Tel Aviv Sightseeing Tour (half day tour) - 60 €

Tel Aviv has old and new sites to satisfy the sightseer. The picturesque and history-rich Old City of Jaffa serves as a journey into a past spiced with Crusader fortifications and Napoleonic conquests. Tel Aviv's more modern sites include the colorful Neve Tzedek neighborhood, and only date back to the early 20th century, when the city was established on the sand dunes along the Mediterranean coast.

Much of the original Tel Aviv, around the popular Rothschild Boulevard, was built in the pre-war Bauhaus or internationalist style. The city now has the world's largest surviving collection of Bauhaus buildings, thousands of them currently being handsomely restored and returned to their original gleaming white colour. The unique urban and historical fabric of Tel Aviv-Jaffa has been recognised by UNESCO, under the name 'The White City', a World Cultural Heritage site.

The Tel Aviv-Jaffa city centre is a long, narrow strip beside a very attractive beach, with a waterside promenade reaching from the Marina in North Tel Aviv as far as Jaffa (locally called, and written, Yafo) at the southern edge of the city, with a host of galleries, craft shops and cafes. Ramat Aviv, home of Tel Aviv University and the extensive Eretz Israel Museum, are located on the outskirts of north Tel Aviv on the other side of the river Yarkon.

South of the city centre, the large and busy Carmel Market (the city's main open-air food market) runs alongside the atmospheric old Yemenite Quarter (originally home to Jewish refugees from Yemen). Neve Zedek was the first Jewish neighbourhood outside Jaffa (established in 1867) and it is currently benefiting from extensive restoration. Over the years, it has served as a home for numerous artists and now houses various different galleries.

Tel Aviv's major sights are its diverse and unusual museums, some focusing on Israel's ancient history, some on landmarks in its 20th-century Zionist history, with very poignant records of the struggles of Jewish refugees, the conflict with the British and with the Arabs, and the first steps of the new state.

Among the most impressive is the Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, while in the old town of Jaffa, there are remnants of the history of the world's oldest port, as well as another important museum.

Jerusalem, the Capital of Three Religions (full day tour) - 95 €

Few places inspire such passion as Jerusalem. Its significance to Jews, Christians and Muslims endures. The Israeli capital's major sites include the OldCity, the Wailing Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Via Dolorosa, and the Dome of the Rock, the third-holiest Islam shrine in the world. The OldCity is easily explored on foot. Away from the religious sights, jazz clubs, hip restaurants, arthouse cinemas and edgy theater entertain Jerusalem's 725,000 inhabitants and constant stream of visitors.

Bethlem (half day tour) - 90 €

The name Bethlehem [Beit Lehem in Hebrew, Beit Lahm in Arabic] means House of Bread, reflecting its fertile grain-growing location. This village, on the edge of the Judean desert, was the birthplace & home of David who was anointed king of Israel by the prophet Samuel. Jesus, from the line of David, was born here in fulfillment of the Messianic prophecy of Micah (5:2). Bethlehem's 40,000 residents, which is almost entirely Christian, and the surrounding villages of Beit Sahour and Beit Jala are home to most of the Palestinian Christian minority.

Nazareth - Galilee (full day tour) - 95 €

Nazareth (Arabic an-Nāzirah) is a town in northern Israel, 88 miles north of Jerusalem. Nazareth has a population of about 60,000, of whom half are Arab Muslim and half are Arab Christian. Nazareth was the hometown of Jesus and thus is one of the most important Christian sites in the Holy Land. Christian pilgrims have been coming to Nazareth since the 4th century. (See our Footsteps of Jesus category for more sites in the Holy Land associated with the life of Jesus.) Important sights in Nazareth include several churches, traditional biblical sites, Byzantine ruins, and especially the modern Basilica of the Annunciation, which stands over the traditional site of Gabriel's announcement to Mary that she would give birth to the savior of the world.

The Galilee is Israel's most fertile region with an abundance of valleys, forests and farmlands. Tourists are drawn to the recreational pursuits and historical attractions associated with the area. Lake Tiberias (also known as the Sea of Galilee) is an area closely associated with the life and times of Jesus making it a religious centre for both Christians and Jews - it has many religious shrines and historical sites of interest. The city of Tiberias was built in honour of the Roman Emperor after which it was named and has played an integral role in the history of the Jews. It served as an important spiritual centre and was the site of the compilation of the Talmud. The early pioneers established some of Israel's first kibbutzim (collective farms) around Tiberias. Today it is a popular vacation spot offering year-round water activities, hot springs, health resorts and magnificent national parks.