“A trip to Israel is worth ten years of Sunday School.” —Zola
Fall Tour Itinerary
2026: October 19–November 7
28–4 | 19–29 | 4–7 | (tentative dates) |
Greece | Israel | N Greece Extension |
Greece Extension
Day 1: Wed, October 28 | NYC | Grand Athens and Ultra Grand airport meet-up and departure (usually from JFK in NYC) for Greece. |
Day 2: Thu, October 29 | Athens | Arrive in Athens and have a short orientation drive through tour and lunch before hotel check-in (Athens Marriott Hotel). |
Day 3: Fri, October 30 Shabbat | Athens | Athens, the Acropolis and the Agora. Lunch in Athens. |
Day 4: Sat, October 31 Shabbat | Cruise | Check out of hotel. Included in this packet are our five shore excursions. Timing of each excursion will be announced on board. Embark the cruise ship and set sail for the Greek Island of Mykonos. |
Day 5: Sun, November 1 | Cruise | Kusadasi (Turkey), Ephesus, Patmos |
Day 6: Mon, November 2 | Cruise | Crete, Santorini |
Day 7: Tue, November 3 | Athens | Ship arrives back at Athens. Corinth and Kechries. Lunch in Corinth. Check in to hotel (Athens Marriott Hotel). |
Day 8: Wed, November 4 | Tel Aviv | Check out of hotel. Head to the airport for the flight to Tel Aviv. |
Israel
Day 1: Mon, October 19 | NYC | Deluxe and Grand Petra airport meet-up and departure (usually from JFK in NYC) for Israel. |
Day 2: Tue, October 20 | Tel Aviv | Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport. Drive through Old Jaffa and Tel Aviv. Check into hotel (Vert Lagoon, Netanya). Dinner and overnight stay. |
Day 3: Wed, October 21 | Tiberias | Check out of hotel. Caesarea by the Sea, Mount Carmel, Megiddo-Armageddon, Nazareth Village. Check into hotel (Sofia Hotel, Tiberias). Moderate-heavy walking. |
Day 4: Thu, October 22 | Tiberias | Sea of Galilee boat ride, Ginosar, Jesus Boat, Mount of Beatitudes, Tabgha, Capernaum, Magdala, Jordan River – baptism. Light-moderate walking. |
Day 5: Fri, October 23 Shabbat | Tiberias | Chorazin, Tel Dan, Caesarea Philippi, Golan Heights – Mount Bental, Bethsaida overlook. Shabbat dinner. Moderate-heavy walking. |
Day 6: Sat, October 24 Shabbat | Jerusalem | Check out of hotel. SHABBAT – Beit She’an, up to Jerusalem, Bethlehem (Shepherd’s Field), Mount Scopus overlook. Check into hotel (Dan Jerusalem). Moderate-heavy walking. |
Day 7: Sun, October 25 | Jerusalem | Mount of Olives, Palm Sunday Road, Garden of Gethsemane, Pool of Bethesda (Church of Saint Anne), Antonio Fortress, Via Dolorosa – Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jewish Quarter. Heavy walking. |
Day 8: Mon, October 26 | Dead Sea | Masada, Qumran, Dead Sea. Moderate-heavy walking. |
Day 9: Tue, October 27 | Jerusalem | Shiloh, Gallicantu – house of Caiaphas, Cardo, Israel Museum, Yad Vashem. Heavy walking. Farewell Dinner. |
Day 10: Wed, October 28 | Jerusalem | Deluxe group checks out of hotel. City of David – Davidson Center, Pool of Siloam, South Wall Archaeological Park, Southern Steps, Western Wall, Mount Zion – Upper Room, Garden Tomb. Heavy walking. Deluxe group departs at 7:15pm after dinner. |
Day 11: Thu, October 29 | JFK | Deluxe group arrives back at JFK. |