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Escorted Package Includes
- Round trip flights NYC-Tel Aviv
Other departure cities available. Click on date of departure for selection and prices. - Airline fuel surcharges
- Intra-Israel flight
- 12 nights accommodations in your choice of hotels
- 2 nights Tel Aviv
- 2 nights Tiberias
- 1 night Dead Sea
- 4 nights Jerusalem
- 3 nights Eilat
- All transfers
- 18 meals: 12 breakfasts, 6 dinners
- Sightseeing per itinerary in modern air-conditioned motor coach
- Services of English-speaking tour manager throughout
- Entrance fees per itinerary
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Itinerary |
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DAY 1, Thursday - Depart USA
Depart the USA for Israel. Your flight includes meals, drinks, and in-flight entertainment for your journey
DAY 2, Friday - Arrive in Tel Aviv
Arrive and transfer to Tel Aviv for an orientation tour. Drive past the Mann Auditorium and the Habima, Israel's National Theatre. This evening, enjoy a welcome drink and briefing at the hotel
Overnight: Tel Aviv
DAY 3, Saturday - Tel Aviv
This morning's walking tour includes Ben Gurion Boulevard, a view of Ben Gurion's house, and Yitzhak Rabin Square. Balance of the day at leisure. In the evening, depart for an illuminated tour of Tel Aviv and Jaffa, followed by dinner
Overnight: Tel Aviv
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 4, Sunday - Tel Aviv, Caesarea, Haifa, Tiberias
In the morning, stroll through the Carmel market. Depart Tel Aviv, traveling north along the coastal highway. Arriving in Caesarea, visit its ancient Roman port and aqueduct, Byzantine streets, and Crusader ruins. Continue by coach to Mt. Carmel for a panoramic view of Mukraka Monastery and Haifa Bay. Visit the Druze Villages and their attractive markets nearby. Continue to Haifa and view the Bahai Gardens. Depart for Nazareth and visit the Church of the Annunciation, the largest basilica in the Middle East, before continuing to Tiberias
Overnight: Tiberias
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 5, Monday - Full Day Tiberias
Enjoy a full day at leisure in Tiberias. This evening, transportation will be provided for those who would like to visit a local diamond factory.
Optional: Full Day Golan Heights Tour with Lunch
Overnight: Tiberias
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 6, Tuesday - Galilee, Capernaum, Dead Sea
This morning, depart Tiberias for a refreshing boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Come ashore to visit Capernaum, site of a second century village and synagogue on the Sea's northern shore. Continue to Tabgha, the traditional site of Jesus' "Miracle of the Loaves and Fish." Drive around the Sea of Galilee to Yardenit, continuing to Beit Shean in the Jordan Valley to visit the excavations and Roman amphitheater. Afterwards, proceed to Beit Alpha and visit the zodiac mosaic floor in the ancient synagogue. Continue by coach through the Jordan Valley to reach your hotel on the Dead Sea
Overnight: Dead Sea
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 7, Wednesday - Dead Sea, Masada, Jerusalem
Morning at leisure to enjoy the hotel spa facilities, a mud bath, or a relaxing float in the Dead Sea. Following your treatments, continue to Masada, a significant monument from the First Jewish-Roman War. Arriving to Masada, ascend the mount via cable car to visit the excavations. Descend via cable car and continue for a drive along the shores of the Dead Sea, and past Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Proceed to the Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories and observe first-hand how creams and lotions are made with minerals extracted from the Sea. Continue through the Judean Desert to Jerusalem, with a brief stop on Mount Scopus to view the city.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 8, Thursday - Jerusalem
From the legendary Mount of Olives, enjoy panoramic views of Jerusalem city below. Continue to the Old City, entering via the Dung Gate to visit the Western (Wailing) Wall. You may be able to witness a Bar Mitzvah ceremony. Visit the Davidson Center in the Jerusalem Archaeological Park, where you may view exhibitions and illustrations highlighting the main periods of the country's history. One special feature is a real-time, virtual-reality reconstruction of the Herodian Temple Mount, prior to its destruction in 70 A.D. Next, enjoy a walk through the restored Roman Cardo in the Jewish Quarter, continuing through to the Christian Quarter and the Via Dolorosa (the Stations of the Cross) to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre: the traditional site of Christ's Crucifixion. The tour concludes at Mount Zion where you will view King David's Tomb and the Room of the Last Supper
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 9, Friday - Jerusalem
This morning, visit the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum, where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed on a rotating platform. Following your museum visit, continue to Yad Vashem and visit Israel's memorial to the Holocaust. Next you will visit Mount Herzl Military Cemetery, where Israel’s dignitaries are buried. The tour continues past the Knesset, Israel's Parliament Building, and the President's House. Balance of the day at leisure
Optional: Tour of Bethlehem; Illuminated Jerusalem with Dinner (PM)
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 10, Saturday - Jerusalem
This morning's tour of Jerusalem includes a visit to the Museum of the History of Jerusalem, located inside David's Citadel near Jaffa Gate. Continue on a walking tour of the Old City that includes a visit to a local bazaar. Afternoon at leisure. In the early evening, enjoy a farewell dinner at a local restaurant.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
DAY 11, Sunday - Eilat
Depart Jerusalem this morning driving south to Eilat. En route, you will travel through the Negev, first visiting Kibbutz Sde Boker, the final home and self-chosen burial site of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, and then on to Mizpe Ramon, where you will learn more about this fascinating, up-and-coming region. Continue to Eilat and check in to your hotel. Balance of the day at leisure
Overnight: Eilat
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 12, Monday - Eilat
Full day at leisure in Eilat
Optional: One Day Petra
Overnight: Eilat
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 13, Tuesday - Eilat
Full day at leisure
Overnight: Eilat
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 14, Wednesday - Eilat
In the late afternoon, transfer from your hotel to the airport for your flight to Tel Aviv's Sde Dov Airport. Upon arrival transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for your midnight departure flight
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 15, Thursday - Depart for USA
Return flight to the USA
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Optionals |
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Book your Optional Tours before you travel and see more, save time, and save money. Tours purchased while traveling cost at least 10% more! Tours often sell out - avoid disappointment! Save your cash - many countries do not accept credit cards.
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Full Day Golan Heights with lunch 9:00 AM
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Day #5 |
01 Apr 2008 - 10 Apr 2009 $76
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Visit Safed, the mystical Kabbalist center and artists' colony. On arrival ascend the Golan Heights, stopping for spectacular vistas of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinnereth). Tour a kibbutz and learn about this unique communal way of life followed by lunch. Visit the winery in Katzrin.
On June 9, 2008 the tour and lunch will take place at the Olive Mill.
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Half Day Bethlehem 2:00 PM
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Day #9 |
01 Apr 2008 - 10 Apr 2009 $28
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Enjoy a half day tour featuring the Church of the Nativity. This is the oldest church in the Holy Land still in use, commemorating the birthplace of Jesus Christ. Many restoration projects have occurred through the years. Presently, the facade of the Church of the Nativity is encircled by the high walls of the three convents: the Franciscan on the northeast side, the Greek Orthodox and the Armenian Orthodox, on the southeast side.
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Illuminated Jerusalem with dinner 7:00 PM
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Day #9 |
01 Apr 2008 - 10 Apr 2009 $44
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Enjoy an evening tour of illuminated Jerusalem with dinner at Kibbutz Ramat Rachel.
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One Day Petra 7:30 AM
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Day #12 |
01 Apr 2008 - 10 Apr 2009 $159
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Petra was first established around the 6th Century BC by the Nabatean Arabs, a nomadic tribe who settled in south Jordan for more than 2000 years ago. The tour starts from the Tourist Center with a horseback ride to the entrance of the narrow (1 Km) Siq or gorge with towering rock walls soaring to 200 meters. Following a walk through the Siq, be confronted by the magnificent and dramatic facade of the most famous monument in Petra, the Treasury. Various walks and climbs reveal literally hundreds of buildings, facades, baths, funerary halls, soaring temples, royal tombs, markets, paved streets, as well as the 3000 seat theatre from the early 1st Century AD. After completing border formalities, transfer to your hotel in Eilat
* Please note: a fee of $35, which includes border taxes and services fees, must be paid locally.
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Book your Optional Tours before you travel and see more, save time, and save money. Tours purchased while traveling cost at least 10% more! Tours often sell out - avoid disappointment! Save your cash - many countries do not accept credit cards.
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Rates & Hotels |
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* All Prices are in USD |
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2008
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Land Only |
Air & Land |
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Jun 13 |
Book After
Jun 13 |
Book By
Jun 13 |
Book After
Jun 13 |
May 22 (Sold Out)
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1279
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1479
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2569
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2769
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May 29
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1279
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1479
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2569
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2769
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Jun 5
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1349
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1549
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2639
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2839
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Jun 19; 26 (Sold Out)
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1299
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1499
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2789
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2989
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Jul 3 (Sold Out)
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1429
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1629
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3049
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3249
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Jul 17; 24
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1449
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1649
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3069
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3269
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Aug 28
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1329
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1529
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2729
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2929
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Sep 11
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1329
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1529
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2589
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2789
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Oct 30 (Sold Out)
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1319
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1519
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2539
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2739
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Nov 13 (Sold Out)
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1299
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1499
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2439
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2639
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Nov 27
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1299
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1499
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2439
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2639
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Dec 25
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1339
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1539
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2939
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3139
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2009
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Land Only |
Air & Land |
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Jun 13 |
Book After
Jun 13 |
Book By
Jun 13 |
Book After
Jun 13 |
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Jan 1; 15
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1209
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1409
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2499
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2699
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Jan 22
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1209
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1409
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2379
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2579
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Jan 29; Feb 19
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1219
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1419
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2329
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2529
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Feb 26
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1259
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1459
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2429
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2629
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Mar 19
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1249
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1449
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2499
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2699
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*Not included: airport taxes, fees & September 11th Security Fee, optional tours, tips to driver and manager (see Terms & Conditions).
Land only price does not include arrival/departure transfers, nor does it include intra-Israel flight Eilat-Tel Aviv
Package is based upon flights via IsrAir (6H) from New York (JFK). US domestic connecting flights to/from New York (JFK) are not available in conjunction with this airfare. When flying with any airline other than IsrAir from New York (JFK), the tour price does not include flight Eilat-Tel Aviv. This flight may be purchased for an additional $86 per person. An additional overnight may be required on Day 14 in Tel Aviv.
When choosing flights on any carrier other than IsrAir (6H), an additional night in Tel Aviv may be required.
When flying El Al Israel Airlines (LY) in H or B class of service, full payment including taxes is required at the time of booking. Tickets will be issued immediately and are fully non-refundable once ticketed
Tiberias Hotel, Plan A: June 5 and Oct 30 departures will be accommodated at the Sheraton Moriah Tiberias
Jerusalem Hotel, Plan A: May 29; June 19 and June 26 departures will be accommodated at the Inbal Jerusalem.
Tel Aviv Hotel: Aug 28 departure will be accommodated at the Dan Panorama Tel Aviv.
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Sheraton Tel-Aviv Hotel & Towers
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Tel Aviv
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This deluxe hotel is centrally located on the shores of the blue Mediterranean, in the heart of the city. [more]
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Dan Panorama Tel Aviv
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Tel Aviv
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This deluxe hotel is centrally located, overlooking the sea. [more]
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Ron Beach Hotel
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Tiberias
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This first class hotel is located on the waterfront of the Sea of Galilee with lovely views. [more]
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Daniel Dead Sea Hotel
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Dead Sea
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This first class hotel is situated in Ein Bokek on the shores of the Dead Sea. [more]
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Prima Royale Hotel
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Jerusalem
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This first class hotel is centrally located in the Talbieh district, in the heart of the city. [more]
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Dan Panorama Eilat
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Eilat
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This deluxe hotel is located by the quiet waters of Eilat's lagoon, just a five minute walk to the beautiful, relaxing north beach. The hotel is situated overlooking the quiet waters of Eilat's lagoon. Shopping malls and tourist attractions are nearby. [more]
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Sheraton Tel-Aviv Hotel & Towers
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Tel Aviv
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This deluxe hotel is centrally located on the shores of the blue Mediterranean, in the heart of the city. [more]
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Dan Panorama Tel Aviv
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Tel Aviv
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This deluxe hotel is centrally located, overlooking the sea. [more]
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The Scots Hotel
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Tiberias
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This deluxe hotel is situated in the center of Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee. [more]
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Sheraton Tiberias
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Tiberias
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This deluxe modern hotel is located on the Tiberias Promenade, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. [more]
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Daniel Dead Sea Hotel
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Dead Sea
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This first class hotel is situated in Ein Bokek on the shores of the Dead Sea. [more]
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Dan Panorama Jerusalem
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Jerusalem
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This deluxe hotel is centrally located in the heart of Jerusalem. [more]
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Inbal Jerusalem Hotel
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Jerusalem
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This deluxe hotel is located in the center of Jerusalem, adjacent to the Liberty Bell Park. [more]
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Rimonim Neptune Hotel
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Eilat
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This deluxe hotel is located on a semi-private beach on the Red Sea. [more]
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