Ashdod Port Shore Excursion: Jerusalem and Bethlehem Day Tour from Ashdod Port | La Vacanza Travel

Ashdod Port Shore Excursion: Jerusalem and Bethlehem Day Tour from Ashdod Port

Duration: 9 hours
Destination: Israel, South District, Ashdod
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  • 9 hours
  • Ashdod
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Step off your cruise ship in Ashdod port and make the most of a day in the Holy Land with a tour of Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The itinerary for this tour was created specifically for cruise passengers docking at Ashdod port. Tour guide will meet you when you disembark, and take you to Jerusalem in a comfortable vehicle with A/C. Stop to get an overview of the city from Mount Scopus before continuing to Jerusalem’s Old City. Pass the Mount of Olives, and spot the Church of All Nations and the adjacent Garden of Gethsemane. Drive parallel to the Old City walls alongside Kidron Valley, and the Ophel Promenade. Enter the Old City for a walking tour of top sites like the Western Wall, the Cardo, and Via Dolorosa. Tour the Sepulcher Church, and explore the Old City market before taking a lunch break. The tour leaves Jerusalem passing Mount Zion. The next stop is Bethlehem, to see the Nativity Church. At the end of the tour, you’ll be returned to Ashdod port and your cruise ship.

What Can You Expect?

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Mount Scopus, Mt Scopus, Jerusalem

Stop to get an overview of the city from Mount Scopus before continuing to Jerusalem’s Old City.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: The Cardo, Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem Israel

Enter the Byzantine Cardo lined with columns in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Jewish Quarter, Old City, Jerusalem Israel

Visit the Jewish Quarter in Old City of Jerusalem

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Western Wall Plaza Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem 97500 Israel

We enter the Old City on foot through one of the massive gates in the 16th-century walls and pass the Western Wall excavations as we walk towards the Western Wall. This sacred Jewish site is all that remains from the 2,000-year-old holy Jewish Temple that once stood on Temple Mount

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

The Holy Sepulcher Church was built in the 4th century to encompass Christ’s tomb and the site of the crucifixion at Golgotha (Calvary)

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: The Way of the Cross - Via Dolorosa, Via Dolorosa Old Town, Jerusalem Israel

We walk along a section of the Via Dolorosa, as Jesus did bearing his cross

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Christian Quarter Road, Jerusalem Israel

Visit the Christian Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Old City of Jerusalem, Jerusalem Israel

We enter the Old City on foot through one of the massive gates in the 16th-century walls and pass the Western Wall excavations as we walk towards the Western Wall

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Church of the Nativity, Manger St, Bethlehem Palestinian Territories

In Bethlehem, we tour the Nativity Church and see the Holy Grotto where the nativity took place. Occasionally there are too many visitors at the Nativity Grotto in Bethlehem, which makes a visit not always possible.


Duration: 1 hour

Inclusions & Exclusions

Inclusions
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Pick-up/drop-off at Ashdod cruise port
  • A guide will accompany you all day

Exclusions
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities

Additional Info

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour is not suitable for people with mobility issues.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 45 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Departure Point

Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered
When you arrive at the port, a guide from Bein Harim will be waiting for you, holding a sign that reads “Bein Harim”.

Ports

  • Port of Ashdod, Ashdod, Israel


Departure Time

08:00 AM

Duration & Voucher Info

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

9 hours

Cancellation Policy

User's Reviews

diannes514

13 Oct, 2023

Our favourite time on the tour was with our tour guide Avi. Took us into the old city. He was knowledgeable and understanding. I would like to know if Avi is safe. With all the horrors that’s the enfolding in his country. He was a caring man.

Armando C

03 Sep, 2023

Great excursion, all on time, great explanation in each place. Great food, the guide was very kind i tecomend this company.

dnicholls99

23 Aug, 2023

Terrible experience. Could not get into port. The lady at the info desk said this was not the first time. We had to drive 2 1/2 hours back the next day just so that we could see Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The lady from the office Ashdod information desk was amazing. Thank goodness for her help. Complete waste of the day as we could not book another tour. The ship was completely booked. Definitely look for another tour guide. Bein Harim the worst. TripAdvisor should exclude them from their tours!!!!

xzm774

25 Jul, 2023

Yoav Malachi was our wonderful guide on this one day tour. He covered a lot in the one day so it was a fast paced tour. Yoav was the perfect guide, keeping the group of 29 together in such a busy city is a difficult task which he managed with good humor. The tour was the highlight of our 7 day cruise and fulfilled a lifetime goal to see the holy land.

Andrea_W

18 Jun, 2023

This tour had poor communication on pick up location which resulted in people being lost and late trying to find the bus. We were all from the Norwegian Jade ship and had to meet the tour bus in Ashdod outside the Sea Mall but the instructions were too vague. The tour guide seemed impatient with tourists. We drove to Jerusalem and entered at Jaffa gate. The guide advised there was a small washroom at the gate and too many women went and we ended up waiting 35 mins for them all to get back. The tour guide should have found a different restroom stop in the old city that was less crowded!! This resulted in him RUSHING the tour through the old city quarters, walking so fast most could not keep up with him. The small alleys were packed with cruise ship tours and almost impossible to move in. The guide took us to the Christ church in the Muslim quarter which was chaotic and disorganised packed with way too many people to either see or enjoy. The Western Wall was worth witnessing and we did have enough time there. The tour has a LOT of steps and stairs and winding uphill alleys which should be explained in the tour details. This is NOT a tour that someone that has mobility issues or is not fit should be taking in the heat. We were held up several times waiting for people to catch up who were struggling to cope with all the walking and stairs. We did not have any time to stop in the little shops in the old city and the lunch stop was planned by the tour at an over priced upstairs falafel counter who charged ridiculous Euros prices (22) for a falafel or sharawrma sandwich and drink!!! This The 2nd stop was Bethlehem. This was disappointing. It was over crowded, hot and disorganised and should be at the BEGINNING of the tour (if at all) so the group has time to shop in Jerusalem old town. We asked the guide to allow us to shop somewhere in Bethlehem and we were dropped at a run down, grubby, mall with over priced poor quality items and a store that only sold insanely priced Christian carvings. This is not what most on our bus wanted and was a waste of time. If you are choosing a Jerusalem excursion choose one that allows for free time in the Old City and without lunch stop included. If we could do it over we would have skipped the chaos at the Christ church and spent the time wandering in the spice and gift shops in the Christian quarter, chose our own lunch spot, and met the guide back at the Jaffa gate at a predetermined time. It would have been far more enjoyable than the stress of keeping up with our guide racing through lanes and alleys packed with tourists.

User's Picture Gallery

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Brilliant

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Great historic and cultural learning experience

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Dont book with them!! Ruined our Jerusalem visit!

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Boa excursão, em espanhol com muito conteúdo sobre a história local, visita a locais icônicos. O guia Rafi muito bom.

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