Guided Tour 8 Days 7 Nights, STARTING FROM JERUSALEM

Guided Tour 8 Days 7 Nights, STARTING FROM JERUSALEM

8 Days Tour from Jerusalem

Day 1

Tel Aviv Airport - Jerusalem

Meet & Assist by the tour guide and the bus driver. Transfer To your hotel in Jerusalem. Check-in your hotel for 4 nights, dinner & overnight.

Day 2

Mount Of Olives holy sites In Jerusalem & Bethlehem

Today destination will be Mount of Olives holy sites: Ascension (Acts 1:9-11) –  Pater Noster (Matthew 6:9-13) – The beautiful panoramic view overlooking at the beautiful holy city of Jerusalem -The graveyard on Mt. Of Olives (Zechariah 14:1-9) – Palm Sunday Road (Matthew 21:1-11) -  Dominus Flevit (Luke 19:41-44) – Gethsemane Garden and church (Luke 22:39-52)– Mary's Tomb and the cave of the disciples. Later on we proceed to Bethlehem to visit the Shepherds field (Luke 2:1-20).  Later on we'll visit the Nativity church the birthplace of Jesus Christ (Matthew 2:1-12). Then to the "Milk Grotto" Church located nearby the "Nativity" church to visit the grotto where according to the traditions mother Mary nursed Jesus before leaving for Egypt. Back to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 3

Jerusalem Old City Area

Today we are going to the via Dolorosa (the way of the cross). We'll start it from Lion's Gate or St. Steven's gate. We'll visit St. Anne's church and The pool of Bethesda and then we continue in the way of the cross till the holy Sepulchre church to visit the Golgotha / Calvary (the Crucifixion place) & the empty holy tomb of Jesus Christ. After that, we continue walking to Mt. Zion holy sites: The last supper-room, Dormition church of Mary & King David tomb. We will continue to St. Peter's Ingallicantu church where Peter denied Jesus 3 times before the rooster crows at the high priest's house. After that, we will walk to the wailing wall the last remnants from the Temple mount. Continue to our hotel in Jerusalem for dinner and overnight. (This is the last night in Jerusalem).

Day 4

Bethany - Lazarus Tomb - Jordan River Baptismal site - Jericho - Qumran - Dead Sea - Jerusalem

Leaving Jerusalem to Bethany (John 11:1-27) to visit Lazarus tomb and the remains of the house of Mary, Martha & Lazarus inside the Franciscan church area. Continue to Jordan River, the Baptismal site where Jesus was baptized (Matthew 3:13-17). A short drive to Jericho to visit the Sycamore tree associated with the story of the tax collector Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-9) and to have a beautiful panoramic view of "Mount Of Temptation" (Matthew 4:8-11). In Jericho we will have the chance to visit "Elisha Spring" (2 Kings 2:19-21). Continue to " Qumran " where the Scrolls of the old testament were found by an incident in 1947. Our last visit will be to the Dead Sea to try floating on the surface of the water. "Dead Sea" is the lowest point in the world around 430m below the Sea Level (1411 feet).

We might visit the "AHAVA" Factory-Industrial zone where we can buy the Dead Sea well-known beauty moistures and anti-aging products. Back to hotel in Jerusalem.

DAY 5

Jerusalem - Haifa - Mount Carmel - Mount Tabor - Nazareth

After breakfast, we will check out our hotel in Jerusalem and drive north to Mount Carmel area. Reaching Haifa the third largest city in Israel to visit Stella Maris church where Elijah prayed and asked God to end the drought (1Kings 18:41 - 19:21). In Haifa we will have a very beautiful panoramic view from the top of the Bahai Gardens, overlooking Haifa City, Haifa bay area, the Mediterranean Sea, Akko city and the Israel / Lebanon border. Drive to Muhraqa (Mount Carmel) to visit the place where Elijah challenged the false prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:19-29). Heading to the base of Mt. Tabor to be driven to the top of the mountain by mini-buses to visit the site of the transfiguration(Matthew 17:2), (Mark 9:2-8) , (Luke 9:28-36), (2 Peter 1:16-18). Arrival to Nazareth ,Check in hotel for 3 nights 4 days, dinner and overnight

Day 6

Nazareth - Cana Of Galilee - Golan Heights - Caesarea Philippi - Mount Bental Observation Point

Walking to the Greek Orthodox church St. Gabriel  which is built above a spring and believed to be the place of the Annunciation where God sent his angel Gabriel to announce the good news to mother Mary. Continue walking to the Roman Catholic Annunciation church which was built above the house of Mother Mary and believed to be the place where the angel was sent to her to announce the good news (In her house and not nearby the spring) according to the Catholic traditions (Luke 1:26-38). Nearby, we'll visit St Joseph the carpenter church (It is called also the holy family church) which is built above the house of the holy family (after returning back from Egypt) - Continue to Cana where Jesus performed his first miracle of turning water into wine when he attended a wedding there with his mother Mary (John 2:1 - 12)- Continue north to the area of Golan heights to visit Caesarea Philippi located at the base of Mt. Hermon where the great confession (Matthew 16:13). We will have the chance to pass by one of the "Druze" community villages. Our last point will be Mt. Bental observatory point where we can see the Border between Israel and Syria and the Syrian Land where according to the traditions St. Paul saw the vision on his way to Damascus to persecute the Christians (Acts 9:3-6)

Day 7

Nazareth - Sea Of Galilee Holy Sites

Visiting the traditional site of Mt. of Precipice in Nazareth where the angry mob tries to throw Jesus off a cliff (Luke 4:29-30) . Drive to Sea Of Galilee Area to visit the Holy Sites around the Sea of Galilee like Mt. of Beatitudes recognized as the site of Jesus Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:3-10) – Capernaum the town of Jesus after leaving Nazareth (Luke 4:40) – the Primacy Church of Peter (John 21:1-24) – Tabgha the multiplication of the 2 fishes and 5 loaves (Mark 6:30-46) and we will enjoy "Jesus boat replica" wooden boat ride in the Sea of Galilee (Mark 4:35-41)) Back to our hotel in Nazareth

Day 8

Transfer to Tel Aviv airport to fly back home