We care that our clients return to Israel again and again with Amiel Tours.
To ensure this, we operate under the five values of being fast, flexible, friendly, focused, and fun.
Amiel Heritage & Group Tours
Jewish Federations
Customized Community Building Experiences
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For decades, Jewish Federations have made Israel experience missions a cornerstone of community building and enhancing Jewish identity. An Israel journey brings participants in touch with their roots and creates understanding about the global Jewish community.
At Amiel, we help you to design interesting, educational, and fun experiences highlighting the many aspects of Israel today. These trips are no longer one size fits all: from large community themed trips to small specialized trips, we’ll meet the needs of your community.
Experience the ancient and new.
Discover thousands of years of history and spirituality unique to the Holy Land. Enjoy the food, wine, colorful markets, art and archaeological explorations. Have fun in the buzzing nightlife and thriving art scene of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Experience Israel's high tech wonders. See the beauty of the north and the vibrant beaches along the Mediterranean. Show community donors and supporters the important investments being made today by the Diaspora communities. Visit the centers of spirituality of the worlds greatest monotheistic religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and then have fun hiking, biking, repelling, swimming and enjoying the sun.
Congregation Experiences
Inspire, Educate and Connect
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Congregational trips help participants experience Israel intimately with a journey steeped in religious and spiritual history. An expedition through the Jewish homeland with a synagogue community creates the opportunity for groups to explore their spirituality and Jewish identity together.
Amiel will help your congregation to build a trip to include all the exciting components of Israel travel: religion, history, art, architecture, music, Tikkun Olam, people, and places. In Israel, historic religious sites stir the imagination. Create a congregational trip that is engaging, enjoyable and presents the spiritual significance and beauty of Israel. At Amiel we design customized trips that help participants find their personal relationship to Israel.
Build a trip that features art, archaeology, history, politics, people and more. See the flyer for details.
B'nai Mitzvah Journey
Memories Made in Israel
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We plan special Bar/Bat Mitzvah experiences with hands-on activities, fun sites, and activities like kayaking, tornado boats, and family arts projects. Have your special Bar/Bat Mitzvah experience at the Kotel, on Masada or a different site where you'll create family memories that will last a lifetime. Ask us about possibilities for Tikkun Olam projects and special twinning programs.
Women's Missions
Our Women’s Missions are designed to help women learn, grow & participate in new experiences TOGETHER. Our itineraries are designed to meet the interests and concerns of women, including programs in history, art, design, culture, political, culinary arts, physical activity and love of nature. We also can include programs with educational, spiritual and inspirational focus on Judaism and Israel. Our goal in designing these trips is to transcend the boundaries and provide participants a deeper connection to the land and people of Israel. We have access to places and sites that most tourists never visit and we guarantee an exceptional experience.
Men's Trips
Join a group of your peers as we explore the past, present and future of the Jewish people in locations as diverse as Israel and all over Europe. Our Men’s missions have been a fellowship of dynamic Jewish men – brothers, fathers, sons and friends – who today inspire each other through Jewish values and commitment to community. Our site visits are filled with off the record briefings from; educators, military experts, future thinkers of the regions, politicians, business and social leaders. Learn firsthand about the politics and challenges facing Israel daily. Develop business-to-business connections between Israel and America.
Extensions: Petra, the Red Sea, & Eilat
Petra
Although much has been written about Petra, nothing really prepares you: it really does need to be seen to be believed. Petra, chosen as one of the 7 Wonders of the World is without a doubt Jordan's most valuable treasure and it's greatest tourist attraction. The vast, unique city, carved into the sheer rock face by the Nabataeans is Petra's most famous monument. The Treasury appears dramatically at the end of the Siq (the shaft), various walks and climbs reveal hundreds of buildings, facades, tombs, baths, funerary halls, temples and a 3000 seat theater from the 1st Century AD. From Tel Aviv's Sde Dov airport it's a short hop to land in Eilat, transfer to the Arava border and into Petra.
Eilat on the Red Sea
Visit Israel’s well know spot on the southernmost tip of Israel, at the Gulf of Eilat on the shores of the Red Sea. Known since the times of King Solomon, Eilat today is Israel’s tourist spot for sun worshipers, diving enthusiasts, and desert lovers. Eilat offers endless water activities: water sports, glass bottom boat rides, an underwater observatory Marine Park, and Dolphin Reef to swim with the dolphins, desert jeep tours to discover plant life, birds and animals, desert creatures and fauna, and sites from ancient history.
The Negev and the South
Mountains, wadis, canyons and dunes make up this vast area of Southern Israel. Once part of the Spice Route Caravans of the East this area reveals the ancient fortresses, monasteries, and footprints of the Bible and 4000 years of history. Visit Be’er Sheva and the Nabatean City of Avdat. Juxtaposed to the past are the extraordinary high tech developments in vast areas of water, farming, agriculture, ecotourism, and so much more.
Experience Jewish Europe
Eastern Europe offers a wide range of Jewish, cultural, political and scenic variety. Extend your trip to explore Prague, Vienna, and/or Budapest and immerse yourself in European culture. You'll gain an insight into many fascinating places – from the international tourist hub of Prague to the variety of sights in Vienna and the beautiful Hungarian capital on the Danube. Berlin extension will give you unforgettable impressions of the German capital.
Prague
Visit the Jewish Quarter that comprises the most well-preserved complex of Jewish historical monuments in Europe. There you will see the Maisel, Pinkas and Klausen Synagogues as well as the Old-New Synagogue. This is the oldest site of Prague’s Jewish Quarter and has been the main synagogue of the Jewish community in Prague for more than 700 years. After lunch you will learn more about Jewish life in Prague nowadays. For dinner you will visit the Pilsner Restaurant, one of the best known restaurants of the city. It is located in the Municipal House and presents an interesting mixture between classical Jugendstil and beer house atmosphere inside. See Prague’s historical highlights like the Prague Castle including the Royal Palace as well as St. Veits Cathedral and the Golden Lane, a street consisting of 11 tiny colored houses.
Vienna
Visit Mauthausen, the former concentration camp, one of the largest camps in the German-controlled part of Europe. More than 200,000 people from all over Europe had been arrested between 1938 and 1945 and more than half of them lost their lives. Explore Vienna on a carriage ride with the typical Fiaker, go shopping, or just to breathe the atmosphere by sitting in one of the many Vienna Café-Houses and watch the street life. With a Jewish local guide you will go for a walk exploring the lovely city core and see the Hofburg, the elegant Kohlmarkt, and the Stephansdom (Vienna’s landmark). The focus on this tour is on the Jewish Quarter as the city’s history is inextricably linked to the history of Vienna’s Jews.
Budapest
Explore the Jewish Quarter on the “Pest” side of the city and do a treasure hunt. Enjoy this historical city with a lot of fascinating, hidden corners and step into the footprints of the past. Have a moving experience at the Holocaust Memorial Center that focuses on research and education. Do Tikkun Olam in cooperation with the Jewish Institutions of Budapest. Visit the Moishe House and meet young adults who share stories about Jewish life in Budapest and are rebuilding the Jewish community.
