tonyjo Posted April 12, 2015 #1 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Sailing on the Thompson Spirit from Turkey to Israel 11th May I am a bit bothered about touring Israel is it safe:(:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruzseeka Posted April 12, 2015 #2 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Sailing on the Thompson Spirit from Turkey to Israel 11th May I am a bit bothered about touring Israel is it safe:(:( I think if there were concerns about passenger safety Thomson wouldn't take you. And if there is Foreign Office advice against travelling to any part of the world, they most definitely won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtt Posted April 13, 2015 #3 Share Posted April 13, 2015 the main fco warning at the moment is using public transport, the ship has plenty of tours, they do a talk about things in isreal on the sea day before you go, if the situation there changes the ship will stop going there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkStirling Posted April 19, 2015 #4 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Just returned from our cruise on the Thomson Spirit. We visited Israel, the first day Jerusalem and Bethlehem with Israel Guided Tours and the second day Masada and the Dead sea with Thomson excursion (as not enough numbers to use Israel Guided Tours, a minimum of 6 required). Never felt frightened or in any way vulnerable when travelling to, from and around the area. So much so I would consider visiting for a longer period of time and stay in Jerusalem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryT-UK Posted April 22, 2015 #5 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Just returned from our cruise on the Thomson Spirit. We visited Israel, the first day Jerusalem and Bethlehem with Israel Guided Tours and the second day Masada and the Dead sea with Thomson excursion (as not enough numbers to use Israel Guided Tours, a minimum of 6 required). Never felt frightened or in any way vulnerable when travelling to, from and around the area. So much so I would consider visiting for a longer period of time and stay in Jerusalem. That's good to hear - I'm on this cruise in July. I'll only be doing the Thomson tours, but haven't decided which to do yet. Would you recommend the ones you went on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkStirling Posted April 23, 2015 #6 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Yes. My husband and I were very happy with the excursions we did on both days. I think the excursions offered are a mixture of what we did in various ways plus Nazareth and Galilee or Tel Aviv. My parish priest recommended Masada and Dead Sea and I am glad he did. Was always going to do Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Excursions are never that cheap but Israel definitely the place to book with a company or Thomson when it is your first time. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggertastic Posted April 24, 2015 #7 Share Posted April 24, 2015 We took a ship excursion believing this to be the safest option and not once did we feel uncomfortable. It is a wonderful place to visit and the current warnings are only surrounding public transport. What we did find interesting were the huge walls of which the guide made no comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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