Overview
Vered Tours’s classic Jewish Heritage tours of Israel includes all the important milestones and places of interest to the Jewish traveler.
Learn about Israel as it was during the period of the Bible to its place in the modern world as a leader in innovative technologies.
Vered Tours has tours that suit your needs: synagogue groups, organizations, community groups, bar/bat mitzvah family tours or weekly guaranteed tours for individuals.
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Highlights of a Jewish heritage Tour in Israel
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Why you’ll Love this trip
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv is the center of modern Israeli cultural life and technological innovations. You will visit:
- Independence Hall where Israel was declared a State in 1948
- Neve Tzedek – the first neighborhood of Tel Aviv
The Galilee
- Haifa – Israel’s port city on Mt. Carmel
- Sepphoris (Zippori), an important Galilee town with beautiful mosaics
- Beit Shearim, the seat of the Sanhedrin
- Safed (Tzfat), the center of Kabbalah (Jewish Mysticism)
- Kibbutz, the unique Israeli communal experiment
Jerusalem
- City of David, the original site of King David’s capital
- King Solomon’s Temple, the center of ancient Judaism
- Old Jewish Quarter including the Cardo and Herodian mansions
- Yad Veshem, Israel’s museum and memorial to the Holocaust
- Israel parliament (Knesset), Supreme Court and government center
Negev
- Innovative communities flourishing in the Negev desert
- Dead Sea and Masada
- Ramon Crater, a unique natural biosphere
- Eilat, King Solomon’s southern port and now modern resort area
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Optional Itinerary
Day 1: Jerusalem
Day 2: Tel Aviv
Day 3: Dead Sea
Inclusions
Meals: 12 Breakfasts, 5 Lunches, 4 Dinners
5 Star Hotels
All Transportation
Additional trip Information
- Voltage– 220 volts AC, 50 cycles. An adaptor is necessary (usually 3 pronged)
- Tipping in Israel is discretionary but expected, similar to most of the Western world. Waiters and bartenders are generally paid a low salary with the majority of their earnings coming from tips. Tipping taxidrivers, on the other hand, is not usually expected. The Israeli public is generally sympathetic to the fact that waiters and bartenders are poorly paid, and with most of these workers being students, leave a tip generously. A regular tip for a waiter in Israel is 10-15% depending on how good the service was and how much you ordered. In a bar, you should usually leave a tip of a few shekels, of course depending on what you are ordering. Occasionally (and in some ‘tourist-trap’ restaurants) service is automatically added to the bill, so be sure to keep an eye open for this.
- Internet Access/Wi-Fi in Israel– Israel is very technologically advanced. Wireless networks can be found up and down the country, everywhere from restaurants and cafes, to hotels, and even Ben Gurion Airport. The standard rate for wi-fi in Israel is between 10 and 15 NIS per hour. It is, however, free in many places, including Arcaffe, Aroma, and Yellow cafes, brances of McDonald’s and Ben Gurion Airport. Often staff need to give you a password.
In Jerusalem, some sections, mostly of the city center are covered by the Jerusalem WiFi project, whilst a similar project is underway in Tel Aviv.