12 Days
Interfaith Israel Tour – Explorer – 12-Day Interfaith Israel Tour
From $2,426 per person Prices from our previous season — final pricing confirmed on request.
Overview
For travelers who want to go deeper, the Interfaith Israel Tour – Explorer spends twelve full days uncovering Israel layer by layer — from the birth of the modern state in Tel Aviv to the mystical alleys of Safed, from the scrolls of Qumran to the stones of the Old City. We welcome Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, and Messianic pilgrims — our Catholic tours, Messianic tours, and Christian pilgrimage tours cover all the top Israel Christian tours and Christian Israel tours for believers.
Alongside the great biblical landmarks, the Explorer lingers over the places that shaped modern Israel: Independence Hall, where the state was declared in 1948; the secret Ayalon bullet factory; the Diaspora Museum's sweeping tale of Jewish life. If you want a Holy Land tour that connects ancient faith with living history — and gives you room to breathe it in — this Israel group tour was made for you.
Day-by-Day Itinerary
Day 1 — Arrival in Tel Aviv
A representative meets you at Ben Gurion Airport and transfers you to your Tel Aviv hotel. Overnight in Tel Aviv.
Day 2 — Independence Hall, Latrun, Beit Guvrin & the Ayalon Institute
The hall on Rothschild Boulevard where David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the State of Israel in 1948, the Latrun Armored Corps memorial, the burial caves and Roman-era ruins of UNESCO-listed Beit Guvrin, and the Ayalon Institute's secret underground bullet factory.
Day 3 — The Diaspora Museum, Old Jaffa & Tel Aviv
Beit Hatfutsot tracing the journey of the Jewish people, then Tel Aviv itself — the Bauhaus "White City," Rabin Square, ancient Jaffa port, Neve Tzedek, the Nachalat Binyamin craft market, and Sheinkin Street. Evening at leisure.
Day 4 — Shabbat at Leisure in Tel Aviv
A full free Shabbat in the White City — beach, boulevards, or unwind. Overnight in Tel Aviv.
Day 5 — Caesarea, Megiddo, Druze Village & Haifa
Caesarea's Roman theater, fortress, and aqueduct; Megiddo above the Valley of Armageddon. A late lunch in Daliat-el-Carmel, views of Haifa Bay from Mount Carmel, and on to your Upper Galilee kibbutz guesthouse for dinner and overnight.
Day 6 — Safed, the Golan Heights & a Winery
Safed's winding lanes, historic synagogues and artists' colony. The Golan — former Syrian bunkers, Kuneitra, Katzrin — capped by a winery tour, tasting, and the Golan Magic presentation. Dinner and overnight in the Galilee.
Day 7 — The Sea of Galilee, Nazareth & Jerusalem
Nazareth's Annunciation grotto and St. Joseph's Church, Capernaum's ancient synagogue, the Mount of Beatitudes, Roman Beit Shean, and Beit Alpha's zodiac mosaics — then south through the Jordan Valley to Jerusalem.
Day 8 — Old City Jerusalem & Bethlehem
The Mount of Olives vista, Mount Zion's Upper Room and David's Tomb, the Jewish Quarter's ancient Cardo, the Western Wall, the Via Dolorosa and Holy Sepulchre — and Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity with Rachel's Tomb along the way. Evening at leisure.
Day 9 — New City Jerusalem
The Shrine of the Book and Second Temple model at the Israel Museum, the Knesset, Mount Herzl, Yad Vashem, and Mea Shearim. Dinner at an authentic restaurant, then the Tower of David's Sound and Light spectacular.
Day 10 — Masada & the Dead Sea
Qumran's caves, the cable-car ascent of Masada, and a float in the sea's buoyant mineral water. Return to Jerusalem for the night.
Day 11 — Jerusalem at Leisure
A restful Shabbat in Jerusalem — breakfast, then the day entirely yours.
Day 12 — Departure
After breakfast, transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for your flight home.
What's Included
- 12 days / 11 nights (4 Tel Aviv, 2 Galilee, 5 Jerusalem)
- Hotel taxes and service charges
- Deluxe motor-coach with professional driver
- Government-licensed English-speaking guide
- Entrance fees
- Masada cable car ride
- Airport meet and assist plus transfers
- Buffet breakfast daily
- 2 dinners in the Galilee
- 1 dinner at an authentic restaurant in Jerusalem
- 1 Druze lunch
- Host/hostess at Ben Gurion Airport
- Sound and Light show at the Tower of David Museum
- Guided visits to Nazareth and the Western Wall
- Portfolio of travel documents, maps, pens, luggage tags
Not Included
- International airfare
- Travel insurance
- Tips for guide and driver
- Lunches, other than those already mentioned
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