Protestant pilgrimage 8 Days / 7 Nights

Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport; meet your professional guide who will be with you during your visit to the Holy Land. Visit the ancient port of the city of Jaffa. Transfer to your hotel in Nazareth for an overnight stay. Dinner and overnight in Nazareth/ Tiberius

After breakfast, start your day by visiting Nazareth; the Basilica of the Annunciation, the Byzantine Church of St. Joseph and Mary’s Well. Head to Mount of Precipice, which is believed by many to be the site of the Rejection of Jesus. Continue on toCaesarea, which was once the ancient capital of the Roman province. Visit the Byzantine Churches, the Roman theater, Crusader’s Moat and the Aqueducts. Ascend to the top of Mt. Carmel for a panoramic view and visit the site of Al Muhraqa, were the confrontation between Elijah and the priests of Baal took place. Continue on to Megiddo, visit the “Tel” and the water tunnel, then drive to Cana where the Jesus performed his first miracle, turning water into wine at the wedding feast. Dinner and overnight in Nazareth/ Tiberius

After breakfast, drive to the lower Galilee to visit Zippori the capital of Galilee at the time of Jesus, see the most beautiful Mosaic in the Holy Land. Drive to The Sea of Galilee, a boat rideacross the Sea of Galilee where you will find a 2000 year old boat recently uncovered on the shores of Galilee. Ascend to the top of Mount of Beatitude, where you will find Jesus’ great Sermon on the Mount. Continue on to visit the Church of St. Peter’s Primacy, and then proceed to Capernaum; the home of our lord during his ministry, visit the synagogue. After that, visit the biblical town of Korazim. This day will be concluded by remembering your Baptism at the Jordan River. Dinner and overnight in Nazareth/ Tiberius

After breakfast, we drive through the Jezrael Valley to Beit Shean; a wonderful example of a Greek Roman city, the site where Saul and his Children were hung on the walls of the city. Continue on through the Jordan Valley to Jericho; visit the ancient city of Jericho, the world’s oldest inhabited city. From the top of the ancient “Tel”, you will enjoy a beautiful view ofElisha’s fountain, the Mount of Temptation and later theSycamore Tree. After that, drive to Mount of Olives; enjoy the panoramic view of the old city of Jerusalem from Paternoster Church where Jesus taught the Lord’s Prayer to his disciples. Walk through Palm Sunday route to reach Dominus Flevit Church where Jesus wept over the fate of Jerusalem. Visit theGarden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem/ Jerusalem

After breakfast, drive to visit Herodion; the summer Palace for Herod the great and his burial site. Continue on to Solomon’s Pools, three water reservoirs were built by Herod the great to provide Jerusalem and the temple with water. After that, drive to the Shepherd’s Fields where the Angels of the Lord appeared to the Shepherd’s bringing them good tidings. Continue on to visit the city of Bethlehem; the Nativity Church where Jesus Christ was born, and the cave of St Jerome. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem/ Jerusalem

After breakfast, start the day by visiting the third holiest site for Muslims, the Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa Mosque. Continue on to visit the Western Wall, the most sacred place for Jews. View the southern wall excavations, and then Head to Mount Zion, to visit the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu, the Upper Room where Jesus had his Last Supper with the Disciples. In the afternoon, walk through Via Dolorosa, the Stations of the Cross to reach the most sacred place for Christians, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to visit the Golgotha and the tomb of our Lord. Return to hotel for an overnight stay. Dinner and over night in Bethlehem/ Jerusalem

After breakfast, drive through the Judean Wilderness where Jesus spent 40 days fasting toward Masada to visit the palaces of Herod the Great with its Roman baths and pools. And then drive to Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. After lunch we go to the Dead Sea to enjoy the rest of the day in the world’s lowest point, floating in its healing mineral water. Dinner and over night in Bethlehem/ Jerusalem

After breakfast, drive to Jerusalem to visit the Garden Tomb where it is believed by many to be the garden and the Sepulchre of Joseph of Arimathea, therefore a possible site of the resurrection of Jesus. Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport to catch your flight back home.