subject: You Found Your Cheap Flights To Israel...now What? [print this page] Youve spent months scouring travel websites, chatting with your Travel agency, and have finally found cheap flights to Israel. You feel like you can finally breathe a sigh of relief because the hard part is over, right? Well, thats half-true. Working out the kinks with finding cheap flights to Israel through your Travel agency, is pretty hard, not to mention the lengthy and tedious process you endured to obtain your passport. The next step you should take is plotting your trip itinerary. Israel is a nation rich with cultural and spiritual significance, so in order for you to not miss out anything, you should most definitely have a plan for places youre interested in visiting. In addition to getting information from your Travel agency, you should do your own research via the internet and books from your local bookstore or library. Here is a little advice on major sights that you should consider visiting when sightseeing around Israel.
Jerusalems Old City
Entrance to the Old City is accessible through the heavily fortified Jaffa Gate, featuring Davids Tower on the right. Davids Tower is must visit and its brilliant displays present the history of the city in a vivid manner. Also, the rooftop gives a great view of the Temple Mount. Afterward, you should wander the bustling streets, markets and quiet back alley ways of four different Old City quartersJewish, Muslim, Christian and Armenian.
Dome of the Rock
Something every Travel agency probably suggests is a tour of the exquisite Dome of Rock. The intricate and beautifully spiritual structure stands high on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Western Wall Plaza
Below the Temple Mount lies the Western Wall Plaza where you can take a tour of the tunnels, which takes to ancient portions of the wall buried deep within the city.
Museum of Jewish Diaspora
This must-see museum houses music, reconstructions, textiles, and film footage that conveys the cultural diversity of the Jewish people during 2,000 years of worldwide Diaspora.
Kinneret and Nazareth
The gorgeous Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) is surrounded by Christian sites such as Capernaum, the Mount of Beatitudes, and Cana. Nearby is Nazareth, the largest Arab city in Israel.
Masada
There are incredible vistas of the Dead Sea, the mountains of Moab, and the Negev desert, from the ridge of Masada. The ridge also houses the ruins of the Palace of King Herod.
Dead Sea Scrolls
You should find a new Travel agency if yours hasnt suggested that you visit the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Dead Sea Scrolls are hailed as the greatest manuscript discovery of modern times and where written by the Essene tribes Qumran. When travelling through Israel, you can visit the caves where the scrolls were discovered in clay jars by a shepherd boy in 1947. For further details on the locales of these sites, and other travel recommendation after you get your cheap flights to Israel, contact your travel agency.
