A six day Belly Dance Tour to Israel combining visiting historical sites with belly dance workshops, breathtaking landscapes and meeting ethnic groups and oriental cultures .
Duration: 5 Nights / 6 Days Overnight stay: Beit Jann (guest house), Jerusalem (Jerusalem Gate hotel), Dead Sea (Leonardo hotel) Guided tours: Caesarea, Haifa, Acre (Akko), Zefat, Beit Jann, Kinneret lake, Tabor mt, Nazareth, Jerusalem, Dead Sea Workshops: Baladi, Drums solo, Modern, Moroccan, Tribal |
Day 1 – Caesarea, Haifa |
8:00 – Meeting Guided visit to the Roman Period ancient port-city of Caesarea: Herodian Theater, ancient ruins, historic sites. Haifa and Haifa Bay view from the Mt. Carmel, Bahai gardens tour. 18:00 – Dinner and Drum Solo Belly dance workshop on the beach Drive to Beit Jann |
Day 2 – Acre (Akko), Zefat, Beit Jan |
9:00 – drive to Akko Tour to the old Akko sites: ruins and buildings from the Hellenistic-Roman period and from the Ottoman and Crusader periods, the city walls, colorful oriental market, the Fisherman’s Port and the marina. Guided visit to Zefat (Safed) – one of the four ancient holy cities in Israel and Kabbala center. Beit Jann – a Druze village in the center upper Galilee, one of the highest inhabited locations in the country. A short tour in the village and dinner. 19:00 pm – Baladi Belly dance workshop |
Day 3 – Nazareth, Tabor mt., Sea of Galilee (Kinneret) |
Nazareth – one of the most important Christian sites in the world, a city known for its fascinating archeology, spiritual aspects, and variety of ethnic groups living side by side. Visit to Mt. Tabor and Franciscan Church of the Transfiguration on it's peak. Guided tour to the Sea of Galilee: Capernaum, Tabgha, Yardenit 15:30 – Lunch Boat cruise on Kinneret lake 17:00 – Modern Belly dance workshop on the boat 19:00 – driving to Jerusalem. |
Day 4 – Jerusalem |
Tour to the old city of Jerusalem Visit to the market of the old city and the famous belly dance costumes and accessories shop. 17:00 – Dinner at an authentic Moroccan Restaurant 18:00 – Moroccan Belly dance workshop |
Day 5 – Dead sea |
9:00 – Check out and drive to the Dead Sea Tour to Masada – a site of ancient palaces and fortifications on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, on top of an isolated rock plateau, overlooking the Dead Sea. 17:00 – dinner 18:00 – Tribal Belly dance workshop. |
Day 6 – Dead sea |
9:00 – visit to the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve 12:00 – Check out 13:00 – Spa 16:30 – Dinner and check out 18:00 – visit to Ahava Dead Sea factory shop 18:30 – Back to hotel/airport |