Multigenerational Jewish Tour of Israel – 12 Days

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$5,900

per person sharing a double/twin room

* excluding international flights

Shin Tours’ 12-day multigenerational Jewish tour of Israel links Galilee, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv. Galilee brings Tzfat (Safed), birthplace of Kabbalah; Jerusalem adds Yad Vashem and the Western Wall; Tel Aviv welcomes Shabbat.

This is the multigenerational route through our Jewish tours of Israel, built for grandparents, parents, and children to travel together.

You’ll stay in 4-star hotels and, after Kabbalat Shabbat, share dinner with a local Tel Aviv family. We aim to keep you with the same guide throughout your trip. For certain experiences, depending on location, a specialist guide may join you.

  • Children: Golan jeep ride, camel ride, chocolate workshop
  • Parents: Masada, Jezreel Valley, Ayalon Institute
  • Grandparents: Hurva Synagogue, Dead Sea swim

from $5,900 per person sharing · quote on request

Duration

12 days / 11 nights

Cities

Galilee · Jerusalem · Tel Aviv

Accommodation

4-star OR 5-star hotels

Guiding

Same guide wherever possible; specialist guides for selected experiences

Group

Based on a group of 10 travelers

From price

from $5,900 per person sharing

What’s Included on This Tour Package

  • Transfers to and from the airport
  • 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
  • VIP fast-track assistance on arrival and departure
  • Expert guiding throughout, with specialist guides for selected experiences
  • Entrance fees to the sites in the itinerary
  • 11 nights’ accommodation in 4-star hotels with daily breakfast
  • Golan Heights 4x4 jeep ride with Druze cooking and chocolate workshops (Day 2)
  • Jezreel Valley with expert Yaron Ben Ami and a camel ride at Eretz Bereshit (Day 4)
  • Masada tour and Dead Sea swim (Day 5)
  • Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Museum visit (Day 6)
  • Shabbat dinner with a local Tel Aviv family (Day 8)

Pricing & How to Book This Tour

Prices for this tour start from $5,900 per person sharing*, based on our 4-star accommodation. This covers everything listed in “What’s Included”. That includes the Golan jeep ride, the Jezreel Valley with Yaron Ben Ami, the Yad Vashem visit, and Shabbat dinner.

Prefer premium accommodation? A luxury tier with 5-star hotels is available as an upgrade, from $8,200 per person sharing*. Properties include Mitzpe Hayamim in Rosh Pina, Mamilla Hotel in Jerusalem, and InterContinental David Tel Aviv.

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. We tailor it 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.

Optional Bar or Bat Mitzvah Extras for Families

Families marking a milestone can add an optional Bar or Bat Mitzvah ceremony at the top of Masada. Choose your own rabbi, or we help you find one who tailors the ceremony to your family’s religious choices. Families planning a Bar or Bat Mitzvah tour in Israel can find out more about our dedicated services.

At Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, the same families can join an optional twinning program. It twins the Bar or Bat Mitzvah child with a child who did not have the chance to mark their own. The remembered child shares something with your child – a birthday, a name, or a place of origin.

12-Day Multigenerational Jewish Itinerary

Tzfat, the birthplace of Kabbalah and one of Israel’s four Jewish holy cities, anchors the Galilee days with its winding alleys and synagogues. You explore the Jezreel Valley, setting for the stories of Deborah, Gideon, Saul, Jonathan, and Elijah, on the way to Jerusalem. Based in Jerusalem, you reach Masada, a UNESCO World Heritage fortress, and visit Yad Vashem, which commemorates the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. You spend an evening at the Western Wall and walk through the Old City’s Jewish Quarter, rebuilt after 1967, to the Hurva Synagogue. After the Ayalon Institute, a once-secret Haganah munitions factory, you attend Kabbalat Shabbat in Tel Aviv and share Shabbat dinner with a local family.

Day 1 – Arrival at Ben Gurion, then Galilee

You land at Ben Gurion International Airport, between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. VIP assistance meets you at the plane and escorts you through fast-track passport control, baggage claim, and customs to your transfer vehicle.

  • Stay: Isrotel Gomeh, Migdal (or similar 4-star) – three nights
  • Included: VIP fast-track assistance · transfer to your hotel

Overnight in Galilee.

Day 2 – Golan Heights & Har Bental

A 4x4 jeep ride through the Golan Heights’ scenic hills introduces the strategic importance and history of the land. At Har Bental, you look across Israel’s northern border with Syria. Druze hosts invite you into their kitchen to cook traditional dishes, and a workshop at the De Karina chocolate factory ends with a tasting.

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

  • Stay: Isrotel Gomeh, Migdal (or similar 4-star)
  • Included: Golan Heights 4x4 jeep ride · Druze cooking workshop · chocolate workshop

Overnight in Galilee.

Day 3 – Tzfat, Birthplace of Kabbalah

Tzfat, one of Israel’s four Jewish holy cities, is the birthplace of Kabbalah, and you explore its winding alleys, synagogues, and artists’ quarter. The day starts at the Hula Nature Reserve in the early morning with wildlife tracker Noa Valzer. Tel Dan Nature Reserve adds streams and archaeological finds that may corroborate elements of the Bible.

  • Stay: Isrotel Gomeh, Migdal (or similar 4-star)

Overnight in Galilee.

Day 4 – Jezreel Valley, then Jerusalem

The Jezreel Valley is where Deborah rallied her people, Gideon chose his warriors, Saul and Jonathan fought their final battles, and Elijah stood firm. Expert Yaron Ben Ami guides you from scripture to the modern pioneers who turned the valley into the cradle of national revival. Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu develops bee-based pest control and pollination, and a camel ride at Eretz Bereshit recalls the story of Abraham and Eliezer.

  • Stay: Dan Panorama Jerusalem (or similar 4-star) – four nights
  • Drive: Galilee → Jerusalem, approx. 3 hours of driving, plus stops in the Jezreel Valley
  • Included: Jezreel Valley with expert Yaron Ben Ami · camel ride

Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 5 – Masada & the Dead Sea

Masada, the ancient hilltop fortress, tells of the Jews’ historic struggle and its dramatic ending, an important symbol in today’s Israel. At the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth, you swim in buoyant waters and eat lunch at a hotel. Ein Gedi Reserve, a desert oasis mentioned in Psalms, adds waterfalls and the story of King David hiding from King Saul when time allows.

Families can also hold a Bar or Bat Mitzvah in Masada’s ancient synagogue. If that’s what you’re looking for, visit our Bar & Bat Mitzvah Tour in Israel page.

  • Stay: Dan Panorama Jerusalem (or similar 4-star)
  • Included: Masada tour · Dead Sea swim

Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 6 – Yad Vashem & Hezekiah’s Tunnel

Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, a Holocaust memorial and museum, honors Jews who fought their Nazi oppressors and Gentiles who aided Jews in need. Families marking a Bar or Bat Mitzvah can join the optional twinning program here. You walk through Hezekiah’s Tunnel, a working water tunnel that King Hezekiah built.

  • Stay: Dan Panorama Jerusalem (or similar 4-star)
  • Included: Yad Vashem visit

Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 7 – Caliber 3 & the Western Wall

An evening at the Western Wall, one of Judaism’s holiest places, closes your day in Jerusalem. Caliber 3, a counter-terrorism and security training school, lets you join a session: adults fire live weapons and under-18s use paintball guns. A tasting tour of Machane Yehuda market traces the story of Israeli cuisine, before an afternoon at leisure.

  • Stay: Dan Panorama Jerusalem (or similar 4-star)

Overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 8 – Old City, then Shabbat in Tel Aviv

Jerusalem’s Old City offers the Jewish Quarter’s Cardo, an unearthed Roman thoroughfare, and the Hurva Synagogue, plus views of the Dome of the Rock. At the Ayalon Institute, you join the underground in a Haganah munitions factory hidden under British rule. Kabbalat Shabbat by the sea at Tel Aviv Port welcomes Shabbat at sunset, and a local family hosts your dinner.

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

  • Stay: Renaissance Tel Aviv (or similar 4-star) – four nights
  • Drive: Jerusalem → Tel Aviv, approx. 1 hour
  • Included: Shabbat dinner with a local family

Overnight in Tel Aviv.

Day 9 – Caesarea, Akko & Rosh Hanikra

Caesarea National Park, a former Roman capital on the Mediterranean coast, holds the first deep-water port in history, built by King Herod. Caesarea hosted transforming events for both Judaism and Christianity. Akko, with Crusader ruins and a long Jewish, Muslim, and Christian history, joins Rosh Hanikra’s grottoes and Haifa’s Baha’i Gardens.

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

  • Stay: Renaissance Tel Aviv (or similar 4-star)

Overnight in Tel Aviv.

Day 10 – Jaffa & Tel Aviv Street Art

A guided graffiti tour of Tel Aviv explores street art made after the attack of October 7, 2023, expressing resilience, sorrow, hope, and solidarity. Jaffa (Yafo), a 4,000-year-old port city, adds biblical references, an artists’ quarter, and a flea market. The Innovation Center, subject to availability, shows how Israel became an innovation powerhouse and features its entrepreneurs and start-ups.

  • Stay: Renaissance Tel Aviv (or similar 4-star)

Overnight in Tel Aviv.

Day 11 – Carmel Market & Nachalat Binyamin

Carmel Market in Tel Aviv, an open-air market of spices, fresh fish, and chef-led eateries, anchors a tasting tour with a culinary expert. A fashion and shopping tour takes you through designer boutiques and ateliers in a Tel Aviv district. At Nachalat Binyamin arts and crafts market, the vendors are the artists, and an afternoon at leisure follows.

  • Stay: Renaissance Tel Aviv (or similar 4-star)

Overnight in Tel Aviv.

Day 12 – Departure

A van takes you from your Tel Aviv hotel to the airport for your international flight. VIP assistance meets you at the curb and fast-tracks you through security check-in and passport control.

  • Included: VIP fast-track assistance · airport transfer

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