Tours for JUNIOR MACCABIAH
JUNIOR MACCABIAH FULL-DAY TOURS
1.THE JUDEAN DESERT v1 – LIKE NOWHERE ELSE ON THE PLANET
Selfie from the LOWEST PLACE on EARTH / RIDE A CAMEL @ NOKDIM VILLAGE / Traditional BEDOUIN Hospitality& Hafla (Feast) / CABLE CAR up to visit awesome MASADA, and (weather-permitting) on foot down the Roman Ramp / FLOAT on the DEAD SEA , 33 times saltier than seawater – merciless sun, hot & dry air, rocky & stony ground, so YOU SHOULD BRING:SUNGLASSES / CAP or other light headcover / SUN LOTION, preferably SUN BLOCK / WALKING SHOES &/or SANDALS (flip-flops OK only at Dead Sea shore / SWIMSUIT & BATHING TOWEL
2. THE JUDEAN DESERT v2 – WHERE THERE'S WATER, THERE'S LIFE
Visit EIN GEDI Nature Reserve, wade the cool river waters / Lunch at Ein Gedi Youth Hostel / CABLE CAR up to MASADA, and down by Cable Car / FLOAT on the DEAD SEA – Merciless Sun, hot & dry Air, rocky & stony Ground, so YOU SHOULD BRING:SUNGLASSES / CAP or other appropriate head cover / SUN LOTION, preferably SUN BLOCK / WALKING SHOES &/or sturdy SANDALS (flip-flops OK only at Dead Sea shore) / SWIMSUIT & BATHING TOWEL
3. UP THE GALILEE PANHANDLE & RAFT DOWN THE JORDAN
Travel up the Great North Road to visit historic TEL HAI Courtyard – Zionist heroism and settlement in the Galilee Panhandle / Lunch at McDonald's in KIRYAT SHMONA / Tour TEL DAN NATURE RESERVE, combine a little archeology amidst the rushing river waters, then raft down the Jordan; you'll be soaked, so YOU SHOULD BRING:A Change of CLOTHING, including underwear / SUNGLASSES / CAP / SUN LOTION / WALKING SHOES &/or sturdy SANDALS suitable for wading river waters / Optional: TOWEL
4. RIDING MY DONKEY TO THE SEA OF GALILEE
Step inside a mountain to visit the famous National Water Carrier at ESHKOL / At KFAR KEDEM, travel on a donkey to 2000 years ago / Lunch at McDonald's TIBERIAS / Take in breathtaking views over the Sea of Galilee and the Jordan Valley / Splash through the cooling waters of the Magarsa River. YOU SHOULD BRING:A Change of CLOTHING, including underwear / WALKING SHOES or sturdy SANDALS suitable for wading river waters
5. IF I FORGET THEE, O JERUSALEM
Tour themed around 'National Memory of the Jewish People' / Mount Herzl, the place of National Remembrance / On the western slopes, the overwhelming pathos of the Holocaust at YAD VASHEM / Up the pathway on foot to the summit, the burial place of Theodor HERZL, many national leaders, and the sprawling National Military Cemetery / Lunch at McDonald's in beautiful BEIT HAKEREM / Second, Archeology: the extraordinary excavations at the City of David, includes a wet walk through the Tunnel of Siloam built 2,800 years ago / Up to the KOTEL / YOU SHOULD BRING:WALKING SHOES or sturdy SANDALS suitable for a wet walk
6.BAR MITZVA DAY IN JERUSALEM
Bar Mitzvah ceremony at the KOTEL / Up to the Phasael Tower in the Citadel for the most magnificent views over this amazing city / Promenade along the 500 year-old Walls of the Old City, walk medieval alleys, and exit through Dung Gate / Lunch at McDonald's BEN YEHUDA / Multi-sensory TIME ELEVATOR experience journey through the ages of Jerusalem / Chill out in JAFFA ROAD pedestrian mall shops and cafes YOU SHOULD BRING:WALKING SHOES or sturdy SANDAL. ONLY TWO OPPORTUNITIES: THURSDAY JULY 13TH AND MONDAY JULY 17TH (Monday depending on departure flights)
6A'. THE FIRST HEBREW CITY
Visit the place where David Ben Gurion declared ISRAEL'S INDEPENDENCE in 1948 / Tour NEVE TZEDEK, first Hebrew neighborhood in 1909 of what became Tel Aviv / Authentic Jaffa restaurant for lunch / Browse through streets and alleys of Jaffa FLEA MARKET / Spectacular bird's eye view over the city from the 51st Floor in Azrieli Mall / Tour ends on the boardwalk promenade of TEL AVIV OLD PORT. YOU SHOULD BRING: SUNGLASSES / CAP / WALKING SHOES
JUNIOR MACCABIAH HALF-DAY TOURS
7. CRUSADERS, MARKETS & SEA CAVES
SEA CRUISE from Haifa to Akko (Acre) / Walk along the walls of the Old City / Visit the KNIGHTS' HALLS / take in the authentic sights, sounds and fragrant tastes of the colorful souk (market) / Cable Car to explore passageways cut by Mediterranean waves in the white rock sea cliffs of ROSH HANIKRA
8. SATURDAY MORNING IN BEAUTIFUL ZICHRON
PIONEERS, FARMERS & SPIES – the AARONSOHN family saga / Baron Edmond de Rothschild's Central Synagogue / GALLERIES, CAFES & RESTAURANTS along the pedestrian mall flanked by rustic original settler homes of Zichron Ya'acov from 1882
9. HADAR – CAPITAL OF ISRAELI GRAFFITI AND STREET ART
A tour like no other: Hadar neighborhood in Haifa is the blank canvas of BROKEN FINGAZ CREW, one of the world's most famous graffiti collectives, and other exceptionally talented artists like KEOS, CRASH, GRAPHIC and TIPA – Boo! Blast! Pow! Bah! – your visual gratification guaranteed
10. HAIFA PANORAMA
Hop on-&-off your Tour Coach with your guide through the Very Best of Haifa: LOUIS PROMENADE on the Carmel / STELLA MARIS / the GERMAN COLONY and WADI NISNAS
11. FLEA MARKET
Float like a butterfly between alleyways, shops, stalls, architecture, and history of this rare and unique area / discover secret places where the experts go / find second-hand, retro, vintage and genuine (or fake) antique treasures from Israel and all over the world, and sting like a bee to get prices that suit you
12. WADI NISNAS – TEFADLO!
Rich aromas invade your senses as you feast your eyes and experience foods prepared by fascinating characters in Wadi Nisnas / Tefadlo? Take our tour and we'll tell you'll the meaning (or maybe what it doesn't mean) in Arabic &/or Hebrew slang
13. HAIFA AND THE DRUZE PACT WITH THE JEWISH STATE
Tour observation/orientation on Louis Promenade / Follow the Templars in the German Colony / Meet the Druze (or Al-Muwahiddun), the monotheist ethnicity who believe in reincarnation and are engaged in a 'pact for life, a pact of blood' with the Jewish State
14. HAIFA AND THE BELIEVERS
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Monastery at STELLA MARIS / KHALIFA MAHMOOD Mosque of the Ahmadiyya sect in Kababir / Tour Wadi Nisnas / we end at KASTRA ART, Recreation & Shopping Center, a ravishing architectonic structure decorated with Arik Brauer's fantastical painted-tile mosaic – the world's largest – of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden, and other scenes from the Bible
15. ON THE WALLS OF WADI SALIB
The 'Squatter Neighborhood' of ruins and rundown buildings in downtown Haifa adjacent to Wadi Nisnas, long slated for redevelopment / 66 years ago, scene of a bloody riot and social protest / nowadays, Mecca for local history researchers, Magnet for real estate developers home to artists & architects, and a spectacular profusion of Graffiti reflecting its character as a mixed Arab-Jewish zone of coexistence
16. Walking tour at OLGA beach (on shbat)
17. Walking tour on Haifa city center (carmel'on shabat)
