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Iconic Israel
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Discover the ancient world of Israel, where legendary stories of humanity’s collective history blend with the thriving dynamic of modern life. Your adventure starts in Tel Aviv, the chic centre for spirited luxury and captivating nightlife. Get a taste of the local flavour during a home-hosted lunch in a Druze community. Step into the past and enjoy a cruise on the Sea of Galilee. Visit UNESCO World Heritage sites, including Jerusalem’s Old City. Gain a new perspective as you ascend the ancient walls of Masada by cable car. Float in the tranquil waters of the Dead Sea. From historic Nazareth to the sophisticated bustling hub of Tel Aviv, experience the all-encompassing essence of Israel.
Your Tour Includes
- 3 Handpicked Accommodations
- 16 Meals
Included Highlights
- Tel Aviv
- Jaffa
- Carmel Market Food Tour
- Caesarea
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Accommodation
Isrotel Sea Tower Tel Aviv
Nights 1-2
Leonardo Plaza Hotel Tiberias
Nights 3-4
Dan Panorama Jerusalem
Nights 5-8
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Overall experience of touring Israel was priceless!Marijane Green
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Bus was dirty We were not informed about the triple holidays and how it would affect food… I lost 6 pounds Collette messed up multiple airline tickets Overall we liked Jerusalem
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Our visit to Jerusalem was exceptional happening during the week of Ramadan, Passover and Easter. Saw so many sites and experienced exceptional events and locations with great information from locals and guides brought the center of the Holy Land to life with a feeling of understanding the changes history has brought us to today.Richard Jeffries
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I loved the Dead Sea and also Masada.Mary Longhofer
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Bus down the Golan Heights; MasadaMaxine Lain
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For Israel, I can’t pick just one experience as memorable because it all was. I could not go into the Dead Sea itself but loved the option of the pool in the hotel so I could have the experience. I am sure I would have enjoyed the trip no matter what, but Miky made the historical spiritual part come alive. For Jordan, Petra and Wadi Rum, were outstanding.Susan Ray
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It was a very intense tour due to the number of sites pertaining to the life of Jesus and other historical places to see in such a short period of time. Old Jerusalem and Masada were my favorites.
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Was not prepared to walk so much.
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This tour provided many of the Biblical sights I had read about for many years. Now I have a mental picture of many places when I study the Bible. The whisper used in Israel was very helpful. It would have been useful in Jordan, also, but I understand that was provided by the bus company. Israel: the Garden Tomb, Masada. Jordan: Petra, Wadi Rum and the camel ride. Hard to choose one experience.
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Quit doing everything on the cheap. Food and accommodations were simply unacceptable. the only reason I gave a star at all was because the guides were okay.
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Sea of Galilee, Masada, Dead Sea, Wadi Rum, and Petra
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Excellent agenda and sites. Really enjoyed the Jerusalem walking tour at night. Really enjoyed seeing the old city at night when all of the tourists were back at the hotels.Erika Pouliot
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The Garden Tomb and the Holocaust Museum were my most memorable experiences
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The tour guide and bus driver provided an exemplary experience with their professionalism.
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Aside from a problematic tour leader, the travel arrangements were awful. We made our reservation with Collette more than three months in advance. We made our airplane seating requests/requirements abundantly clear. On one of our flight legs we were assigned middle seats in different rows. That is totally unacceptable.
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The trip to Masada was memorable.Carole Bennett
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Great tour guide and bus driver.We learned a lot about the Holy Land and Israel.Elmer Davis
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See above comments. Favorite memorable experiences were the night show in Jerusalem and a dinner - both of which we booked ourselves.Rhonda Trueman
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We liked Masada, Sea of Galilee, the Garden Tomb and St Ann’s church.James Thornton
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Masada, the light show and the wailing wall
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Masada and the river Jordan.Jan Ferrell
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The destination and tours were great as was our guide. However we were a small, private group of only 14 and the tour did not adjust for that and took us to restaurants for the masses instead of finding nice, intimate spots for our small group. The food and restaurants were very disappointing. We would have preferred more upscale accomodations as some were very disappointing.
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Loved the boat on the Sea of Galilee and floating in the Dead Sea. Also Jerusalem following Christ's journey was a highlight.
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We experienced a lot of sites, which were so amazing. Jerusalem, Masada, and Dead Sea were outstanding.
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The boat ride on the Sea of Galilee was my favorite memory.Debra Ellison
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Too many crowds and more focused on Eastern Religions rather than traditional Christianity and the Scriptures.Andrew Warner
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Jerusalem
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Fantastic tour of ll the places I wanted to visit.David Fox
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The historical and religious sites were a memorable and pleasant experience. The truck ride in the desert, a swim in the Dead Sea, old Jerusalem and all the other sites we visited is an experience of a lifetime.
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A memorable tour and no regrets visiting both countries. The historical sites, the meals, hotels (with one exception) were first class. I particularly enjoyed Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. One sour note however, the time spent between meals especially in Jordan was far too long.
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Jerusalem sites, markets, Western Wall. Every corner of Petra was fascinating and beautiful.
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Our hotels left something to be desired and the food was not very good. Our experiences were not very meaningful when you Go to Israel in the holy land you expect to have a biblical point of you and see and hear about the different places that Jesus was and we were very disappointed in the information that was provided by our tour guide and very disappointed in the sites that we saw they were lacking much historySharon Van Zandt
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Our room accommodation is Jerusalem was below average being both dark and dingy with carpeting that looked like it hadn't been cleaned in 10 years. Hotel staff made up for it as they were very friendly and helpful. Food was very good also. The tour had a very good selection of tourist sites that we stopped at and although the pace was fast, I never felt rushed at any of the sites. Our tour guide was outstanding, and the bus driver was amazing!
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Grueling. Up every day at 6am, arrive back to hotel by 6. The Dead Sea was incredible. It’s unfortunate we were only given one half hour to check it out as we arrived at the hotel very late in the afternoon.
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The Sea of Galilee is a wealth of educational and spiritual developmentMolly Kirk
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Had no tour manager. 43 people was too many for the tour guide to try to do both jobs. Need better communications at arrival hotel and on departure transfers. Fantastic places to see in Israel. Well done itinerary and tour guide. Need better planning at Petra. Left hotel at 0830 for Petra and departed Petra at 1330. Way too short for such an important site. Petra was a major reason for visiting Jordan.Leo Seeber
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The history lesson we received was wonderful. The beautiful places were amazing.Karen Seeber
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Great tour guide. Hotels so so.George Smith
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Our tour guide Rami was simply fantastic!Henry King Sr.
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Hotels were sub-par, food was terrible. The hotel restaurant jam packed the dining tables making it extremely difficult to move sideways or back. The seats overlapped the settings. Staff was rude. Food was the same day in and day out. Even off site dining was overcrowded and food was bland at best. We had to ask the guide about visiting the Wailing/Western wall and were told it was an optional tour. I had to show him Collette’s itinerary so he could see it was listed on the 09/11 schedule. I was then told his itinerary was different.Alfredo Barkey
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My favorite experiences were sailing on the Sea of Gallilee and visiting Bethlehem and Jerusalem.Joanne Tyne
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Very pleasant experience specially at Masada and Dead Sea.Dolly Dastoor
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I think the pace of the tour was a bit much for the weather. It was too hot for much of the information that the tour director tried to relay in the areas where there was no shade. I loved the dead sea experience.Evelyn Mclittle
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Wonderful time walking where Jesus walked seeing where Moses saw the promised land.Robert Scott
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The tours of all the biblical sites were great also the Roman sites. The Dead Sea was astonishing. The food was excellent in all places except one. In Jordan again the Roman ruins and biblical sites were great and Petra was astonishing. MT. Nebo, the Mosaics were outstanding and the school of Mosaics was great.Gregory Cook
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Masada was our favorite outing...
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Wonderful experience! Loved seeing all the Holy sites in and around Jerusalem. Made the Bible come alive for me.Robert Sowers
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The tour guide made the trip. He was personable and his depth of knowledge made the ancient sites come alive.Nancy-jo Zadek
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Mazada, Dead Sea, a green Galilee and Jerusalem... awesomeRoberto Darias
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I have expected more information about Israel development as a state.
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Tour was average. See previous comments. Favorite memorable experience was time spent in old Jerusalem on my own.
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Wonderful, informative tour guides and drivers. Bus in Israel was clean and good WIFI. Bus in Jordan older, dirty windows that couldn't be cleaned, cigarette butts in tray. Trip should be listed as moderate to hard. We walked 5 miles one day and 8 miles the next in Jordan. Hotels very expensive. We usually got in late and left early, so no chance to enjoy or even see what the hotel had to offer. Too expensive for us to even eat there, so driven miles to another place. Look into hotels that are more reasonable.Barbara Bergum
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Masada, the time there was incredible.James Alexander
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Saw amazing sites. It was a larger group than I like (39-40 people). Excellent tour bus driver. Would have liked more historical background info from guide. Great meals abd hotel accommodations. Many memorable experiences. One of my favorite experiences invilved our guide getting us to the Jordan River baptismal area early enough in the morning that we were the only group there.
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All sites were wonderful.Alicia Cowell
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My favorite place was Massada. Mostly because of the discovery by the intruders of the self imposed death of the soldiers. Also, in the town of Beit She'an National Park.George Cowell
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Beautifully orchestrated tourKaren Messick
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Every day was exciting. I really enjoyed the Sea of Galilee and the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem.Lori Foster
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Such a memorable trip...loved seeing places from the Bible, special to actually be where Christ physically lived, especially the Sea of Galilee
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the tour covered so many sites but my favorite is all the holy sites and knowing you are walking where Jusus walked and taught very spiritual experience!!Cecelia Bradford
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It was the trip of a lifetime!!
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The trip was well organized which allowed our group to see many sites during our trip. Can't say enough about our tour guide, Billy! He was very knowledgeable and personable. He was extremely accommodating to our group, providing all of our "needs" and many of our "wants". A favorite experience was an optional jeep excursion through the Judean Desert to see the Mar Saba Monastery and then on to Genesis Land. Such a fun day! I think the optional Jerusalem by Night was a little pricey for the experience. Would definitely recommend this trip!!!Tina Downs
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Airline connections were way too short in London. Our baggage was not handled at any hotel. The hotels were. Let up to standard especially in Jerusalem.Carol Hillger
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Great Tour, fitted a lot into 7 days. Fine travelling companions, superb witty & caring tour leader. To see in real life sites you've only covered on TV, the Wailing Wall, Old Jerusalem etc.Max Martin
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Our guide was not very concerned about the people on the tour and would take any opportunity to leave the group to get a smoke or coffee. When we would make a stop at a site, he would get off the bus and walk away without checking that the whole group knew where he was going. We had to rely on the others in our group to wave hats in the air to see where they were at. One time we actually lost one person and the guide had to leave us to find her, it turns out she went left when the rest of the group had gone right. She had a cane and was usually the last to get off the bus so the group was long gone when she left the bus. On our day off from the tour, our guide never suggested things to do, he just said we could relax at the hotel. Luckily I had been on this same tour, which I loved last time, so I knew things that we could go and visit that weren't on the tour or we didn't have time to do on tour. There were so many things that weren't good but that was the guides fault and I understand that he is no longer with Collette after this. I have alway enjoyed previous Collette tours and I would go on them again but if this was our first experience I don't think I would come back.Mary Watgen
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We enjoyed most of the sights. The Garden of Gethsemane stands out, as does The Masada. We were tired because of the problems with travel arrangements, so were not able to enjoy things as much as we could have.
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The trip was expensive, especially since I didn't have a room mate.
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Due to the inefficiency of our tour guide, we missed some sights that should have been included in the itinerary including and especially Temple Mount. Also, would have liked to have had our lunch on our own as stated in itinerary instead of being taken to a restaurant of his choice.Linda Lyon
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I would recommend this tour to anyone. A fascinating series of locations. The holiday exceeded expectations.Ivor Hanson
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read #1 there is more but tired of complaining
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The content was exactly as booked and we enjoyed each day of the tour. Days were occasionally too packed - slightly less content with an earlier finish to the day might be better. The starts were very early but this meant we avoided crowds so this was beneficial. There seems to be no actual control from Collette whilst on the tour as it is sub-contracted to Nazrene Tours....I don't feel their level of operation is what I expected from Colette. Our tour manager was distinctly lacking in any of the niceties of service. He was clearly unhappy when we wanted a day to skip part of the day and spend an afternoon doing our own thing. He demanded silence on the coach whilst he was commentating and continally harried the group at the end of visits to sights so that even buying a drink or a postcard had to be done at a run or missed completely. Other than telling us about what we were visting he added no value to the tour. The hotels in the Dead Sea and Tel Aviv were excellent. The hotel in Tiberous was acceptable but the Jerusalem hotel was appalling.Jonathan Scovell
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We saw what we wanted to see. Petra in Jordan was the highlight of the trip.Joel Bonfiglio
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Every thing was so well organized, visited all the places of interest, just enough time spent in the country, an amazing tour guide and very good bus driver. Hotels and food great.Zaniffa Solomon
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Wailing wall, Jesus birthplace. Dead sea. Mount oliveDorothy Binder
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i thought that in view of the quality of the hotels usused that it was overpriced.
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good value for money... Out tour guide Mikey was excellent and he pulled Collette up with his servive and knowledge.Marlene Church
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The Golan Heights, Israel museum, and Jerusalem part of the trip was nice. Hotel accommodations were terrible.Lee Seidler
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That is a difficult one to answer as there were so many wonderful experiences visiting the many sites. I have to say though that floating in the Dead Sea was awesome.Monica Brunet
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Loved floating in the Dead Sea! Awesome experience!Dolores Martenson
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Boat ride on the Sea of GalileeJoan Paccione
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I really liked the itinerary and the fact that we visited 5 national parks. I would liked to have learned more about the geology of the area as it is a special region where the plates are pulling apart. Nothing was said about that.Kathleen Lamb
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Favorite experience was visiting the Old City of Jerusalem. The optional excursion of the sound and light show was excellent. Seeing contemporary life in different parts of the new city was very insightful.
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Too many to say but Petra was worth the trip
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Could be better, see comments on first page.Sing Wong
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The tour guide ****** ******* was the BEST ever and the driver ****** was also excellent. Both individuals made the trip the BEST I have ever experienced and I have been on more than a dozen trips. I love Masada and old Jerusalem. We saw a lot and were not rushed at any locations. I would definitely recommend this tour to friends. The individuals on the tour were also a great group, always helping each other. Some, on the tour were rather elderly and at time, needed a little assistance.Owen Connolly
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Visit to the Western Wall which gave me goose bumps. Also Masada and the Garden Tomb were places to reflect about our often failed judgements. Respect to so many people caring for all these religious sites.Dolores Knieling
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Every day was a favorite except visit to cosmetic store at Dead SeaJanice Trottier
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Every day was memorable. The guide went the extra mile to indicate at every location the historical event that took place. The store selling Dead Sea salt for beauty (anti wrinkle-aging) was one step above snake oil marketing!Claude Trottier
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I told you why another thing was the crowds. The garden with the 2000 year old date tree was good. The tent brunch was good. Masada was good but should of been longer.
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The tour had many great moments.Neil Long
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I found most hotels good except at the Black Sea. We had a terrible room. No housecoats (everyone else had them to go to sea) /extremely small room /My husband had to fix shower with a pen. We also did not have a lot of time to spend here as we were a shopping place. I enjoyed all historical sites. Guides were so good with info. I liked early starts.Barbara Borland Long
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religious and historical sitesLawrence Gabel
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historical and religious sitesMarilyn Gabel
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Not sure if I could pick out any one item that was most memorable, there were so many places and things to see. I'm not that religious and that wasn't a reason for me going there but the history of the places and seeing where things occurred was very revealing. Walking the Via Dolorosa and thinking about the movie the Passion of Christ along with being at the places where our history happened was moving beyond belief. Masada was unexpected didn't recall ever hearing about it, I like to go back and spend more time there
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Food at most hotels was sub par. THe hotel in Jerusalem was a dump. Out tour guide was great! So knowledgeable and generous in spirit. He is a very nice person. BAligh Jazzy.Patricia Uchello
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The hotel in Jerusalem was a fabulous location. The places the tour guide suggested for our free time and meals were the best!Jill
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I made 43 friends in our group !!Pierre
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the only addition to the tour, would be Mt. Tabor.Paula
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Masada was phenomenal but the tour overall was far too pressured to really enjoy the experience.
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My most memorable experience was visiting Jerusalem.George
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THE SITES WE VISITED WERE VERY INTERESTING AND MADE THE TRIP .Philip Verzin
