Jewish Seniors Tour of Israel – 13 Days

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From
$7,200

per person sharing a double/twin room

* excluding international flights

Shin Tours’ 13-day Jewish seniors tour of Israel runs from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem through the Negev. You trace Zionist history in Tel Aviv, Ben-Gurion’s legacy at Sde Boker, and Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.

This is the seniors route through our Jewish tours of Israel, with a full rest day in the desert.

You stay in 4- or 5-star hotels and walk Jerusalem’s Old City, including the Jewish Quarter. We aim to keep you with the same guide throughout your trip. For certain experiences, depending on location, a specialist guide may join you.

Your guide adapts walking distances to your mobility, and we plan rest stops and access at each site in advance.

from $7,200 per person sharing · quote on request

Duration 13 days / 12 nights
Cities Tel Aviv · Negev Desert · Jerusalem
Accommodation 4-star OR 5-star hotels, including a desert resort
Guiding Same guide wherever possible; specialist guides for selected experiences
Group Based on a group of 10 travelers
From price from $7,200 per person sharing

What’s Included on This Tour Package

  • Airport transfers on arrival and departure
  • VIP assistance and fast-track passport control at Ben Gurion Airport
  • Expert guiding, with specialist guides for selected experiences
  • Private transport throughout, with a driver: a Mercedes V-Class or similar for up to 6 travelers, where your driver is also your guide, or a Mercedes Sprinter minibus for 6 to 16 travelers, with a driver, a guide, air conditioning, Wi-Fi, and unlimited complimentary water
  • 12 nights’ accommodation with daily breakfast
  • All entrance fees to the sites in the itinerary
  • Zichron Yaacov walking tour with expert Yaron Ben Ami (Day 5)
  • Netiv HaAsara visit with a resident’s testimony (Day 6)
  • Ramon Crater 4x4 jeep ride (Day 8)
  • Old City tour and Western Wall Tunnels, subject to availability (Day 10)
  • Machane Yehuda Market tasting tour (Day 11)
  • Farewell dinner with a local Jerusalemite family (Day 12)

Pricing & How to Book This Tour

Prices for this tour start from $7,200 per person sharing*, based on our 4-star accommodation. This covers everything listed in “What’s Included” – airport transfers, expert guiding, the Zichron Yaacov walk, the Netiv HaAsara visit, and the Ramon Crater jeep ride.

Prefer premium accommodation? A luxury tier with 5-star hotels is available as an upgrade, from $12,000 per person sharing*. Destinations include The Norman Tel Aviv, Six Senses Shaharut in the Negev, and the King David Jerusalem Hotel.

To book this tour at either price range, please contact us.

And if you’d like this journey shaped around you, we can build a bespoke version – tailored to your budget, your ideal itinerary, and your own private group, traveling on the dates that suit you. Contact us and we’ll design it together. Kosher and Shabbat-observant arrangements can be built into this itinerary – tell us when you get in touch.

*Prices are in US dollars, per person, based on a group of 10 sharing a double or twin room, and exclude international flights. Contact us for a quote for your group or a personalized version of this tour.

Pace & Comfort for Senior Travelers

This 13-day Jewish seniors tour of Israel uses three hotel bases: Tel Aviv, the Negev Desert, and Jerusalem. Day 2 starts at leisure, Day 7 is a full rest day with optional Petra, and Day 12 has a free afternoon. We handle your luggage at every hotel change.

Your guide adapts walking distances and stops to your mobility and energy levels. Please share any walking limitations or wheelchair needs in advance. We plan suitable routes, rest stops, and access at each site around them.

 

13-Day Jewish Seniors Tour of Israel Itinerary

Tel Aviv opens the tour with the ANU Museum of the Jewish People and the Ayalon Institute, a secret Haganah munitions factory. Atlit, the British detention camp for illegal immigrants after 1939, and Zichron Yaacov, home of the Aaronsohn family’s Nili spy ring, follow. Netiv HaAsara, a Gaza border moshav, commemorates the attack of October 7, 2023, and Sde Boker preserves David Ben-Gurion’s home and tomb. After a jeep ride through Ramon Crater, you visit Masada, a UNESCO World Heritage fortress, and swim in the Dead Sea. In Jerusalem, the Hurva Synagogue, the Western Wall Tunnels, Yad Vashem, and Har Herzl, where Herzl, Jabotinsky, and Rabin lie, close the route.

Day 1 – Arrival in Tel Aviv

Ben Gurion International Airport, between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, welcomes you with fast-track passport control and a transfer to your Tel Aviv hotel. You check in and settle in.

  • Stay: Renaissance Tel Aviv (or similar 4-star) – five nights
  • Included: VIP arrival assistance with fast-track passport control · airport transfer

Overnight in Tel Aviv.

Day 2 – ANU Museum & Jaffa

The ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv traces the identities that shape Israel. Its lobby holds a remembrance exhibition on the attack of October 7, 2023. You start the day at leisure and finish in Jaffa, the 4,000-year-old port city, with its artists’ quarter and flea market.

  • Stay: Renaissance Tel Aviv

Overnight in Tel Aviv.

Day 3 – Rothschild Boulevard & Carmel Market

Rothschild Boulevard, in Tel Aviv’s UNESCO-listed White City, runs past Independence Hall (closed for extensive renovation as of November 2026, so you see it from outside), Bauhaus buildings, and coffee kiosks. The day starts in Neve Tzedek, one of Tel Aviv’s oldest neighborhoods, and includes a culinary expert’s tasting tour of Carmel Market. A fashion and shopping tour of the city’s designer boutiques completes the day.

  • Stay: Renaissance Tel Aviv

Overnight in Tel Aviv.

Day 4 – Ayalon Institute & Ella Valley

The Ayalon Institute, a day trip from Tel Aviv, was a secret Haganah munitions factory during the British Mandate. Its products supported the Haganah underground and, during the War of Independence, the new Israel Defense Forces. A visit to the Weizmann Institute follows, with tastings at two family-run wineries and one brewery in the Ella Valley.

  • Stay: Renaissance Tel Aviv

Overnight in Tel Aviv.

Day 5 – Atlit, Zichron Yaacov & Caesarea

Atlit, the camp where the British detained Jews who defied the ban on Jewish immigration after 1939, opens the day. Local expert Yaron Ben Ami guides you through Zichron Yaacov, one of Zionism’s earliest settlements, past its old synagogue and Baron Rothschild’s administrative headquarters. Ben Ami’s tour covers the Nili spy ring and the Aaronsohn family, and Caesarea National Park, with Herod’s deep-water port, closes the day.

  • Stay: Renaissance Tel Aviv
  • Included: Zichron Yaacov walking tour with expert Yaron Ben Ami

Overnight in Tel Aviv.

Day 6 – Netiv HaAsara & Sde Boker

Netiv HaAsara, a moshav on Israel’s Gaza border, anchors the day with the story of the attack of October 7, 2023.* A resident who lived through that morning shares their testimony. You walk the Path to Peace mosaic, the Garden of Twenty, and a memorial vineyard, and visit David Ben-Gurion’s home and tomb at Sde Boker.

*Border-area visits run subject to the security situation on the day, and your guide will confirm or adapt the route.

  • Stay: Kedma Hotel, Negev Desert (or similar 4-star) – three nights
  • Drive: Tel Aviv → Negev Desert, approx. 3 hours of driving, via Netiv HaAsara
  • Included: Netiv HaAsara visit with a resident’s testimony

Overnight in the Negev Desert.

Day 7 – A Shabbat Rest in the Negev

Your Negev desert hotel hosts a restful Shabbat on Day 7, with no scheduled sightseeing. The day is yours for the hotel’s facilities and a stroll through the desert surroundings. An optional private day tour to Petra leads through the Siq to the Treasury, the Nabataean city’s best-known monument. Ask us for details and pricing.

  • Stay: Kedma Hotel

Overnight in the Negev Desert.

Day 8 – Mitzpe Ramon & Ramon Crater

Mitzpe Ramon Visitor Center in the Negev tells the story of Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut, and explains the local geology. A 4x4 jeep ride crosses Ramon Crater, the largest crater of its kind in the world, with fossil searches and tastings of edible desert plants. An optional private chef meal in the crater suits special occasions.

  • Stay: Kedma Hotel
  • Included: Ramon Crater 4x4 jeep ride

Overnight in the Negev Desert.

Day 9 – Masada, the Dead Sea & Jerusalem

Masada, a hilltop fortress and UNESCO World Heritage site, tells the dramatic end of a Jewish struggle and remains a symbol in Israel today. You swim in the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth, with its famous mud and lunch at a Dead Sea hotel. The day ends with check-in at your Jerusalem hotel.

  • Stay: Dan Panorama Jerusalem (or similar 4-star) – four nights
  • Drive: Negev Desert → Masada → Jerusalem, approx. 3 hours of driving, plus stops at Masada and the Dead Sea

Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 10 – Jerusalem’s Old City & Jewish Quarter

The Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, rebuilt after the unification of 1967, anchors a day through all four quarters. You walk the unearthed Roman Cardo, visit the Hurva Synagogue, and climb to the rooftops for a view of the Dome of the Rock. The Western Wall Tunnels, subject to availability, reveal the excavations around Herod’s temple, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ends the Via Dolorosa walk. The Haas Promenade adds a panoramic view over the city.

Read our guide to the 15 best Jewish sites in Israel.

  • Stay: Dan Panorama Jerusalem
  • Included: Old City tour and Western Wall Tunnels, subject to availability

Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 11 – Israel Museum & Machane Yehuda

The Israel Museum in Jerusalem holds the Dead Sea Scrolls, global Jewish traditions, and local archaeology. Its private VIP tour, “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”, follows the milestones of civilization, inspired by Yuval Noah Harari’s book. A Machane Yehuda Market tasting tour and a visit to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, complete the day.

  • Stay: Dan Panorama Jerusalem
  • Included: Machane Yehuda Market tasting tour

Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 12 – Yad Vashem & Har Herzl

Yad Vashem, Jerusalem’s memorial and museum for the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, opens the day. Har Herzl, Israel’s national cemetery, holds the graves of Theodor Herzl, Ze’ev Jabotinsky, Yitzhak Rabin, and the soldiers who died for the state. A free afternoon leads to an evening visit to the Western Wall plaza and a farewell dinner with a local Jerusalemite family.

  • Stay: Dan Panorama Jerusalem
  • Included: Farewell dinner with a local Jerusalemite family

Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 13 – Departure

A transfer takes you from your Jerusalem hotel to Ben Gurion International Airport for your flight home. VIP assistance gives you a fast lane through security and passport control.

  • Included: Airport transfer · VIP departure assistance

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