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Recreation Travel Tips :: Holy Land Tours
Holy Land Tours: Booking Holy Land Vacations and Tours
Despite the State Department's most recent travel warning that threat levels remain high for travelers to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza – the demand for holy land tours is still high.
Religious-themed packages are more popular than ever. For more information on the most popular tour companies offering pilgrimages, keep reading.
Abir Tours
This company is offers two major holy land tours with weekly departures. The 10-night "Discovery Tour" includes seven days of sightseeing and visits Tel Aviv, Caesarea, Megiddo, Haifa, Akko, Safed, the Golan Heights, Nazareth, Sea of Galilee, Tiberias, Jericho, Jerusalem, Mount Zion, Bethlehem, Qumran, Masada and the Dead Sea.
This tour includes roundtrip transfers, accommodations, breakfast daily, a tour guide, entrance fees and hotel service charges. Rates begin at $1,504 per person double. The "Best of Israel" tour is a 13-night excursion with eight days of sightseeing.
Stops include Tel Aviv, Caesarea, Megiddo, Haifa, Safed, the Golan Heights, Sea of Galilee, Nazareth, Jericho, Jerusalem, Mount Zion, Bethlehem, Masada, the Dead Sea and Eilat. Rates begin at $2,373 double. Call 877-424-ABIR.
Ariel Tours
Ariel Tours features its "Grand Tour of the Month," with 15-night excursions that include visits to Tel Aviv, Rehovot, Jaffa, Latrun, Ashkelon, Caesarea, Megiddo, Haifa, Nazareth, Sephoris, Safed, the Golan Heights, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the Dead Sea, Qumran Caves and Masada.
Clients booking this tour will visit such sites as the Diaspora Museum, Bahai Temple, Church of the Annunciation, Beit Shean, King David's tomb, Room of the Last Supper, Herodian Mansions, Mount of Olives, Church of the Nativity, Yad Vashem, Mount Herzl and the Israel Museum. Prices start at $1,607, $1,334, and $1,334, respectively (based on lodging choice).
Packages include accommodations, breakfast and dinner daily, airport transfers, 10 days of sightseeing, ground transportation, a four-wheel-drive vehicle tour in the Galilee, Jerusalem folklore evening, an English-speaking guide, entrance fees and hotel taxes. For more information, call 800-262-1818.
Isram World of Travel
For travelers who prefer to arrange an independent tour, Isram offers the "Discover the Holy Land" package, with a private car and guide. A sample 10-night tour visits Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Tiberias, the Dead Sea and Jerusalem.
Included in these holy land tours are deluxe accommodations, sightseeing, the Galilee Experience multimedia show, a visit to the Scripture Garden of the Biblical Resources Center, private car transfers, a commemorative gift, flight bag, document case, the USTOA's $1 million consumer-protection plan, breakfast daily, two lunches and six dinners.
Eleven-night tours departing Dec. 21 feature a New Year's Eve gala in Jaffa. This package begins at $2,990 per person. Call 800-223-7460.
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