The Classic Tour from Diesenhaus UniTours includes visits to sites including Caesarea, Haifa, Nazareth, Sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. Tours are available in eight-, nine- and 12-night packages. The eight-night tour begins in the Old City of Jerusalem and features visits to the Tomb of King David and the Room of the Last Supper on Mount Zion. The following days of the tour are filled with visits to the New City of Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, the lowest elevation on Earth. Additional tour stops include a visit to the city of Tiberias, which Jesus once lived, the Church of Saint Peter and the city of Nazareth. The nine-day tour is similar to the eight-night tour; additions include a visit to the coastal city of Caesarea, the capital of Judea under the Romans, Golan Heights to see the former Syrian bunkers and Safed, the center of Jewish mysticism. The 12-night tour features many of the same destinations as the other two tours as well as trips to the Negev desert, which includes a visit to Israel's Air Force Museum at Hatzerim. Additional tour stops are the Underwater Observatory in Eilat, one of largest seaquariums in the world and King Soloman's Pillars in Timna.
The Jewish Heritage Tour includes all the main sites in Israel including Haifa, Safed, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, the Dead Sea and Eilat. An optional tour to Petra is available. Tours are available in nine-, 11-, 12- and 14-night packages. The 11-night tour features exploration of Tel Aviv, including a visit to Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv's first neighborhood and Nahalat Benyamin, the city's pedestrian street. Additional tour stops include Caesarea, which features a Roman aqueduct and amphitheater that has been restored as a concert venue. Jerusalem's New and Old City and the Dead Sea are also featured on this tour. Like other Diesenhaus tours, the extended Jewish Heritage tours are almost exactly the same. The 11-night tour offers additional tour stops in the Negev Desert, which includes a visit to Israel's Air Force Museum at Hatzerim and the Underwater Observatory in Eilat.
Diesenhaus offers specialty tours, including the seven-night Holy Land Heritage Tour. The first day of the tour includes a visit to the archaeological ruins of Caesarea, which were built by Herod the Great in honor of Augustus Caesar. Tiberias and the Sea of Galilee are tour stops as is Capernaum, the center of the Jesus ministry. The Mount of Beatitudes overlooking the Sea, where Jesus is believed to have preached his "Sermon on the Mount" and chose his 12 apostles. Additional tour stops include the Wedding Church in Cana where Jesus is believed to have turned water into wine, his first miracle. The Church of Annunciation in Nazareth is built on the site where archaeologists believe the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary. The Dead Sea and tours of Jerusalem are also featured.
