My name is Moshe Malka. I’m an official licenssed tour guide in Israel and I invite you to visit Israel, the Holy Land, with me.

Every visitor is different and we all have a different way of experiencing things. My tours are all tailored specifically to fully meet your needs and wishes, and so you’ll have the opportunity to experience this unique country first hand just the way you want to experience it: in a small group in a ‘private car tour’ (with my fully a/c 6 seater car VW van) or in a big bus with a big group of people. Any way you choose, together we will build your trip and make it a once in a lifetime experience.

See you in Israel!

Come, learn some more about me and my company:

Israel With Moshe was established in 1992 by Moshe Malka, a tourist guide, licensed with the Ministry of Tourism. We have spent more than a decade organizing missions and leading tour groups and individuals throughout Israel. We provide a complete experience and tailor made trips to Israel, Jordan and Egypt, offered in English and many other languages. All our tours use very comfortable vehicles, licenssed to drive tourists, starting with busses and experienced drivers and down to our new VW multivan

Comprehensive planning will make your trip to the Holy Land a special event. We will assist with flight arrangements, travel insurance, accommodations, ‘follow-the-bible’ tours of the Holy Land, Bar and Bat Mitzvah trips, leisure trips, trips to nearby countries, or any other requests to make your travels special.

 
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Culinary tourism is a relatively new industry in Israel, yet its popularity is growing.  As food enthusiasts pursue unique and memorable food and wine experiences, Israel is emerging as a choice destination combining ethnic and modern cuisine and reflecting a vibrant cultural diversity.

Whether you are an experienced chef, a budding gourmand or simply enjoy food and wine, nothing can bring you closer to the essence of Israel than our fantastic hands-on cooking vacations. Our culinary tours take you beyond the usual tourist experience to the real Israel where food expresses the depth and diversity of the land itself.  Explore a wide range of cuisines as you tour Israel and learn how to create delicious, authentic Israeli dishes yourself.

About Israel With Moshe Culinary Tours

We love food and cooking! Our culinary tours reveal the heart and soul of Israel though its kitchen doors as together we explore the lifestyles, customs, family traditions, history and politics of the land and its people. Our week-long cooking vacations start in magical Jerusalem, move on to green Galilee and finish in vibrant Tel Aviv. We offer this unique tour for small groups of 4 to 12 participants. The tours occur once a month, from Sunday to Sunday, and include food market excursions, cooking workshops, casual and fine dining, and visits to wine, olive oil and cheese makers.

Our program includes:

- 8 days/ 7 nights hotel accommodations, based on double occupancy

- Small groups of 4 to 12 participants

- English speaking licensed tour guide

- Deluxe air conditioned van/mini-coach transportation

- Daily full Israeli breakfast

- 3 hands-on cooking classes with leading chefs, tailored to participants’
interest and ability, followed by a meal of the dishes prepared in class.

- 4 dinners and one lunch in Israel’s best restaurants

- Visits to selected produce markets

- Wine tasting tours in the Galilee region or the Golan Heights

- Excursions to olive oil and cheese makers

- Tours of Jerusalem’s Old City and other historic sites

- Customized tours are available upon request.

Rates

Tours range from approximately $2900 to $3500 based on number of participants and double occupancy.  The rates do not include airfare and travel insurance, which may be purchased separately or through our agency.

Join us for a wonderful week of food, fun and discovery in Israel! Look at the detailed itinerary here

The cooking vacation of a lifetime

Get to know fascinating Israel by getting to know its food! Lively seaside Tel Aviv, the winding alleyways of Jerusalem and the Galilee hills studded with olive orchards and vineyards – these are the breathtaking backdrops for our cooking vacations in Israel.

Our week-long culinary tours of Israel feature fabulous food and excellent wines, colorful open-air markets bursting with gorgeous local produce and unusual hands-on cooking classes that explore the rich tapestry of Israel’s ethnic melting pot.

Food, fun and friendship in one of the world’s most captivating destinations – our recipe for the most exciting cooking vacation ever!

Tasting the real Israel

Nothing can bring you closer to the essence of Israel than our fantastic hands-on cooking vacations. Our culinary tours take you way beyond the usual tourist experience to get to know the real Israel – tasting, smelling, seeing, touching and learning how to create delicious, authentic Israeli dishes yourself.

Our week-long cooking vacations start in magical Jerusalem, move on to green Galilee and finish in vibrant Tel Aviv. Each stop on our culinary tours reveals more about the vast variety of ethnic influences on Israeli cuisine – the immigrants who poured in from more than 120 lands, plus the centuries-old culinary traditions of local Arabs and Jews.

Savoring the Seven Species

In the Bible, Israel was known as the Land of Milk and Honey. Our cooking vacations will bring to life the biblical list of nature’s bounties: “… a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey…” These are the Seven Species, and they remain the backbone of the Mediterranean kitchen to this day.

You’ll get to know the Seven Species and more as our cooking vacations in Israel take you to a boutique dairy, to a special winery and to the spectacular open-air produce markets in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Not to mention a delicious, after-dark visits to the streets of Israel to experience street food and local culture.

Hands-on cooking vacations

And what’s cooking on our culinary tours? You’ll enjoy fascinating hands-on cooking classes, each one reflecting the unique and authentic features of its location:

- The Mediterranean way of eating, set in cosmopolitan Tel Aviv on the shores of that fabled sea

- The lore of local herbs and spices, at a spice farm in the Judean Hills

- The secrets of cheese-making, at a boutique dairy in Galilee

- The glory of Galilee cuisine, in an Arab kitchen in a Galilee village

- Cooking vacations are based on small groups (4-12 people) so we can go
behind the scenes and gain an insider’s insight into how the locals live.

Join us

Add to this rich blend of flavors and fragrances a wealth of breathtaking scenery and sacred sites, stir in superb restaurants and season with accommodations in charming boutique hotels.

The result: The cooking vacation of a lifetime – fun, relaxed, enlightening and downright delicious.