Departure from the USA.

• Arrive at Ben Gurion International airport, meet your guide and drive and

transfer to Haifa.

• Check in to Haifa hotel.

• Dinner and orientation at a local restaurant.

• Return to hotel for overnight

• Breakfast at hotel.

• Continue to Haifa, located on Mount Carmel, to view the Baha’i hanging gardens and the Bahai Temple.

• Stop at Megiddo where it is believed that the Armageddon will begin.

• Continue to Caesarea from where the Apostle Paul sailed to Rome.  Extensive ruins of the Roman aqueduct and amphitheater built by King Herod remain.

• Drive to Jaffa, the ancient port city. There you will visit the House of Simon the Tanner.

• Continue for a tour of Tel Aviv, founded in 1909 and developed as a metropolitan city under the British Mandate in Palestine.

• Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant

• Return to hotel for overnight.

• Breakfast at hotel.

• We visit Cana, commemorating Jesus' transformation of water into wine.

There will be an opportunity for those who would like to renew their vows to

do so here.

• Enjoy a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.

• Continue to Tabgha and see the mosaic depicts the miracle of the loaves and fish.

• Stop at Capernaum and see the ancient synagogue where Jesus preached.

• Visit Mount of Beatitudes, the location of the Sermon on the Mount.

• Enjoy a breathtaking panoramic view of the Golan Heights from Mount Bental.

• Enjoy dinner overlooking the Sea of Galilee.

• Return to hotel for overnight.

• Breakfast at hotel.

• We proceed to Nazareth to see the Church of the Annunciation, Church of St Joseph and Mary's Well.

• Visit "Nazareth Village" where you can see how the people of Nazareth lived and worked in Biblical times.

• Drive via the Jordan Valley to Qaser El Yahud, the traditional baptism site on Jordan River.

• Check into the Jerusalem hotel.

• Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant.

• Return to the hotel overnight.

• Breakfast at hotel.

• Begin the day with a panoramic view of the Old City and Temple Mount from Mt. of Olives, one of the most prominent sites in the Jerusalem vicinity mentioned in the Holy Scriptures.

• Stop at Dominus Flevit Chapel and enter the Garden of Gethsemane alongside the Church of All Nations.

• Enter via the Lions gate to the Old City: Visit the Pool of Bethesda, Ecce Homo, Stations of the Cross stations, Church of Holy Sepulcher.

• Participate in an Ash Wednesday service.

• After viewing the Western Wall, explore the Western Wall Tunnels, where hidden layers of the Wall are revealed underground.

• Visit Mount Zion– Room of the Last Supper and Tomb of King David.

• Afterwards visit the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu, also known as the House of Caiaphas, where Jesus was brought after his arrest.

• Return to hotel to freshen up.

• Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant.

• Return to hotel for overnight.

• Breakfast at hotel.

• We start the morning with a visit to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust

memorial museum.

• We then proceed to the Israel Museum where you will see the Shrine of the Book and the scale Model of Jerusalem from the 2nd temple period.

• In the afternoon, enjoy the picturesque village of Ein Karem and visit the Church of St John the Baptist.

• Return to hotel to freshen up.

• Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant.

• Return to hotel for overnight.

• Breakfast at hotel

• Drive south to visit Masada, the spectacular mountaintop fortress built by Herod, which is famous for being the last stronghold of the Jewish rebellion against the Romans.

• Next, visit Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.

• Proceed to Ein Gedi, mentioned several times in the Book of Psalms, the place where King David hid from King Saul.

• Before returning to Jerusalem, stop at the Dead Sea where you will have time for a swim (or rather a float) in the mineral-rich waters.

• Return to hotel to freshen up.

• Participate in "Sabbath of a Lifetime" and experience a traditional Friday night dinner in a private home.

• Return to hotel for overnight.

• Breakfast at hotel.

• Morning visit to Bethlehem where you will visit the Church of Nativity and the Shepherd's Fields.

• Afternoon at leisure (late check out at 18:00).

• Transfer to Ben Gurion airport with dinner on route.

• Assistance upon departure flight.

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