The 15 Best Day Trips from Tel Aviv

From Tel Aviv: Jerusalem and Bethlehem Guided Day Trip - Walking the Old City’s quarters

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 1,316 reviews · 10 hours · from $118Our pick

Review of the Jerusalem and Bethlehem day trip from Tel Aviv, with Old City sights, Nativity sites, guide tips, timing, value, and drawbacks.

“Itamar was an excellent guide, very personable, funny, knowledgeable, and engaging. He painted a vivid picture of the history behind the sites with captivating storytelling along the way. Both Bethlehem and Jerusalem are worth seeing to get a sense of the beginning and the end of the story of Jesus. You’re in good hands if you have Itamar as your guide!”

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Masada and the Dead Sea Day Trip from Tel Aviv

2.Masada and the Dead Sea Day Trip from Tel Aviv

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,014 reviews · from $120

Review of the Masada and Dead Sea day trip from Tel Aviv, with cable-car access, desert scenery, practical tips, costs, and honest drawbacks.

“This was probably one of my favorite trips/experiences I’ve been on. I enjoyed the Dead Sea and Masada. They gave you ample time for both (especially for the Dead Sea) and I definitely felt that they did a good job organizing it. I highly recommend to others.”

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From Tel Aviv: Guided Day Trip to Nazareth & Sea of Galilee

3.Guided Day Trip to Nazareth & Sea of Galilee

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 824 reviews · 10 hours · from $98

Visit Nazareth, Galilee churches, Capernaum, and Yardenit on a full-day tour from Tel Aviv with guide, transport, and hotel pickup.

“The tour guide was nice, friendly, and very accommodating. Even when we weren't back on time, he was understanding. He also had a lot of knowledge and was able to make references to the Bible—simply fantastic. The tour was also well organized from the start.”

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From Tel Aviv: Caesarea, Haifa and Akko Day Trip

4.Caesarea, Haifa and Akko Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 744 reviews · 11 hours · from $120

Review of the 11-hour Caesarea, Haifa, Rosh Hanikra and Acre tour from Tel Aviv, with practical advice on stops, costs, pacing and value.

“Yoav is excellent! He told us everything, he was funny and was cared about us! Keep the good job Yoav! Your friends from Greece!”

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Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee Day Trip from Tel Aviv

5.Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee Day Trip from Tel Aviv

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 541 reviews · from $98

Review of the Nazareth and Sea of Galilee day trip from Tel Aviv, with churches, Capernaum, Jordan River baptism, costs, timing, and tips.

“The guide was terrible. Didn’t know the history .. made comments that he was the next king … kept referring himself as God. When asked about another historic site he told us to look it up on Google. We spent 40 minutes in a souvenir shop. We stopped at gas station for snaRead more”

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Caesarea, Rosh Hanikra and Acre Day Trip from Tel Aviv

6.Caesarea, Rosh Hanikra and Acre Day Trip from Tel Aviv

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 406 reviews · from $120

Review of a full-day coach trip from Tel Aviv to Caesarea, Haifa, Rosh Hanikra, and Acre, with practical tips on timing, value, and sights.

“Jam packed day of touring up North!!! Bus picked us up at our hotel at the exact time given and we were taken to location to change to our respective buses for our tour. Bus was brand new, comfortable and spacious. Avi our tour guide was informative and knowledgeable. Our first stop was Caesarea's National Park and the history was so interesting!!! Then off to the Bahai Gardens for some photo ops; only able to photograph from above or below. We did not enter gardens, but I knew that we wouldn;t. Next, Rosh Hanikra and finally the city of Akko. Here we stopped for lunch (Wish they added that to…”

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Old and New Jerusalem Day Trip from Tel Aviv

7.Old and New Jerusalem Day Trip from Tel Aviv

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 296 reviews · from $95

Review of a Jerusalem day trip from Tel Aviv covering Old City landmarks, Mount of Olives views, and Yad Vashem for $95.

“It was a great experience, I’m a solo traveler and finding a tour where I feel safe and learn as much as possible it’s essential. The guide was helpful and always answering questions and happy to share her knowledge. Definitely you do need a tour guide to walk the old city and harim tours are comfortable and good quality for the price.”

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From Tel Aviv: Jerusalem Day Trip with Transfer

8.Jerusalem Day Trip with Transfer

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 118 reviews · 10 hours · from $124

Review of a 10-hour Jerusalem day trip from Tel Aviv, covering Ein Karem, Mount of Olives, Mount Zion, Old City sights, and the Holy Sepulchre.

“Our guide was excellent, his explanations were profound. As far as the programme is concerned, it was a little dense. It would have been nice to have an hour off to roam the city.”

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Day Trip: Masada Sunrise, Ein Gedi, and Dead Sea from Tel Aviv

9.Day Trip: Masada Sunrise, Ein Gedi, and Dead Sea from Tel Aviv

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 116 reviews · from $99

Review of the Masada sunrise, Ein Gedi, and Dead Sea day trip from Tel Aviv, with hiking advice, timing, costs, and honest pros and cons.

“The tour guide was awful in educating us and hosting the tour. He was friendly but very unorganized. The bus had mold on it and was incredibly dirty.”

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Bethlehem, Jericho, and Qasr El Yahud Day Trip from Tel Aviv

10.Bethlehem, Jericho, and Qasr El Yahud Day Trip from Tel Aviv

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 99 reviews · from $135

Review of the 11-hour Bethlehem, Jericho, and Qasr El Yahud tour from Tel Aviv, with biblical sites, guides, transport, costs, and practical tips.

“I am catching a corona virus now. I want to cancel all my day trips after Bethlehem Jericho day trips . Thank you!”

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Old Jerusalem Day Trip from Tel Aviv

11.Old Jerusalem Day Trip from Tel Aviv

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 87 reviews · from $94

Review of the Old Jerusalem day trip from Tel Aviv, with Mount of Olives views, holy sites, guide tips, timing, value, and practical advice.

“MUST SEE! Great guide, good lunch, very valuable and insightful.”

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Dead Sea Full-Day Trip from Tel Aviv

12.Dead Sea Full-Day Trip from Tel Aviv

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 65 reviews · 10 hours · from $91

Review the Dead Sea day trip from Tel Aviv, with floating, mud baths, desert views, resort time, costs, tips, and practical drawbacks.

“This was an excellent activity for a warm, sunny day. We really enjoyed the drive and Eli our guide who was a wealth of information and enthusiasm. And of course the Dead Sea swimming!! Absolutely incredible! Would definitely do that again!”

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Golan Heights Day Trip from Tel Aviv

13.Golan Heights Day Trip from Tel Aviv

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 65 reviews · from $128

Explore Golan Heights from Tel Aviv with Katzrin ruins, Mount Bental views, border history, hotel pickup, and a full 12-hour day trip.

“Our guide, Shmil, was very knowledgeable and accommodating. He made the trip as pleasurable as possible in the exceptionally hot weather, and introduced us to some very interesting sites.”

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From Tel Aviv: Dead Sea Self-Guided Chill-Out Day Trip

14.Dead Sea Self-Guided Chill-Out Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 64 reviews · 7 hours · from $60Best value

Review of the $60 Dead Sea day trip from Tel Aviv, with transport, beach time, mud, salt water, value, drawbacks, and practical tips.

“The Time at Dead Sea was with les then 3 Hours definitely too short. The stop over in Jerusalem is for people starting from Tel Aviv a waste of time. The Dead Sea itself is a great experience!”

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Best of Tel Aviv and Jaffa Walking Tour – 1 Day

15.Best of Tel Aviv and Jaffa Walking Tour – 1 Day

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 53 reviews · from $99

Explore Jaffa, Neve Tzedek, Carmel Market, and Florentin on a seven-hour Tel Aviv walking tour focused on food, art, and history.

“Our guide Sivan was nice and helpful; he was happy to go out of his way to assist us with some extra things we required however on the whole, this tour was extremely disappointing. We did the full day tour: Jaffa, Carmel market and the graffiti Read more”

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