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MIDDLE EAST

DAY 9 • Jerusalem • A Day in the Life of day in Jerusalem. Or you may join a full-day optional Please note Jaffa Flea Market is closed on Saturdays. If

the Abu Ghosh community • GCF visit: excursion to the hilltop palace of Herodion, the Mar Day 14 of your itinerary falls on a Saturday, you may have
Pantry Packers Elias Monastery, and Ein Karem, the birthplace of St. the chance to visit them on another day.
Today, we’ll head to the village of Abu Ghosh for our A John the Baptist. Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant. B,L — Herods Hotel or similar
Day in the Life visit. We’ll help a local family prepare B,D — Dan Boutique Hotel or similar

lunch and engage in an interactive discussion about DAY 15 • Explore Tel Aviv • Carmel Market

their daily life here. After lunch, we’ll stop by the DAY 12 • Jerusalem • Masada National Park Today, we explore the bustling Carmel Market in
nonprofit Pantry Packers, one of the oldest • Dead Sea Tel Aviv. Then, discover Tel Aviv on your own. We’ll
charity networks in Israel and a NEW Grand We visit Masada, the hilltop fortress where Judean regroup for a Farewell Dinner at a local restaurant
Circle Foundation visit. defenders made their last stand in the revolt against this evening.
Rome. Then, we visit the Dead Sea, which, at 1,300 B,D — Herods Hotel or similar
B,L — Dan Boutique Hotel or similar
feet below sea level, is the lowest point on Earth. You

DAY 10 • Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial can experience the famed feeling of weightlessness DAY 16 • Return to U.S.

• Machane Yehuda market • Home- caused by its mineral-rich waters before we return to Early this morning, we transfer to the airport for our
Hosted Dinner Jerusalem. flight to the U.S or to Eilat to begin our New! Israel’s
Today we travel to Yad Vashem, the stirring B,L — Dan Boutique Hotel or similar Rugged South: Red Sea’s Eilat, National Parks of the
“everlasting memorial” to the more than six million Negev Desert & the Gaza Envelope post-trip extension.

Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Then we explore DAY 13 • Israel Museum • Overland Travelers taking our optional Palestinian Discovery:
Machaneh Yehuda, one of Jerusalem’s oldest Jewish to Tel Aviv Bethlehem, Hebron, Ramallah & Jericho post-trip
neighborhoods. This evening, we’ll have a traditional This morning, we visit Israel’s largest cultural extension will transfer to Jericho.
Jewish Shabbat meal as we split into smaller groups institution, the Israel Museum. Sprawling across B
and share a Home-Hosted Dinner with of a local more than 20-acres, the museum houses some of the Please note: Itinerary changes are dependent on religious
ultra-Orthodox Jewish family. most comprehensive collections of art and Holy Land observances. During Jewish holidays, many sites will be
artifacts in the world. Then, after lunch, we’ll make
B,L,D — Dan Boutique Hotel or similar closed or operating on reduced hours, causing the daily
the drive to Tel Aviv. B,L — Herods Hotel or similar itinerary to be changed.

DAY 11 • Jerusalem • Controversial Topic:

Palestinian life in Israeli Jerusalem • DAY 14 • Explore Old Jaffa & Tel Aviv
Optional Herodion & Ein Karem tour After breakfast, we set out to Jaffa, a 4,000-year-
This morning, we’ll learn about a Controversial Topic old city that may well be the world’s oldest seaport.
when we meet a Palestinian woman in East Jerusalem. We walk through Old Jaffa, visit the Ilana Goor
We’ll get her personal perspective of what life is like Museum, and explore the Flea Market before making
for Palestinians under Israeli occupation, and how life discoveries on your own.
has changed since her section of city changed hands
from Jordan to Israel in 1967. Afterward, you have a free

Unique Accommodations

Peace Vista Lodge
Golan Heights
Overlooking the Sea of Galilee, Mount Hermon,
and the Jordan Valley, the Peace Vista Lodge has
50 air-conditioned cabins. Each cabin includes
satellite television, a kitchen, and a full private
bath with whirlpool. Peace Vista is operated by
the Kfar Haruv kibbutz, whose members provide
complimentary Golan wines in your cabin
at sunset.

Discover the ancient port city of Jaffa on Day 14.
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