Name: Discover the lowest point on earth - the Dead Sea and tour to UNESCO National Park Masada
SKU: 17500
Price: 10 USD
Availability: InStock

Duration: 10 h

Activity Level: Easy

Experience: Adventure, Unesco, Ecotourism, Family, Nature

Language: English

Photo permit included

Tour by public transport

Canal Boat tour included

Train tickets included

Suitable for little children

Wheelchair accessible tour

Museum ticket included

Light snack included

Lunch included

Transportation included

Walking Tour

Overview

The Dead Sea is one of the unique places шт the world which attracts a lot of people every year and there is a reason for that. The Dead Sea is the lowest place on earth and a place of unbelievable beauty. Masada is a fortress built 2000 years ago by King Herod on top of a rock plateau. We are offering you to visit both this one and only places with our guide!

What's included

Pick-up and drop-off
Professional licensed guide
Transportation in a private vehicle
Entrance tickets
All fees and taxes

Food and drinks

Don’t forget your swimming suit and towel

Highlights

Ashdod

Ashdod is the sixth-largest city and the largest port in Israel accounting for 60% of the country's imported goods. Ashdod is located in the Southern District of the country, on the Mediterranean coast where it is situated between Tel Aviv to the north 32 kilometres away, and Ashkelon to the south 20 km away.

Dead Sea

The Dead Sea is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River. Its surface and shores are 430.5 meters below sea level, Earth's lowest elevation on land.

Herod's Northern Palace

Herod's Palace is an archaeological site within the fortress of Herodium in the West Bank, about 12 kilometers south of Jerusalem. Herod the Great commissioned a lavish palace to be built between 23 and 15 BCE atop Herodium for all to see. The palace itself consisted of four towers of seven stories, a bathhouse, courtyards, a Roman theatre, banquet rooms, a large walkway (“the course”), as well as extravagant living quarters for himself and guests. Once Herod died and the Great Revolt started, Herodium was abandoned. The Jews eventually had a base at Herodium where they built a synagogue which can still be seen today, unlike much of Herod’s Palace.

Herodian Fortress

The rhomboid, flat plateau of Masada measures 600 x 300 m. The casemate wall (two parallel walls with partitions dividing the space between them into rooms), is 1400 m. long and 4 m. wide. It was built along the edge of the plateau, above the steep cliffs, and it had many towers. Three narrow, winding paths led from below to fortified gates. The water supply was guaranteed by a network of large, rock-hewn cisterns on the northwestern side of the hill. They filled during the winter with rainwater flowing in streams from the mountain on this side. Cisterns on the summit supplied the immediate needs of the residents of Masada and could be relied upon in time of siege.

Masada National Park

Masada is an ancient fortress in southern Israel’s Judean Desert. It's on a massive plateau overlooking the Dead Sea. A cable car and a long, winding path climb up to the fortifications, built around 30 B.C. Among the ruins are King Herod's Palace, which sprawls over 3 rock terraces, and a Roman-style bathhouse with mosaic floors. The Masada Museum has archaeological exhibits and recreations of historical scenes.

Itinerary

08:00

Your guide will pick you up from your hotel or from your cruise ship.

You will have a drive of about 2.5 hours to have the first stop at Masada National Park. You will get to the top of the mount with a cable car.

After the exploration of Masada, you will have lunch at a self-service restaurant in Masada.

After that, the driver will take you to the Dead Sea where you will have time to swim at the unique waters.

In the end, the driver will take you back.

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Discover the lowest point on earth – the Dead Sea and tour to UNESCO National Park Masada