BibleLand (Evangelists)
11 days /10 nights
Highlights: Jerusalem / Bethlehem / Masada / Qumran / Dead Sea / Jericho / Tiberias / Thabor / Nazareth / Cana / Galilee / Acre / Rosh Hanikra / Haifa / Caesarea
Day 1
Arrival Ben Gurion airport/Jerusalem
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Direction Jerusalem . Depending on the time of arrival, we will start the tour of Jerusalem.
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Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem
Day 02
Jerusalem Old City
After breakfast, we will enter the Old City of Jerusalem where you will see the Western Wall and the Temple Mount. We will visit the Pools of Bethesda and sing in St. Anne's Church. We will partially follow the Way of the Cross, the Via Dolorosa, passing by Calvary (the Church of the Holy Sepulchre), which houses both the traditional site of the crucifixion and the tomb of the resurrection. To the southwest, just outside the Old City, is Mount Zion, with the traditional tomb of King David and the Last Supper Room. From the top of the Mount of Olives, enjoy a spectacular panoramic view of Jerusalem, the holy city of each of the world's three great religions (Christianity, Judaism and Islam). Visit the Garden of Gethsemane where Judas betrayed Jesus. We will end the day in the Garden of the Tomb. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem
Day 3
Jerusalem – Bethlehem
After breakfast, we will begin the day at the Shrine of the Book of the Israel Museum with the famous Dead Sea Scrolls, followed by a visit to the beautifully renovated model of the city of Jerusalem and the time of Jesus. Visit Yad Vashem, the official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953, located at the foot of Mount Hertzl. Head to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, with the Church of the Nativity, the Manger Square and the Shepherds' Field. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Jerusalem
Day 4
Masada - Qumran - Dead Sea
After breakfast, head to Masada, Israel's main archaeological park. Ride the cable car for an in-depth tour that will give you insight into the rituals, politics and culture of the people who inhabited this desert fortress, which was the last stronghold of the Jewish Zealots in their war against the Romans. Visit the excavations, Herod's palaces, the synagogue, the baths and cisterns, and enjoy the breathtaking view of the Roman camps and the Dead Sea. We will visit the oasis of Ein Gedi where in one of its caves King David hid from King Saul. We will pass by Qumran (the place where the Bible scrolls were discovered), to go down to the lowest place on earth, the Dead Sea, to discover the mineral-rich black mud and float on its salty waters. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem
Day 5
Jericho-Tiberias
After breakfast, stop at Wadi Quelt to admire the magnificent St. George's Monastery. We will leave for Jericho - visit the important places and evocation of Barthimea, Zacchaeus, the Mount of Temptation. View of the Mount of the Quarantine clinging to the ochre cliffs of the mountains. Direction, Kasser el Yehud (place of baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist). Direction to the Jordan Valley to arrive in Tiberias. Dinner and night in Tiberias.
Day 6
Thabor – Nazareth – Cana - Yardenit
After breakfast, departure from Tiberias to visit Mount Tabor, the site of the Transfiguration, the Catholic Church. From the roof of the church, we will enjoy a magnificent view of the Lower Galilee and the plain of Jezreel. We will continue to Nazareth, one of the most important cities in Christendom, where we will visit the Church of the Annunciation and the village of Nazareth, reconstructed as it was in Jesus' time. Passing through Cana, site of Jesus' first miracle - the transformation of water into wine at a wedding feast, we will go to Yardenit. Dinner and overnight in Tiberias.
Day 7
Galilee
After breakfast - boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus walked on the water. The trip will end at Ginosar, where we will visit the ancient boat from Jesus' time that was found nearby. Then we will head to the Mount of Beatitudes where we will visit the heptagonal church that was built by the Italian architect Berluzzi. Direction to Tabgha, where we will visit the Church of the Loaves and Fishes. Driven along the northern shores of the Sea of Galilee we will reach Capernaum, the city where Jesus lived in the house of Peter performing from there his miracles and healings. Return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight in Tiberias.
Day 8
St-John of Acre – Rosh Hanikra - Haifa
After breakfast, departure for Akko (St Jean d'Acre), classified by Unesco as a World Heritage site. We'll visit the halls of the Knights Hospitallers and the Templar tunnel. We continue on to Rosh Hanikra, a geological formation with magnificent caves, the only place in Israel where sea and mountains meet, on the Israeli-Lebanese border. Dinner and overnight in Haifa
Day 9
Mount Carmel - Dalia El Carmel - Haifa
After breakfast, we will visit Meggido - the biblical armadon with impressive walls from the time of King Solomon and an important irrigation system. Climb to the top, El Muhraqa, the place where tradition places the sacrifice of Elijah, which is mentioned in the 1st Book of Kings (18:1-46). Panorama on Mount Hermon, the plain of Yizreel, the valley of Kichon, the Mediterranean Sea. Passage to the Druze village of Dalia El Carmel with its picturesque market. Direction Mount Carmel with its magnificent view of the bay of Haifa, its Baha'i temple and its gardens. Panoramic view of Mount Hermon, the Yizreel plain, the Kichon valley and the Mediterranean Sea. Dinner and overnight in Haifa.
Day 10
Ceasarea - Jaffa - Tel Aviv
Departure by the coastal road to the north. Visit Caesarea with its Roman amphitheater and the port from where the apostle Paul was sent to Rome to be a judge. Direction Tel Aviv and visit of the old Jaffa with the monument "Gate of Faith" offering a panoramic view of the bay of Jaffa and the modern city of Tel Aviv, Artists' Quarter, Pharaonic Gate - excavations from the Egyptian period, visit of the house of Simon the tanner. Visit to Tel Aviv, known as the "White City", with a walk along Rothschild Boulevard and its side streets which will be a wonderful opportunity to savor life in the first Hebrew city, past and present. Dinner and overnight in Tel Aviv
Day 11
Departure
Breakfast and transfer to Ben Gurion airport.
This program is given as an example, the order of the visits can be modified without altering the content.