Activities | ||
Day 1 | Arrival | |
Day 2 | 7:00 | Pick-up from the hotel. Travel to Bethlehem, Tour Bethlehem; The Shepherds’ Field. The Nativity Church; The Manger Square; The Milk Grotto. The “I Love Bethlehem” for picture taking. The Shepherds’ Field, (optional). Travel to Jerusalem. Enter the City of David. Watch a 20 minutes film on how King David conquered Jerusalem. Walk the wet tunnel from Hezekiah period with the water from Gihon spring; or walk the dry tunnel from the Canaanite period. Visit the Siloam pool where Jesus healed the blind man. Travel back to the hotel. |
Day 3 | 7:00 | Pick-up from the hotel. Travel to Jerusalem. Visit Gethsemane. The S/E wall of the Temple Mount, (an archaeological site). The Western Wall; The Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock; The Lion’s Gate; Bethesda pool where Jesus healed the blind man; The Via Dolorosa – The Stations of the Cross The Holy Sepulchre Church; The site of the crucifixion and death. The tomb of Jesus and the site of the resurrection. Lunch in the Jewish Quarter; The Cardo; The lookout of the Temple Mount from the Jewish Quarter. Mount Zion; the Tomb of King David; The Last supper room and the Pentecost. The Dormition Abbey. The Jaffa Gate and The King David Citadel. The Great Wall of Jerusalem. “I Love Jerusalem” – for quick picture taking. Travel back to the hotel |
Day 4 | 7:00 | Pick-up from the hotel. Travel to Nazareth, the church of the annunciation; Travel to Cana – where Jesus turned the water into wine. Travel to the Sea of Galilee; Capernaum – the town of Jesus The Mount of the Beatitudes (optional); Tabgha -The church of the Multiplication of the fish and loaves. Magdala – the Synagogue from the time of Jesus. (optional) Yardenit – the baptismal site on the Jordan River Tsemach Beach – swim on the sweet water of the Sea of Galilee. Travel back to the hotel |
Day 5 | 7:00 | Pick-up from the hotel. Travel to the Dead Sea via the Judea Desert. Float on the Dead Sea at En Bokek Beach. Visit the Qaser El Yahud Baptismal site on the Jordan River. Visit Jericho, ride a cable car to the top of the Mount of Temptation with a panoramic view of the Jordan Valley; of the Dead Sea and of Jericho. |