Optional Tours
Jerusalem - Center of Three Great Religions
half day
Panoramic overview from Mount of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem - new city and the Temple Mount Esplanade of the old city. Travel along the Kidron Valley to view the Garden of Gethsemane and the walls of the city. Via the Armenian Quarter. Enter The Western (Wailing) Wall square via the local bazaar to the Christian Quarter, the Stations of the Cross (Via Dolorosa) and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre - the site of the crucifixion. Walk along the 1700 year old Byzantine main street, the Cardo, and the renovated Jewish Quarter. Ascend Mt. Zion - Hall of the last supper, David's tomb and enter the 500 year old city ramparts. Return to Renaissance Jerusalem.
Cost: US$ 35 per person
Dead Sea and Massada
full day
Depart Jerusalem and drive via the Judean Hills to the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth. Ascend Massada by cable car to learn about the 2000 year-old fortress and palace built by King Herod where the Zealots made their last stand against the Romans. See the remains of the walls, palaces, the synagogue, water cisterns, mosaic floors, roman bath, etc. Lunch at one of the hotels in the area and experience a swim in the Dead Sea. Return along the shores driving via Ein Gedi with a stop at Qumran to view the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Drive back to Jerusalem with an overview of Jericho and the Old Roman Road.
Cost: US$ 99 per person