Private Tour to Israel March 2020

America Israel Tours

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10 Days Private Tour Quote ~ Rev. Dana Cummings March 2020
BY NOAM MATAS @ AMERICA ISRAEL TOURS

Included In Your Private Group Tour Quotation (Land Only)

7 night accommodations (Moderate 5 star hotel package)
~ Tel Aviv 1 Night Herods Tel Aviv or Dan Hotel
~ Sea of Galilee 2 Nights Leonardo Plaza Tiberias or Galie Kinieret
~ Dead Sea 1 Night Herods Dead Sea Resort or Isrotel Dead Sea
~ Jerusalem 3 Nights Leonardo Plaza Jerusalem or Herbert Samuel

Tour Guide
~ Top Professional: Our tour guides are all government licensed
~ Experienced: With years of experience, our tour guides will be exclusively assigned to your group
~ Bible Expert: Tour guides are chosen for their immense knowledge of biblical & historical sites.
~ Languages Spoken: English

Meals Included
~ Daily Breakfasts and Dinners: full buffet breakfasts and dinners served daily at the hotels

Included Services in Your Private Tour
~ 7 nights accommodation in the hotels listed above
~ Meet & Assist at the airport by an America Israel Tours airport representative.
~ Group arrival transfer escorted by your tour guide
~ Group departure transfer escorted by your tour guide
~ All entrance fees as per your requests
~ 7 Full days of Private touring with your assigned tour guide +arrival day tour to Jaffa
~ 7 Full days of Private transportation in modern deluxe A/C coach, top professional driver + arrival day
~ Porter fees at airports and hotels
~ Sea of Galilee boat ride
~ Cable car transportation from/to Masada
~ Mobile phone will be provided to the tour leader
~ All land and service taxes are included
~ Tourist kit - maps, luggage tags, name tags, whisper set, etc.

Not Included in This Quote
~ Flights
~ Tip for the tour guide, bus driver and hotel staff ($75 total per person)
~ Daily lunches
~ Travel insurance (optional & highly recommended)

Per Bus Land Package Rates (all taxes included)
* Rates for moderate 5 star hotels (per person in double room)
            # of passengers           Discount Price
            20 - 24                             $2615
            25 - 29                             $2545
            30 - 34                             $2475

Estimated Individual Airfares (booked by each participant): $1250 Round-trip
~ Cleveland to Tel Aviv, Israel
~ Tel Aviv to Cleveland.

Estimated Total (excluding, tips, lunches and travel insurance): $3865

Discount Details
~ Free packages are provided in a double room
~ Not Included” items listed in this quote apply to free packages as well
~ Single room supplement is $795 for 4 stars and $945 for 5 moderate stars

Payment Schedule
~ A $500 per person tour registration deposit is due up to 4 months before departure
~ Final payment due 60 days before departure

Tour Itinerary
(subject to modification)

Embark on your flight to Israel

~ Arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv.
~ Meet our representative for your transfer to Herods Hotel.
~ Enjoy a welcome dinner & orientation mtg. Meet your guide & the rest of the travelers in your group.
~ Complimentary arrival transfer included for arrival between 2pm & 6pm
~ Meals Included: Full Buffet Dinner
~ Tel Aviv, Herods Hotel
~ Activity Level: Walking Total of 1.1 to 1.5 miles

Evening Activity:
After the welcome dinner, we will meet our tour guide for an evening tour of Jaffa, the oldest port city in the world. Here you will see St. Peter's Church and enjoy a view of the Tel Aviv Shoreline from Jaffa’s Hilltop.

~ Enjoy a relaxing drive along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
~ Visit Caesarea Maritima, the center of early Christianity.
~ Stop at Mount Carmel (Muhraka), where Elijah challenged the false prophets.
~ See Tel Megiddo and the Valley of Armageddon, the site where the Battle of Armageddon will be fought according to Revelation 16:16.
~ Visit Jesus' boyhood town of Nazareth and the Church of the Annunciation, the traditional location of the angel Gabriel's appearance to Mary.
~ Take in a view of Nazareth from Mt. Precipice, where it is believed to have been the site of the rejection of Jesus.
~ Drive by Cana of Galilee, where Jesus performed the miracle of turning water into wine at a wedding   feast.
~ Our drive will end at our hotel on the Sea of Galilee in Tiberias.
~ Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner
~ Sea of Galilee, Leonardo Plaza Tiberias*
~ Activity Level: Walking Total of 2.5 to 3.2 miles

~ Board a wooden boat and sail on the Sea of Galilee before visiting the "Ancient Jesus Boat" - the remains of a 2,000 year old fishing boat that would have been the type used by Jesus' apostles.
~ Visit Magdala, best known as the home of Mary Magdalene. Walk through the ruins of a first century Jewish town where a synagogue from the time of Christ's ministry was found.
~ Visit the Mount of Beatitudes where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount of Matthew 5:8.
~ Drive up to the beautiful Golan Heights.
~ Visit the Banias Spring in ancient Caesaria Philippi.
~ See Tagbha, where Jesus fed the 5,000 with only five loaves of bread and 2 fish. Here you will visit     the Church of Multiplication and enjoy its remarkable 4th century Byzantine mosaic floor.
~ End the day by visiting the 2,000 year old remains at Capernaum and stand in the synagogue remains, where Jesus ministered.
~ Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner
~ Sea of Galilee, Leonard Plaza Tiberias*
~ Activity Level: Walking Total of 3 to 3.4 miles

~ Visit the baptismal site of Yardenit. The site on the River Jordan, where it is believed that the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist took place. For those who would like to be baptized today, a white robe can be obtained for $10 per person.
~ Enjoy travelling in the Beit She'an Valley and visit the archaeological site of Beit Shean, which is now             protected as an Israeli National Park.
~ Drive through the Jordanian Valley
~ Relax and float in the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth.
~ Jordan River Baptism: Take the opportunity to be baptized in the Jordan River (required donation $10).
~ Free Afternoon to Enjoy the Dead Sea: ~ Optional mud, mineral and spa treatments at our 5 star Herods Hotel, Dead Sea
~ Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner
~ Herods Hotel, Dead Sea*
~ Activity Level: Walking Total of 2.4 to 3 miles

~ Climb by cable car to the mountaintop stronghold of Masada and explore the ancient sites while learning about the Jewish rebellion against the Romans.
~ Enjoy a view of the oasis of Ein Gedi where David wrote many of his Psalms as he hid from Saul.
~Visit the ancient Essene Community of Qumran where the ancient biblical texts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1947.
~ Stand on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and reflect on the Lord's ascension into heaven.
~ Pass by Pater Noster Church and visit Dominus Flevit.
~ Take the Palm Sunday Road and visit the Garden of Gethsemane.
~ End the day with a visit to St. Peter of Galicantu commemorating Christ's prophesy that Peter would deny him three times before the cock crows. Galli-cantu means cock crow in Latin.
~ Evening Activity: Optional Sound and Light Spectacular on Jerusalem Old City wall.
~ Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner
~ Jerusalem, Leonardo Plaza*
~ Activity Level: Walking Total of 3 to 3.6 miles

~ Explore the Old City of Jerusalem via the Dung Gate.
~ Visit the Western Wall and surrounding Plaza in the Jewish quarter, including Robinson's Arch.
~ Visit The Davidson Center Museum and the Southern Temple Mount archaeological excavations.
~ Visit Bethlehem, where you will visit the Church of the Nativity and Shepherd's Field.

*Please be advised that Bethlehem is administered by the Palestinian Authority and it is not part of the State of Israel, therefore a passport is required to visit the Church of the Nativity. Due to an increase in tourists visiting the region, please expect long lines to visit the Grotto of the Nativity where tradition says Jesus was born. If you would like to enjoy alternative activities while waiting for the rest of the group, please ask the tour guide.

~ Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner
~ Jerusalem, Leonardo Plaza*
~ Activity Level: Walking Total of 1.5 to 2.1 miles

~ Enter the Christian Quarter of the Old City via the Lion's Gate and walk along the Via Dolorosa, also known as the Stations of the Cross, which is the route that Jesus walked from the prison to the  crucifixion.
~ Along the way you will visit:
                        The Judgment Hall of Pilate.
                        St. Anne's Church and the Pool of Bethesda.
                        Take time for reflection at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
~ Walk through the historic Christian & Jewish quarters of the Old City. Take a break and shop at the bazaars.
~ Visit Mt. Zion, where the Tomb of King David and the Upper Room of the Last Supper are located.
~ Celebrate the resurrection with prayer and communion at the Garden Tomb.
~ Meet together to say goodbye at our conclusion meeting and farewell dinner!
~ Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner
~ Jerusalem, Leonardo Plaza*
~ Activity Level: Walking Total of 3 to 3.4 miles

~ Check-out and store your luggage by noon.
~ Enjoy a free day in Jerusalem. Attend a church service, shop, dine or revisit any of your favorite sites.
~ Return to the hotel in the early evening to gather your luggage for our departure transfer back to the airport.