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Overview

Spa and well-being travel to Israel

From Tel Aviv to Eilat through the Upper Galilee and Masada, enjoy two weeks of discovery, comfort and serenity. Get your fill of unforgettable moments in the most beautiful sites in the country. You will be greeted in the most luxurious spas in all hotels throughout your journey; swimming pools (indoor and outdoor), sauna, Jacuzzi, steam room, yoga and various types of massage, all will be welcome after a day of discovery and make your stay even more memorable!

Get carried away by rich heritage and history, for this trip takes you to the best of Israel: from Haifa lively neighbourhoods to historical and biblical remains in the Old City of Jerusalem, take a walk in the traditional markets or in museums packed with treasures, and meet a people who, despite his wounds, bring the smile and open-mindness as a standard. This trip will also lead you to the Golan Heights, to explore the fortifications of Acre, the Roman ruins of Caesarea and Upper Galilee for a full day of typical cuisine and local wines tasting. Also this tour, focused on comfortable accommodation and well-being, would not be complete without a visit to the region of the Dead Sea and its famous over salted waters, which invigorating properties are recognized worldwide.
This stay in Israel invites you to a journey through time that combines mystery, wonder and serenity. Whether you will cross the Negev desert, marvel at a sunset over the Holy City from Mount of Olives, or overlook infinite landscapes from the top of the fortress of Masada, no doubt this discovery of the Holy Land will leave engraved images in your heart forever.

Feel free to contact our Israel expert for more information on this wonderful spa tour!

Itinerary

Day 1| International flight

Day 2| Arrival in Tel Aviv
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport. Transfer to Tel Aviv on the Mediterranean Sea. Deluxe:
BrownTLV, a boutique hotel located in the business district, a 10 min walk to the sea.
Alexander Suite Hotel located on the waterfront and a minute from the beach.

Day 3| Caesarea
After breakfast, pick up your rental car in Tel Aviv. Drive north along the Mediterranean coast to the ancient Roman port city of Caesarea. Use your National Park Passes to enter the site of the Roman ampitheater and see other amazing archaeological discoveries as you walk through the beachfront park.
Continue north. Suggested places to visit are Ein Hod Artist Village and Atlit Detention Camp where Jews were held by the British before being allowed to enter pre-State Israel in 1944.
Deluxe Hacienda Hotel with indoor/outdoor pool and spa facilities (saunas, jacuzzis, full menu of massage treatments), bikes and bike paths.
Luxury Carmel Forest Spa Hotel with indoor jet pool, outdoor pool (seasonal), luxurious spa facilities, Turkish Hamam, yoga and exercise classes, bikes and bike paths.

Day 4| Bahai Gardens - Acre
Explore the Bahai Gardens. Drive north to the ancient seaside Crusader town of Acre, now a World Heritage site. Visit the Templar Tunnel, the Crusader Citadel, the Turkish Baths and the Okashi Museum of Contemporary Art - all within the walls of the Old City of Acco.
Overnight: Deluxe Hacienda Hotel with indoor/outdoor pool and spa facilities (saunas, jacuzzis, full menu of massage treatments), bikes and bike paths.

Day 5| Upper Galilee - Safed
After breakfast, check out of your hotel. Drive east into the Upper Galilee. Relish in a Culinary Tour of Israel’s best: visit a unique winery to sample wines made from red pomegranates grown in the vintner’s own orchards. Continue to a goat cheese dairy and winery to sample goat cheese and ice cream made from goat’s milk, as well as red and white wines from Galilee grapes. Next sample beers brewed in a Galilee brewery. Visit the Old City of Safed (Tsfat), a city of Kabbalah or Jewish mysticism and wander in the Artists’ Quarter. Continue to the Upper Galilee.
Overnight: Deluxe Kfar Blum Kibbutz Hotel. Luxury Mizpe haYamim Spa Hotel in Rosh Pina.

Day 6| Golan Heights
After breakfast, Explore the Golan Heights. Among the sites you will visit (weather, security and season permitting) are security points along the Syrian border, waterfalls, lunch in a Druze village, and ancient ruins.

Day 7| Sea of Galilee - Jerusalem
Drive to Jerusalem via Sea of Galilee. Deluxe Ramat Rahel Kibbutz Hotel
with spa facilities: indoor/outdoor pool (seasonal), saunas, jacuzzi, massage treatments. Luxury David Citadel Hotel with full luxurious state-of-the-art spa facilities and full range of massage treatments.

Day 8| Jerusalem
Explore Old City of Jerusalem, and don’t miss the Arab Souq. The Old City of Jerusalem is belted by walls dating back to the 16th century, and to the south is located the Mount Zion, a landmark revered by the Jewish community as it homes the legendary King David's tomb.

Day 9| Jerusalem
Explore west Jerusalem. After breakfast, visit the newly reopened Israel Museum in western Jerusalem for a self-guided tour and view the Dead Sea Scrolls. Options for the day include a visit to Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Machane Yehuda outdoor market.

Day 10| Dead Sea
Take a trip to the Dead Sea region, including floating in the mineral-rich waters and mud packs. You will visit the mountain-top fortress of Masada, a World Heritage site with cable car access. Time permitting, visit Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, as well as the Inn of the Good Samaritan, now a museum of mosaic works found in the Holy Land.
Luxury Isrotel Dead Sea Hotel with Dead Sea water indoor pool, jacuzzis, saunas, spa with
full range of massage treatmennts.

Day 11| Eilat
Eilat is located in the Gulf of Aquaba, one of the most popular diving destinations in the world. The coral reefs along Eilat's coast remain pristine and the area is recognized as one of the prime diving locations in the world.
Royal Beach Hotel with full spa facilities.

Day 12| Eilat
Spend the day scuba diving, snorkelling, and swimming with dolphins.

Day 13| Negev Desert
Explore Ramon Crater in the Negev desert. This unusual geological formation is in fact an erosion cirque that contains a variety of different colored rocks and a diverse fauna and flora which has been protected and preserved over millions of years.
Deluxe Ramon Inn with pool overlooking the crater. Luxury Beresheet Hotel with private pool, stupendous views. Mitzpe Ramon, Negev.

Day 14| Tel Aviv - Jaffa
Drive north to Tel Aviv. Return car in Tel Aviv. Explore Tel Aviv and Old Jaffa by foot. Walk the length of the sea promenade from north Tel Aviv to the ancient port of Old Jaffa. Explore the open air markets of Tel Aviv: Carmel Market with foods, spices, fresh bread, bourekhas (crispy pastry dough stuffed with salty cheese), Bezalel Market for clothes at ridiculously low prices, Jaffa Flea Market for vintage trinkets, and Nahlat Binyamin Fair on Tuesdays and Fridays. In the Neve Zedek area of Tel Aviv, visit the Nahum Gutman Museum of Art to view highly colorful paintings by one of Israel’s preeminent artists, or the Reuven Rubin Art Museum located in the artist’s original home from the 1920s.

Day 15| Departure
Transfer to airport for your international flight back home.

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Overview

Israel is a Middle-East country bordering Lebanon to the north, Jordan and Syria to the east, and Egypt to the south. The west coast of the country is the Mediterranean Sea. Its sovereign territory spreads over 20,700 sq km for a population of 7.5 million habitants. Also adjacent are the West Bank (where East-Jerusalem is located), the Golan Heights and the Gaza strip, Palestinian territories annexed by Israel after the Six-Day War (1967), and still undergoing recurrent tensions between the two communities. As of today, neither the Palestinian Authority nor the aforesaid annexations are acknowledged yet by the international community. Israel doesn't have a capital, even if its heads of state usually point out Jerusalem (770,000 habitants), which holds a prominent part in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim religions, as well as in the patriotic feeling. Therefore, the government and the Chamber of Parliament (Knesset) are established there. Tel Aviv, a city created from nothing in the early 20th century, is the largest built-up area in the country with 3,2 millions residents. Most of the embassies and consulates offices are located in downtown Tel Aviv.

Tourism

Given the shaky political situation of the country, we suggest the future visitors of Israel to be watchful regarding safety matters. The most sensitive areas such as the Palestinian territories (West Bank, Gaza and the Golan) should be avoided as well as the Lebanese border where riots can break out from time to time. It is therefore important to follow the news every day, check the traveller information bulletins, step away from mass meetings and stay vigilant. These few recommendations should guarantee a peaceful journey rich in wonderful memories.

Geography

Despite a limited landmass, Israel is a mix of varied geographical landscapes, from the immense Negev desert spreading onto the southern part of the country, to the highlands and mounts of Galilee and Golan to the north. The low Mediterranean coastal plain roughly homes 70% of the total population. To the east of the central hills of Samaria, the Jordan River flows out from the Sea of Galilee into the Dead Sea, an over salted landlocked lake and the lowest point on Earth (407 m under the sea level), southeast of Jerusalem. Even more southward, the arid valley of Aqabah goes as far as the eponymous gulf in the Red Sea, a vivid marine wildlife sanctuary, thanks to the abundance lots of reefs and corals.

Culture

Israel, given its extremely turmoiled political evolution, has a short but complex modern history, of which one should know a bit in order to understand the current local mindset. Created after World War II as a consequence of the ending of the British mandate, Israel is attacked the very day of its independence by surrounding Arab countries. After many truces and other conflicts (Six-Day War in 1967, Yom Kippur War in 1973), the country is still today in an unstable situation, particularly regarding the Palestinian territories issues.

Jerusalem is the traditional place of fundamental historic sites for the three main monotheist religions, and therefore, more than often the epicentre of jolts breaking out at regular intervals. The main interests are the Western Wall, the Dome of the Rock, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Old City of Jerusalem is belted by walls dating back to the 16th century, and to the south is located the Mount Zion, a landmark revered by the Jewish community as it homes the legendary King David's tomb. Two museums are must-sees for every visitor in Jerusalem: The Israel Museum showcasing the Dead Sea Scrolls and a scale model of the gigantic Herodian Temple, and Yad Vashem, otherwise known as the Holocaust Museum, is a soul-stirring homage to the Jewish victims of World War II.

Out of the city, hundreds of archaeological sites shelter the origins of cultural and religious human history and are spread all over the country; the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, the former city-state Megiddo ruins, or onto the north, the walls of Acre erected by the Templar Knights and the stunning mosque of Jezzar Pasha, the complete list of all those winders is almost impossible to draw.

To relax and nurture yourself in a quiet environment, nature offers countless magnificent landscapes; in the shade of the orchards in the Jordan River valley, the surreal colors of the mountains in the National Park of Pasada by the sunset, the fish-crowded sea floors in the Gulf of Aqabah, the mysterious oasis in the Negev where the immemorial Bedouin rites will bring you into the Thousand and One Nights legends, Israel is the country where every dream comes true.

Israel is the source of a non-stop cultural bustle, and Tel Aviv is its vibrant heart. Nicknamed the -bubble-, as for standing out of the usual political heaviness, Tel Aviv has a worldwide renowned night life. Trail blazer in the gay rights domain, as well as for social and artistic trends, its bars and clubs are popular hangouts for a youth eager to win back a carefreeness sometimes torn apart, and the fast touristic development attests an unrivalled appetite of freedom and entertainment. In Eilat, the Red Sea Jazz Festival welcomes music amateurs at beach concerts, while Karmiel hosts a dance festival where hundreds of thousands people gather every July. Finally, fine arts and visual arts like motion pictures have never been so vivid and take the best from an endless energy.

Climate

Israel has a mediterranean climate along the coastline year-round and getting more temperate from the mid heights on. Summers last long (from May to October), are wet and warm (from 25°C to 35°C), even scorching to the south and above all in the Negev desert. In Eilat, for example, located at the southernmost point of the country by the Gulf of Aqabat, temperatures can peak at 45°C. Winters (from December to March) are mild to cool and average 10°C in the plains, but in the northern ranges, snowfalls are not so rare, as well as in Jerusalem. Also, due to the major water deficit in some regions where the rainfall is low, Israel has developed various water-saving technologies. The best period to travel to Israel is basically early or late summer, on the fringe of the harsh heat and humidity that can get sweltering.