Haifa - Jerusalem with overnight

Haifa to Ashdod or Ashdod to Haifa #8: : Driving from Haifa you will go first to Nazareth where you will visit the Church of the Annunciation and from here you'll go to Cana where you will visit the Wedding Church. After seeing Cana, you will head next to the Mt. of Beatitudes and Capernaum. You'll visit the Baptismal Site on the Jordan River and go from there through the Jordan Valley, passing by Jericho on the way to Jerusalem. Once in Israel's beautiful capitol city you will drive to one of the panoramic viewpoints (either Mt. of Olives or Mt. Scopus) and then you'll head to your hotel where you'll check in and spend the night. After a good night's sleep, you will check out of your hotel and begin your second full day tour, beginning with a tour of the Old City of Jerusalem beginning with Mt. Zion, then on to the Jewish Quarter (the Cardo, the Western Wall), the Christian Quarter (the Via Dolorosa and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre), the Arab Quarter (with its terrific markets) and Jaffa Gate. Then you'll go on a driving sightseeing tour of the modern western side of the city, seeing during this part of your tour Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum; then you'll head out of Jerusalem and drive on to Ashdod.

Haifa to Ashdod or Ashdod to Haifa #9 : You'll depart your ship and drive to the ancient city of Akko where you'll walk the Crusader's Halls and visit the Old City and then you'll go on to the city of Sefad to walk the artist's lanes and where you can visit one of the ancient synagogues. You'll then leave Sefad and drive through Tiberius to the Island of Peace Memorial site in Naharayim. From here you will go to Jerusalem to one of the panoramic viewpoints where you will say the Shehechiyanu blessing and then you'll proceed to your hotel for the night. After enjoying your night in Jerusalem, you will head into the city for a full-day tour including a driving sightseeing tour of the highlights of the western modern side of the city; a walking tour of the Old City (where you can visit the Kotel and if time permits, go to the excavations below the Wall as well as to either the Davidson Center or the newly opened Chain of Generations Museum) and a visit to one of Jerusalem's finest museums (either Yad Vashem or the Israel Museum or another of your choice).

Haifa to Ashdod or Ashdod to Haifa #10: You will drive from Haifa to Jerusalem where you will tour the highlights of the city by car and then you will take a walking sightseeing tour of the Old City, beginning with the Christian Quarter where you will walk the Via Dolorosa and see the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, then on to the Jewish Quarter where you will see the Cardo, the beautiful shops and the Western Wall, perhaps touring the excavations below it and/or the Chain of Generations Museum and finally the Muslim Quarter where you will stroll the fantastic markets. After the Old City, you will go on to either the Israel Museum or to Yad Vashem and then you will go to your hotel for the evening. In the morning the next day you will drive to Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered and then on to Ein Gedi Nature Reserve for a hike and maybe for a "float" on the waters of the Dead Sea and from there to Masada where you will take a cable car to the summit and tour the 2,000 year old Roman ruins. After seeing Masada, you will go to the port to meet your ship.