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Kosher Surfing Camp
Kosher Summer Vacation
Sirmione, Italy
Starting
July 10 through October 31, 2011
Sukkot in Crete
October 11-23, 2011
Sukkot in Fort Myers, FL
October 11-23, 2011
Japan & Korea
October 23, 2011
Singapore, Vietnam & Thailand
October 23, 2011
China: In the Footsteps of the Jews
October 25, 2011
Australia, New Zealand & Fiji
October 25, 2011
Ecuador, Galapagos & Peru
October 27, 2011
Japan: Tradition & Modernity
October 30, 2011
Iberian Fiesta
October 30, 2011
Moroccan Encounter
October 30, 2011
Panoramic Portugal
October 30, 2011
India & the Pushkar Camel Festival
October 30, 2011
Guatamala & Belize
October 31, 2011
Kosher Cuisine of Provence
October 31, 2011
China & Hong Kong
November 2, 2011
Ecuador, Galapagos & Peru
November 8, 2011
Andalucia, Spain
November 10, 2011
Peru
November 10, 2011
Exotic India
The Golden Triangle
November 13, 2011
Tunisia & Rome
November 13, 2011
Australia & New Zealand
November 14, 2011
Morocco Magic of the Orient
November 14, 2011
Panama Thanksgiving Retreat
November 21, 2011
California Wine Tour
December 4, 2011
Ethiopia
December 11, 2011
Mystical Morocco
December 22, 2011
India & Nepal
December 22, 2011
Morocco
January 6, 2012
Vietnam & Cambodia
January 16, 2012
Portugal
January 22, 2012
Costa Rica Volcano & Rainforest Adventure
January 22, 2012
Thailand, Vietnam & Angor Wat
February 5, 2012
Australia & New Zealand
February 6, 2012
Columbia
February 12, 2012
Peru
February 19, 2012
Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam
March 11, 2012
India
March 18, 2012
Japan & Korea
April 29, 2012
California Wine Tour
June 3, 2012
Spain
July 9, 2012
Slavic States
August 5, 2012
New Zealand Ski Tour
August 19, 2012
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Amalfi Coast Kosher Tour
CANCELLED
October 25 - 31, 2011
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Most people who visit this area, famous for its rugged cliffs, its winding coastal road, its picturesque towns and its historical significance, miss out. They rarely take the tour which has proved to be the highlight of the whole Amalfi Coast experience: a 3-hour hike just below the clouds (hopefully) called “the pathway of the gods”.
No “on the bus – off the bus” on this tour!! We want you to feel the Amalfi Coast under your feet, and literally get an overview of the incredible beauty of these 60 miles of coast from Naples in the north to Salerno in the south. So we’ve created an itinerary with lots of hikes, with alternatives for the less active guests. On the last trip we even had a guest who cycled through the mountains from Sorrento to Amalfi!!!
See the artists of some of the world’s most beautiful ceramics at work in Vietri-sul-Mare, the last makers of real wood inlay in Sorrento, elegant Positano and capital of the coast, Amalfi. The grandeur of hilltop Ravello and its famous villas and their gardens.
And then there’s Pompeii. August 24th will never be the same again after you hear from your fascinating professional guide what happened in 79A.D. the year Vesuvius erupted. And the area boasts 3 of the best-preserved Greek temples in the world at Paestum.
Let’s not forget the boat-ride to Capri, with the sun in your face and sea breeze in your hair, which prepares you for a few hours of magic on that most romantic island, where the chair-lift to heaven is just one of the ways to enjoy the island to the full. On the way back you’ll see what all the fuss is about – the magnificent views of the Amalfi coast from the sea.
All this, while staying in a luxury hotel in Sorrento with possibly the best view of the volcano that made the area so famous, Mt Vesuvius. We’ll dine by candlelight, on food prepared in our exclusively kosher kitchen by local chefs, while sitting on a terrace that you just won’t want to leave. |
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- Accommodation in an excellent 4* hotel, with magnificent views from every room and the friendliest staff who could not do enough to please and satisfy our needs
- Top local chefs, preparing authentic local cuisine, where menus comprise local recipes which need no change in order to be kosher
- Fine Italian kosher wines – unlimited, many not mevushal, poured by our specially imported shomer shabbat sommeliers
- Expert qualified guides, who make every tour exciting and bring every minute of each tour alive
- Breathtaking hilltop hikes, not for the feeble of body or fearful of spirit, but rewarding in the extreme for the hikers
- Dreamy boat rides – the only sensible way to avoid the coastal "highway", which has over 1,000 sharp bends over its 30 miles, and the best way to appreciate the coast's beauty
- Picnics from yesteryear – brought with us every day from the hotel; healthy and aesthetic, and not too heavy
- Music, classic and local, according to seasonal availability
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Kashrut: |
The kitchen in the hotel is under full-time supervision.
Rav machshir – Rav Mino Bahbout of Rome.
All meat is glatt.
Milk is regular but provision can be made for chalav yisrael, if you tell us in advance.
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Typical itinerary and program
(Friday arrival: adapted for different start days and Shabbat times)
Subject to change - due to any one of a hundred Italian variables |
Arrival Day - Friday
Meeting point: Rome Airport Hilton Hotel: Minyan 07.45, kosher breakfast 08.30, depart 09.30
We have a special arrangement with this most convenient hotel, right inside Rome’s Fiumicino airport. We highly recommend arriving in Rome a day or two before the tour begins, so that you are refreshed when we set off...
From Rome airport, we drive straight off to start our magical tour at Pompeii: lunch, followed by tour of this incredible site.
We then head to our hotel to prepare for Shabbat!!
Mincha and Ma’ariv will be followed by the Welcome Dinner |
Shabbat
Coffee and cake – davening – breakfast;
Short walk into and around Sorrento
Mincha
Late Shabbat lunch – main meal of the day (seuda III if you’re counting)
Free time to relax in the lounge, by the pool or in your room
Depending on season and Shabbat times, a light supper will be served before or after shabbat ends.
After havdala - Saturday night in Sorrento musical, coffee, limoncello |
| Sunday
The "Path of the gods" – a 3-hour medium difficulty hike on top of the cliffs above the Amalfi coastline with some of the ultimate views of the coast. For many this IS the highlight of the whole tour, although so few tourists take the time to do it.
We’ll picnic at the end of the hike, in the tiny village of Nocelle and then take the local micro-bus down to Positano and visit this most elegant resort.
Dinner in our dining room overlooking Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples |
Monday
Vietri-sul-Mare - we’ll stop for an hour or so you can look at the home-town of these world-famous ceramics, and buy them at the best prices anywhere on the coast – we checked!!
Paestum – after lunch at the entrance, we’ll enjoy a guided tour of the world's best preserved Greek Temples (yes Greek – from the time when the Greeks colonized Southern Italy)
Dinner back in our hotel |
Tuesday
Whole day boat trip to the magical isle of Capri; visit the Villa San Michele of author Axel Munthe, ride the chairlift, enjoy a picnic lunch stroll the villages of Anacapri and Capri, the gardens, free time for the gorgeous shops or a beautiful hike. (If you have read about and wish to visit the blue grotto we will arrange that for you, but our feedback has been that the time can be better spent elsewhere on the island – it’s up to you!!)
You now have a choice: to take the ferry to Amalfi (90mins), via Positano, in order to experience the beautiful approaches from the sea, catching a bus back to the hotel OR you can take the return ferry to Sorrento, where you will have time to spend in the town centre before walking or taking a bus/taxi back to the hotel for dinner. |
Wednesday
Amalfi Coast drive – leaving our hotel we’ll drive most of this gorgeous coast road with its 1000 hairpin bends
Amalfi – a short introduction will be followed by free time to stroll around this busy little town, looking at the church and its art (for those who so wish) or browsing in the stores and “living the life”. There is also a lovely museum of paper-making at the end of the village which many guests have greatly enjoyed. For the hikers – we offer a beautiful 2.5hr hike up the Paper Mill valley at the back of Amalfi which brings you out (eventually) to our lunch location. Lunch will be taken in one of our favourite spots, reached by bus from Amalfi centre. Ravello – the bus will then take us to the “high-point” of the coast with its magnificent Villa Cimbrone gardens and views. Dinner back in our hotel |
Thursday
Rounding off this incredible tour will be a visit to see the unbelievable artifacts from Pompeii in the Naples Archeological Museum.
Lunch will be in the Naples shul. At 12 noon we’ll drop off those flying out on the 13.35 flight from Naples to the USA and elsewhere; at 20.00 we’ll drop those flying back to Israel or staying over in Rome at the airport in Rome. |
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Every Day
- Minyan – 3 times per day. Sefer Torah.
- Full breakfast, picnic lunch, full served dinner.
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| Price from €2650 per person sharing |
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| Airfare not Included |
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Important Suggestion:
Whether or not you intended to spend time in Rome before your tour, we strongly recommend you stay the night before the tour starts in a hotel by the airport (the Hilton is IN the airport with shuttles to the city), in case your flight is delayed. We cannot wait for late arrivals as it is unfair to other guests. The cost of "catching up" by taxi/plane is MUCH greater than the cost of a night at the airport hotels!! |
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