Holy Land (Christians)
10 days / 9 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
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Western Wall and the actual site of the Second Temple.
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Via Dolorosa, to Calvary and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which houses both the traditional site of the crucifixion and the tomb of the resurrection.
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Mount Zion, with the traditional tomb of King David and the Last Supper Room
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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).
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Garden of Gethsemane where Judas betrayed Jesus.
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Mahane Yehuda market
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. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem
Day 3
Jerusalem – Ein Kerem – Bethlehem
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Israel Museum with the famous Dead Sea Scrolls,
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Second Temple era Herodian city of Jerusalem.
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Visit Yad Vashem, the official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust,
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Visit Ein Karem and its church, the place where Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth and where St. John the Baptist was born.
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Direction to Bethlehem - the Church of the Nativity and the Manger Square and with its various chapels and the crypt of St. Jerome.
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Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Jerusalem
Day 4
Masada / Qumran / Dead Sea
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Masada, Israel's main archaeological park. Herod's palaces, the synagogue, the baths and cisterns, and enjoy the breathtaking view of the Roman camps and the Dead Sea.
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Qumran (the site of the discovery of the Bible scrolls),
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Dead Sea, to discover the mineral-rich black mud and float on its salty waters. Passing through the oasis of Ein Gedi, continue through the Judean desert, climbing towards Jerusalem.
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Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem
Day 5
Jericho-Tiberias
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Jericho - visit the important places and evoke Barthimea, Zacchaeus, the Mount of Temptation.
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Kasser el Yehud. Visit of Jericho - stop at Wadi Quelt to admire the magnificent monastery of St. George.
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the Mount of the Quarantine, which clings to the ochre cliffs of the mountains.
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Dinner and overnight in Tiberias
Day 6
Thabor – Nazareth – Cana - Yardenit
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Tiberias to visit Mount Tabor, the site of the Transfiguration, the Catholic Church.
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Lower Galilee and the plain of Jezreel
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Nazareth, the Church of the Annunciation
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Cana, site of Jesus' first miracle
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Yardenit.
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Dinner and overnight in Tiberias.
Day 7
Galilee
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Boat ride on the Sea of Galilee,. The trip will end at the city of Ginosar,
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the Mount of Beatitudes
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Continuation to Tabgha, where we will visit the Church of the Loaves and Fishes and the Church of Mensa Christi,
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the Sea of Galilee we will reach Capernaum,
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Dinner and overnight in Tiberias.
Day 8
St-John of Acre – Rosh Hanikra - Haifa
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Akko (St. John of Acre) and visit of the old city with its walls. church of St. Francis of Assisi.
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Rosh Hanikra, a geological formation with beautiful caves,
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Dinner and overnight in Haifa
Day 9
Haifa - Caesarea
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Haifa - Mount Carmel, its Baha'i temple and its gardens. Discovery of the Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel monastery. El Muhraqa, Mount Hermon, the plain of Yizreel, the valley of Quichon,
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Caesarea and its Roman amphitheater
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Dinner and overnight in Tel Aviv
Day 10
Departure
Depending on the time of the return flight we will visit Tel Aviv and Jaffa - Then transfer to Ben Gurion airport.
This program is given as an example, the order of the visits can be modified without altering the content.