The Beersheba Centenary & the Palestine Campaign
About the tour: The Beersheba Centenary & the Palestine Campaign
Tour Introduction
This tour sees us follow Israel's involvement in World War 1 and take a look at the other wars that involved the region. As we journey throughout the region we visit sites where the battles took place, see memorials and pay our respects in the many cemeteries. On this battlefield tour, we visit Golan Heights, the castle of Nimrod, Kibbutz El Rom, Tel Faher and Jerusalem. We also spend time in Gaza, seeing the Gaza Strip and discussing the territory's involvement in WW1, before we head to Beersheba on the centenary of the towns attack.
Tour Includes
- 7 nights hotel with continental breakfast
- 7 evening meals
- Specialist Battlefield Guide
- Escorted by a Tour Manager in Israel
- Porterage at all hotels
- Return flights to Tel Aviv
- Airport transfers in Israel
- Air-conditioned coach travel
We offer flexible payment options
Once you have booked your battlefield tour either online, or by telephone (), you have the flexibility of how you pay off the remainder of your balance. You can -
- Use our balance payment facility online to make and track your card payments. You can pay as much as you want up until your final due date or pay it all, the choice is yours.
- Send payments via online banking.
- Send payments via cheque.
- Call us and make a card payment, either a small amount or as lump sum until your final due date.
Our contact and online banking payment details will be on your confirmation invoice to remind you of your choices.
Tour Itinerary
For customers living outside of the UK, if you want to make a booking you will need to provide a UK postcode on our online booking system. If you are not able to provide a relevant UK postcode then you can enter the postcode for London Victoria Coach Station – SW1W 9TP. You should then be able to proceed to complete your booking.
If you do encounter a problem then you can speak to one of our friendly advisors who will be happy to help.
Please Note : After completing your booking, a member of our Customer Service team will be in touch to make sure everything is okay.
Either e-mail our Reservations Department or call on 01709 830 333 and they will check to see whether you can visit a particular cemetery on any of our Battlefield Tours, if we are not able to fit it into our itinerary then you could take some time out of the tour and do this independently by taxi or public transport.
Oct 26
Fly to Tel Aviv, where you will be met and transferred to your hotel for one night. Please note due to flight timings for Heathrow departures, an evening meal is not included on the first evening. However, a meal will be served in-flight.
Included meals: Dinner
Oct 27 - Haifa & Jezreel Valley
We head north stopping at the Ba'hai gardens in Haifa to see the Turkish canons from 1918 and then travel onwards to Megiddo seeing the Archaeological site of Armageddon and overlooking the Jezreel Valley over which Australian forces moved on their push north in 1918. We stay for two nights in the Upper Galilee area at Kibbutz Kfar Giladi, or similar.
Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Bahai gardens and temple on the slopes of the Carmel Mountain and view of the Mediterranean Sea and bay of Haifa city, Israel (2)
Key Visits
- Ba'hai Gardens
- Megiddo site of Armageddon
Oct 28 - Golan Heights
We spend today visiting battle sites on the Golan Heights and various memorials commemorating Israeli units who were active in 1967 and 1973. We also see the Crusader era castle of Nimrod with its tremendous views over the road to Damascus and the Golan. We will visit the Kibbutz El Rom and see an authentic movie presenting the battle that took place close to the site, where an Israeli tank unit of less than 40 tanks held back over 700 Syrian tanks in 1973. We will overlook the border with Syria close to the abandoned town of Kuneitra through which the British forces bypass in WWI.
Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Nimrod Fortress (2)
Key Visits
- Golan Heights
- Crusader era Castle of Nimrod
- Kibbutz El Rom
Oct 29 - Tel Faher & Ramle
Lookout at the Israel/Lebanese border, visit Tel Faher, scene of the decisive battle to capture the Golan Heights in June 1967. From there we drive south to the town of Ramle. We visit the commonwealth cemetery and have a briefing on the Palestine Campaign WWI. From there visit the Israeli Armoured Corps memorial and museum at Latrun. We stay overnight in the area of Ashkelon.
Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Commonwealth Cemetery Ramle (1)
Key Visits
- Tel Faher
- Ramle
- Israeli Armoured Corps Museum
Oct 30 - Jerusalem
We start at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem and see where General Allenby entered the old city and where he declared Jerusalem liberated from the Turks on the steps of David’s Citadel. We will tour the Old City, looking at some of the sites such as the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and places of action in the liberation of East Jerusalem from Jordanian occupation in 1967. We stay in Jerusalem for three nights.
Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Dome on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Israel (3)
Key Visits
- Jerusalem, the Old City
- Jaffa Gate
Oct 31 - Gaza Strip & Anzac
We look over the Gaza Strip from Black Arrow Monument. Visit Anzac monument, discuss the battles on Gaza WWI. We then visit Beersheba on the centenary of the attack on the town. We hope to visit Tel Sheva and get a view over the ground over which the light horsemen charged. We will also visit the Australian Light Horse Memorial, the Allenby Memorial, and the Commonwealth Cemetery in the town.
Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Ruins of the biblical Beersheba, Tel Be'er Sheva, Israel (2)
Key Visits
- Gaz Strip
- Black Arrow Monument
- Beersheba
- Tel Be'er Sheva
- Australian Light Horse Memorial
- Allenby Memorial
Nov 1 - Battle of Jerusalem
Spend the day looking at the battle of Jerusalem visiting Nebi Samweil, the strategic Turkish outpost overlooking the city. We visit the Commonwealth cemetery and memorial on Mount Scopus with its view over the city. We then visit the Mount of Olives and St. Andrew's Church, a church built to the memory of Scottish soldiers killed in the campaign.
Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
St. Andrew's Church, Jerusalem (3)
Key Visits
- Military cemetery on The Scopus mount
- Mount of Olives
- St Andrews Church
Nov 2
Free time in Jerusalem until transfer to Tel Aviv for our return flight to the U.K.
Included meals: Breakfast
Specialist Battlefield Guides
All of Leger’s battlefield tours are accompanied by specialist guides. Their individual in-depth knowledge of warfare will be informative, as well as enhance your overall experience, as they recreate a fascinating perception of the history and factual events of each battle. Discover the actual catalysts for war, the strategies employed and the final, inevitable outcomes, as well as experiencing the emotional human side of the front line.
Please note: On certain tours, you may get tour guides other that the ones listed below.
Hotel
If you prefer, then you can join the tour at the hotel. To do this, we will require a copy of your passport for identification purposes and you must advise us at the time of booking.
No reduction will be given if you should choose to do this.
All hotel rooms benefit from private bathroom facilities.
Some hotels have tea and coffee making facilities. Please check the tour pages for more information or call our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333
Most hotels have a lift, please call our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333 for more information.
Some hotels have ground floor rooms. Please email for information on individual hotels or call our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333.
Your hotels will supply towels in your room.
We are unable to guarantee that the hotel will be able to meet your dietary requirements. We find that the majority of European countries do not generally cater for vegetarians and that the meal supplied may well be what everyone else is having minus the meat.
We will of course endeavour to arrange for a vegetarian meal at the hotel. We do however suggest that you advise us of your dietary requests at the time of booking and recommend that you speak to the receptionist on arrival with regard to your request.
Travel Options
Departure times given for each region are approximate. Please check your travel documents to confirm the actual timings.
Front row seats can be reserved for £14pp (up to 6 days duration), £22pp (7 & 8 days duration) and £25pp (9 days duration and over) on all European tours. In addition to this seats on the second row can be reserved for £7pp (up to 6 days duration), £14pp (7 & 8 days duration) and £15pp (9 days duration and over). This offer is only available for bookings of two or four persons on the front row and is subject to availability. Guaranteed front/second row seats cannot be reserved on feeder journeys to/from the U.K. port. Children under 15 years cannot occupy a front row seat due to French Law. Central view seats are free.
Please note: On some coaches the legroom on front seats may be slightly less than that available on other seats due to the presence of a modesty board in front.
If your tour is cancelled for any reason and front/second row seats are not available on your new tour you will be refunded the supplement. No other compensation will be payable.
Alternatively, we can take seating requests on your booking. However, requests are not guaranteed. All seat numbers are confirmed on travel documents approximately 7-10 days prior to departure.
We guarantee that all passengers on the same booking will be seated together on the main tour coach. Seats on the transfer coaches to and from the U.K. port are not allocated.
Hot and cold drinks are served on the main tour coaches. Prices are approximately £1 or 1.25 Euro per drink. Prices will be confirmed by the driver. Drinks may also be served on the transfer coaches but this is not guaranteed.
Transfer vehicles are routed approximately 2-3 weeks before departure and will depend on where passengers are booked to travel from on any particular date as to which route is taken. If you require further detailed information regarding the route to the port you can contact our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333 two weeks before you are due to travel.
With regard to the route taken by the main tour coach, this is determined by the driver.
All main tour coaches have on-board toilets. Transfer vehicles to and from the U.K. port may not have on-board toilets. When non-British coaches are used on transfers and tours (air holidays only) an on-board toilet may not be available. However, comfort stops will be made during long journeys.
All coaches feature air-conditioning. Should the air-conditioning system break down for a period exceeding 12 hours, compensation will be awarded up to a maximum of £10 per fare-paying passenger per tour.
Depending on the location of your pickup point, you may be picked up by coach (not necessarily the on you are touring on), minibus, taxi, National Express or Megabus service. You may then be taken to another centralised pickup location or service station. We operate a passenger interchange at Stop 24 Services, where you will meet the tour coach you are holidaying on and then continue on with your outbound journey. Similarly, on the way home, you may also change transfer vehicles at another location, to take you to your final drop off point.
One medium sized suitcase per person, which should weigh no more than 20kg when full. We may refuse to carry larger or heavier cases. Hand luggage can be stored in the overhead racks aboard the coach.
It could be either - This will be confirmed in your travel documents.
When it comes to getting to the Battlefields, Leger Holidays make it easy, with a selection of travel options for you choose from.
Travel Extras
With an overnight stay, a Door-to-Door pick up or the option to meet us at the interchange, our travel extras allow you to create a travel experience to suit your needs...
Join coach at Interchange
+ Find out moreJoin your tour coach at the interchange.
On most tours if you’d prefer to join your tour coach at Stop 24 services, you can park your car in the car park which is accredited by the Park Mark safer parking scheme and is monitored 24 hours a day by CCTV. Payment for the parking is made on arrival using the self-service machines.
Excludes tours to Ireland and the U.K. and tours travelling via Brittany Ferries.
Door-to-Door service
+ Find out moreOn Battlefield tours of 7 days’ duration or more, you don’t even have to think about getting to your local joining point. Our Door-to-Door Service collects you from your home and takes you to meet your transfer vehicile, then brings you back at the end of the holiday. Door-to-Door Service is available within a 20-mile radius of one of our free joining points and is from £90 per car, return (up to 4 passengers per vehicle).
If you live a little further afield, you can also take advantage of this convenient option for an additional charge – please enquire at the time of booking.
