Workshops • Performances • Guided Tours
5th - 14th February 2016 • 10 days / 9 nights
Participants will arrange their own flights
Friday, 5th February
• Meet at Knight's Palace Hotel in the Old City of Jerusalem
• 5pm Orientation - Meet the tour leaders - Introductions - Overview of the tour.
• Traditional Jewish Shabbat (Sabbath) Dinner
• A feast will be served with traditional Jewish blessings and interpretations by Rabbi Judith Edelman-Green.
Overnight in Jerusalem - Knight's Palace Hotel
Saturday, 6th February
• Morning - Jerusalem Old City Walking Tour (3 hours walking) - all 4 quarters - Western Wall - Via Dela Rosa - Church of the Holy Sepulchre
(non-walking option available on request)
• Afternoon - Rhythm for Harpists - with percussion
• Optional afternoon walking tour for non-harpist companions
• Sunset in Taybeh - the only all-Christian village in the West Bank where the residents claim descent from the first followers of Jesus
• View of the Jordan valley from the restored ruins of a Byzantine church in Yaubeh.
• Dinner in Taybeh's Old City
• Concert - Sunita, Celtic harp - Sameer Makhour, Oud - Abe Doron, percussion
Overnight in Jerusalem - Knight's Palace Hotel
Sunday, 7th February
• Morning: Bethlehem Church service in morning with harp performance at the Lutheran Church near Manger Square, Bethlehem.
• Afternoon: tour of Bethlehem - Church of Nativity - Old City - Shepherd's Field
• Dinner & overnight in Jerusalem - Knight's Palace Hotel
Monday, 8th February
Morning: • Mount of Olives • guided tour of Holocaust Museum
or self-guided tour at Israel Museum
Afternoon: Jaffa by the Mediterranean - Tel Aviv
• Dinner & overnight in Jerusalem - Knight's Palace Hotel
Tuesday, 9th February
• Free Day for shopping, private touring or resting.
• (optional tours will be offered to Nablus, Hebron or Ramallah)
• • Dinner & overnight in Jerusalem - Knight's Palace Hotel
Wednesday, 10th February
• Visit Masada, King Herod's mountaintop palace
• View the Dead Sea• Jericho – Mount of Temptation – Ancient tel of Jericho
• Dinner on your own at one of the many restaurants of Jericho, or at the hotel
• Overnight at the Intercontinental Hotel, Jericho
Friday, 5th February
• Meet at Knight's Palace Hotel in the Old City of Jerusalem
• 5pm Orientation - Meet the tour leaders - Introductions - Overview of the tour.
• Traditional Jewish Shabbat (Sabbath) Dinner
• A feast will be served with traditional Jewish blessings and interpretations by Rabbi Judith Edelman-Green.
Overnight in Jerusalem - Knight's Palace Hotel
Saturday, 6th February
• Morning - Jerusalem Old City Walking Tour (3 hours walking) - all 4 quarters - Western Wall - Via Dela Rosa - Church of the Holy Sepulchre
(non-walking option available on request)
• Afternoon - Rhythm for Harpists - with percussion
• Optional afternoon walking tour for non-harpist companions
• Sunset in Taybeh - the only all-Christian village in the West Bank where the residents claim descent from the first followers of Jesus
• View of the Jordan valley from the restored ruins of a Byzantine church in Yaubeh.
• Dinner in Taybeh's Old City
• Concert - Sunita, Celtic harp - Sameer Makhour, Oud - Abe Doron, percussion
Overnight in Jerusalem - Knight's Palace Hotel
Sunday, 7th February
• Morning: Bethlehem Church service in morning with harp performance at the Lutheran Church near Manger Square, Bethlehem.
• Afternoon: tour of Bethlehem - Church of Nativity - Old City - Shepherd's Field
• Dinner & overnight in Jerusalem - Knight's Palace Hotel
Monday, 8th February
Morning: • Mount of Olives • guided tour of Holocaust Museum
or self-guided tour at Israel Museum
Afternoon: Jaffa by the Mediterranean - Tel Aviv
• Dinner & overnight in Jerusalem - Knight's Palace Hotel
Tuesday, 9th February
• Free Day for shopping, private touring or resting.
• (optional tours will be offered to Nablus, Hebron or Ramallah)
• • Dinner & overnight in Jerusalem - Knight's Palace Hotel
Wednesday, 10th February
• Visit Masada, King Herod's mountaintop palace
• View the Dead Sea• Jericho – Mount of Temptation – Ancient tel of Jericho
• Dinner on your own at one of the many restaurants of Jericho, or at the hotel
• Overnight at the Intercontinental Hotel, Jericho
Thursday 11th February
• Jordan Valley
• Visit a Bedouin Community
• Visit Friends of the Earth at the Auja Eco-Center. http://www.aujaecocenter.org/
• Afternoon Harp workshops at Woodsong - Playing as a Duo, with violin
- - at Woodsong Harps. http://www.woodsong.co.il/
• Jordan Valley
• Visit a Bedouin Community
• Visit Friends of the Earth at the Auja Eco-Center. http://www.aujaecocenter.org/
• Afternoon Harp workshops at Woodsong - Playing as a Duo, with violin
- - at Woodsong Harps. http://www.woodsong.co.il/
• Tour to Tzfat for non-harpist companions.
• Evening concert - Tzalool, harp, violin & percussion
Dinner & Overnight at Kibbutz Nof Ginosar on the shore of the Sea of Galilee
Friday, 12th February
• Evening concert - Tzalool, harp, violin & percussion
Dinner & Overnight at Kibbutz Nof Ginosar on the shore of the Sea of Galilee
Friday, 12th February
• Morning: Harp workshop with Sunita. - Psalms and Jewish Music for the Harp
• Afternoon: Boat ride on the Sea Of Galilee - www.seaofgalileeworshipboats.com
Dinner & Overnight at Kibbutz Nof Ginosar
• Afternoon: Boat ride on the Sea Of Galilee - www.seaofgalileeworshipboats.com
Dinner & Overnight at Kibbutz Nof Ginosar
Saturday, 13th February
• Morning Master Class with Sunita at Woodsong Harps
• Tour to Golan Heights for non-harpist companions
• Afternoon tour to Caesariya
Festive Dinner at a restaurant by the sea
Overnight in Tel Aviv - ArtPlus Hotel
• Tour to Golan Heights for non-harpist companions
• Afternoon tour to Caesariya
Festive Dinner at a restaurant by the sea
Overnight in Tel Aviv - ArtPlus Hotel
Sunday 14th February - departure
Includes:
· All meals (except lunch & dinner on 9th Feb. & dinner on 10th Feb. )
· 9 nights accommodations – double occupancy at specified hotels or similar.
· Tours and sightseeing with English-speaking guides as detailed above
· Harp programming as detailed above
· Lectures and workshops
· Harp concerts
· Tips for guides, drivers & guest houses staff (Separate cash payment on arrival)
· Harp concerts
· Tips for guides, drivers & guest houses staff (Separate cash payment on arrival)
Not Including:
· AIRFARE
• Transportation from the airport to the hotel
• Transportation to the airport at the end of the trip
• Optional insurance for health, baggage, and trip cancellation/interruption is not included and highly recommended. Please refer to the Travel Insurance section.
• Transportation from the airport to the hotel
• Transportation to the airport at the end of the trip
• Optional insurance for health, baggage, and trip cancellation/interruption is not included and highly recommended. Please refer to the Travel Insurance section.
· Passport fees. A passport valid six months beyond date of return to the U.S. is required.
• Lunch on 9th Feb. & dinner on 10th Feb.
• Lunch on 9th Feb. & dinner on 10th Feb.
· Anything not included above
$2,488 10-day / 9-night Package - per person double occupancy
PLUS $200 in cash on arrival - to be distributed by our staff as tips for the drivers, guides, and hotel staff.
Optional $675 Individual Supplement for single room.
PLUS $200 in cash on arrival - to be distributed by our staff as tips for the drivers, guides, and hotel staff.
Optional $675 Individual Supplement for single room.
