DAY 1: Israel Arrival, Tel Aviv and Jaffa

Airport meeting and assistance, tour of Tel Aviv by bus, passing by the city’s main attractions including the Tel Aviv Museum and Opera house, the Dizing off Square, the Rabin Square by the City Hall and the Mediterranean Promenade. Arriving at our hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 2: Jaffa, Caesarea, Mt. Carmel, Megiddo, Nazareth, Cana

After breakfast, check out of our hotel. Drive the Coastal Highway to Caesarea, the ancient port city on the Mediterranean for a tour of the site and the nearby Aqueduct. Drive further north to Mount Carmel and visit the Muckrake Church. Drive to Megiddo, believed to be the site of Armageddon, and tour the site. In the afternoon, visit Nazareth, the church of the Annunciation and Mary’s well. Visit nearby Cana – the Church of the First Miracle known also as the Marriage Church. Drive to Tiberias for dinner and overnight.

DAY 3: Sea of Galilee, Dead Sea, Jerusalem

After breakfast, check out of our Tiberias hotel and travel along the shores of the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum where we shall tour the Church and the nearby archaeological excavations of the Synagogue and community. Drive to nearby Tabgha and visit the Church of the Loft and Fish Miracle. Ascend to the Mount of the Beatitudes and visit the Church and its grounds for private reading of the Sermon on the Mount. Depart the Galilee via the Jordan Rift Valley road, passing by Beit Shean and Jericho, arriving at Qumran for a tour of the site were the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Continue south along the shores of the Dead Sea to the Ahava Factory of Dead Sea cosmetics and, time permitting, enjoy time at their private beach. In the late afternoon drive to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.

DAY 4: JERUSALEM and BETHLEHEM

Start our appreciation of the Holy City of Jerusalem with a visit to the Mount Of Olives for a panoramic view of the city. Visit the Church of Ascension and walk the Palm Sunday route down the hill to the Garden of Gethsemane, stopping along the way at the Maria Magdalena Church. Visit the Church of All Nations at the Garden of Gethsemane. Drive to Nearby Mount Zion and visit the Room of the Last Supper and the Tomb of King David. Visit the Dormition Abbey. In the afternoon, visit Bethlehem and visit the Church of the Nativity and Manger’s Square. Visit St. Catherine’s Church. Return to our hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 5: Jerusalem – Old City

Morning tour of the Old City, starting from the St. Stephen’s Gate (the Lion’s Gate), stopping at St. Ann, the Pool of Bethesda and walking along the Stations of the Cross to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Tour the Christian Quarter and visit the Archdiocese of Jerusalem. Visit the Cardo – the ancient Roman shopping mall and walk the streets of the Jewish Quarter before arriving at the Western (Wailing) Wall. Return to our hotel for dinner and overnight

DAY 6: Yad Vashem, Ein Karem, Emmaus and Departure

After breakfast, check out of our hotel and travel to Yad Vashem, memorial to the Holocaust for a tour of the Museum, followed by a visit to Ein Karem – home of St. John the Baptist. Drive to Emmaus and visit nearby Latrun Monastery. On to the airport for our evening departure flight back home.