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In the
Footsteps of Our Lord
Weekly guaranteed tour of the Holy Land
Saturday to Sunday
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Sunday - Welcome
to Israel! Upon arrival into Ben Gurion International
Airport, you
are met and assisted by our airport representative and brought
to your guide. Proceed to your hotel in Tel Aviv for dinner and
overnight
Monday - Caesarea /
Megiddo / Haifa / Acre - Following a
delicious Israeli buffet breakfast depart Tel Aviv. Drive north
along the coastal plain to Caesarea (Acts 9.30 Acts 10 24-48),
capital of Judea under the Romans. Visit the excavations of
this ancient city, the Roman theatre and aqueduct. Continue to Megiddo (1
Kings 4.28, 9,15, 2 Kings 23,29 & Revel. 16.16), identified
as the site of Armageddon.
Visit the archaeological excavations at Megiddo,
including the well-preserved water supply system. Drive to the beautiful
port city of Haifa, nestled on the Mediterranean Sea. Visit the world famous
Persian Gardens at the Bahai Temple. From Haifa, drive to Acre
(Micah 1.10), capital of the Crusaders for more than a
century. Visit the ancient city and harbour before continuing
eastwards across the plains of the Galilee to Kibutz hotel Lavi,
not far from the Sea Of Galilee
dinner
and overnight. Evening lecture by one of
the Kibutz members about life in a Kibutz.
Tuesday - Tiberias / Capernaum / Banias -
After After
a short tour of the Kibutz grounds we take a boat ride across
the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum (Matt. 4.13 13.54, 17.24, Luke
7, Mark 1.2, John 4.46-54). Visit the remains of the
2nd century synagogue.
Proceed to Tabgha (Matt. 13, Mark. 33-45, & John 21),
the site of the miracle of fish and loaves; visit the Church of
Multiplication with its 4th century mosaic floor.
Continue to the Mount of the Beatitudes (Matt. 5,6,7,8),
where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount. Drive to the
Banias Spring and Waterfall (Matt. 16.13 and Mark 8.27),
where Jesus was recognized as The Messiah by His Disciples. Tour the Golan heights,
with its valleys, grazing land and snow capped mountains. Return
to Kibutz Lavi for dinner and overnight.
Wednesday - Nazareth /
Beit Shean - Begin the
day with a drive to Nazareth (Luke 1.26, 4.16-29, Matthew
2.23) via Cana of Galilee (John 2.1-11). In Nazareth, we shall
visit the Church of the Annunciation, St. Joseph’s Workshop and
Mary’s Well. Next on our program is the Jordan River and the
Baptismal site.
Continue to Beit Shean, one of the ancient Decapolis cities
(Mark 5.20, 7.31), and visit the Roman theatre. This is the
city where Saul and his son Jonathan were nailed to the walls
(1st Samuel 31.10). Judges 1.27 also mentions
Beit Shean. Continue
south along the shores of the River of Jordan. Passing Jericho, we
proceed westward and climb to the Golden City of Jerusalem. Dinner and overnight in
Jerusalem.
Thursday - Jerusalem - Old City -
Today we
visit the Old City of Jerusalem.
Our appreciation of this Golden City begins with a
panoramic view from the Mount of Olives, overlooking the walls
of the old city and the ancient Jewish cemetery. Enter the Old City to
begin exploring the wonders of Jerusalem. Visit the Church of All
Nations. Proceed to
Mount Zion to see the tomb of King David and the nearby Room of
the Last Supper (Mark 14.13, Luke 22. 10-38, Matt 26 17-29,
Acts 1.13 and Acts 2 The Pentecost). Walk through the Cardo,
the main street of Jerusalem 2000 years ago. View the Temple Mount and
the Western Wall.
Walk along the Via Dolorosa, where Jesus carried His Cross.
Continue to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Matt. 27.
33-57, 28.10).
No visit to Jerusalem is complete without a walk through the
colourful Arab bazaar (a chance to test your negotiating
skills). Visit the garden tomb. Dinner and overnight in
Jerusalem.
Friday - Jerusalem – New City of Bethlehem -
Today’s program
is dedicated to the new city of Jerusalem. Visit the model of
ancient Jerusalem. Continue to Yad Vashem, Israel’s memorial to
the victims of the Holocaust.
Enter the site by walking along the Street of the
Righteous Gentiles, dedicated to the non-Jews that risked their
lives in order to save their Jewish neighbors. Continue to Ein Karem,
birthplace of John the Baptists (Luke 1.39-80). This Spanish style church
and Mary’s well is where Mother Mary met her cousin Elizabeth. Proceed to Bethlehem* to
visit the Church of the Nativity. Dinner and overnight in
Jerusalem.
Saturday - Dead Sea / Masada - Drive through the Judean Desert to
Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found in 1947 by a
Bedouin boy. Visit
the ancient city of Qumran and drive along the shore of the Dead
Sea, the lowest place on earth, to Massada, the last stronghold
of the Jews after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70
A.D. Ascend Massada
by cable car and
visit the food storeroom, water irrigation system and Herod’s
Palace.
Return to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.
Sunday -
Transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport for your
flight back home.
Tour will not operate on the Jewish holidays.
2010 Price per person: from
$1,220.12 (price subject to change based on accommodations and
season)
Price Includes:
Private transfer from Ben Gurion Airport to Hotel in Tel Aviv
and from Hotel in Jerusalem to Airport.
6 Full days touring with all entrance fees as per above
itinerary
7 nights’ accommodations, double occupancy
Buffet breakfast and dinner in hotels
Not included:·
International roundtrip airfare from the U.S.
Tips
Personal extras or meals not mentioned above
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