Trace The Footsteps Of Samson And Delilah on 1 Day Tour of Jerusalem
Highlights
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ashdod, Ashkelon
Locations Covered
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ashdod, Ashkelon
religious, archaeological, historical
Group Tour
1 Day
Medium
Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Russian
Languages
Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Russian
Description
Learn the story of Samson & Delilah as in the Bible as you tour Jerusalem, a city rich in history, tradition, and culture. Called by many names: Salem, Mount Moriah, Adonai Utah, Jebus, Zion, the City of David, and Ariel (Lion of God), Jerusalem has a colourful past and rich heritage. Also, visit sites of more recent historic significance such as the Holocaust Museum of Warsaw Ghetto. Embark on this journey to dive into the past of this ancient city.
Itinerary
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Tour the holy city of Jerusalem
Drive from Tel - Aviv on highway number 1 to the "Gate of the Valley", turn right at the junction and travel south on the road that leads to the Kibbutz Zorah, as we pass Eshta'ol and Beit Shemesh. Stop in Beit Jimal (Catholic monastery run by Salesian monks; the property was purchased in 1878 by Fr Antonio Belloni) with your Israel tour guide. According to tradition, the Beit Jimal monastery was built in the place where Samson killed the young lion with his hands.
From Beit-Jamal, continue to see the tomb of Samson and his father Manoah in Tel Zorah's forest. Northeast to the Kibbutz Zorah and to the west of Moshav Eshtaol. Go west sloop Judean foothills to the southern coastal plain.
Head towards the reconstructed Kibbutz Yad Mordechai 1948 Battle, against the Egyptian army attack in the Independence war.
Visit the "Holocaust Museum and heroism, of Warsaw Ghetto". Conquered by the Nazis, The Warsaw Ghetto survivors immigrated to Israel and established Kibbutz Yad-Mordechai, named after their commander Mordechai Anilewicz.
Travel north to Ashkelon, one of the five cities of the Philistines, the site relating the heroic events of Samson, (to pay the debt, thirty suits of clothes, it's said that "Samson went down to the city of Ashkelon killed thirty Philistine priests. And took their suits, some say in Ashkelon: after his capture, Samson was blinded, and subjugated into performing hard labour).
Next, to Ashdod. One of the five cities of the Philistines, where Samson struck "The Sea Invaders". The Philistines say, without forgetting that Samson probably died in Ashdod: "One day the Philistine leaders assembled in a temple for a religious sacrifice to Dagon, one of their most important deities, for having delivered Samson into their hands."
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.