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8-Day and 7-Night Christian Tour
Discover where it all began in the holy land of Israel
Tour Overview
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Transfer to/from Ben Gurion Airport
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8 nights accommodation + 8 breakfasts
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1 Kibbutz Dinner
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All entrance fees
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English speaking guide
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Price starts at $995 per person
MONDAY - Jerusalem
Upon arrival to airport meet our representative and transfer to hotel in
Jerusalem for an overnight.
TUESDAY - Jerusalem - sightseeing of the new city
Start the day with a panoramic view of Jerusalem from the top of
Mount Olives. On to the Garden of Gethsemane and Church of the Agony. Continue
to 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. Continue to Yad Vashem (the Holocaust Memorial) and in the
afternoon visit the picturesque village of Ein Karem , the birth place of John
the Baptist. Overnight in Jerusalem.
WEDNESDAY - Jerusalem - Old City – Bethlehem*
Walk through one of the Gates to the walled Old City: the renewed Jewish
Quarter; the Western Wall, the Temple area; the colorful bazaars; Via Dolorosa
and the Stations of the Cross ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Drive
to Mount Zion and visit the tomb of King David, the Room of the Last Supper and
Dormition Abbey. Afternoon continue to Bethlehem* to visit the Church of the
Nativity and a view of the shepherds
fields. Return to Jerusalem for overnight.
* Visit subject to security situation with Palestinian Authority
THURSDAY - Beit Shean - Nazareth - Galilee
Leave Jerusalem, and drive north via Jericho*, the oldest city in the world.
Then via the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean. Visit the excavations of this
beautiful Roman City. Proceed to Nazareth to visit the Church of the
Annunciation & Mary’s Well. On to Safed, city of the Kabala, for a walk through
the mystic alleys and the artists’ colony. Drive to Kibbutz Hotel for overnight.
* Visit subject to security situation with Palestinian Authority
FRIDAY - Golan Heights – and around the Sea of Galilee
Drive to the Golan Heights. See the former Syrian fortifications, and the Druze
villages. Via Banias, source of the Jordan River , drive to the shores of the
Sea of
Galilee , to Capernaum. Visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue and Peter's
House. Visit Tabgha , where the miracle of the Fish & Bread took place and Mt
Beatitude. After a short tour of Tiberias the old center of Jewish learning,
Return to the Kibbutz hotel for overnight.
SATURDAY - Acre - Haifa - Tel Aviv
After Breakfast drive west to Acre for a visit of the old, famous Crusader
stronghold and medieval fortifications. Continue to Haifa, sightseeing tour of
Haifa, including the Bahai Shrine, Persian Garden and Mount Carmel for a
panoramic view of the city. Proceed southwards to Caesarea to visit the
Roman Theater and the Crusader fortress. Continue to Tel Aviv-Jaffa for a
short city tour and to hotel for overnight.
SUNDAY
A day at leisure in Tel Aviv or an optional tour to the Dead Sea.
MONDAY
Breakfast and transfer to the airport for departure.
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