LGBT Tour
Tel Aviv, the vibrant gay hub and the “gay capital” of the Middle East, featuring a dynamic cultural scene and world-class nightlife — truly the city that never sleeps.
12 days / 11 nights
Highlights : Sea of Galilee / Golan / Nazareth / Haifa / Akko / Rosh Hanikra / Tel Aviv / Mitzpe Ramon / Eilat / Petra / Massada / Dead Sea / Jerusalem
Day 1
Arrival airport Ben Gurion
Tel Aviv
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Arrival and assistance at Ben Gurion Airport.
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Meet your English-speaking driver and French-speaking guide. Check-in at the hotel.
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After dinner, enjoy one of the hottest parties in town (entrance included).
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Overnight in Tel Aviv.
Day 02
Mount of Beatitudes / Sea of Galilee / Golan
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After breakfast, enjoy the view from the Mount of Beatitudes.
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Boat ride on the Sea of Galilee and lunch of fresh fish by the lake.
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Swim in the lake.
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Drive to the Golan Heights for an exciting 4x4 tour, exploring the depths of this magnificent and fascinating landscape, Israel’s northernmost region.
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Continue to Mount Bental for a panoramic sunset view, overlooking the Syrian border and the town of Quneitra.
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Dinner and overnight in a kibbutz by the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee).
Day 3
Nazareth / Akko / Rosh Hanikra / Haifa
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After breakfast, depart for Nazareth, the largest Arab city in Israel.
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Visit the Basilica and the Grotto of the Annunciation, believed to be Mary’s home, and the Well of Mary.
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Explore Nazareth Village, a reconstruction of life in Nazareth 2,000 years ago.
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Continue to Akko (Acre), the Crusader stronghold in the Holy Land, for a tour of the Old City, its walls, and British Mandate-era prison.
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Lunch in the Old City of Akko.
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Visit the Templar Tunnels.
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Drive to Rosh Hanikra, a stunning geological site with sea grottoes, the only place in Israel where sea meets mountain, on the Israeli-Lebanese border.
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Dinner and overnight in Haifa.
Day 4
Haifa / Cesarea / Zichron Yaakov / Tel Aviv
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After breakfast, explore Haifa, Israel’s third-largest city, perched on and around Mount Carmel.
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Visit the Bahá’í Gardens with its 19 terraced gardens, created by the founders of the Bahá’í faith.
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Continue to Caesarea, a former fishing port turned Roman capital by King Herod. Tour includes archaeological ruins, excavations, a Roman theater, and a hippodrome.
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Late afternoon visit and wine tasting in Zichron Yaakov, a small village founded by Baron Rothschild.
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Continue to Tel Aviv, the vibrant gay hub and “gay capital” of the Middle East, with a dynamic cultural scene and world-class nightlife.
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After dinner at your hotel, enjoy one of the hottest parties in the city (entrance included).
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Overnight in Tel Aviv.
Day 5
Tel Aviv
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After breakfast, take part in the famous Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade, one of the most vibrant and colorful events in the world.
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Celebrate alongside thousands of Israelis and international visitors in an atmosphere of freedom, joy, and diversity.
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Enjoy the festive energy spreading across the city — from the beach to the streets filled with music, dance, and color.
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In the evening, join the official Pride Party at one of Tel Aviv’s trendiest clubs, and dance the night away.
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Overnight in Tel Aviv.
Day 6
Tel Aviv
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After a late breakfast, relax by the pool.
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Early afternoon, visit Neve Tzedek, the first neighborhood built outside Jaffa’s walls in 1887, filled with art galleries, cafés, and boutiques.
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Explore the White City and its neighborhoods: Rothschild Boulevard, Bauhaus architecture, Meir Dizengoff’s statue on horseback, and the site where David Ben Gurion declared Israel’s independence on May 14, 1948.
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Visit Old Jaffa, one of the world’s oldest ports, reached by Napoleon in 1799, now a charming artists’ quarter with stone houses and narrow alleys.
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Dinner at a restaurant in Jaffa and overnight in Tel Aviv
Day 7
Beer Sheva / Mitzpe Ramon / Eilat
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After breakfast, depart for Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev Desert, for a brief visit.
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Continue through the desert to Mitzpe Ramon, a lunar-like landscape with the Ramon Crater, 7 km wide and nearly 40 km long, millions of years old.
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Enjoy a 4-hour hike in the crater.
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Continue to Eilat, a charming resort town on the Red Sea.
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Dinner in a local restaurant and overnight in Eilat.
Day 8
Eilat / Petra (Jordan)
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After breakfast, visit Timna Park for a 4 km hike (3–4 hours).
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Proceed to the Jordanian border, complete customs, then drive to Petra via Wadi Rum, “the Valley of the Moon”.
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Explore the majestic desert with its red sandstone hills, spires, and ridges — described by Lawrence of Arabia as “vast, resounding, divine”.
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Dinner and overnight in Petra.
Day 9
Petra (Jordan) / Eilat
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Explore Petra, the “Rose City”, UNESCO World Heritage Site, built nearly 2,000 years ago by the Nabateans.
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Walk through the Siq, discover monumental tombs, stairways, palaces, temples carved into rock, and royal tombs.
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Dinner and overnight in Eilat.
Day 10
Massada / Dead Sea / Ein Gedi / Jerusalem
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Early morning, drive to Masada, ascend by the Snake Path (2 hours hike), visit, and descend by cable car.
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Relax at the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth at –417 meters below sea level, with 27.5% salinity — float and enjoy mud baths.
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Optional short hike (30 minutes) in Ein Gedi Nature Reserve, swim in natural pools near waterfalls.
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Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.
Day 11
Jerusalem
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After breakfast, enjoy a panoramic view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives.
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Visit the Old City:
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Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque (subject to security conditions)
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Walk part of the Via Dolorosa to the Holy Sepulchre
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Western Wall and Kotel Tunnels, a 1.5-hour journey through nearly a thousand years of Jerusalem’s history
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See the 1st century BCE streets, a 550-ton stone block (13.6 m long / 3.3 m high / 4.5 m deep), and a reconstruction of the Second Temple
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Dinner at Machane Yehuda Market, Jerusalem’s bustling market, now a major attraction with its colors, sounds, and flavors.
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Overnight in Jerusalem.
