Day 1 TEL AVIV
Arrival to Tel Aviv, meeting and assistance by the E.S.T. representative and onward to Negev. Dinner and overnight: Mahsabei Sade.
Day 2 BEER SHEBA / EILAT
After breakfast, short visit Beersheba – its biblical sites, dating back to the time of Abraham. The name Bersabée is indeed mentioned in the Bible, in the Genesis book. Find the origin of the name Beersheba, the well of the oath: the well belonged to Abraham and he thought that Abimelech's servants had seized it without his permission. To resolve the conflict, an alliance was done, symbolized by the gift of seven lambs (Genesis 21, 25-32). Continue to Sde Boker, where our 1st Prime Minister Ben Gurion is buried. Continue via Avdat - The ruins of Avdat, the greatest Nabatean city in the Negev and then Mitzpe Ramon and finally reach Eilat.
Dinner and overnight.
Day 3 EILAT
Today enjoy a special cruise on the Red Sea, remind you of the Children of Israel crossing the Sea, then drive to the Timna park - combines a desert landscape and antiquities together with history, a replica of the biblical tabernacle, or Tent of Congregation.
Dinner and overnight.
Day 4 EILAT / DEAD SEA/JERICHO
After breakfast, drive along the Arava valley and arrive to the shores of the Dead Sea. Via the fortress of Massada, last stronghold of the Zealots against the Romans. Pass Ein Gedi where King David hid when he was persecuted by Saul. Ein Gedi is also mentioned in the book of Ezekiel (47:10), in the Songs of Songs (1:14) and in the Book of Chronicles (20:2).
Continue to Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea scrolls were found, enjoy the Dead Sea beach. Dinner and overnight Dead Sea Area.
Day 5 DEAD SEA / NAZARETH
Jericho, one of the oldest cities in the world. It was the first city conquered by Joshua and the children of Israel returned from Egypt, Mount of Temptation. Heading north, stop at the site of Qasr El Yahud, original Baptism site.
Then to Nazareth / Cana via Armageddon city built by King Solomon (1 Kings 9:15), “it is referred as the site of the Final Battle”.
In Nazareth, visit the Nazareth Village, pass the Church of Annunciation St. Joseph’s Workshop and Mary’s well.
Dinner and overnight in Nazareth or Tiberias.
Day 6 AROUND THE SEA OF GALILEE
Cruise the Sea of Galilee. Visit the Jesus Boat Museum Igal Alon. Discover the Mount of Beatitudes. At its summit raises an octagonal church, symbolizing the eight beatitudes of the Gospel and Capernaum visit the ruins of the house of St. Peter and the synagogue. Evocation of the discourse on the Bread of Life. Tabgha, visit the Church of the Primacy of Peter, which commemorates the miraculous catch and evokes the figure of the Apostle (Mt 16, 13-20) then the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves.
Lunch, St Peter’s Fish from the Sea of Galilee.
Dinner and overnight in Nazareth or Tiberias.
Day 7 – HAIFA/CAESAREA/JERUSALEM
Drive to Haifa, sightseeing tour: Mount Carmel, Persian Gardens, the Dome Golden Temple Bahai. Road along the Mediterranean Sea to reach Caesarea, discover the Roman Theatre and the Crusader fortress. Continue to Jerusalem.
Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Jerusalem.
Day 8 – Day 9 - Day 10 – JERUSALEM/BETHLEHEM
During your stay in Jerusalem, you will visit - The old city: the Jewish quarters, the Cardo, the Western Wall. Ascend to Mount Scopus and Mount of Olives. Then the Garden of Olives or Gethsémani, the tomb of the Prophet, the Golden Gate or Gate of Mercy and the Kidron valley, also called Josaphat. Keep to Mt Zion and visit Dormition Abbey, the Tomb of David and the Cenacle. The Garden Tomb considered the grave site of Christ.
The new city: visit the Model of Jerusalem of the time of the second Temple followed by the Children Memorial at Yad Vashem – Memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. Pass by the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) and the giantess Menorah.
Visit Bethlehem, native land of David. Visit the Tomb of Rachel, Mangers square and the Basilica of Nativity. Continue to Bethanie and Lazarus tomb.
Dinner and overnight: Jerusalem
Day 11 JERUSALEM / TEL AVIV/AIRPORT
After breakfast departure Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, Visit Tel Aviv/Jaffa: short tour of 1st City of Israel then Jaffa – in its port it was unloaded the imported cedars from Phoenicia for the construction of Salomon's Temple at Jerusalem in the century X A.C. and its reconstruction between the centuries IV and V A.C. Jaffa is also the departure point of the prophet Jonas (Yona) to his unfortunate voyage to Tarshish.
Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport, boarding assistance by an E.S.T. representative and flight back home.
Arrival to Tel Aviv, meeting and assistance by the E.S.T. representative and onward to Negev. Dinner and overnight: Mahsabei Sade.
Day 2 BEER SHEBA / EILAT
After breakfast, short visit Beersheba – its biblical sites, dating back to the time of Abraham. The name Bersabée is indeed mentioned in the Bible, in the Genesis book. Find the origin of the name Beersheba, the well of the oath: the well belonged to Abraham and he thought that Abimelech's servants had seized it without his permission. To resolve the conflict, an alliance was done, symbolized by the gift of seven lambs (Genesis 21, 25-32). Continue to Sde Boker, where our 1st Prime Minister Ben Gurion is buried. Continue via Avdat - The ruins of Avdat, the greatest Nabatean city in the Negev and then Mitzpe Ramon and finally reach Eilat.
Dinner and overnight.
Day 3 EILAT
Today enjoy a special cruise on the Red Sea, remind you of the Children of Israel crossing the Sea, then drive to the Timna park - combines a desert landscape and antiquities together with history, a replica of the biblical tabernacle, or Tent of Congregation.
Dinner and overnight.
Day 4 EILAT / DEAD SEA/JERICHO
After breakfast, drive along the Arava valley and arrive to the shores of the Dead Sea. Via the fortress of Massada, last stronghold of the Zealots against the Romans. Pass Ein Gedi where King David hid when he was persecuted by Saul. Ein Gedi is also mentioned in the book of Ezekiel (47:10), in the Songs of Songs (1:14) and in the Book of Chronicles (20:2).
Continue to Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea scrolls were found, enjoy the Dead Sea beach. Dinner and overnight Dead Sea Area.
Day 5 DEAD SEA / NAZARETH
Jericho, one of the oldest cities in the world. It was the first city conquered by Joshua and the children of Israel returned from Egypt, Mount of Temptation. Heading north, stop at the site of Qasr El Yahud, original Baptism site.
Then to Nazareth / Cana via Armageddon city built by King Solomon (1 Kings 9:15), “it is referred as the site of the Final Battle”.
In Nazareth, visit the Nazareth Village, pass the Church of Annunciation St. Joseph’s Workshop and Mary’s well.
Dinner and overnight in Nazareth or Tiberias.
Day 6 AROUND THE SEA OF GALILEE
Cruise the Sea of Galilee. Visit the Jesus Boat Museum Igal Alon. Discover the Mount of Beatitudes. At its summit raises an octagonal church, symbolizing the eight beatitudes of the Gospel and Capernaum visit the ruins of the house of St. Peter and the synagogue. Evocation of the discourse on the Bread of Life. Tabgha, visit the Church of the Primacy of Peter, which commemorates the miraculous catch and evokes the figure of the Apostle (Mt 16, 13-20) then the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves.
Lunch, St Peter’s Fish from the Sea of Galilee.
Dinner and overnight in Nazareth or Tiberias.
Day 7 – HAIFA/CAESAREA/JERUSALEM
Drive to Haifa, sightseeing tour: Mount Carmel, Persian Gardens, the Dome Golden Temple Bahai. Road along the Mediterranean Sea to reach Caesarea, discover the Roman Theatre and the Crusader fortress. Continue to Jerusalem.
Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Jerusalem.
Day 8 – Day 9 - Day 10 – JERUSALEM/BETHLEHEM
During your stay in Jerusalem, you will visit - The old city: the Jewish quarters, the Cardo, the Western Wall. Ascend to Mount Scopus and Mount of Olives. Then the Garden of Olives or Gethsémani, the tomb of the Prophet, the Golden Gate or Gate of Mercy and the Kidron valley, also called Josaphat. Keep to Mt Zion and visit Dormition Abbey, the Tomb of David and the Cenacle. The Garden Tomb considered the grave site of Christ.
The new city: visit the Model of Jerusalem of the time of the second Temple followed by the Children Memorial at Yad Vashem – Memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. Pass by the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) and the giantess Menorah.
Visit Bethlehem, native land of David. Visit the Tomb of Rachel, Mangers square and the Basilica of Nativity. Continue to Bethanie and Lazarus tomb.
Dinner and overnight: Jerusalem
Day 11 JERUSALEM / TEL AVIV/AIRPORT
After breakfast departure Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, Visit Tel Aviv/Jaffa: short tour of 1st City of Israel then Jaffa – in its port it was unloaded the imported cedars from Phoenicia for the construction of Salomon's Temple at Jerusalem in the century X A.C. and its reconstruction between the centuries IV and V A.C. Jaffa is also the departure point of the prophet Jonas (Yona) to his unfortunate voyage to Tarshish.
Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport, boarding assistance by an E.S.T. representative and flight back home.
