Heritage Of The Holy Land Tour

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Thursday - Arrival
1 stop
1
Tel Aviv
• Day 1 is arrival day. Touring begins the next day, so you can arrive at any time on any flight to Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv. • The beginning of your journey in the Holy Land. • Upon arrival you will meet our representative and be transferred to your hotel in Tel Aviv.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Friday - Tel Aviv / Sea of Galilee / Tiberias
4 stops
2
Jaffa Old City
We drive for a short visit of the city of Jaffa (Joppa) where we will take a short walking tour in picturesque alleys of the old, fortified town. We will pass by the house of Simon the Tanner and marvel at the views from the hill top.
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
3
Caesarea National Park
We drive north along the coast to the archaeological ruins of Caesarea, built by Herod the Great in honor of Augustus Caesar.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
4
Megiddo where the book of Revelations mentions a great battle at the place called "Armageddon". It is an ancient city inhabited continuously for more than five millennia (6000-500 B.C.).
1 hour • Admission ticket included
5
Cana Catholic Wedding Church
where Jesus performed his first miracle, turning water into wine.
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Saturday - Sea of Galilee & Golan Heights
6 stops
6
Kfar Nahum National Park
Our destination will be Capernaum, the center of Jesus ministry
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
7
Tabgha
On to Tabgha, just north of Tiberias, the site of Christ’s miracle of feeding the 5,000 and at the Church of Multiplication, where the mosaic floor depicts a basket with loaves and two fishes.
50 minutes • Admission ticket included
8
Mount Of Beatitudes
We drive on to the Mount of Beatitudes overlooking the Sea, where Jesus preached the “Sermon on the Mount” and it is believed that Jesus picked his 12 apostles
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
9
Yardenit
Visit the Yardenit Baptismal Site, located along the Jordan River, south of the Sea of Galilee.
50 minutes • Admission ticket included
10
Church of the Primacy of Peter
marks the spot, of Jesus proclaimed Peter as chief among the Apostles.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
11
one of the sources of the River Jordan, where Jesus took his disciples, revealing his purpose and His Church before his last trip to Jerusalem and where Simon identified Jesus as the messiah.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Sunday - Nazareth / Jordan Valley / Beit Alfa / Jerusalem
4 stops
12
Church Of Annunciation
This morning we travel to Nazareth, where Jesus spent his childhood, and the Church of Annunciation, built on the site where archaeologists believe the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary. You will also see Mary’s Well and Joseph’s Church.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
13
located at the foot of the northern slopes of the Gilboa Mountains which has one of most preserved and beautiful mosaics in Israel.
50 minutes • Admission ticket included
14
Sea of Galilee
Sail on a boat on the Sea of Galilee to experience the tranquility and scenery little changed during the past 2000 years (subject to weather conditions and fee)
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
15
Jerusalem
Arrival to Jerusalem for overnight
Admission ticket free
Day 5
Monday - Masada & Dead Sea
3 stops
16
Masada National Park
Through remarkable scenery of the Dead Sea we continue to Masada which is situated on an isolated cliff in the Judean Desert. The site was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
17
Qumran Caves
En route to the Dead Sea, you will visit the site of the Qumran Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
18
Dead Sea
the Dead Sea is the lowest point on the earth’s surface. Bring your swimsuit as if weather permits it’s possible to “float” on the salty, mineral rich, water.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Tuesday - Jerusalem
4 stops
19
Israel Museum
Start the day at the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea scrolls, then a visit to the beautifully renovated model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem, dating back to the time of the Second Temple.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
20
Ein Kerem
• Enjoy Ein Karem; a picturesque village in the south western outskirts of Jerusalem. This small village has great significance in Christian traditions, since this is where according to tradition John the Baptist was born.
50 minutes • Admission ticket free
21
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
• Visit Yad Vashem the official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953, located at the foot of Mt. Hertzl.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
22
Bethlehem
• Visit Bethlehem - the birthplace of Jesus at the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 7
Wednesday - Jerusalem
5 stops
23
Western Wall
Enter the Old City of Jerusalem where you will see the Western Wall and the actual site of the Second Temple, the Temple Mount.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
24
The Way of the Cross - Via Dolorosa
Walk the Way of the Cross, the Via Dolorosa, to Calvary and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, housing both the traditional site of Crucifixion and the Tomb of the Resurrection.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
25
Mount Zion
To the southwest, just outside the Old City, is Mount Zion, with the traditional tomb of King David and the Room of the Last Supper
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
26
Garden of Gethsemane
Visit the Garden of Gethsemane where Judas betrayed Jesus.
50 minutes • Admission ticket included
27
Mount of Olives
• Enjoy the spectacular panoramic view of Jerusalem - the holy city for each of the world’s three great religions – Christianity, Judaism and Islam, from atop the Mount of Olives.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 8
Thursday - Departure
1 stop
28
Transfer from the hotel to Ben Gurion Airport for departure.
Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Children under the age of 5 years old (including infants) are not permitted to join the tour
• Airport transfers on arrival and departure are only provided on the designated tour arrival and departure day. Any passengers arriving and/or departing before or after the tour dates are required to make their own transportation arrangements for arrival and departure
• Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
• No luggage restrictions
• Please note: be sure to provide the required passport information and flight details within the correct fields when booking

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