State of Israel. Kibbutz Kfar Charuv, settled by Americans technology is amazing. Or, an optional visit Continue to ancient ; explore the and Israelis together; view of the fertile valleys to may be arranged. A free night Roman and Crusader ruins including the below as you tour the kibbutz and enjoy a tonight. The shops are open late as it’s the impressive 2,000-year-old theater (still in late lunch in the communal dining room. Then start of the Israeli weekend. Enjoy the many use!) and aqueduct. Then, visit Caesarea drive south and rise through the mountains eateries along the outdoor Mamilla Mall, Harbor: a fascinating, multi-media presen- to “golden” Jerusalem, stopping first for Ben Yehuda Street, or the “Tachana”. tation brings ancient history to life! Arrive a blessing and a toast to our arrival in the (B) in Nazareth, the sacred town where Jesus eternal city. Overnight in Israel’s capital. (B.L) Friday: Jerusalem spent part of his youth; visit the Church and view Mary’s Well. On to the sparkling port Wednesday: Jerusalem Descend through the Judean desert to the , lowest point on Planet Earth. Ascend city of Haifa; check into your hotel atop Mt. Drive to Hadassah Medical Center to the Carmel. Evening: Enjoy Dinner and a special see the sublime Chagall Windows. On to by cable car and see this last strong- cultural presentation (subject to minimum Yad Vashem, Israel’s national Memorial and hold of the Zealots in their struggle against 10 tour participants). (B.D) Museum of the Holocaust, with its Children’s the Romans. Visit the excavations, Herod the Pavilion and Avenue of the Righteous. Then, Great’s palace, synagogue and bathhouse. Monday: Haifa to to pay respects to Israel’s Then, opportunity to enjoy an “unsinkable” View the golden-domed Baha’i Shrine and founders and heroes. Pass the post-modern swim in the buoyant waters of the Dead Sea. their breathtaking “hanging gardens,” – a Supreme Court and the (Parliament) Drive via the Caves, where the Dead UNESCO World Heritage site. Drive along en route to the Shrine of the Book, home of Sea Scrolls were found, on your return to the coast to Rosh Hanikra; descend by the Dead Sea Scrolls. Time to walk through Jerusalem. We’ll stop at the Western Wall, cable car to see the magnificent underwater the New Israel Museum and the Billy Rose beautifully illuminated on this Sabbath eve grottoes. Continue through the picturesque Sculpture Garden; see the Scale Model of before arriving to the hotel (time permit- seaside town of Nahariya to the timeless ancient Jerusalem. Evening: Night Tour of ting). Tonight, a unique and memorable Crusader city of Acre; walk through the illuminated Jerusalem followed by a Res- evening as we join an Israeli family at their subterranean city and bazaars that recall the taurant Dinner and the “Night Spectacular” home to enjoy the traditional Friday dinner colorful middle Ages. Then, to , one of at the Citadel Museum Sound & Light Show together. (B.D) Judaism’s holiest cities, where the Kabbalah (weather and schedule permitting). (B.D) was developed in the 16th.-century; visit the Saturday: Jerusalem ancient synagogues and the charming Art- Thursday: Jerusalem Enjoy a full day at leisure for relaxation and ists’ Quarter. Return to your hotel for Dinner. Drive to to visit the traditional Mt. Zion Tomb on your own exploration. For those still crav- The balance of the evening is at leisure to and the of King David Room of the Last ing to see and do as much as possible, your enjoy a stroll under the Carmel skies and the Supper. Enter the Old City to the restored tour manager will provide entrance tickets glow of this beautiful port city. (B.D) Jewish Quarter; walk along the Cardo, the colonnaded main street of Byzantine to the Museum of the History of Jerusalem in the Old City—definitely worth a visit. Tuesday: Haifa/Jerusalem Jerusalem. Walk to the Western Wall, last We’ll depart Haifa driving first toCapernaum remnant of the Second Temple. View the Overnight in Jerusalem. (B) to see the fantastic ruins of the ancient syna- Dome of the Rock. Proceed through the Sunday: En Route gogue dating back to the 5th-century. Ascend extraordinary Hasmonean Tunnel (tunnel the strategic and learn about schedule permitting) or tour the Herodian Transfer to the Airport for your international the 20th century battles that protected Israel’s Mansions, a completely excavated residen- departure flight. Enjoy ourExpress Check-in future. On to Katzrin, capital of the Golan tial quarter from 2000 years ago. Follow Service and complimentary entrance to the and to the Monument of the 7th Brigade. It is the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy exclusive Dan VIP Lounge.

Isram Israel (844) 9-ISRAEL www.isramisraelusa.com | 33 LAND PRICES (USD) PER PERSON – SYMPHONY – SUNDAY DEPARTURES HOTEL PLAN CORAL RUBY TURQUOISE AMBER PEARL SAPPHIRE OPAL EMERALD Tel Aviv Renaissance (E) Sheraton (C) Carlton (P-E) Sheraton (C) Carlton (P-E) Hilton (DSV) Dan (DCL) Dan (E) Haifa (Dlx, Bayview) Dan Carmel Dan Carmel Dan Carmel Dan Carmel Dan Carmel Dan Carmel Dan Carmel Dan Carmel (E) Jerusalem Dan Panorama (D-E) Inbal (OC) Inbal (OC) David Citadel ■ Orient (OE) Waldorf Astoria (D) King David ▲ King David (DOC) 2019 Departure Dates Twin Single Twin Single Twin Single Twin Single Twin Single Twin Single Twin Single Twin Single May 5 5355 7450 5375 7525 5535 7850 5485 7810 5570 7920 5950 8660 5920 8615 6650 10045 May 12, 19, 26, Jun 2* 5375 7495 5465 7715 5595 7965 5590 8025 5595 7965 5925 8605 6230 9205 6960 10675 Jun 9, 16 5375 7495 5525 7860 5655 8110 5510 7890 5595 7965 5925 8605 6230 9205 6960 10675 Jun 23 5360 7460 5525 7860 5655 8110 5510 7890 5510 7790 5655 8065 6115 8985 6845 10445 Jun 30, Jul 14 5260 7265 5265 7305 5395 7560 5510 7890 5510 7790 5605 7960 5930 8620 6655 10065 Jul 28, Aug 11 5260 7265 5410 7595 5540 7850 5510 7890 5510 7790 5705 8165 5950 8650 6675 10105 Aug 25, Sep 1 5260 7265 5265 7305 5395 7560 5510 7890 5510 7790 5795 8365 5900 8555 6615 9995 Sep 8, 15 5260 7265 5265 7305 5395 7560 5510 7890 5595 7965 5760 8275 5900 8555 6615 9995 Oct 20, 27, Nov 3 5375 7495 5430 7640 5575 7920 5475 7805 5560 7895 5735 8230 6180 9105 6900 10565 Nov 10 5375 7495 5410 7595 5540 7850 5455 7745 5510 7790 5675 8105 5820 8395 6540 9845 Dec 8 4975 6695 5380 7535 5595 7965 5430 7700 5465 7710 5525 7805 5545 7840 6260 9280 Dec 15 5235 7220 5540 7860 5755 8285 5585 8020 5755 8285 5720 8190 6135 9025 6860 10480 Dec 22 5080 6905 5135 7050 5350 7475 5375 7590 5525 7825 5610 7975 5530 7870 6105 9005 2020 Departure Dates Mar 1, 15, 22 5260 7265 5410 7595 5540 7850 5510 7890 5595 7965 5705 8160 5900 8555 6615 9995 Apr 19*, May 3 5335 7410 5465 7715 5595 7965 5510 7890 5595 7965 5975 8695 5900 8555 6615 9995 May 10, 17, 24*, 31 R A T E S T O B E A D V I S E D

Tel Aviv: (C) Club Room/Club. Lounge Access (P-E) Premium Sea View/Exec. Lounge Access (DSV) Deluxe Sea View Room (DCL) Deluxe Room, City View/King David Crown Lounge Access (E) Exec. Room Sea View/Exec. Lounge Access Jerusalem: (D-E) Deluxe Room/Exec. Lounge Access (OC) Standard Room, Old City View (OE) Orient Room, Exec. Lounge Access (D) Deluxe Room (DOC) Deluxe Old City View Room UPGRADES IN JERUSALEM (Per Room, Total Stay): ▲ King David - Jerusalem: Upgrade from Standard Room to Deluxe New City Room $290 ■ David Citadel - Jerusalem: Upgrade from Superior Room to Deluxe Pool View/Partial Old City View Room $290 * Revised touring due to holiday. Please inquire for Special rates for child or adult as third in room. Tour is guaranteed on a minimum of 4 passengers. Should the tour fall below 4 passengers, you’ll be offered the option of touring by Share-a-car at a supplement of $495 per person (3 persons minimum) FOR HOTEL DESCRIPTIONS AND DETAILS ON OUR MIX & MATCH HOTEL PLANS, SEE PAGES 8-10. FOR TOURING BY PRIVATE CAR, SEE PAGE 40. ISRAEL SYMPHONY — SUNDAY DEPARTURES ISRAEL SYMPHONY — SUNDAY

Bazaar in the Old City of Jerusalem

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