Featured Tour
The Jerusalem Marathon
Hotels:
- March 14 – 18, 2012 – Leonardo Plaza, Hotel Jerusalem
- March 18 – 20,2012 – Crowne Plaza Hotel, Tel Aviv
Land only package per person $ 1695 in a double room.
Package includes:
- 4 nights hotel in Jerusalem
- 2 nights hotel in Tel Aviv
- 4 days touring in a deluxe air condition vehicle
- 4 days English speaking guide
- Entrance fees to sites as per program attached
- Marathon registration fees
Meals:
Daily Israeli buffet breakfast. Pasta dinner the night before the Marathon.
Rates does not include:
- International air ticket
- Lunches
- Expenses of a personal nature
- Any meals other than included
- Trip cancelation insurance
- Tip to guide and driver
| Day 1March 14, 2012 Wednesday – Ben Gurion Airport/Jerusalem | |||
| Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport. Meeting and assistance by a Diesenhaus Unitours representative. Transfer to hotel. Overnight in Jerusalem. |
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| Day 2March 15, 2012 Thursday – Jerusalem, Old city – Pasta Dinner | |||
| Tour the Old City of Jerusalem. Start with a visit of King David’s Tomb on Mount Zion. Walk along the Cardo, the ancient Roman road; see the Western Wall and visit Davidson Center and walk through the local Arab bazaar.In the evening enjoy the Pasta Dinner at the Expo. (Free for full and half Marathon runners, *NIS 50 for 10K runners) *subject to change a/p Jerusalem Municipality. Overnight in Jerusalem | |||
| Day 3Marathon Day | |||
| Overnight in Tel Jerusalem. | |||
| Day 4March 17, 2012 – Saturday, Dead Sea / Massada | |||
| After Breakfast, drive via the Judean Hills to the lowest place on Earth – the Dead Sea. Drive along the shores of the Dead Sea to the base of Massada, the last stronghold of the Jewish zealots against the Romans. Ascend by cable car and tour the famed archaeological site including Herod’s palace, an ancient synagogue and a bathhouse. We will have the opportunity to dip in the Dead Sea water.
Overnight in Jerusalem. |
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| Day 5March 18, 2012 – Sunday, Jerusalem New City | |||
| After breakfast, we check out from our hotel in Jerusalem and start our tour with a visit at Mea Shea’rim and learn about the unique lifestyle of the ultra orthodox communities. Drive by the Knesset, Israel’s parliament and see the Menorah with the biblical emblems. Next visit the Israel Museum, Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea scrolls are housed, and the new Holyland model – a miniature replica of Jerusalem as it was during the Second Temple period. Drive to Mount Herzl, the military cemetery and Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust. Visit Ammunition Hill, a former Jordanian army stronghold, conquered by the Israeli army in the Six Day War and converted into a national memorial site and museum. Drive to Tel Aviv the city that never sleeps. Overnight in Tel Aviv. |
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| Day 6March 19, 2012 – Monday, Independence Hall / Diaspora Museum / Tel Aviv | |||
| Start the day with a visit to the Independence Hall where the establishment of the State of Israel was declared. Next, visit the Diaspora Museum. Drive around the main streets of Tel Aviv, center of business and entertainment of Israel. Stop at Rabin’s Square, place of assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Continue to Old Jaffa, an 8000 year old port city. Visit the ancient ruins and walk along the restored artists’ quarter. Visit Neve Tzedek, the first neighborhood of Tel Aviv, built in 1909 and Nahalat Benyamin, the pedestrian street of the city with its musicians, hand made jewellery and artifacts. Next, stop at Sheinkin, the lively and colorful street especially known for the unique shops, cafe life and youthful ambiance. Overnight in Tel Aviv. | |||
| Day 7March 20, 2012 – Tuesday, Tel Aviv /Ben Gurion Airport | |||
| Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for your return flight. | |||
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