JERUSALEM private tour with ELAD VAZANA - Life in Israel & Palestine Then & Now
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JERUSALEM private tour with ELAD VAZANA - Life in Israel & Palestine Then & Now
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RM 1,970.84
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RM 1,970.84
Lowest price guaranteeFree cancellation
Ages 0-120
Duration: 6–7 hours
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
English
- Coffee and/or tea
What's not included- Lunch
- Entry/Admission - Jerusalem
- Departure details
- Jaffa Gate, שער יפו, ירושלים On the stone bench just Outside of Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem Old city
Return details- Returns to original departure point
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 195268P1- Hat, water, comfortable walking shoes
- Modest clothing is required to enter holy sites
- Private transportation can be provided for an additional fee
- Most travellers can participate
- Morning tours or afternoon tours can be customized to suit every scheduleWear comfortable sho
- Enjoy a flexible itinerary and tailor your sightseeing to suit your preferences
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
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- JERUSALEM private tour with ELAD VAZANA - Life in Israel & Palestine Then & Now cancellation policy: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Discover and book JERUSALEM private tour with ELAD VAZANA - Life in Israel & Palestine Then & Now on Tripadvisor
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- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 195268P1
Itinerary
- You'll start atJaffa Gateשער יפו, ירושליםOn the stone bench just Outside of Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem Old citySee address & details
- 1Jaffa GateStop: 20 minutesSee details
- 2Dome of the RockStop: 90 minutesSee details
- 3Western WallStop: 30 minutesSee details
- 4Jewish QuarterStop: 40 minutesSee details
- 5The Way of the Cross - Via DolorosaStop: 20 minutesSee details
- 6Muslim QuarterStop: 60 minutesSee details
- 7Mount ZionStop: 30 minutesSee details
- 8The CardoStop: 20 minutesSee details
- 9Muristan MarketStop: 30 minutes - Admission excludedSee details
- 10Christian QuarterStop: 30 minutesSee details
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Z1467PRannab
00Transformative experience with incredible guide.
Elad led a remarkable tour for my seminary class. I cannot recommend enough the experience he facilitates. Elad i…
Hukamoose
00Highly Recommended Israel Tour Guide
Elad is highly knowledgeable and personable. He was able to relate to the Christians on my trip as well as me, the…
Marc G
00Amazing tour guide who will transform your experience with depth compassion and good cheer.
Elad led a major study tour for my graduate and undergraduate research student from George Mason University and Geo…
kelseacarin
00Class Study Abroad Tour
I traveled to Israel from Los Angeles with a class of mine in grad school, and Elad was our tour guide for most of …
W1465QNmeganw
00Use this man for all your guiding needs!
Elad was with our group for 9 days and everyday he shared interesting and thought provoking information about the c…
paulcB2416FB
00Arizona State University course on Israeli and Palestinian culture, politics, debates
Ead was thoughtful, engaged, and very informative about history, culture, religion, and the deeper context for curr…
ericdE2216XO
00Special. Amazing.
Elaad is a breath of fresh air. Kind, caring, thoughtful, knowledgeable, patient and fun! I wouldn't want to tour I…
Fenton2018
001 week tour of Israel & Palestinian territories - March 2022
Elad was our tour guide for one week around Israel. He was an amazing guide, extremely knowledgeable & very friend…
Seattlevisiter
00Touring Jerusalem with Elad.
Find out more about yourself as well as about Jerusalem. That's what happened to me. Elad has a unique combination …
Scenic259129
00Jaffa Tour
Elad was a fantastic guide through the old city. We had a fairly large group and he made the day fantastic and enga…
isabellxtn
00Thank you Elad for a trip I will remember forever!!!
Elad guided our 17-person group from Virginia Wesleyan University for 8 days. He made our trip to Israel better th…
ajcombos98
00Don't go to Israel without Elad as your tour guide!
I went to Israel and Palestine for the study abroad portion of my January Term course, with 14 other college studen…
eboniej2020
00University Trip
Elad is awesome! I went to Israel with a group of students from Virginia Wesleyan University for our Waging Peace c…
jackmN9219VL
00The Most Incredible Person I Have Ever Met, Your Excellence Was Much More than Just Your Skills as a Guide
Thank you so much for your dedication to the craft. You absolutely showed so much care for every individual in our …
joannelkim
00Phenomenal tour guide and cultural ambassador
Growing weary from my original bucket list of crowded tourist sites, Elad guided me through a tour that was much mo…
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BenT
5 contributions
Jul 2022
Where to start... first I must say that i waited a while to write this review because i had several trips planned to Israel back to back with different organizations and I wanted to write and informed review of my time with Elad Vazana.
I can say with 1000% confidence that having Elad with my group traveling all around Israel was the corner stone of our traveling experience!
Initially when planning the trip I communicated the purpose of my groups journey to Israel. I was bringing 100 graduate students to Israel who had never been and knew very little of the region and its complexity. My task was to show them as much of the diversity as I possibly could while honoring the complexity and richness of the people and of the region. I did not want a disneyland version of Israel but rather as real of a snapshot of life as we could get.
Elad delivered on what I wanted but brought so much more than I could have ever asked for. Is was clear from the very beginning that he loved what he did and that palpable energy never faded throughout the entire 10 days he was with us. He was a library of information no matter what we asked for. He was able to talk about the same event or place from multiple perspectives being very mindful to make sure that the narrative he shared about that topic was authentic to the community he was talking about or as he often did strike up a conversation with a local in front of us asking for their views on what we were discussing. He created an incredibly immersive experience bringing us into the daily life of so many people and communities.
We went from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, Haifa, Ramle and Lod, we met with countless people from every different walk of life having conversations facilitated by Elad. His excitement and openness brought the curiosity from the participants and joy of learning about the region.
Moreover his travel props were amazing and something the participants really appreciated as they tried to digest the complexity of the region they were moving through.
Moving through Israel with Elad for these 10-days was definitely unlike the subsequent trips I went on ( I often found myself remembering things Elad shared and asking the other tour guide about them to see what they could add and the others seemed to not have the depth and breath of knowledge that Elad brings to the experience.
I am planning on bringing participants every year to Israel for the same purpose and plan on Asking Elad to guide us every time.
Thank you Elad for making our trip so special and I look forward to spending some time with you around Israel soon!
I can say with 1000% confidence that having Elad with my group traveling all around Israel was the corner stone of our traveling experience!
Initially when planning the trip I communicated the purpose of my groups journey to Israel. I was bringing 100 graduate students to Israel who had never been and knew very little of the region and its complexity. My task was to show them as much of the diversity as I possibly could while honoring the complexity and richness of the people and of the region. I did not want a disneyland version of Israel but rather as real of a snapshot of life as we could get.
Elad delivered on what I wanted but brought so much more than I could have ever asked for. Is was clear from the very beginning that he loved what he did and that palpable energy never faded throughout the entire 10 days he was with us. He was a library of information no matter what we asked for. He was able to talk about the same event or place from multiple perspectives being very mindful to make sure that the narrative he shared about that topic was authentic to the community he was talking about or as he often did strike up a conversation with a local in front of us asking for their views on what we were discussing. He created an incredibly immersive experience bringing us into the daily life of so many people and communities.
We went from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, Haifa, Ramle and Lod, we met with countless people from every different walk of life having conversations facilitated by Elad. His excitement and openness brought the curiosity from the participants and joy of learning about the region.
Moreover his travel props were amazing and something the participants really appreciated as they tried to digest the complexity of the region they were moving through.
Moving through Israel with Elad for these 10-days was definitely unlike the subsequent trips I went on ( I often found myself remembering things Elad shared and asking the other tour guide about them to see what they could add and the others seemed to not have the depth and breath of knowledge that Elad brings to the experience.
I am planning on bringing participants every year to Israel for the same purpose and plan on Asking Elad to guide us every time.
Thank you Elad for making our trip so special and I look forward to spending some time with you around Israel soon!
Written 23 January 2023
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Amanda V
1 contribution
Jun 2022 • Couples
I had a private tour with Elad a few years ago and when I came back to Jerusalem with my husband I wanted to share the amazing experience of a tour with Elad with him. It was just as unique experience as it was the first time. Not only does Elad emphasize various perspectives on history and events, he also has a gift of engaging the people around him into conversation about how they feel about religion, sites of worship and the friction that exists today. He does this in the most sensitive and skilled way possible and you end up learning things far beyond history. Touring with Elad has been the highlight of both my trips to Israel. I would highly recommend him to anyone traveling to Israel.
Written 30 June 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Briana P
1 contribution
Jul 2022
Elad was an AMAZING tour guide. I went to Israel recently on a school study abroad trip without knowing much about anything, not really knowing what to expect, but with Elad as a guide I feel like now I can teach a whole course on Life in Israel! Elad was sooo knowledgeable, funny and fun. He really connected with us as a group and he felt like family by the end of all the tours. He even showed us secret/unique locations that not many other guides knew about, so we had a very personal experience and he was sooo creative by showing us photographs and art he created to further explain the history and geography of the locations. All of the tours were so impactful and interactive because of him. I would 1000% recommend this company and Elad to everyone.
Written 18 July 2022
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S Weiss
1 contribution
Feb 2022
This tour was great!
The tour was about the history of Jerusalem through the ages. We were a group which most of us toured a lot in Jerusalem, and Elad taught all of us new things. He answered all our questions and really "painted the picture" of Jerusalem in each period of time.
The tour was about the history of Jerusalem through the ages. We were a group which most of us toured a lot in Jerusalem, and Elad taught all of us new things. He answered all our questions and really "painted the picture" of Jerusalem in each period of time.
Written 24 February 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Patti Mueller
Enumclaw, WA8 contributions
Jan 2022 • Couples
Where to start... Of course I loved seeing all the historic
and spiritual sites! However, having a guide that was able
to actually give perspective from living in the country was
invaluable!
Elad has such a genuine, compassionate personality, he
truly wants you to understand Israel from all perspectives.
He is patient with travelers dealing with physical
restrictions and stays calm in all situations. This in turn
kept me calm and helped me stay in the moment. I shed
tears nearly daily while in Israel because of the impact
this trip had on my heart.
I was on a dual narrative tour and it was extremely
insightful and thought provoking. My husband and I
enjoyed every evening reflecting on the days events.
Did I mention Elad is a musician and sings?! I have
listened numerous times to a video a co-tourist filmed
inside the Church of Shepherd's Field near Bethlehem as
Elad was vocalizing Bach Air in D Minor. His voice with
the acoustics inside were angelic!
Elad danced with us, ate with us, shared our Wedding
Vow Renewal, baptism at the Jordan River, fun
experiencing the mud in the Dead Sea not to mention the
spiritual experiences we shared in Jerusalem, Bethlehem,
Galilee, Nazareth and so many more!
Had it not been for our guides we would not have seen
sites we saw and experienced moments the normal
tourist traveling on their own would not have.
Due to the ever changing world of Covid, plans would
occasionally change but when one door closed, another
opened because of Elad's friends and connections. He
always made sure our days were full of wonder and
enlightenment.
Elad's description of the local Symbol the Seed of Life
was only enhanced by his visual presentation using a
dried pomegranate he lifted from the ground where we
were walking. This had such a profound impact on my
husband and I we left Israel with a tattoo of this symbol!
Elad has a gift of storytelling while using historical facts to
tell the story.
I have over 4000 photos so be prepared!
Thank you Elad!
and spiritual sites! However, having a guide that was able
to actually give perspective from living in the country was
invaluable!
Elad has such a genuine, compassionate personality, he
truly wants you to understand Israel from all perspectives.
He is patient with travelers dealing with physical
restrictions and stays calm in all situations. This in turn
kept me calm and helped me stay in the moment. I shed
tears nearly daily while in Israel because of the impact
this trip had on my heart.
I was on a dual narrative tour and it was extremely
insightful and thought provoking. My husband and I
enjoyed every evening reflecting on the days events.
Did I mention Elad is a musician and sings?! I have
listened numerous times to a video a co-tourist filmed
inside the Church of Shepherd's Field near Bethlehem as
Elad was vocalizing Bach Air in D Minor. His voice with
the acoustics inside were angelic!
Elad danced with us, ate with us, shared our Wedding
Vow Renewal, baptism at the Jordan River, fun
experiencing the mud in the Dead Sea not to mention the
spiritual experiences we shared in Jerusalem, Bethlehem,
Galilee, Nazareth and so many more!
Had it not been for our guides we would not have seen
sites we saw and experienced moments the normal
tourist traveling on their own would not have.
Due to the ever changing world of Covid, plans would
occasionally change but when one door closed, another
opened because of Elad's friends and connections. He
always made sure our days were full of wonder and
enlightenment.
Elad's description of the local Symbol the Seed of Life
was only enhanced by his visual presentation using a
dried pomegranate he lifted from the ground where we
were walking. This had such a profound impact on my
husband and I we left Israel with a tattoo of this symbol!
Elad has a gift of storytelling while using historical facts to
tell the story.
I have over 4000 photos so be prepared!
Thank you Elad!
Written 17 March 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Tiia-Triin
1 contribution
Sep 2022
There is a humbleness that emanates from Elad, a desire to bring forth change through connection. Creating connection through respect and dignity is something he does exceedingly well. His story of Jerusalem is that of diverse perspectives and intertwined lives of nations, religions and singular lives of ordinary people. He will skillfully draw locals into sharing slivers of their lives giving wonderful flashes of insight and understanding. He will ask you to observe and immerse yourself in your surroundings and then deepen your understanding by unwrapping the convoluted circumstances shaping the situation. Elad will help you to don a lens of respect and understanding, while he masterfully makes history come alive.
Written 17 September 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Melissa H
1 contribution
Jan 2022 • Friends
What an honor to have Elad as our guide! Our group was in Israel January-February 2022, shortly after the country reopened to tourists, and Elad passionately shared his great love for this land and it’s people with us. He is so very knowledgeable and also shared his personal story, making our time together even more memorable. His work for peace in this land helped me think of the conflicts in my own country differently. If there were 6 star reviews I would give that! Excellent guide and a wonderful person!
Written 26 February 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Thomas B
1 contribution
Elad brings a refreshing perspective to this complicated place—his knowledge is vast but combined with a sensitivity to how the information and experiences impact people. He cares about the members of the group as human beings on their own journeys for meaning and he creates space in his tour for reflection. You won’t feel overwhelmed by the information because Elad builds in time to process. This is really a distinctive experience.
Written 30 May 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
jmartin02
New York City, NY20 contributions
Mar 2020
I went on a tour of the Old City of Jerusalem with Elad a year ago with a group of 12 and had an amazing experience! I was planning to send another group this past March, however we were forced to cancel because of COVID-19.
Elad reached out and offered to do a Virtual Tour & Experience for our group via Zoom. It was a really beautiful experience and helped us to momentarily leave our physical space in quarantine and truly be present to one another. He shared with us his story & experience via Zoom. He utilized Google Earth to take us on a virtual tour of the Old City and shared with us the stories of the holy sites there. Such a wonderful experience in the midst of all this chaos and change. I highly recommend requesting a virtual tour with him during this time!
Elad reached out and offered to do a Virtual Tour & Experience for our group via Zoom. It was a really beautiful experience and helped us to momentarily leave our physical space in quarantine and truly be present to one another. He shared with us his story & experience via Zoom. He utilized Google Earth to take us on a virtual tour of the Old City and shared with us the stories of the holy sites there. Such a wonderful experience in the midst of all this chaos and change. I highly recommend requesting a virtual tour with him during this time!
Written 27 April 2020
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Heidi G
1 contribution
Jul 2022
I traveled to Israel on behalf of a Study Abroad program my school offered back in July. I had the privilege of meeting Elad and having him be such an amazing tour guide during our stay. Very knowledgeable, respectful, and detailed. He enriched my experience and does such an outstanding job! I have even began to recommend him to people I know to book a tour with him if ever traveling to Israel.
Written 19 October 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
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