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The 15 Best Tours & Day Trips in Israel

249 tours  ·  from $12 a head

The country is small enough that almost all of it is a day trip: the Old City in the morning, the salt by mid-afternoon, the Galilee or the crater road if you start early. The 15 below are the ones worth giving a whole day to, priced and timed, with the rest of the catalogue underneath.

From Tel Aviv: Masada & Dead Sea Full Day Tour with Pick Up - The cable car saves your legs, not your walking shoes
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From Tel Aviv: Masada & Dead Sea Full Day Tour with Pick Up

From Tel Aviv: Jerusalem Old & New City Bus Tour - Mount of Olives: Jerusalem from above
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From Tel Aviv: Jerusalem Old & New City Bus Tour

2.From Tel Aviv: Jerusalem Old & New City Bus Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 824 reviews · from $95

Review of the Jerusalem Old and New City tour from Tel Aviv, including the Western Wall, Holy Sepulcher, Mount of Olives, and Yad Vashem.

“Itamar was incredible. The day was good planned , supper organised and very entertaining executed! I can absolutely recommend this tour and Itamar as a guide!”

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From Jerusalem: Masada & Dead Sea Full Day Tour with Pick Up - The Jerusalem pickup and the long road south
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From Jerusalem: Masada & Dead Sea Full Day Tour with Pick Up

Day Tour to Jerusalem and Bethlehem from Tel Aviv - Starting above Jerusalem at Mount Scopus
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Day Tour to Jerusalem and Bethlehem from Tel Aviv

4.Day Tour to Jerusalem and Bethlehem from Tel Aviv

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 720 reviews · from $121

Review of the Jerusalem and Bethlehem day tour from Tel Aviv, with Old City sights, holy places, practical tips, costs, and honest drawbacks.

“Our guide was very good and knowledgeable, but the tour wasted 2 full hours on tourist trap shops that were ridiculously overpriced. The lunch place was not good either and overpriced even for Israel. It didn’t cover anything we couldn’t see on our own. 3 stars for guide and a/c bus”

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From Tel Aviv: Masada, Ein Gedi & Dead Sea Tour - Ein Gedi, where water changes the desert
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From Tel Aviv: Masada, Ein Gedi & Dead Sea Tour

From Jerusalem: Nazareth and Sea of Galilee Tour - Nazareth and the Church of the Annunciation
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From Jerusalem: Nazareth and Sea of Galilee Tour

Jerusalem/Tel Aviv: Bethlehem, Jericho and Jordan River Tour - Bayt Sahur, olive wood, and the local side of Bethlehem
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Jerusalem/Tel Aviv: Bethlehem, Jericho and Jordan River Tour

From Jerusalem/Tel Aviv: Bethlehem and Dead Sea Day Tour - Meeting the Bethlehem guide in the Old City
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From Jerusalem/Tel Aviv: Bethlehem and Dead Sea Day Tour

9.From Jerusalem/Tel Aviv: Bethlehem and Dead Sea Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 484 reviews · from $80

Review of the Bethlehem and Dead Sea day tour, with holy sites, Palestinian guides, Judean Desert views, costs, tips, and practical drawbacks.

“Very excellent tour guide with great knowledge and he was also able to bring us into venues which are usually closed. We had the chance to visit a local olive wood factory too which added to the value of the whole trip and we had a little taste of the life of the locals.”

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From Jerusalem: Masada&Dead Sea Tour INCLUDING ENTRANCE FEES - Jerusalem pickup and the ride through the Judean hills
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From Jerusalem: Masada&Dead Sea Tour INCLUDING ENTRANCE FEES

From Tel Aviv: Jerusalem Old City & Dead Sea Guided Day Tour - The Mount of Olives gives you the best opening view
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From Tel Aviv: Jerusalem Old City & Dead Sea Guided Day Tour

11.From Tel Aviv: Jerusalem Old City & Dead Sea Guided Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 389 reviews · 10 hours · from $133

See Jerusalem’s holy sites from Tel Aviv, then float in the Dead Sea on a guided 10-hour day tour with hotel pickup.

“The trip was well organised, the only thing that I would recommend to improve is to add visit of Al Aqsa and Dome of the Rock as well, as these are the signature sites of Jerusalem and the tour of old city is incomplete without them. The time for these can be saved by reducing the time stop for coffee/viewing site of the city and the shopping time. Also, it would be good if the tour guide gave more details on the sites themselves, such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Wailing Wall. Overall, the tour was good, if you have short visit of the country you…”

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From Tel Aviv: Masada Sunrise, Ein Gedi, and Dead Sea Tour

Jerusalem: Guided Walking Tour of the Old City - The Jewish Quarter, King David’s Tomb, and the Western Wall
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Jerusalem: Guided Walking Tour of the Old City

Full Day City Tour of Jerusalem - Entering the Old City through its sacred center
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Full Day City Tour of Jerusalem

14.Full Day City Tour of Jerusalem

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 367 reviews · from $75

See Jerusalem’s holy sites, Old City quarters, Western Wall and Yad Vashem on a guided full-day tour for $75.

“Great tour and amazing places to see. Our guide, Roy, was the best and knew a lot about politics and history of the places we visited!”

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Old and New Jerusalem Full-Day Tour - The Mount of Olives view puts the city in context
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Old and New Jerusalem Full-Day Tour

15.Old and New Jerusalem Full-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 273 reviews · from $75

See Jerusalem’s sacred quarters, Western Wall, Holy Sepulchre, Via Dolorosa, and Yad Vashem on an affordable guided day tour.

“They had to come and pick me up at my Hotel The Imbal and they didn't stop by. I had to take a taxi to CityView and I paid $25 I hired a guide in Spanish and after lunch tourists joined and the ITAMAR guide started speaking in English!”

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