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VIPIsrael – Salacer Family Israel

Experience Thursday, June 04, 2009 - Sunday, June 14, 2009

11 Thursday, June 04, 2009 (VIP & Transfer) Welcome

WELCOME TO ISRAEL

• Touchdown at Ben Gurion International Airport 3:35pm.

• After clearing passport control a VIPISRAEL representative will be waiting to welcome

you at the door of your plane as you exit the plane. You will be transported quickly through

the airport, pass immigration at the flight crew counter where passport control is efficiently

expedited and continue to facilitate luggage identification and handling; & escort you

through customs.

• Ascend to Jerusalem & Check in to your hotel to freshen up and relax.

• Enjoy dinner and political update from Jerusalem Post newspaper Chief Political

Correspondent Mr. Gil Hoffman for an update on the state of Israel and a Q & A session.

OVERNIGHT: Jerusalem, David Citadel

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22 Friday, June 05, 2009 (Guide & Vehicle) Old City

• After breakfast, enter the Old City walls and start at the Davidson Center – the newly

opened visitors’ center, located at the Jerusalem Archaeological Park.

• Tour the Southern Wall Excavations where some of the most important archaeological

discoveries have been unearthed, proving this to be one of the key areas of Jerusalem.

Amongst these remains is a complex of royal palaces dating back to the 7th century.

• Visit the New Generations Center at the Western Wall Plaza where you will find an

unusual and enchanting fusion of many creative elements: music, sculpture, archeology and

light effects that together create a masterpiece to delight all the senses.

• Descend to tour of the archaeological discoveries excavated in the Western Wall Tunnels.

Inside, a most interesting model shows the different dwelling periods and history of the

inhabitants of Jerusalem. Stand on the site believed to be the nearest spot to the "Holy of

Holies".

• Take a Guided tour of the Jewish Quarter that was reconstructed after the city was unified

at the conclusion of the Six-Day War in 1967. A special point of interest in the restored

Jewish Quarter is the "Cardo", meaning the "heart" of this ancient Byzantine City. View the

unearthed main Roman thoroughfare and ancient marketplace lined with columns.

Towards evening.....WELCOME SHABBAT AT THE KOTEL

• As the sun sets preparations will be made for welcoming the Shabbat with prayers and

dancing at the Kotel. As you enter the Old City, look around you and notice how people

from all corners of the world enter through the various Gates with one purpose in mind, to

welcome the Shabbat Bride at the holiest place on earth.

• Enjoy Shabbat Dinner at the Hotel.

OVERNIGHT: Jerusalem, David Citadel

33 Saturday, June 06, 2009 (Free Day) Shabbat Shalom

• After a light breakfast, walk to the Great Synagogue for davening or to a synagogue of your

choice.

• Enjoy Shabbat Lunch at your hotel.

• Rest of the afternoon is at leisure.

• After Shabbat, enjoy shopping and dinner at Jerusalem’s Ben Yehuda outdoor mall,

where the young Jerusalem comes to life.

OVERNIGHT: Jerusalem, David Citadel

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44 Sunday, June 07, 2009 (Guide & Vehicle) Center

• After breakfast we will visit the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament. We will progress from the

Palombo Gates, designed by David Palombo, through the impressive Chagall Hall, Knesset

Members’ Room, Synagogue, the New Wing and more.

• Visit the Ayalon Institute Museum, situated north of the city of Rechovot. This was the

first clandestine bullet production factory operated by members of the Hatzofim Aleph,

Palmach, and Habonim pioneer groups during the British Mandate rule. After viewing an

audio-visual presentation we will discover the secret entrance to the underground bullet

factory, which was so successfully disguised from the British!

• Cross the Ayalon Valley, a major battlefield throughout history. The Latrun Police

Station located here was the scene of much bloodshed during the War of Liberation in

1948 and was liberated from Jordanian rule in 1967. Visit the Memorial Wall and view a

short, moving audio-visual documentary offering a more in-depth explanation of the battles

fought here. Tour the Armored Brigade Museum housing an impressive exhibit of

armored vehicles.

• Enjoy your evening browsing the various shops and restaurants in Jerusalem.

OVERNIGHT: Jerusalem, David Citadel

55 Monday, June 08, 2009 (Guide & Vehicle) Dead Sea

• After breakfast depart to the Dead Sea area traveling south through the Judean Wilderness.

• Arrive at Masada - Ascend the cliff top fortress by cable car, or for the more daring, ascend

the snake path just as the Jews did thousands of years ago.

• Explore the ancient remains of the fortifications, King Herod's palace, storerooms and

baths.

• Enjoy Lunch and Spa Entrance at the Le Meridian Dead Sea Hotel.

• Take a swim or ‘float’ & let the buoyant waters support you as you relax on your back and

think of nothing else but the sea and the salt all around you

OVERNIGHT: Jerusalem, David Citadel

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66 Tuesday, June 09, 2009 (Guide & Vehicle) Chevron

• After breakfast, visit the new Yad Vashem Museum, which was completed in the spring of

2005, a memorial to the six million innocent victims of the Holocaust.

• Located on Har Hazikaron, the Mount of Remembrance, in Jerusalem, Yad Vashem is a

vast, sprawling complex of tree-studded walkways leading to museums, exhibits, archives,

monuments, sculptures, and memorials. (Children under 10 years of age not permitted

entrance).

• Learn about the history of the struggle for Gush Eztion in a moving multimedia sound a

light presentation at Kfar Etzion.

• We head next to Herodian, one of the most fascinating structures from the ancient world.

This fortress was built by King Herod, who commanded an artificial hill by having earth to

be piled up around the walls. At the time of the Bar Kochba Revolt, the Jewish fighters dug

tunnels into the mountain and hid out there. The tunnels were dug in secret and were used

as the base for guerilla warfare against the Roman enemy. [Pending military approval].

• Onto the holy city of Chevron, visit Ma’arat Hamachpela where our patriarchs and

matriarchs are buried: Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov and their wives. Tradition also holds this

to be the burial place of ‘Adam & Eve.’

• Meet some of the very special families who live in this special neighborhood & Rabbi

Danni Cohen the Chabad Rabbi of Chevron.

OVERNIGHT: Jerusalem, David Citadel

77 Wednesday, June 10, 2009 (Guide & Vehicle) Tel Aviv

• After breakfast, check out of your hotel and depart toward Tel Aviv

• Visit the spectacular “Palmach Museum”. Through a modern multi-media presentation,

view the history of the Palmach from 1941 to the War of Independence and the

establishment of the State of Israel

• Visit the ancient city of Caesarea, built by Herod the Great and once the seat of Roman

rule.

• The Caesarea National Park contains an impressive Roman Ampitheatre, the

Hippodrome, a horse-racing arena that could seat 20,000; also a giant headless statue on

Byzantine Street & Mansion, and the Roman Aqueducts.

• The Time Tower combines 3-D imaging technology with the local structures to bring

history ‘truly’ to life!

• Head towards Tiberius, and enjoy dinner at the Deck’s Restaurant on the Sea of Galilee

shore.

• Check into your hotel, freshen up and relax.

OVERNIGHT: Jerusalem, David Citadel

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88 Thursday, June 11, 2009 (Guide & Vehicle) Golan

• After breakfast, go jeeping to the observation point on Mount Bental, an abandoned Israeli

bunker overlooking the entire Golan Heights. From here you can see the mountains of the

Galilee and Lebanon, and eastward into Syria.

• Here also lies the Valley of Tears, where one of the bloodiest battles of the Yom Kippur

War was fought.

• Drive to a shooting range, a place where some of the secret forces of Israel are trained and

we will practice shooting from an automatic Uzi gun, an AK47 (Kalashnikov). This is an

exclusive and amazing experience.

• Visit Tzfat's restored Old City including the artists' colony. Tzfat has much to offer in the

way of art galleries, gift-shops and restaurants found tucked away amongst the winding,

cobblestone streets.

• See the unique synagogues such as the Ari Sephardi, Ari Ashkenazi, Ari Beit Midrash,

Caro Synagogue, Abuhav synagogue (built in 1490) and many more of the local Chassidim.

OVERNIGHT: Tiberius, Galei Kinneret

99 Friday, June 12, 2009 (Guide & Vehicle) Tel Aviv

•• After breakfast check out of the hotel, enjoy the scenery driving down the coast.

•• Further along the coastline, visit the ancient city of Acco (Acre) 14 miles above Haifa, once

known as the Crusaders capital of the north. This city is almost 4,000 years old.

•• Walk on the city walls & Ramparts to the harbor, then through the colorful markets to visit

the huge, cool yet spooky Subterranean Crusader Halls.

•• Welcome to Tel-Aviv, check in to the Hotel

•• The Carmel Market is imbued with oriental flavor, one of the few places in the city that

reminds visitors of Tel Aviv’s Middle Eastern location. Tour the aromatic and enticing stalls

of fresh fruits and vegetables, hot breads and spices.

•• The intriguing Nachlat Binyamin Arts & Crafts Fair (open every Tuesday & Friday) for

more than 250 Israeli artists presenting their handcrafts, Jewelry, Judaica and interesting

gifts; also live music, glassblowing, and life street performances on a regular basis.

•• Enjoy Shabbat Dinner at your hotel.

OVERNIGHT: Tel Aviv, Hilton

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1100 Saturday, June 13, 2009 (Free Day) Tel Aviv

•• After breakfast, enjoy your day at leisure.

•• Enjoy Shabbat Lunch at your hotel.

•• You may like to swim in the Mediterranean sea or rest by your hotel’s pool.

OVERNIGHT: Tel Aviv, Hilton

1111 Sunday, June 14, 2009 (Transfer) Farewell

•• Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for the departure flight home where you will be met by a

VIPISRAEL representative will be waiting to assist you in your temporary departure from

Israel.

Begin planning your next VIPIsrael Adventure!!!!!