Senior Tour & Itinerary
"Jerusalem of Golden-Agers"
A Seniors’ Tour, specially designed for those looking for a less strenuous, but equally meaningful Israel tour program, will allow you, your friends or family members to enjoy Israel in a more leisurely manner at a pace that is suitable for the group. Yet the power and impact of a special experiential program in Israel is maintained...
Upon your arrival, you will be personally assisted as soon as you leave the plane, transported by a “people-mover” to passport control (instead of walking the half kilometer) and a special arrangement with authorities allows us to take the group rapidly through immigration, into luggage reception. Once you have claimed your luggage, we will board our transportation and be taken to the hotel.
The program itself will be developed from your input and with your needs in mind. We visit the sites based on your desire and ability. In recent years, Israel has made tourist site more accessible and easier for those with special requirements. Wherever possible, we try to accommodate you in one hotel or at the very least, minimize the amount of moving we have to do.
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Note: Actual locations, sites, times and details may change according to requirements.
11-day tour
Day 1, Thursday: Jerusalem
Arrival at the Ben Gurion Airport, transfer to the hotel in Jerusalem. Drive to Armon Hanatsiv Promenade for a panoramic view of Jerusalem and the Old City. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.
Day 2, Friday: Jerusalem Old City
Visit Mt. Zion, King David’s Tomb, and the Davidson Center which presents exhibitions and illustrations describing Jerusalem's main episodes. Thereafter, a visit to the Kotel Tunnels. Drive to Machaneh Yehudah, Jerusalem “shuk” (market). Return to the hotel and prepare for Kabbalat Shabbat at the Western Wall. Kiddush and dinner at the hotel.
Day 3, Shabbat in Jerusalem: “Eternity Uttered a Day”
Optional Prayer at unique Jerusalem Synagogues; Shabbat lunch at the hotel and then tours either to the Israel Museum Shrine of the Book where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls are exposed, and a visit to Model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem or visit of the Arab market.
Day 4, Sunday: Dead Sea – Lowest point on Earth
Drive to Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Lunch at a hotel in the Dead Sea area; enjoy the pool and the beach and bath in the Dead Sea’s salty water or you can also enjoy the Spa. Evening, song fest with Israeli entertainer. Dinner and overnight at the Dead Sea.
Day 5, Monday: Massada: The Struggle to be Free
Drive to Massada and ascend by cable car to visit the palaces of Herod the Great, the Roman baths and pools, the excavations and the synagogue. Enjoy the breathtaking view of the Roman camps and the Dead Sea. Here we will conduct an adult Bar-Bat Mitzvah Ceremony, if desired, to be followed by lunch in a Bedouin tent. Then, enjoy a ride on a camel and a tour of the Judean desert. We then drive north to the Sea of Galilee and spend. Overnight at our Kibbutz guest house.
Day 6, Tuesday: Tiberias, Safed: “We never lost our hope despite it all...”
After breakfast, proceed to Tiberius and drive along the 32-mile shoreline of the Sea of Galilee. Sail cross the Galilee Sea and visit of Capernaum to visit the ruins of the ancient Synagogue. We now drive up the mountains of the Galil to the mystical city of Safed (Tzfat) — refuge for many of the Jews expelled from Spain in 1492. Safed also boasts a great artist colony which we will visit allowing some shopping time as well. We will have the opportunity to study Kabala with a Safed Mystic. Dinner at the kibbutz and workshop in Israeli dancing.
Day 7, Wednesday: Kfar Giladi, Golan Heights: Where the Plow stops at the Border
After breakfast, drive north and visit of the Kfar Giladi, located on the Lebanese border then visit an IDF Army base and lunch on the base. We then visit the Golan Heights and hear the stories and see the power of the region from the bunkers and contemporary borders and have an overview of Syrian town of Kuneitra. Special fish dinner on the Dan River, followed by discussion on Peace and Security in Israel.
Day 8, Thursday: Akko, Atlit, Tel Aviv: “Re- Jew- vi-Nation...”
After breakfast travel west to the coast, visit Akko prison where mainly Jewish underground movement activists were jailed during the British Mandate. Enjoy a visit to the Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications, and walk through the colorful bazaar to the port. Drive south to the Atlit Illegal Immigration camp, and meet a former crewmember of one of the ships that brought Jews to Israel during the British mandate. We drive south along the Mediterranean Coast to Tel Aviv.
Day 9, Friday: Tel Aviv: A New nation after 2000 years
After breakfast in the hotel, visit the Independence Hall where Ben Gurion declared the State of Israel on the 14th of May in 1948. Then visit the “Beit HaPalmach” museum which commemorates the contribution of the Palmach to the creation of the State of Israel. We then, drive to Rabin Square followed by a visit to the Nachalat Binyamin Friday crafts fair. Kabala Shabbat Services with young Israelis and Kiddush and dinner at the hotel. Oneg Shabbat walk on the Tel Aviv Promenade.
Day 10, Shabbat: Shabbat in Tel Aviv
Day at rest and visits with family and friends. Dinner and overnight in Tel Aviv
Day 11, Sunday: Jerusalem: If I forgot Thee, O Jerusalem
After breakfast we drive to Jerusalem for our last day. We visit Yad Vashem, the Memorial to the 6,000,000 Jews who perished in the Shoa. Thereafter we visit Herzl’s Tomb and museum. Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport.
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