Israel Only Six nights Program
Day 1: Tel Aviv Arrival
Arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv. Meet your guide after airport procedures.
Transfer to hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Tel Aviv – Jaffa – Haifa – Nazareth – Tiberias
Check-out from hotel afterbreakfast and drive to ancient Jaffa (NewTestament Joppa) where the Apostle Peter had a vision, whilst sitting on therooftop of the House of Simon the Tanner, and he received God’s command topreach the Gospel to the Gentiles. Our next stop is on Mt. Carmel we shallvisit the “Place of Sacrifice” the Prophet Elijah Avoiding repetitionof where: Our next stop is on Mt. Carmel to visit the “Place ofSacrifice” where the Prophet Elijah had an encounter with the Priests ofBaal (1 Kings 18:17-40). We drive on across the “Plain ofHarmageddon” to the town of Nazareth, a town in the hill country ofGalilee where Jesus grew to manhood (Matth. 2:23), and visit the Basilica ofthe Annunciation. Transfer to your hotel in Tiberias for check-in, dinner andovernight.
Day 3: Cana – Mt. Tabor – Yardenit
Breakfast at hotel. Morning visitto Cana, the scene of the wedding feast, where Jesús turned the water into wine (Jon. 2:1-11). Continue to Mt. Tabor, the Mount of the Transfiguration (Matth. 17:1-8). From the top of the Mount there’s a wonderful panoramic view which extends from Mt. Hermon in the north to tehsils of Samaria in the south. Proceed to Yardenit at the Jordan River where Jesus was baptized by St. John the Baptist. Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Sea of Galilee – Capernaum – Tabga – Mt. Of Beatitudes
Check-out fromhotel after breakfast. Enjoy a morning tour around the Sea of Galilee which isrich in memories of Jesus’ ministry around its shores. We begin with a boatride across the Sea of Galilee. Then visit the ruins of Capernaum which inJesus’ time was a flourishing border town and was called “his owncity” because of the frequency with which Jesus visited it and the mightyworks he did there. Next we visit the Church of the Multiplication of theLoaves and Fishes and the Chapel of the Primacy at Tabgha. We stop for a whileon the Mount of Beatitudes, the scene of the Sermon on the Mount (Matth. 5).Drive to Bethlehem for dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Mt. Zion – Ein Karem –Bethlehem
We start this day with a visit to Mt. Zion where we shall stop to see the Upper Room, the Tomb of King David and the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu which is built over the Palace of Caiaphas, the High Priest, who imprisoned Jesus and interrogated him before his trial before Pontius Pilate (Lk. 22:54). Next Wes hall drive through the New City, passing the Knesset (Israel’s Parliament building), and on into the hill country to a “city of Juda” which today is called Ein Karim. Here we shall visit the Church of the Visitation, which by tradition is built over the house of Zacharias, where the Virgin Marycame to visit her cousin Elisabeth (Lk. 1:39-80). Here John the Baptist, thereunder of Christ, was born. A visit to the Yad Vashem memorial to the victims of the holocaust is also on our program for this morning. Afternoon drive to Bethlehem, the royal city of David, to kneel at the place of the birth of Christ in the Grotto of the Nativity. We visit also the Shepherd’s Field where the Angel of the Lord appeared to the Shepherds. On that first Christmas Eve and announced the birth of the Savior (Lk. 2: 8-18). Finally we drive past Rachel’s Tomb and return to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.
Day 6: Mt. Olives – Old City of Jerusalem
After breakfast this day we shall start our pilgrimage in Jerusalem with a Drive to the top of the Mt. of Olives, from which Jesus ascended to heaven after his resurrection. From the top of the Mount there is a magnificent view over all of ancient and modern Jerusalem, the center of the biblical world. We visit the holy shrines on the Mount and walk on down the “Palm Sunday Road” visiting the Chapel of Dominus Flevit (Jesus wept) enroute to the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations where Christ prayed on the night of his betrayal (Lk.22:40-46). Next we shall enter within the old Walled city of Jerusalem and walking the footsteps of our Lord as he bore the burden of our sins to the Cross at Golgotha. We visit the Pools of Bethesda and walk on along the Via Dolorosa, following the 14 Stations of the Cross from Pilate’s Judgement Hall to tempt tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. After lunch we shall visit thetas standing remnant of the ancient Temple at the Western (Wailing) Wall and visit some of the exciting Archeological sites in and around the Old City. Returns our hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 7: Jericho – Qumran – Dead Sea – Tel Aviv Departure
Check-out from hotel and proceed to Jericho, one of the oldest city in the world. View the Mt. of Temptation and stop at Jericho to see up close the famous sycamore tree. Continue to Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Last stop will be a visit to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth and have an opportunity for a bathe in its mineral rich waters. Drive to Tel Aviv Air Porto catch your flight back home