Sam Makarios
P.O.Box 14271
Jerusalem 9114201
Mobile: +972 54 649 6628
Telefax: +972 2 676 0495
Professional info
I'm a full-time licensed tour guide to the Holy land in both languages English and Spanish. I am one of the few guides who are licensed to guide in both the Palestinian Territories and Israel. I have eighteen years of experience guiding tourists from different origins. I am a freelancer, I have worked with multiple tour agencies.
Work experience
Languages
English
Spanish
Arabic
Hebrew
German
2010 - present
2010 - present
Full-Time Tour Guide to the Holy Land
11/1996 - 02/2001
Freelancer full-time guide to the Holy Land. Working with multiple tour agencies as well as private families.
Local guide at the Tower of David for the groups visiting the museum.
Tower of David Museum- Jerusalem
09/1993 - 10/1996
Scholarship from Jerusalem's church for a one-year German language study in Bonn Germany.
Tour Guides Course in the Following subjects:
History, Archaeology, Geology, Botany, Zoology, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Zionism and the Modern History of the State of Israel
Kreuzberg Institute - Bonn, Germany
03/1997 - 03/1998
University of Haifa - Israel School of Tourism -Jerusalem Branch Hebrew University
07/2000-07/2002
Education
Bethlehem University
04/1994 - 05/1995
Tour Guiding Intensive Program in the following subjects:
History of the Land focusing on the West Bank, Water Resources, Culture and Heritage.
Dublin University, Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center and Bethlehem University Institute of Hotel Management
09/1992 - 06/1993
Hotel Management Certificate
College de Frere, De La Salle High School - Jerusalem
09/1978 - 06/1992
High School Literary Stream Certificate
When the political situation in the Holy Land erupted I joined my two brothers in Puerto Rico, worked with them and learned Spanish
Restaurant Owner, Puerto Rico- San Juan
08/2001 - 12/2004
Freelancer full-time guide to the Holy Land. Working with multiple tour agencies as well as private families; guiding in both English and Spanish
Full-Time Tour Guide to the Holy Land
01/2005 - Today
Volunteer for three months per year, excavating various sites all over the country
Archaeological Team of Palestine
05/1994 - 09/1997