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7-Night Israel Tour: Explore Holy Sites and Historical Highlights
4.5
24 Ratings
Ramla
Embark on a 7-night journey through Israel’s holy and historical highlights. Explore spiritual sites, ancient ruins, and the beautiful landscapes of this fascinating country.
Embark on a 7-night journey through Israel’s holy and historical highlights. Explore spiritual sites, ancient ruins, and the beautiful landscapes of this fascinating country.
Duration:
8 days
Cancellation:
6 days
Highlights
Monday - Arrival
Ben Gurion Airport -
- Day 1 is the day of arrival. You can land at any time on this day at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
- Upon landing at Tel Aviv Airport, our representative will greet you. They will be holding a sign with your name for the hotel transfer.
- Stay overnight in Jerusalem.
Monday - Arrival
Ben Gurion Airport -
- Day 1 is the day of arrival. You can land at any time on this day at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
- Upon landing at Tel Aviv Airport, our representative will greet you. They will be holding a sign with your name for the hotel transfer.
- Stay overnight in Jerusalem.
What's Included
- 7 nights of accommodation
- Professional guide
- Dinner
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Breakfast
- Round-trip airport transfer
- 7 nights of accommodation
- Professional guide
- Dinner
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Breakfast
- Round-trip airport transfer
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Embark on a 7-night expedition across Israel’s sacred and historical landmarks, with accommodations, transportation, and some meals provided. Experience the holy sites in both ancient and modern Jerusalem, traverse the path of miracles around the Sea of Galilee, make a pilgrimage to the sacred cities of Bethlehem and Nazareth, and discover the Golan…
Embark on a 7-night expedition across Israel’s sacred and historical landmarks, with accommodations, transportation, and some meals provided. Experience the holy sites in both ancient and modern Jerusalem, traverse the path of miracles around the Sea of Galilee, make a pilgrimage to the sacred cities of Bethlehem and Nazareth, and discover the Golan Heights, Haifa and the age-old ruins in Caesarea and Beit She’an. Your journey concludes with a leisure day in Tel Aviv or an optional tour to the Dead Sea where you can experience floating in its salty waters (at an additional fee). The tour includes airport pickups and drop-offs at the beginning and end of your adventure.
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
- No luggage restrictions
- Please note: be sure to provide the required passport information and flight details within the correct fields when booking
- Children under the age of 5 years old (including infants) are not permitted to join the tour
- Airport transfers on arrival and departure are only provided on the designated tour arrival and departure day. Any passengers arriving and/or departing before or after the tour dates are required to make their own transportation arrangements for arrival and departure
Location
Ben Gurion Airport
Upon arrival to Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, you will be met by our airport representative who will be holding a sign with your name on it, after passport control, baggage reclaim and customs in the main greeters hall.
Cancellation Policy
If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(24 Ratings)
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Kaelynn_l
Mar 20, 2023
The best trip ever!!! - So educational and beautiful the best trip I've ever taken! Leah was the most amazing tour guide I could hope for! We saw Roman ruines and learned so much current culture and history! And it was fun!!
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Maria_t
Jul 27, 2022
This is a must tour when visiting Israel. - A Brilliant Life Time Experience. Loved it all - the sights, the hotels, the meals and most importantly Boaz was the best tour guide.
So much to see and was educated with so much information.
Highly Recommended !!
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Anthonyb736
Jun 3, 2019
Definitely worth it! - Despite booking this tour through Viator as “7-Night Israel Highlights and Biblical Tour”, it merges with “Highlights Tour”, organized by CTO.
Overall, I found this tour to be a great way to get to know Israel. As it’s only a 7-night tour, time is a constraint as to how much one can see and visit.
The tour started in Jerusalem and gradually moved north to Galilee and the Golan Heights before heading west to the coast (Haifa) and south to Tel Aviv. Our guide, Pauli, and the bus driver were both great. Be aware that this tour can be physically demanding as mornings start early and there’s a fair bit of walking under the melting sun. There were also two optional tours we took: i) boat crossing of the Sea of Galilee, and ii) the Dead Sea.
In addition to all the amazing historical places we visited, we spent two nights at the beautiful Hagoshrim Kibbutz. It completely changed my perception of a kibbutz.
The only negative feedback I have relates to the hotel we stayed at in Jerusalem (Jerusalem Gate Hotel). Our hotel room and bathroom were quite dirty and breakfast was mediocre at best. In all fairness, when we booked the tour we opted for the cheaper room, but I could not imagine it would be this bad.
All in all, I highly recommend this tour, but some heads-up regarding the hotel in Jerusalem would have been nice.
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Enrica
Jun 3, 2019
Israel tour - We have just finished our tour with CTO , what a wonderful experience, visiting so many historical sites and given such an in depth and comprehensive tour, we were so fortunate to have such a great guide as Yossi, ( he is a walking encyclopaedia ) he has the ability to make you think and question historic events Brilliant!This trip is full on and quite tiring but we could not believe just how much we got to see and learn, we were in a small group of 15 which was perfect and what an amazing group of people who we will remain in touch with.
Thank you Yossi!
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Noreen856
Feb 27, 2019
Heritage of the Holy Land - Booked this tour through Tourradar.com in the UK. It finished today and was absolutely fantastic. There were just 7 of us, us 2 from the Uk and 5 lovely people from Canada. Our tour guide Ronit was excellent and made it an forgettable experience. Our driver Mahmood was also great, a very reliable driver. Can’t recommend this tour highly enough, it covered everywhere you’d want to see if interested in the old and New Testament and also to hear about everyday life in Israel. Will be sad to leave tomorrow.
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Marg
Oct 13, 2018
Wonderful experience in Israel - Thanks to Lorne I gained a wealth of knowledge about Israel, its history and Holy sites. This was a great experience to visit places which I had learnt and heard about but to also be provided the additional explanations by a guide who has a great knowledge of this country and its heritage. I was very glad that I was on this tour with Lorne.
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Aurel
Oct 9, 2018
Israel Highlights - I am really glad that we took this tour, it really felt like I experienced Israel 360. I feel really lucky that Lorne was our tour guide, he was awesome from all the points I can think off. His guiding, not theological but rather scientific was most welcomed and appreciated.
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Nicolleta03
Oct 9, 2018
A walk through a history documentary - This tour exceeded our expectations, mainly due to our guide Lorne, who offered lots of explanations both on sites and on the bus. I highly recommend the tour and the guide Lorne Newman for those who want to visit these biblical and historic locations and also want to expand their knowledge. It's like walking through a history documentary.
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Justin
May 11, 2018
Great tour, just be careful and read... - <p>Great tour, just be careful and read the entire post. I didnt see the part about Masada and the Dead Sea being extra, and it ended up being 110 that I wasnt planning on spending. I couldve done without Masada, but the Dead Sea was very interesting.</p>
<p>I am so glad that I did this tour. We had Shuki as our tour guide and Muhummad was our bus driver for the first 5 days. Both of them were very good, and Shuki was very knowledgeable. I was in the country a few days before the tour started, so I wasnt able to get a free ride to Jerusalem on the first day. I took the bus between the cities for 16 shekels, around 3-4 at the time, and it dropped me off at the main bus station in Jerusalem which was right below my hotel. All of the sites we went to were even better than I expected, and the only complaint that I had was that we stopped at too many souvenir shops. I think most people wouldve been ok with 2-3 shops, but we stopped everyday, and that got a little old. If this is your first time in Israel, I think this would be a great tour to do.</p>
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Joseph
Jan 19, 2018
We worried about getting picked up... - <p>We worried about getting picked up at the airport in Tel Aviv, but the driver was already waiting as we left security at the airport. <br/>
We chose the 4 star hotels and were happy we did. Other folks in our tour group were in 3 star hotels and all were complaining. Do yourself a favor and go 4 star....they're not the Waldorf, but not bad for the money. The Kibbutz hotel is pretty much a pit. Built in 1948 and looks it!<br/>
Tour guide, Rafi, was excellent. Knows his stuff. Problem is there is so much to see and learn that you forget half of what he described.<br/>
if you're not fit, don't go on this tour! Eight days of getting up at 5:30 to eat breakfast and meet the bus at 8 am then get back to your hotel at 5:30 or 6. Exhausting! On the other hand you get to see an awful lot of Israel that you could never see on your own. We recommend the tour, just be prepared to get a LOT of exercise.</p>
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