The Holy Land 1000

5 Days, 60 Vintage Cars, 1,000 Miles and 3,000 Years of History – An Amazing Journey Through the Remarkable and Diverse Culture, Climate and Terrain of Israel.

If vintage car tours are your bag and you’re looking for the next great and different one, I’m afraid you just missed it, the inaugural Holy Land 1000—yes, in Israel. It was held March 12-17. But there is hope that the organizers Elad Shraga and Amir Almagor will have the chutzpah to stage a sequel in a year or two. They are talking about it. In lots of ways the HL1000 was similar in format and execution, and as big a rush, as the best tours I’ve ever done in American locations like Colorado, California and Arizona (or even Italy), only more so, because it was in Israel. The top three things that give this road tour the edge over the other great ones are simple: location, location, location. Israel has all the scenery to rival the best of tours, but what Israel also has that the others never will is the Biblical and historic and geographic locales. Add to that what has to be without exaggeration the most flavorful produce grown on the planet, which they prepare and present so incredibly, and this has to be the best bang for the tour buck in the world.