BEST
OF THE HOLYLAND
8 DAYS/7 NIGHTS
1
NIGHT TEL AVIV
4
NIGHTS JERUSALEM
2
NIGHTS KIBBUTZ LAVI
Itinerary
Saturday
Departure from Canada.
Sunday
Arrival at Ben Gurion
Airport, where you will be met by our representatitve and
transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Tel Aviv.
Monday -
Caesarea/Megiddo/Haifa/Acre
Depart Tel Aviv
and drive along the coastal plain to Caesarea. Visit excavations
of the ancient city, the Roman theatre and equeduct. We continue
to Megiddo. Visit the archaeological excavations at Megiddo,
including the well-preserved water supply system. We drive
to Haifa, visit the Persian Gardens at the Bahai Temple. From
Haifa, drive to Acre to visit the ancient city and harbour.
Continue to Kibbutz Lavi for dinner and overnight.
Tuesday
- Tiberias/Capernaum/Banias
After a short tour
of Tiberias, we take a boat ride to Capernaum. Visit the remains
of the 2nd century synagogue. Proceed to Tabgha, the site
of the miracle of fish and loaves, and visit the Church of
Multiplication with its 4th century mosaic floor. Continue
to Mount of the Beatitudes, the place where Jesus delivered
the Sermon on the Mount. Drive to the Banias Spring and Waterfall
and tour the Golan Heights. Return to Kibbutz Lavi for overnight.
(BD)
Wednesday
- Nazareth/Beit Shean
We drive to Nazareth
via Cana of Galilee. In Nazareth, we shall visit the Church
of the Annunciation, St. Joseph's Workshop and Mary's Well.
We drive to Beit Shean, and visit the Roman theatre. We drive
along the Jordan River to Jerusalem for overnight. (BD)
Thursday
- Jerusalem - Old City
Today we shall visit
the Old City of Jerusalem to include: Mount of Olives, Church
of All Nations, Tomb of David at Mt. Zion, Room of the Last
Supper. Enter within the walls of the city and visit the Cardo,
Temple Mount (entrance to the mosques not included), Western
Wall, Via Dolorsa, The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Oriental
Bazaar. Overnight in Jerusalem. (BD)
Friday -
Jerusalem - New City and Bethlehem **
Visit the Model
of Jerusalem during the period of the Second Temple, Yad Vashem
Memorial to the Holocaust, Ein Karem and the Church of Visitation,
Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum, which houses the
Dead Sea Scrolls. Proceed to Bethlehem** to visit the Church
of the Nativity. Overnight in Jerusalem. (BD)
Saturday
- Dead Sea/Massada
Drive to Qumran,
where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found. Visit the ancient
city of Qumeran and drive along the shore of the Dead Sea,
the lowest place on earth, to Massada, the last stronghold
of the Jews after the destruction of the Second Temple in
70 A.D. Ascend Mt. Massada by cable car and visit the food
storeroom, water irrigation system and Herod's Palace. Return
to Jerusalem for overnight.
Sunday
Transfer to Ben
Gurion Airport for departure.
** Visit subject
to availability |
We
Customize - Mix and Match
Guaranteed Departures with 2 people
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