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Monday, July 24, 2017
Saturday, January 28, 2017
The Jesus Trail - 8 Days
Day 1
Drive to the cliff of Arbel for the lookout viewpoint.
Hike by foot to the excavation of the ancient town of Magdalen and visit the archaeological site.
Continue the walk through to Kibbutz Ginosar over the old village of Ginosar and visit the ancient first century Jesus Boat at the Yigal Alon Museum.
Take a boat ride to Capernaum and enjoy a St. Peter's fish lunch.
Visit the archaeological site of Capernaum, the town of Jesus.
Hike to the village of Bethsaida, the birth place of St. Peter and St. Andrew.
End the day watching a movie at The Galilee Experience, Tiberias.
Day 2
Visit the old city of Tiberias, including the Seat of Herod the Great and The Pilate's Court.
Drive to Coursi and visit the site.
Drive to Kibbutz Ein Gev to meet and go fishing with the modern fishermen of the Sea of Galilee.
Enjoy lunch at a real Kibbutz communal dining hall.
Hike up Mt. Hippos-Sussita of the Decapolis with the site digger.
End the day watching the sunset from the mountain.
Day 3
Drive to Banias - Caesarea Philippi.
Visit the site of the giving of keys to heaven and earth and visit palace of Agripace II.
Hike to Tel Dan and visit the ancient city of the Dan tribe and alter of Yoram, son of Nabat.
Lunch at Kibbutz Hagoshrim / Kibbutz Dan.
Visit the Katzerin Visitors Center, and if schedule allows, watch film.
Drive to Yardenit via the Golan Heights.
Day 4
Drive to Jerusalem via Nazareth with a brief stopover there.
Drive to the Mt. of Olives’ lookout viewpoint over the old city.
Hike from the Mt. of Olives to the Gethsemane Garden and via Kidron Valley to the Western Wall.
Lunch box.
End the day talking to the wall about a nicer world (Prayers and input of notes in the wall).
Day 5
Visit the city of David and Hezekiah's Tunnel to the Pool of Siloam.
Walk to the southern steps museum (Davidson Center) and watch a film.
Walk to The Lions Gate via the Eastern Wall and visit the Pool of Bethesda and the acoustic Church of St. Anne.
Have lunch at the old city.
Walk via Delarosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Return to Jaffa Gate to watch a laser show at the Citadel Museum.
Day 6
Drive to Anatot, the birth place of the prophet Jeremiah located on the edge of Judea Desert.
Walk the Vadi Kelet path and visit the birth place of the first monastery.
Drive to the Good Samaritan museum to view mosaic arts.
Lunch at Komerann.
Visit an archaeological site.
End the day with visit to the Dead Sea.
Day 7
Wake up before dawn and drive to Masada to witness the sunrise from the mountain over the Dead Sea.
Visit site and learn about the dilemma of the Jewish rebels and the splendor of the building of Herod's Palace.
Drive to Ein Gedi and hike the trails that King David hid from King Saul.
Visit desert farmers at Kibbutz Almog that make the desert bloom.
Day 8
Drive to the beautiful oasis of Ein Ovdat and hike the trek.
Visit the home turned museum of the first PM of Israel, David Ben Gurion.
Visit the tomb of David and Paula Ben Gurion.
Have a chat about the experiences of the week.
Drive to the cliff of Arbel for the lookout viewpoint.
Hike by foot to the excavation of the ancient town of Magdalen and visit the archaeological site.
Continue the walk through to Kibbutz Ginosar over the old village of Ginosar and visit the ancient first century Jesus Boat at the Yigal Alon Museum.
Take a boat ride to Capernaum and enjoy a St. Peter's fish lunch.
Visit the archaeological site of Capernaum, the town of Jesus.
Hike to the village of Bethsaida, the birth place of St. Peter and St. Andrew.
End the day watching a movie at The Galilee Experience, Tiberias.
Day 2
Visit the old city of Tiberias, including the Seat of Herod the Great and The Pilate's Court.
Drive to Coursi and visit the site.
Drive to Kibbutz Ein Gev to meet and go fishing with the modern fishermen of the Sea of Galilee.
Enjoy lunch at a real Kibbutz communal dining hall.
Hike up Mt. Hippos-Sussita of the Decapolis with the site digger.
End the day watching the sunset from the mountain.
Day 3
Drive to Banias - Caesarea Philippi.
Visit the site of the giving of keys to heaven and earth and visit palace of Agripace II.
Hike to Tel Dan and visit the ancient city of the Dan tribe and alter of Yoram, son of Nabat.
Lunch at Kibbutz Hagoshrim / Kibbutz Dan.
Visit the Katzerin Visitors Center, and if schedule allows, watch film.
Drive to Yardenit via the Golan Heights.
Day 4
Drive to Jerusalem via Nazareth with a brief stopover there.
Drive to the Mt. of Olives’ lookout viewpoint over the old city.
Hike from the Mt. of Olives to the Gethsemane Garden and via Kidron Valley to the Western Wall.
Lunch box.
End the day talking to the wall about a nicer world (Prayers and input of notes in the wall).
Day 5
Visit the city of David and Hezekiah's Tunnel to the Pool of Siloam.
Walk to the southern steps museum (Davidson Center) and watch a film.
Walk to The Lions Gate via the Eastern Wall and visit the Pool of Bethesda and the acoustic Church of St. Anne.
Have lunch at the old city.
Walk via Delarosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Return to Jaffa Gate to watch a laser show at the Citadel Museum.
Day 6
Drive to Anatot, the birth place of the prophet Jeremiah located on the edge of Judea Desert.
Walk the Vadi Kelet path and visit the birth place of the first monastery.
Drive to the Good Samaritan museum to view mosaic arts.
Lunch at Komerann.
Visit an archaeological site.
End the day with visit to the Dead Sea.
Day 7
Wake up before dawn and drive to Masada to witness the sunrise from the mountain over the Dead Sea.
Visit site and learn about the dilemma of the Jewish rebels and the splendor of the building of Herod's Palace.
Drive to Ein Gedi and hike the trails that King David hid from King Saul.
Visit desert farmers at Kibbutz Almog that make the desert bloom.
Day 8
Drive to the beautiful oasis of Ein Ovdat and hike the trek.
Visit the home turned museum of the first PM of Israel, David Ben Gurion.
Visit the tomb of David and Paula Ben Gurion.
Have a chat about the experiences of the week.
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
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Seminaire Gestion des Systèmes de Santé et pelerinage en Terre Sainte - 12 jours
1er Jour, Arrivée en Israel,
Accueil et assistance à l'aéroport, après les formalités de douanes, vous rencontrerez votre guide, transfert à votre l’hôtel de Nazareth
Apres un petit déjeuner tardif, rencontre avec le responsable du Séminaire.
Introduction des journées de séminaire, présentation des participants.
Déjeuner
Après-midi demi-journée de séminaire
2e au 6e Jour
Séminaire intensif au collège de la Galilée a Nahalal
Les participants seront loges a Nazareth et nourris sur le site du séminaire ou tout proche.
Pendant la période de séminaire, 2 ou 3 jours seront consacres aux visites d’études dans différents établissement israéliens - (hôpitaux, koupat holim, tipat halav, distribution des médicaments)
Les thèmes du séminaire – Gestion de Sante axée sur le système Israélien:
• Systèmes de santé dans le monde – une étude comparative
• Triangle de Planification de la Santé (planification, budgétisation, ressources humaines)
• Services médicaux – optimisation
• Innovations en sciences de la Santé
• Pauvreté et Santé
• Economie de la Santé
• Aspects médicaux des catastrophes (triage et traitement)
• Planification et Réaction des Hôpitaux
• Réaction Médicale en cas de guerre/terrorisme
• Soins de la Santé pour les populations de réfugiés
• Planification des soins de la santé israéliens et capacité opérationnelle
****Vous profiterez de votre logement à Nazareth pour visiter de la ville, visite de la basilique de l'Annonciation et en particulier du petit musée de la crypte où se trouvent de magnifiques décorations de chapiteaux croisés. Promenade dans le souk de la vieille ville vers la fontaine de la Vierge. Ensuite vers Kfar Cana ou Cana de Galilée, le lieu du miracle du mariage où il changea l’eau en vin
7e Jour, MOUNT TABOR - LA MER DE GALILEE - CAPHARNAUM - TABGHA
Après le petit-déjeuner, Panorama sur le lac du Mont des Béatitudes, une église octogonale symbolisant les huit béatitudes de l'Evangile. Visite de Capharnaüm, la ville adoptive de Jésus, pour y voir les ruines de la maison de Saint-Pierre et de la synagogue.
Puis, arrêt à Tabgha, où se trouve l'église de la Primauté de Pierre qui commémore la pêche miraculeuse et la basilique de la multiplication des pains pour admirer ses fameuses mosaïques.
Déjeuner au Kibboutz Ein Gev de poissons St Pierre péchés dans le lac avec croisière de la mer de Galilée, prière ou recueillement. Ensuite vous rejoindrez Yardenit le lieu de Baptême. Diner et nuit à votre hôtel de Nazareth
10e Jour QUMERAN -
Départ de la région de Nazareth et du collège par la vallée de Jezréel, Apres avoir longé la frontière de Jordanie par la vallée du Jourdain, Qumran où furent découvert, dans les grottes alentours, les fameux manuscrits de la mer Morte. Puis profiter de la plage de la mer Morte, le point le plus bas du globe terrestre, à presque 400 mètres d’altitude sous le niveau des océans. Baignade dans ses eaux contenant plus de 30% de sel et de minéraux. Vous rejoindrez Jéricho, le mont de la Tentation Jésus y jeûna pendant 40 jours.
Diner et logement à Jerusalem.
11e Jour, JERUSALEM MT DES OLIVIERS ET LA VIEILLE VILLE
Après le petit-déjeuner, départ pour Jerusalem départ pour le mont des Oliviers pour admirer la plus célèbre vue de Jérusalem. visite de l’église de l’Ascension (Eleona) et poursuite pour le sanctuaire de Dominus Flévit, Descente à pied vers le jardin des oliviers de Gethsémani et la vallée du Cédron, nommée aussi vallée de Josaphat
Puis continuez pour le Mont Sion avec la tombe de David, le Cénacle, la piscine de Siloé et la vallée du Cédron (tunnel d’Ezéchias). Puis continuez vers le Mur des Lamentations, priere, ensuite vers la via Dolorosa et le Garden Tombe.
Dîner et logement à votre hôtel de Jerusalem,
12e Jour
Apres le petit déjeuner, départ pour Bethlehem
Profiter de la ville du Roi David puis Visite de la basilique de la Nativité recouvrant la Grotte puis le champ des bergers, vue sur le désert de Judée.
Puis continuez vers Tel Aviv Jaffa – la ville de St Pierre.
Fin d’Après-midi libre pour faire des achats au marché de Carmel a Tel Aviv
Transfer vers l’aéroport de Tel Aviv Ben Gurion pour votre vol.
Accueil et assistance à l'aéroport, après les formalités de douanes, vous rencontrerez votre guide, transfert à votre l’hôtel de Nazareth
Apres un petit déjeuner tardif, rencontre avec le responsable du Séminaire.
Introduction des journées de séminaire, présentation des participants.
Déjeuner
Après-midi demi-journée de séminaire
2e au 6e Jour
Séminaire intensif au collège de la Galilée a Nahalal
Les participants seront loges a Nazareth et nourris sur le site du séminaire ou tout proche.
Pendant la période de séminaire, 2 ou 3 jours seront consacres aux visites d’études dans différents établissement israéliens - (hôpitaux, koupat holim, tipat halav, distribution des médicaments)
Les thèmes du séminaire – Gestion de Sante axée sur le système Israélien:
• Systèmes de santé dans le monde – une étude comparative
• Triangle de Planification de la Santé (planification, budgétisation, ressources humaines)
• Services médicaux – optimisation
• Innovations en sciences de la Santé
• Pauvreté et Santé
• Economie de la Santé
• Aspects médicaux des catastrophes (triage et traitement)
• Planification et Réaction des Hôpitaux
• Réaction Médicale en cas de guerre/terrorisme
• Soins de la Santé pour les populations de réfugiés
• Planification des soins de la santé israéliens et capacité opérationnelle
****Vous profiterez de votre logement à Nazareth pour visiter de la ville, visite de la basilique de l'Annonciation et en particulier du petit musée de la crypte où se trouvent de magnifiques décorations de chapiteaux croisés. Promenade dans le souk de la vieille ville vers la fontaine de la Vierge. Ensuite vers Kfar Cana ou Cana de Galilée, le lieu du miracle du mariage où il changea l’eau en vin
7e Jour, MOUNT TABOR - LA MER DE GALILEE - CAPHARNAUM - TABGHA
Après le petit-déjeuner, Panorama sur le lac du Mont des Béatitudes, une église octogonale symbolisant les huit béatitudes de l'Evangile. Visite de Capharnaüm, la ville adoptive de Jésus, pour y voir les ruines de la maison de Saint-Pierre et de la synagogue.
Puis, arrêt à Tabgha, où se trouve l'église de la Primauté de Pierre qui commémore la pêche miraculeuse et la basilique de la multiplication des pains pour admirer ses fameuses mosaïques.
Déjeuner au Kibboutz Ein Gev de poissons St Pierre péchés dans le lac avec croisière de la mer de Galilée, prière ou recueillement. Ensuite vous rejoindrez Yardenit le lieu de Baptême. Diner et nuit à votre hôtel de Nazareth
10e Jour QUMERAN -
Départ de la région de Nazareth et du collège par la vallée de Jezréel, Apres avoir longé la frontière de Jordanie par la vallée du Jourdain, Qumran où furent découvert, dans les grottes alentours, les fameux manuscrits de la mer Morte. Puis profiter de la plage de la mer Morte, le point le plus bas du globe terrestre, à presque 400 mètres d’altitude sous le niveau des océans. Baignade dans ses eaux contenant plus de 30% de sel et de minéraux. Vous rejoindrez Jéricho, le mont de la Tentation Jésus y jeûna pendant 40 jours.
Diner et logement à Jerusalem.
11e Jour, JERUSALEM MT DES OLIVIERS ET LA VIEILLE VILLE
Après le petit-déjeuner, départ pour Jerusalem départ pour le mont des Oliviers pour admirer la plus célèbre vue de Jérusalem. visite de l’église de l’Ascension (Eleona) et poursuite pour le sanctuaire de Dominus Flévit, Descente à pied vers le jardin des oliviers de Gethsémani et la vallée du Cédron, nommée aussi vallée de Josaphat
Puis continuez pour le Mont Sion avec la tombe de David, le Cénacle, la piscine de Siloé et la vallée du Cédron (tunnel d’Ezéchias). Puis continuez vers le Mur des Lamentations, priere, ensuite vers la via Dolorosa et le Garden Tombe.
Dîner et logement à votre hôtel de Jerusalem,
12e Jour
Apres le petit déjeuner, départ pour Bethlehem
Profiter de la ville du Roi David puis Visite de la basilique de la Nativité recouvrant la Grotte puis le champ des bergers, vue sur le désert de Judée.
Puis continuez vers Tel Aviv Jaffa – la ville de St Pierre.
Fin d’Après-midi libre pour faire des achats au marché de Carmel a Tel Aviv
Transfer vers l’aéroport de Tel Aviv Ben Gurion pour votre vol.
Randonnées Pédestres – 11 jours (French)
1er Jour, Arrivée
Arrivée à l’aéroport de Tel Aviv, accueil par votre guide de langue française.
A Jaffa – ville mentionnée dans la bible, visite et vue panoramique de Tel-Aviv ville moderne, deuxième plus grande ville d'Israël et capitale économique du pays. Tel Aviv est la plus ancienne ville moderne d'Israël. Voyage dans la Ville Blanche, par le boulevard Rothschild, une collection de plus de 4000 bâtiments de style Bauhaus, la plus grande dans le monde entier, déclarée patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO site culturel en 2003.
Départ vers le Nord pour rejoindre Nazareth.
Diner et logement à Nazareth.
2e Jour: Nazareth a Cana via Sepphoris – 13.5km
Promenez-vous dans les anciennes rues de la ville de Nazareth, dans l'histoire et la spiritualité des anciennes églises, des boutiques de souvenirs à la place du marché. avec les maisons, l’ancienne synagogue, les terres agricoles, et un moulin a huiles tous authentiquement recréé style du 1er siècle.
Une marche à travers les paysages pastoraux vers « Sepphoris Parc National »
pour visiter les ruines archéologiques de la principale cité administrative de la Galilée au temps de Jésus. Admirez les superbes Mosaïques Byzantines, la vue de la Forteresse des Croisés, continuez à travers le system de réservoir antique. Apres une pause déjeuner prendre le sentier dans le petit village de Mashhad et arriver à Cana, site traditionnel de Jésus du Premier Miracle, le lieu du miracle du mariage où il changea l’eau en vin puis du miracle de la guérison d'un enfant mourant. Visitez les églises à Cana.
Diner et logement à Cana ou Nazareth.
3e Jour: Cana à Kibboutz Lavi - 14.5 km
Apres le petit déjeuner, marchez de Cana le long de collines plantées de forêt paisible avec vue sur la vallée. Arrêt pour une pause à l’ombre de pins. Explorez une partie de la Via Maris qui relie la Méditerranée à la mer de Galilée. Montez en haut d'une colline agréable parsemée de ruines, pour arriver au kibboutz Lavi, l'un des très rares kibboutz religieux juif dans le pays.
Diner et logement au Kibboutz Lavi ou dans les environs.
4e Jour : Kibboutz Lavi à Arbel - 16 km
Apres le petit déjeuner commencez votre marche à travers les champs agricoles et grimpez vers les Cornes de Hittin- le site de combats féroces entre les croisés et les armées de Saladin en 1187. Profitez de votre première vue sur la mer de Galilée et la vue panoramique de la vallée d’Arbel. Continuez à descendre la colline rocheuse de Nebi Shu'bei, retrouvez le sanctuaire le plus sacré de la religion druze. Visite à la tombe de Jéthro, beau-père de Moïse. Après le déjeuner, continuer sur le sentier de la vallée d’Arbel antique, les oliveraies et les ruines du village Hattin.
Diner et logement a Tiberias/Arbel
5e Jour : Arbel à Capharnaüm via Mont des Béatitudes - 17 km
Des falaises d’Arbel prenez la piste escarpée vers le bas de montage, passant des anciennes habitations et des grottes.
Continuer vers le côté nord de la mer de Galilée visiter le Mont des Béatitudes, le site traditionnel de Jésus prononça le Sermon sur la montagne. Descente vers Tabgha et l'église de la Primauté de Pierre qui commémore la pêche miraculeuse et la multiplication des pains pour admirer ses fameuses mosaïques. Terminer votre voyage à Capharnaüm avec les ruines de la ville qui était le centre du ministère de Jésus, et construite les restes de la maison de Simon Pierre. Croisière de Capernaum à Tibériade.
Diner et logement à Tibériade.
6e Jour: Qasr El Yahud/ Qumran/ Jéricho
Départ pour la vallée du Jourdain, après avoir longé la frontière de Jordanie, vous rejoindrez Jéricho (Joshua 6:20), le mont de la Tentation Jésus y jeûna pendant 40 jours puis Randonnée dans le Wadi Qelt, Déjeuner à Jéricho puis vers Qumran où furent découvert, dans les grottes alentours, les fameux manuscrits de la mer Morte. Profitez de la plage de la mer Morte, le point le plus bas du globe terrestre, à presque 400 mètres d’altitude sous le niveau des océans. Baignade dans ses eaux contenant plus de 30% de sel et de minéraux.
Diner et logement à Jéricho/Mer Morte.
7e Jour : Jéricho/Massada/ Yatir/ Désert Juda
Visite de la forteresse de Massada, située au sommet de la montagne, fut le site ou vécurent les derniers rebelles juifs qui assièges par les armées Romaines se suicidèrent en masse.
Randonnée pédestre dans les environs de Yatir et Soussia – Désert de Judah. Vignes Yatir avec visite d’un caveau.
Retour à Kfar Hanokdim pour votre nuit.
Diner et logement.
8e Jour : Bethleem
Transfert d’Arad a Bethlehem en passant par Hébron – avec la cave de Machpela.
Visite de Bethlehem, profitez de la ville du Roi David puis Visite de la basilique recouvrant la grotte de la Nativité. Le sanctuaire originel fut édifié au IVe siècle par l'empereur Constantin et saint Jérôme y a travaillé de nombreuses années, méditant et traduisant les textes bibliques. Marchez à travers les différents petits quartiers formant Bethlehem, pour arriver au Champs des Bergers.
Dîner et logement à Jerusalem.
9e Jour : Jerusalem
Apres le petit déjeuner, vers le Mont des oliviers pour un panorama époustouflant de Jerusalem.
Nous emprunterons le chemin des rameaux qui longe le vieux cimetière juif du mont des oliviers ou se trouve les sites de l'église de Dominus Flevit et le pater Noster puis nous descendrons jusqu'à Gethsémani (l'église de l'agonie) et le jardin des oliviers. Vue de l'église du tombeau de Marie. Par la Vallée du Cédron nous rejoindrons la Cite de David avec la fontaine de Siloé, empruntez le tunnel de Canaan.
Puis vers le Mt Sion, en logeant les remparts de la vielle ville. St Pierre en Gallicante, et le Mont Zion, nous visiterons le cénacle(le dernier repas de Jésus) et le tombeau du roi David.
Diner et logement à Jerusalem.
10e Jour : Jerusalem
Visite de la vielle ville.
En partant de la Porte de Jaffa vers le Shouk et le Mur des lamentations, puis vers la Via Dolorosa, en passant par le Lithostrotos et ensuite à l'église Sainte-Anne construite sur le site de la maison d'Anne et Joachim où Marie aurait grandi et de la piscine probatique et du sanctuaire d'Esculape.
Continuez vers le jardin de la Tombe et l’Institut biblique Francaise. Visite du musée d’Israel avec le modèle de Jérusalem et si vous le désirez visite du memorial de la Shoah, Yad Veshem.
Diner et logement à Jerusalem.
11e Jour : Vol de retour
Matinée libre ou pour compléter les visites puis transfert pour l’aéroport de Ben Gurion pour votre vol de retour.
Arrivée à l’aéroport de Tel Aviv, accueil par votre guide de langue française.
A Jaffa – ville mentionnée dans la bible, visite et vue panoramique de Tel-Aviv ville moderne, deuxième plus grande ville d'Israël et capitale économique du pays. Tel Aviv est la plus ancienne ville moderne d'Israël. Voyage dans la Ville Blanche, par le boulevard Rothschild, une collection de plus de 4000 bâtiments de style Bauhaus, la plus grande dans le monde entier, déclarée patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO site culturel en 2003.
Départ vers le Nord pour rejoindre Nazareth.
Diner et logement à Nazareth.
2e Jour: Nazareth a Cana via Sepphoris – 13.5km
Promenez-vous dans les anciennes rues de la ville de Nazareth, dans l'histoire et la spiritualité des anciennes églises, des boutiques de souvenirs à la place du marché. avec les maisons, l’ancienne synagogue, les terres agricoles, et un moulin a huiles tous authentiquement recréé style du 1er siècle.
Une marche à travers les paysages pastoraux vers « Sepphoris Parc National »
pour visiter les ruines archéologiques de la principale cité administrative de la Galilée au temps de Jésus. Admirez les superbes Mosaïques Byzantines, la vue de la Forteresse des Croisés, continuez à travers le system de réservoir antique. Apres une pause déjeuner prendre le sentier dans le petit village de Mashhad et arriver à Cana, site traditionnel de Jésus du Premier Miracle, le lieu du miracle du mariage où il changea l’eau en vin puis du miracle de la guérison d'un enfant mourant. Visitez les églises à Cana.
Diner et logement à Cana ou Nazareth.
3e Jour: Cana à Kibboutz Lavi - 14.5 km
Apres le petit déjeuner, marchez de Cana le long de collines plantées de forêt paisible avec vue sur la vallée. Arrêt pour une pause à l’ombre de pins. Explorez une partie de la Via Maris qui relie la Méditerranée à la mer de Galilée. Montez en haut d'une colline agréable parsemée de ruines, pour arriver au kibboutz Lavi, l'un des très rares kibboutz religieux juif dans le pays.
Diner et logement au Kibboutz Lavi ou dans les environs.
4e Jour : Kibboutz Lavi à Arbel - 16 km
Apres le petit déjeuner commencez votre marche à travers les champs agricoles et grimpez vers les Cornes de Hittin- le site de combats féroces entre les croisés et les armées de Saladin en 1187. Profitez de votre première vue sur la mer de Galilée et la vue panoramique de la vallée d’Arbel. Continuez à descendre la colline rocheuse de Nebi Shu'bei, retrouvez le sanctuaire le plus sacré de la religion druze. Visite à la tombe de Jéthro, beau-père de Moïse. Après le déjeuner, continuer sur le sentier de la vallée d’Arbel antique, les oliveraies et les ruines du village Hattin.
Diner et logement a Tiberias/Arbel
5e Jour : Arbel à Capharnaüm via Mont des Béatitudes - 17 km
Des falaises d’Arbel prenez la piste escarpée vers le bas de montage, passant des anciennes habitations et des grottes.
Continuer vers le côté nord de la mer de Galilée visiter le Mont des Béatitudes, le site traditionnel de Jésus prononça le Sermon sur la montagne. Descente vers Tabgha et l'église de la Primauté de Pierre qui commémore la pêche miraculeuse et la multiplication des pains pour admirer ses fameuses mosaïques. Terminer votre voyage à Capharnaüm avec les ruines de la ville qui était le centre du ministère de Jésus, et construite les restes de la maison de Simon Pierre. Croisière de Capernaum à Tibériade.
Diner et logement à Tibériade.
6e Jour: Qasr El Yahud/ Qumran/ Jéricho
Départ pour la vallée du Jourdain, après avoir longé la frontière de Jordanie, vous rejoindrez Jéricho (Joshua 6:20), le mont de la Tentation Jésus y jeûna pendant 40 jours puis Randonnée dans le Wadi Qelt, Déjeuner à Jéricho puis vers Qumran où furent découvert, dans les grottes alentours, les fameux manuscrits de la mer Morte. Profitez de la plage de la mer Morte, le point le plus bas du globe terrestre, à presque 400 mètres d’altitude sous le niveau des océans. Baignade dans ses eaux contenant plus de 30% de sel et de minéraux.
Diner et logement à Jéricho/Mer Morte.
7e Jour : Jéricho/Massada/ Yatir/ Désert Juda
Visite de la forteresse de Massada, située au sommet de la montagne, fut le site ou vécurent les derniers rebelles juifs qui assièges par les armées Romaines se suicidèrent en masse.
Randonnée pédestre dans les environs de Yatir et Soussia – Désert de Judah. Vignes Yatir avec visite d’un caveau.
Retour à Kfar Hanokdim pour votre nuit.
Diner et logement.
8e Jour : Bethleem
Transfert d’Arad a Bethlehem en passant par Hébron – avec la cave de Machpela.
Visite de Bethlehem, profitez de la ville du Roi David puis Visite de la basilique recouvrant la grotte de la Nativité. Le sanctuaire originel fut édifié au IVe siècle par l'empereur Constantin et saint Jérôme y a travaillé de nombreuses années, méditant et traduisant les textes bibliques. Marchez à travers les différents petits quartiers formant Bethlehem, pour arriver au Champs des Bergers.
Dîner et logement à Jerusalem.
9e Jour : Jerusalem
Apres le petit déjeuner, vers le Mont des oliviers pour un panorama époustouflant de Jerusalem.
Nous emprunterons le chemin des rameaux qui longe le vieux cimetière juif du mont des oliviers ou se trouve les sites de l'église de Dominus Flevit et le pater Noster puis nous descendrons jusqu'à Gethsémani (l'église de l'agonie) et le jardin des oliviers. Vue de l'église du tombeau de Marie. Par la Vallée du Cédron nous rejoindrons la Cite de David avec la fontaine de Siloé, empruntez le tunnel de Canaan.
Puis vers le Mt Sion, en logeant les remparts de la vielle ville. St Pierre en Gallicante, et le Mont Zion, nous visiterons le cénacle(le dernier repas de Jésus) et le tombeau du roi David.
Diner et logement à Jerusalem.
10e Jour : Jerusalem
Visite de la vielle ville.
En partant de la Porte de Jaffa vers le Shouk et le Mur des lamentations, puis vers la Via Dolorosa, en passant par le Lithostrotos et ensuite à l'église Sainte-Anne construite sur le site de la maison d'Anne et Joachim où Marie aurait grandi et de la piscine probatique et du sanctuaire d'Esculape.
Continuez vers le jardin de la Tombe et l’Institut biblique Francaise. Visite du musée d’Israel avec le modèle de Jérusalem et si vous le désirez visite du memorial de la Shoah, Yad Veshem.
Diner et logement à Jerusalem.
11e Jour : Vol de retour
Matinée libre ou pour compléter les visites puis transfert pour l’aéroport de Ben Gurion pour votre vol de retour.
Professional Program For Water Sector – 8 Days
1st day
Arrival at Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport.
Landing in Tel Aviv
Transfer to your Hotel in the city of Tel aviv.
2nd day – Tel-Aviv –Yavne – Tel-Aviv
Breakfast on the Hotel
Drive from Tel Aviv to Rishon Lezion visit SHAFDAN the largest solution to collect wasted water in Israel from the Tel Aviv city and suburbs to use for fields irrgation.
Back to Tel Aviv - city tour of Jaffa and Tel Aviv
Dinner and overnight at Tel Aviv.
3rd day - All day trip to Jerusalem
After breakfast, drive to Jerusalem Mt of Olives - view the spectacular Jerusalem from the top of the Mount of Olives. Walk down to enter the Old city by the Lion's Gate, Via Dolorosa, Holy Sepulcher, Arab Bazaar, Jaffa gate , Mount Zion – Tomb of David et room of Last Supper and then via Cardo Jewish quarter to the Western Wall.
Dinner and the night at the Hotel Jerusalem .
4th day - Jerusalem
After breakfast, short tour of the New City, then on to Israel Museum, see the Model of
Jerusalem from the 2nd temple period. Continue to Ein Kerem - Spring of the Vineyard" is a
picturesque neighborhood, according to Christian tradition, where John The Baptist was born,continue to Bethlehem, for visit.
Dinner and the night at the Hotel Jerusalem .
5th day - Jerusalem- Magal- Tiberias
After Breakfast check out from the hotel
Reach Kibbutz Magal, meeting at Netafim the largest irrigation company in the world.
Then continue for a Panoramic view of Haifa along the Mount Carmel and see the Bahaii garden continue to Nazareth to and Cana of Galilee.
Drive to Hotel in TIBERIAS, dinner at your hotel .
6th day Golan Heights Lake of Galilee
Visit Amiad – most know for filtration solution
visit the Dan Filters Factory that clean all the water
coming from the Dan River - meeting with Dr Moshe Gofhen concerning Israeli water treatment.
Ortal project - wasted water from the dairy farm of the Golan.
visit the Golan Heighs winery in the city Kazerin
Drive to Hotel in TIBERIAS, dinner at your hotel
7th day Around the Sea of Galilee Hotel Tiberias
Visit the Sapir Water factory of “Hamovil Artzy”
show the pumping system from the lake of Galilee water to the South of Israel (the project was built on the early years of Israel with a pipe or canal crossing all Israel ).
Panoramic drive along the coast of lake Galilee, Genossar for a visit of the Igall Alon Museum
Boat Ride on the Lake of Galilee "Peters fish" Tagbah tour , visit Diamond Factory
Drive to Hotel in TIBERIAS, dinner at your hotel
8th day flight home
Arrival at Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport.
Landing in Tel Aviv
Transfer to your Hotel in the city of Tel aviv.
2nd day – Tel-Aviv –Yavne – Tel-Aviv
Breakfast on the Hotel
Drive from Tel Aviv to Rishon Lezion visit SHAFDAN the largest solution to collect wasted water in Israel from the Tel Aviv city and suburbs to use for fields irrgation.
Back to Tel Aviv - city tour of Jaffa and Tel Aviv
Dinner and overnight at Tel Aviv.
3rd day - All day trip to Jerusalem
After breakfast, drive to Jerusalem Mt of Olives - view the spectacular Jerusalem from the top of the Mount of Olives. Walk down to enter the Old city by the Lion's Gate, Via Dolorosa, Holy Sepulcher, Arab Bazaar, Jaffa gate , Mount Zion – Tomb of David et room of Last Supper and then via Cardo Jewish quarter to the Western Wall.
Dinner and the night at the Hotel Jerusalem .
4th day - Jerusalem
After breakfast, short tour of the New City, then on to Israel Museum, see the Model of
Jerusalem from the 2nd temple period. Continue to Ein Kerem - Spring of the Vineyard" is a
picturesque neighborhood, according to Christian tradition, where John The Baptist was born,continue to Bethlehem, for visit.
Dinner and the night at the Hotel Jerusalem .
5th day - Jerusalem- Magal- Tiberias
After Breakfast check out from the hotel
Reach Kibbutz Magal, meeting at Netafim the largest irrigation company in the world.
Then continue for a Panoramic view of Haifa along the Mount Carmel and see the Bahaii garden continue to Nazareth to and Cana of Galilee.
Drive to Hotel in TIBERIAS, dinner at your hotel .
6th day Golan Heights Lake of Galilee
Visit Amiad – most know for filtration solution
visit the Dan Filters Factory that clean all the water
coming from the Dan River - meeting with Dr Moshe Gofhen concerning Israeli water treatment.
Ortal project - wasted water from the dairy farm of the Golan.
visit the Golan Heighs winery in the city Kazerin
Drive to Hotel in TIBERIAS, dinner at your hotel
7th day Around the Sea of Galilee Hotel Tiberias
Visit the Sapir Water factory of “Hamovil Artzy”
show the pumping system from the lake of Galilee water to the South of Israel (the project was built on the early years of Israel with a pipe or canal crossing all Israel ).
Panoramic drive along the coast of lake Galilee, Genossar for a visit of the Igall Alon Museum
Boat Ride on the Lake of Galilee "Peters fish" Tagbah tour , visit Diamond Factory
Drive to Hotel in TIBERIAS, dinner at your hotel
8th day flight home
Professional Program - Israel Dairy Farm Industry – 8 Days
Day 01 Arivel
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv
Where you will be meet and assisted by an E.S.T. representative.
Transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv
Rest of the day free for resting
Overnight – Tel Aviv
Day 02 professional day
Visit to SHFAYIM KIBBUTZ DAIRY FARM (the most modern farm in Israel with 1000 milking cows operated daily by SAE AFIKIM SYSTEMS using just few manual labors.
Meeting with ALEFBET Architects, Engineers & Planners designer of all types of agricultural facilities and structures , one of Israel's leading planning and design companies with 60 years of field-tested experience world wild such as India, Vietnam and China.
Tour visit to Jaffa, the old quarters and port and its artists neighborhood
Overnight – Tel Aviv
Day 03 professional day
Visit to feed Center Massuot Itzhak, the largest food center in Israel supplying over 500 ton per day
Visit kibbutz Yavne farm & feed center, producing
5 million ltr/year & 300 ton per day
Tour Tel Aviv- Rabin square, the great synagogue and Neve Tzedek – the "white city", UNESCO cultural heritage site, largest collection of urban Bauhaus style buildings in the world
Overnight – Tel Aviv
Day 04 tour in Jerusalem
Transfer to Jerusalem to visit the city:
- Mount of Olives for an amazing panoramic view of the Holy City, Gethsemane gardens and church of all Nations
- Mount Zion with the Cenacle (site of the Last Supper and of the Pentecost's) and the tomb of Kind David.
- The Western Wall, Temple Mount (site of the Omar and Al-Aqsa mosques)
- Touching visit to the Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem and the new city of Jerusalem,
driving via the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) and the Menorah, Israel's state symbol.
- The Israel Museum, where the Dead Sea Scrolls are kept in the Shrine of the Book and
the model of Jerusalem from the 2nd Temple period, the time of Jesus.
Overnight – Jerusalem
Day 05 Tour in Dead sea & Masada
Drive to Masada the old Jewish settlement in the desert that was destroy in the Roman time (the most heroic story in the history.
Visit to the Dead Sea bathing and putting the special mad to hill your body.
Driving up to the north (Sea of Galilee)
Overnight –Kibbutz Hotel
Day 06
Drive north for visiting some of the most developed and large milk farms in Israel.
Visit to SAE AFIKIM in Afikim (SAE Afikim develops, manufactures and markets advanced dairy herd management systems, providing decision making tools, aimed at increasing dairy farming profitability). Visit to factory.
Visit Sneidman Family at moshavat Kineret for agro-truism and movie about the first settlements in the area
Visit to the sailing on the sea of Galilee and visit the Jordan river were Jesus was Baptismal
Overnight –Kibbutz Hotel
Day 07
Visit milk farms in Ramat Hagolan:
Yonathan farm, operated by SAE Afimilk systems, producing 13 million ltr/year with a feed center that supplies own farm and sells to outside clients
visit to the Golan Winery testing and explanation
on their produce .
Overnight – Afikim Kibbutz Hotel
Day 08
Visit the milk production unit of TNOUVA ALON TAVOR producing – yogurt, milk, white cheese and other dairy products
Visit to milk farm Harduf Ecology farm the only Green farm in Israel
Around 12:00, transfer to the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. Assistance with departure procedures.
Flight home
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv
Where you will be meet and assisted by an E.S.T. representative.
Transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv
Rest of the day free for resting
Overnight – Tel Aviv
Day 02 professional day
Visit to SHFAYIM KIBBUTZ DAIRY FARM (the most modern farm in Israel with 1000 milking cows operated daily by SAE AFIKIM SYSTEMS using just few manual labors.
Meeting with ALEFBET Architects, Engineers & Planners designer of all types of agricultural facilities and structures , one of Israel's leading planning and design companies with 60 years of field-tested experience world wild such as India, Vietnam and China.
Tour visit to Jaffa, the old quarters and port and its artists neighborhood
Overnight – Tel Aviv
Day 03 professional day
Visit to feed Center Massuot Itzhak, the largest food center in Israel supplying over 500 ton per day
Visit kibbutz Yavne farm & feed center, producing
5 million ltr/year & 300 ton per day
Tour Tel Aviv- Rabin square, the great synagogue and Neve Tzedek – the "white city", UNESCO cultural heritage site, largest collection of urban Bauhaus style buildings in the world
Overnight – Tel Aviv
Day 04 tour in Jerusalem
Transfer to Jerusalem to visit the city:
- Mount of Olives for an amazing panoramic view of the Holy City, Gethsemane gardens and church of all Nations
- Mount Zion with the Cenacle (site of the Last Supper and of the Pentecost's) and the tomb of Kind David.
- The Western Wall, Temple Mount (site of the Omar and Al-Aqsa mosques)
- Touching visit to the Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem and the new city of Jerusalem,
driving via the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) and the Menorah, Israel's state symbol.
- The Israel Museum, where the Dead Sea Scrolls are kept in the Shrine of the Book and
the model of Jerusalem from the 2nd Temple period, the time of Jesus.
Overnight – Jerusalem
Day 05 Tour in Dead sea & Masada
Drive to Masada the old Jewish settlement in the desert that was destroy in the Roman time (the most heroic story in the history.
Visit to the Dead Sea bathing and putting the special mad to hill your body.
Driving up to the north (Sea of Galilee)
Overnight –Kibbutz Hotel
Day 06
Drive north for visiting some of the most developed and large milk farms in Israel.
Visit to SAE AFIKIM in Afikim (SAE Afikim develops, manufactures and markets advanced dairy herd management systems, providing decision making tools, aimed at increasing dairy farming profitability). Visit to factory.
Visit Sneidman Family at moshavat Kineret for agro-truism and movie about the first settlements in the area
Visit to the sailing on the sea of Galilee and visit the Jordan river were Jesus was Baptismal
Overnight –Kibbutz Hotel
Day 07
Visit milk farms in Ramat Hagolan:
Yonathan farm, operated by SAE Afimilk systems, producing 13 million ltr/year with a feed center that supplies own farm and sells to outside clients
visit to the Golan Winery testing and explanation
on their produce .
Overnight – Afikim Kibbutz Hotel
Day 08
Visit the milk production unit of TNOUVA ALON TAVOR producing – yogurt, milk, white cheese and other dairy products
Visit to milk farm Harduf Ecology farm the only Green farm in Israel
Around 12:00, transfer to the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. Assistance with departure procedures.
Flight home
Visite The - POMMEGRANATE Farming In ISRAEL (TENTATIVE PROGRAMME) - 8 Days
Day 01
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv
meet by an E.S.T. representative.
Transfer to your hotel in Tiberias or Jordan Valley
Rest of the day free for resting
Overnight – Tiberias or Jordan Valley
Day 02
Full day visit to few pomegranate plantations in the Golan Heights where you will be explained the various ways to fight pests and protect the fruit.
Overnight – Tiberias or Jordan Valley
Day 03
Visit to pomegranate cooling storage rooms to learn how to extend the fruit's shelf life keeping extraordinary quality
Overnight – Tiberias or Jordan Valley
Day 04
Tourist visit to Nazareth, the home land of Jesus
Drive south through the beautiful Jordan Valley and the wilderness of Samaria and Judea until Jericho, the oldest city in the world.
Keep to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth, 400 m below sea level. Float in the mineral-rich heavily salted waters. Take a mud-bath and benefit from the therapeutic qualities of the natural Dead Sea mud.
Transfer to Jerusalem.
Overnight – Jerusalem
Day 05
Full day visit to Jerusalem: - Panoramic overview from the Mount of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem's new city and the Temple Mount Esplanade of old city. Travel along the Kidron Valley to view the Garden of Gethsemane and the walls of the city. Via the Armenian Quarter enter The Western (Wailing) Wall square, via the local Bazaar enter the Christian Quarter, walk the Stations of the Cross (Via Dolorosa) and visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher – the site of the crucifixion.
Walk along the 1700 year old Byzantine main street, the Cardo and the renovated Jewish Quarter.
Tour the new city by car to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial and Museum.
Overnight – Jerusalem
Day 06
Visit to irrigation company Na’an Dan and learn about sophisticated water saving irrigation methods.
Visit to Yuran Company designing, producing and selling modern and efficient machines to peel the pomegranate.
Overnight – Tel Aviv
Day 07
Visit to pomegranate nursery to learn about new species
Overnight – Tel Aviv
Day 08
Free morning to rest. Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv
meet by an E.S.T. representative.
Transfer to your hotel in Tiberias or Jordan Valley
Rest of the day free for resting
Overnight – Tiberias or Jordan Valley
Day 02
Full day visit to few pomegranate plantations in the Golan Heights where you will be explained the various ways to fight pests and protect the fruit.
Overnight – Tiberias or Jordan Valley
Day 03
Visit to pomegranate cooling storage rooms to learn how to extend the fruit's shelf life keeping extraordinary quality
Overnight – Tiberias or Jordan Valley
Day 04
Tourist visit to Nazareth, the home land of Jesus
Drive south through the beautiful Jordan Valley and the wilderness of Samaria and Judea until Jericho, the oldest city in the world.
Keep to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth, 400 m below sea level. Float in the mineral-rich heavily salted waters. Take a mud-bath and benefit from the therapeutic qualities of the natural Dead Sea mud.
Transfer to Jerusalem.
Overnight – Jerusalem
Day 05
Full day visit to Jerusalem: - Panoramic overview from the Mount of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem's new city and the Temple Mount Esplanade of old city. Travel along the Kidron Valley to view the Garden of Gethsemane and the walls of the city. Via the Armenian Quarter enter The Western (Wailing) Wall square, via the local Bazaar enter the Christian Quarter, walk the Stations of the Cross (Via Dolorosa) and visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher – the site of the crucifixion.
Walk along the 1700 year old Byzantine main street, the Cardo and the renovated Jewish Quarter.
Tour the new city by car to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial and Museum.
Overnight – Jerusalem
Day 06
Visit to irrigation company Na’an Dan and learn about sophisticated water saving irrigation methods.
Visit to Yuran Company designing, producing and selling modern and efficient machines to peel the pomegranate.
Overnight – Tel Aviv
Day 07
Visit to pomegranate nursery to learn about new species
Overnight – Tel Aviv
Day 08
Free morning to rest. Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv
Walk on the history of Israel – 9 Days
1st Day – Ben Gurion Airport / Tel Aviv
Arrival to Ben Gurion Airport. Assistance by Your guide and transfer to the hotel.
Dinner & overnight at Tel Aviv/Netanya.
2nd Day – Jaffa / Haifa / Acre
Start the day with a visit to Old Jaffa.
Then to Caesarea maritime, visit the amphitheater, the Roman, Byzantine, and Crusader city, the water aqua duct.
Then continue to Haifa, the history of Haifa dates back to the 3rd century CE. Since then it has been controlled by several civilizations, including the Canaanites, Israelites, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Kurds, the Mamluks, the Ottoman Turks and it is currently a major city in Israel. Today, it is a mixed city of Jews and Arab citizens of Israel.
Visit Haifa, view the port, the Bahai shrine and gardens.
Visit to Acre/Akko, Akko is one of the oldest cities in Israel. It was established over 4,000 years ago.
Over the millennia it has been controlled by many different ruling countries because of its strategic location. Most notably today is has the remains of an ancient crusader fortress. Here you will be able to wander through the maze of dark narrow tunnels and enjoy this beautiful Mediterranean city.
Dinner and overnight at Tiberias/Nazareth.
3rd Day – Katzrin / Golan heights / Banias
Migdal where we will also see the remains of a 2000 year old fishing boat.
Continue to Katzrin is a modern day town as well as a reconstruction of an ancient Jewish village. This town is located in the tribal area of Manasseh. In 1967 archeologists uncovered a synagogue from the 4th-5th centuries that you can see restored today along with many other buildings and implements. Drive to the Golan Heights, the Greeks referred to this area as ”Gaulanitis.” During the millennia this area has changed hands a number of times, but since 1967 this area belongs to Israel. Today the Golan Heights is mainly an agricultural area. Banias, Caesarea Philippi, Also known as Banias. The Romans renamed the city Caesarea Philippi in honor of Augustus Caesar. Caesarea Philippi is located at the foot of Mt. Hermon. The most notable scripture reference to this location is found in Matthew 16:13 where Jesus says to Peter, “…you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” Today you can see the remains of ancient pagan worship and the Banias spring which is one of the three sources of the Jordan River.
Dinner & overnight in Nazareth or Tiberias.
4th Day – BET SHEAN / DEAD SEA
After breakfast, take a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.
Kibbutz experience, visit a local Kibbutz with a member of the Kibbutz, enjoy the stories of the life in the community.
Bet Sh’ean – an ancient city with a glorious past. King Saul and his sons, who lost the battle against the Philistines at nearby Mount Gilboa, where hung from Bet She’an’s city walls. During the Greco-Roman period, the city was known as Scythopolis. Bet She’an is one of most prominent archeological sites, with a major Roman theater, the Roman Byzantine Cardo, giants’ columns, shops, mosaics and yet to be excavated tel.
Then continue thru the Jordan Valley to the Dead Sea.
Dinner & Overnight at the Dead Sea.
5th Day – JERICHO/ EIN GEDI / MASSADA /
Visit Jericho, the oldest city in the world, the 1st city conquered by Joshua and the Children of Israel upon their return from Egypt. Remains from the time of King Ahab, include a stone tower and stone wall.
Visit Qumran, This is the area where the Essences wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were discovered in a cave here in 1947 after 2000 years.
Enjoy at a Dead Sea beach, the lowest point on Earth, 400 meters below sea level. Dive in its waters containing more than 30% of salt and minerals.
Ein Gedi, Oasis on the shore of the Dead Sea. Efficient irrigation system. Mosaic Synagogue.
Then drive to Masada. Ascend and descent by cable car. Visit the Herodian fortress overlooking the Dead Sea, its palaces, the thermal baths, the warehouses...
Masada was the last resistance point of the Zelots against the Romans during the Great Rebellion in 70 AD culminating in mass suicide. See the site remains that prove this tragic event.
Diner & Overnight at the Dead Sea.
6th Day – ARAD/ MITZPE RAMON/ NEGEV/ BEERSHEBA
Arad, this is the site of the ancient tel in the northern Negev. It includes remains from the early Canaanite period.
Mitzpe Ramon, on the edge of the Ramon crater, at a height of some 300 meters above it, sits the town of Mitspe Ramon. This pleasant, quiet town, built in the landscape of the largest of the Negev craters, between paths and cliffs, mountains and springs, has recently become a thriving tourism town.
Beersheba, Important city of the Neguev since biblical times. Tel Beersheba is northeast of the modern town, with the remains of a fortress and the main city drain that led toward the gate.
Dinner & overnight at Beersheba.
7th Day – JERUSALEM
Drive to Jerusalem.
Mount Scopus has been strategically important as a base from which to attack the city since antiquity. A Roman Legion camped there in 66 AD.[1] Again in 70 AD Mount Scopus was used as a base to carry out a siege of the city by the 12th, 15th and 5th Legions.
Mount of Olives, The southern part of the Mount was the necropolis of the ancient Judean kingdom.[2] The Mount is central to Jewish tradition since it has been used as a Jewish cemetery for over 3,000 years and holds approximately 150,000 graves.[3] Several key events in the life of Jesus as related in the Gospels took place on the Mount of Olives, and in the Book of Acts it is described as the place from which Jesus ascended to heaven.
City of David, the oldest settled neighborhood of Jerusalem and a major archaeological site. It is on a narrow ridge running south from the Temple Mount in the predominantly Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem.
Silwan, is an ancient site in Jerusalem, located in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Old City. According to the Hebrew Bible, Siloam was built around the "serpent-stone", Zoheleth, where Adonijah gave his feast in the time of Solomon. It is the site of the Pool of Siloam and the Tower of Siloam.
Visit the Wailing Wall and the Temple Mont.
Diner & overnight at Jerusalem.
8th Day, JERUSALEM
Visit to the Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem.
Pass by the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, the Menorah - the Candlestick and the Palace of Justice.
Visit the Israel Museum and the Shrine of the Book where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls are exposed. Visit the Jerusalem model representing the city at the time of the 2nd Temple period.
Sanehdriya, investigator of the Holy Land identified at the thirteen century the burial caves in the north of Jerusalem. It has been told that seventy people from the big Sanhedrin were buried in this area.
Diner & overnight at Jerusalem.
9th Day – TEL AVIV
Morning free for shopping.
Transfer to the Ben Gurion Airport for return flight.
Arrival to Ben Gurion Airport. Assistance by Your guide and transfer to the hotel.
Dinner & overnight at Tel Aviv/Netanya.
2nd Day – Jaffa / Haifa / Acre
Start the day with a visit to Old Jaffa.
Then to Caesarea maritime, visit the amphitheater, the Roman, Byzantine, and Crusader city, the water aqua duct.
Then continue to Haifa, the history of Haifa dates back to the 3rd century CE. Since then it has been controlled by several civilizations, including the Canaanites, Israelites, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Kurds, the Mamluks, the Ottoman Turks and it is currently a major city in Israel. Today, it is a mixed city of Jews and Arab citizens of Israel.
Visit Haifa, view the port, the Bahai shrine and gardens.
Visit to Acre/Akko, Akko is one of the oldest cities in Israel. It was established over 4,000 years ago.
Over the millennia it has been controlled by many different ruling countries because of its strategic location. Most notably today is has the remains of an ancient crusader fortress. Here you will be able to wander through the maze of dark narrow tunnels and enjoy this beautiful Mediterranean city.
Dinner and overnight at Tiberias/Nazareth.
3rd Day – Katzrin / Golan heights / Banias
Migdal where we will also see the remains of a 2000 year old fishing boat.
Continue to Katzrin is a modern day town as well as a reconstruction of an ancient Jewish village. This town is located in the tribal area of Manasseh. In 1967 archeologists uncovered a synagogue from the 4th-5th centuries that you can see restored today along with many other buildings and implements. Drive to the Golan Heights, the Greeks referred to this area as ”Gaulanitis.” During the millennia this area has changed hands a number of times, but since 1967 this area belongs to Israel. Today the Golan Heights is mainly an agricultural area. Banias, Caesarea Philippi, Also known as Banias. The Romans renamed the city Caesarea Philippi in honor of Augustus Caesar. Caesarea Philippi is located at the foot of Mt. Hermon. The most notable scripture reference to this location is found in Matthew 16:13 where Jesus says to Peter, “…you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” Today you can see the remains of ancient pagan worship and the Banias spring which is one of the three sources of the Jordan River.
Dinner & overnight in Nazareth or Tiberias.
4th Day – BET SHEAN / DEAD SEA
After breakfast, take a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.
Kibbutz experience, visit a local Kibbutz with a member of the Kibbutz, enjoy the stories of the life in the community.
Bet Sh’ean – an ancient city with a glorious past. King Saul and his sons, who lost the battle against the Philistines at nearby Mount Gilboa, where hung from Bet She’an’s city walls. During the Greco-Roman period, the city was known as Scythopolis. Bet She’an is one of most prominent archeological sites, with a major Roman theater, the Roman Byzantine Cardo, giants’ columns, shops, mosaics and yet to be excavated tel.
Then continue thru the Jordan Valley to the Dead Sea.
Dinner & Overnight at the Dead Sea.
5th Day – JERICHO/ EIN GEDI / MASSADA /
Visit Jericho, the oldest city in the world, the 1st city conquered by Joshua and the Children of Israel upon their return from Egypt. Remains from the time of King Ahab, include a stone tower and stone wall.
Visit Qumran, This is the area where the Essences wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were discovered in a cave here in 1947 after 2000 years.
Enjoy at a Dead Sea beach, the lowest point on Earth, 400 meters below sea level. Dive in its waters containing more than 30% of salt and minerals.
Ein Gedi, Oasis on the shore of the Dead Sea. Efficient irrigation system. Mosaic Synagogue.
Then drive to Masada. Ascend and descent by cable car. Visit the Herodian fortress overlooking the Dead Sea, its palaces, the thermal baths, the warehouses...
Masada was the last resistance point of the Zelots against the Romans during the Great Rebellion in 70 AD culminating in mass suicide. See the site remains that prove this tragic event.
Diner & Overnight at the Dead Sea.
6th Day – ARAD/ MITZPE RAMON/ NEGEV/ BEERSHEBA
Arad, this is the site of the ancient tel in the northern Negev. It includes remains from the early Canaanite period.
Mitzpe Ramon, on the edge of the Ramon crater, at a height of some 300 meters above it, sits the town of Mitspe Ramon. This pleasant, quiet town, built in the landscape of the largest of the Negev craters, between paths and cliffs, mountains and springs, has recently become a thriving tourism town.
Beersheba, Important city of the Neguev since biblical times. Tel Beersheba is northeast of the modern town, with the remains of a fortress and the main city drain that led toward the gate.
Dinner & overnight at Beersheba.
7th Day – JERUSALEM
Drive to Jerusalem.
Mount Scopus has been strategically important as a base from which to attack the city since antiquity. A Roman Legion camped there in 66 AD.[1] Again in 70 AD Mount Scopus was used as a base to carry out a siege of the city by the 12th, 15th and 5th Legions.
Mount of Olives, The southern part of the Mount was the necropolis of the ancient Judean kingdom.[2] The Mount is central to Jewish tradition since it has been used as a Jewish cemetery for over 3,000 years and holds approximately 150,000 graves.[3] Several key events in the life of Jesus as related in the Gospels took place on the Mount of Olives, and in the Book of Acts it is described as the place from which Jesus ascended to heaven.
City of David, the oldest settled neighborhood of Jerusalem and a major archaeological site. It is on a narrow ridge running south from the Temple Mount in the predominantly Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem.
Silwan, is an ancient site in Jerusalem, located in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Old City. According to the Hebrew Bible, Siloam was built around the "serpent-stone", Zoheleth, where Adonijah gave his feast in the time of Solomon. It is the site of the Pool of Siloam and the Tower of Siloam.
Visit the Wailing Wall and the Temple Mont.
Diner & overnight at Jerusalem.
8th Day, JERUSALEM
Visit to the Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem.
Pass by the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, the Menorah - the Candlestick and the Palace of Justice.
Visit the Israel Museum and the Shrine of the Book where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls are exposed. Visit the Jerusalem model representing the city at the time of the 2nd Temple period.
Sanehdriya, investigator of the Holy Land identified at the thirteen century the burial caves in the north of Jerusalem. It has been told that seventy people from the big Sanhedrin were buried in this area.
Diner & overnight at Jerusalem.
9th Day – TEL AVIV
Morning free for shopping.
Transfer to the Ben Gurion Airport for return flight.
Cultural Tour In The Holy Land – 8 Days
1st Day
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, assistance by a delegate of Eco Solution Travel and transfer to your hotel in Jerusalem.
Welcome cocktail.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
2st Day - Tribute to the victims
After breakfast, visit to the Holocaust Memorial Yad Veshem,
We will continue to Hadassah Hospital located at the foothills of Jerusalem.
Ein Kerem to see Marc Chagall's stained glass windows.
Then lunch in the village of Ein Kerem followed by a visit to the Basilica of the Visitation.
Then back at the hotel for a glass manufacturing antiquity conference and Marc Chagall.
3rd Day
After breakfast, visit the on Mount Scopus. Breathtaking view of Jerusalem.
We continue to the old town through the Wadi Joz, then the Kidron Valley and the City of David facing the Mount of Olives which is the largest Jewish cemetery in the world, then the Détritus Gate, the Wailing Wall the Holy Sepulchre and the tunnel wall.
Back to the hotel, rest and Dinner at 18:30.
At the beginning of the evening we will go to the Museum of Coexistence - This museum is located on the old crossing point which allowed Mandelbaum, before 1967, moving from East Jerusalem to West Jerusalem. The special feature of this museum is to present art as an universal language, in order to stimulate public debate.
4th Day
After breakfast, visit the Israeli Museum, the model of Jerusalem at the time of the Second Temple, House of the Book with the famous Dead Sea Scrolls and garden sculptures. View of the Knesset and Menorah.
Visit the Old City of Jerusalem in the afternoon. We start with the David Citadel where a model of Jerusalem from the 19th century and had slept for decades at the Palace of the Nations in Geneva! Walk in the souk of Jerusalem.
Return to hotel, dinner.
Conference with a member of the Israeli parliament.
5th Day
We will leave Jerusalem to Caesarea, where we will visit the museum Reali, private museum dedicated to the South American art of biblical inspiration, lunch at the Caesarea Golf restaurant. Meeting with one of the best current Israeli sculptors.
We will then continue to Tel Aviv.
Visit the Museum of the Independence where we is the recording of the declaration of independence of the state of Israel by David Ben Gurion.
Transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv.
Then dinner in a typical local restaurant.
6th Day
Late breakfast and free morning. Appointment at noon (accurate) to join the Opera: representation of the Castle Bluebeard Bela Bartok preceded by "Kindertotenlieder" of Mahler. You will angnoledge the disigned that have been made by the master glassmaker Chihully. Snack at the opera return to your hotel.
Dinner and evening at the Litvak Gallery, which presents an exhibition of Chihuly.
7st Day
Morning an urban architect will show Tel Aviv city declared by UNESCO as the Bauhaus style.
We stroll through the neighborhoods "trend" of Neve Tzedek, Florentin and Tahana (old station line Damascus-Cairo).
Afternoon optional: the Design Museum designed by architect and Israeli designer Ron Arad.
8th Day - Depart for your return flight
Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport.
(*) Last minute changes may occur.
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, assistance by a delegate of Eco Solution Travel and transfer to your hotel in Jerusalem.
Welcome cocktail.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
2st Day - Tribute to the victims
After breakfast, visit to the Holocaust Memorial Yad Veshem,
We will continue to Hadassah Hospital located at the foothills of Jerusalem.
Ein Kerem to see Marc Chagall's stained glass windows.
Then lunch in the village of Ein Kerem followed by a visit to the Basilica of the Visitation.
Then back at the hotel for a glass manufacturing antiquity conference and Marc Chagall.
3rd Day
After breakfast, visit the on Mount Scopus. Breathtaking view of Jerusalem.
We continue to the old town through the Wadi Joz, then the Kidron Valley and the City of David facing the Mount of Olives which is the largest Jewish cemetery in the world, then the Détritus Gate, the Wailing Wall the Holy Sepulchre and the tunnel wall.
Back to the hotel, rest and Dinner at 18:30.
At the beginning of the evening we will go to the Museum of Coexistence - This museum is located on the old crossing point which allowed Mandelbaum, before 1967, moving from East Jerusalem to West Jerusalem. The special feature of this museum is to present art as an universal language, in order to stimulate public debate.
4th Day
After breakfast, visit the Israeli Museum, the model of Jerusalem at the time of the Second Temple, House of the Book with the famous Dead Sea Scrolls and garden sculptures. View of the Knesset and Menorah.
Visit the Old City of Jerusalem in the afternoon. We start with the David Citadel where a model of Jerusalem from the 19th century and had slept for decades at the Palace of the Nations in Geneva! Walk in the souk of Jerusalem.
Return to hotel, dinner.
Conference with a member of the Israeli parliament.
5th Day
We will leave Jerusalem to Caesarea, where we will visit the museum Reali, private museum dedicated to the South American art of biblical inspiration, lunch at the Caesarea Golf restaurant. Meeting with one of the best current Israeli sculptors.
We will then continue to Tel Aviv.
Visit the Museum of the Independence where we is the recording of the declaration of independence of the state of Israel by David Ben Gurion.
Transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv.
Then dinner in a typical local restaurant.
6th Day
Late breakfast and free morning. Appointment at noon (accurate) to join the Opera: representation of the Castle Bluebeard Bela Bartok preceded by "Kindertotenlieder" of Mahler. You will angnoledge the disigned that have been made by the master glassmaker Chihully. Snack at the opera return to your hotel.
Dinner and evening at the Litvak Gallery, which presents an exhibition of Chihuly.
7st Day
Morning an urban architect will show Tel Aviv city declared by UNESCO as the Bauhaus style.
We stroll through the neighborhoods "trend" of Neve Tzedek, Florentin and Tahana (old station line Damascus-Cairo).
Afternoon optional: the Design Museum designed by architect and Israeli designer Ron Arad.
8th Day - Depart for your return flight
Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport.
(*) Last minute changes may occur.
Pèlerinage Musulman – 11 jours (French)
1er jour - Arrivée à Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Aéroport.
Accueil et assistance à l'aéroport, après les formalités de douanes, vous rencontrerez votre guide et chauffeur, puis transfert à votre l’hôtel.
2e jour, CESAREE – HAÏFA – St JEAN D’ACRE
Après le petit déjeuner, départ par la route côtière pour Césarée Maritime- Qaysārya, le port d'Hérode le Grand qui fût jadis la capitale des procurateurs Romains. C'est à Césarée que le centurion romain Cornelius fut baptisé par Pierre et devin le premier Gentil converti au Christianisme.
Continuez vers Haïfa, le Mont Carmel associé aux prophètes Elie (Coran 18/65-82). L'histoire du prophète Elie, un des pères du monachisme, et aux miracles qu'il réalisa du haut de la montagne. Déjeuner en route.
Puis la ville de Haïfa vue magnifique des hauteurs et les magnifiques jardins des Bahaïs (Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO). Continuez vers St Jean d’Acre – Akka, visite et prière a la fameuse mosquée El Jazaar construite sous l’empire Ottoman, le Khan el Umdan et la ville arabe.
Diner et nuit à votre hôtel de Nazareth.
Accueil et assistance à l'aéroport, après les formalités de douanes, vous rencontrerez votre guide et chauffeur, puis transfert à votre l’hôtel.
2e jour, CESAREE – HAÏFA – St JEAN D’ACRE
Après le petit déjeuner, départ par la route côtière pour Césarée Maritime- Qaysārya, le port d'Hérode le Grand qui fût jadis la capitale des procurateurs Romains. C'est à Césarée que le centurion romain Cornelius fut baptisé par Pierre et devin le premier Gentil converti au Christianisme.
Continuez vers Haïfa, le Mont Carmel associé aux prophètes Elie (Coran 18/65-82). L'histoire du prophète Elie, un des pères du monachisme, et aux miracles qu'il réalisa du haut de la montagne. Déjeuner en route.
Puis la ville de Haïfa vue magnifique des hauteurs et les magnifiques jardins des Bahaïs (Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO). Continuez vers St Jean d’Acre – Akka, visite et prière a la fameuse mosquée El Jazaar construite sous l’empire Ottoman, le Khan el Umdan et la ville arabe.
Diner et nuit à votre hôtel de Nazareth.
3e jour, NAZARETH - KFAR CANA
Aujourd’hui commencer par la visite de Nazareth – El Nazra, où Jésus passa son enfance et son adolescence auprès de ses parents, Joseph et Marie. Continuez par la visite de la basilique de l'Annonciation, où l’ange Gabriel a annoncé à la Vierge Marie sur l’arrivée de son fils, et en particulier du petit musée de la crypte où se trouvent de magnifiques décorations de chapiteaux croisés.
Promenade dans le souk de la vieille ville vers la fontaine de la Vierge.
Continuez vers le Mont de précipice, vue de la vallée de Jezréel. Le Mont de précipice est le site où Jésus parvint à échapper à ses persécuteurs qui voulaient de le précipiter dans le vide du haut de la falaise. Visite et prière a la mosquée d’ El-Abayed.
Diner et nuit à votre hôtel de Nazareth.
4e jour, LE LAC DE TIBERIADE
Après le petit-déjeuner, continuez vers le site de la bataille de Hattin, où les musulmans sous la le commandement de Salah Ad-Din Yousouf battirent les 1200 chevaliers des Croises. Puis pour un Panorama sur le lac du Mont des Béatitudes, où Jésus prononça le Sermon sur la Montagne aux huit béatitudes.
Puis, arrêt à Tabgha, traditionnellement identifié au site du miracle de la Multiplication et de l'apparition de Jésus après sa résurrection où se trouve l'église de la Primauté de Pierre qui commémore la pêche miraculeuse et la multiplication des pains pour admirer ses fameuses mosaïques.
Déjeuner de poissons St Pierre péchés dans le Lac.
Continuez vers El Hamma, des thermes anciennes de l’époque romaine, utilises par les musulmans venant de Damas – les restes d’une mosquée avec son minaret. Diner et nuit
5eme jour, BETH SHEAN – QUMERAN - JERICHO
Apres le petit déjeuner, continuez vers Beth Shean, cite antique au passé glorieux,. Apres avoir longé la frontière de Jordanie par la vallée du Jourdain, continuez vers Jéricho – une des plus vieilles cites au monde. Arrêt a Qumran où furent découvert en 1947, dans les grottes alentours, les fameux manuscrits de la mer Morte, 2000 ans après avoir été écrit par les membres d'une secte identifiée aux Esséniens. Déjeuner et profiter de la plage de la mer Morte, le point le plus bas du globe terrestre, à presque 400 mètres d’altitude sous le niveau des océans. Baignade dans ses eaux contenant plus de 30% de sel et de minéraux. Puis entrer à Jéricho – El Riha, visite des fouilles et de la source de Tel Elisha où le Prophète changea l’eau amère en eau douce. Puis le palace d’Ummayad de Hisham. Près de Jéricho Qasr El Yahud évoque le site ou Jésus fut baptisé par Jean Baptiste (!!!!!) et Qarantal, le mont de la Tentation de Jésus où dans le monastère de la Quarantaine il y jeûna pendant 40 jours. Prière a la mosquée de Jéricho. Diner et nuit à Jéricho
6eme jour, JERICHO – JERUSALEM
Apres le petit déjeuner continuez vers the Nabi Moussa Khan, suivant la croyance Musulman, le Prophete Moise est enterré. Prière a la mosquée de IbMoussa.
Monter vers Jerusalem – Al Quds.
Du Mont des Oliviers avec la mosquee de l’ascension vous pourrez admirer la plus célèbre vue de Jérusalem, avec la Mosquée El Aqsa et le Dôme du Rocher - Le Mount du Temple.
Diner et nuit à Jerusalem
7e jour, JERUSALEM
Priere a la Mosquee de El Aqsa sur l’esplanade du temple.
Commencer par la vieille ville de Jerusalem, la via Dolorosa avec des sites relatant le chemin de Croix Lithostrotos, la Chapelle de la Condamnation et imposition de la croix, et les citernes, la piscine de Bethesda avec l’église Saint Anne. Continuation pour le chemin de croix se terminant au Saint-Sépulcre (l’église de la résurrection).
Promenade dans le souk.
Priere a la Mosquee de El Aqsa sur l’esplanade du temple.
Diner et nuit à Jerusalem
Aujourd’hui commencer par la visite de Nazareth – El Nazra, où Jésus passa son enfance et son adolescence auprès de ses parents, Joseph et Marie. Continuez par la visite de la basilique de l'Annonciation, où l’ange Gabriel a annoncé à la Vierge Marie sur l’arrivée de son fils, et en particulier du petit musée de la crypte où se trouvent de magnifiques décorations de chapiteaux croisés.
Promenade dans le souk de la vieille ville vers la fontaine de la Vierge.
Continuez vers le Mont de précipice, vue de la vallée de Jezréel. Le Mont de précipice est le site où Jésus parvint à échapper à ses persécuteurs qui voulaient de le précipiter dans le vide du haut de la falaise. Visite et prière a la mosquée d’ El-Abayed.
Diner et nuit à votre hôtel de Nazareth.
4e jour, LE LAC DE TIBERIADE
Après le petit-déjeuner, continuez vers le site de la bataille de Hattin, où les musulmans sous la le commandement de Salah Ad-Din Yousouf battirent les 1200 chevaliers des Croises. Puis pour un Panorama sur le lac du Mont des Béatitudes, où Jésus prononça le Sermon sur la Montagne aux huit béatitudes.
Puis, arrêt à Tabgha, traditionnellement identifié au site du miracle de la Multiplication et de l'apparition de Jésus après sa résurrection où se trouve l'église de la Primauté de Pierre qui commémore la pêche miraculeuse et la multiplication des pains pour admirer ses fameuses mosaïques.
Déjeuner de poissons St Pierre péchés dans le Lac.
Continuez vers El Hamma, des thermes anciennes de l’époque romaine, utilises par les musulmans venant de Damas – les restes d’une mosquée avec son minaret. Diner et nuit
5eme jour, BETH SHEAN – QUMERAN - JERICHO
Apres le petit déjeuner, continuez vers Beth Shean, cite antique au passé glorieux,. Apres avoir longé la frontière de Jordanie par la vallée du Jourdain, continuez vers Jéricho – une des plus vieilles cites au monde. Arrêt a Qumran où furent découvert en 1947, dans les grottes alentours, les fameux manuscrits de la mer Morte, 2000 ans après avoir été écrit par les membres d'une secte identifiée aux Esséniens. Déjeuner et profiter de la plage de la mer Morte, le point le plus bas du globe terrestre, à presque 400 mètres d’altitude sous le niveau des océans. Baignade dans ses eaux contenant plus de 30% de sel et de minéraux. Puis entrer à Jéricho – El Riha, visite des fouilles et de la source de Tel Elisha où le Prophète changea l’eau amère en eau douce. Puis le palace d’Ummayad de Hisham. Près de Jéricho Qasr El Yahud évoque le site ou Jésus fut baptisé par Jean Baptiste (!!!!!) et Qarantal, le mont de la Tentation de Jésus où dans le monastère de la Quarantaine il y jeûna pendant 40 jours. Prière a la mosquée de Jéricho. Diner et nuit à Jéricho
6eme jour, JERICHO – JERUSALEM
Apres le petit déjeuner continuez vers the Nabi Moussa Khan, suivant la croyance Musulman, le Prophete Moise est enterré. Prière a la mosquée de IbMoussa.
Monter vers Jerusalem – Al Quds.
Du Mont des Oliviers avec la mosquee de l’ascension vous pourrez admirer la plus célèbre vue de Jérusalem, avec la Mosquée El Aqsa et le Dôme du Rocher - Le Mount du Temple.
Diner et nuit à Jerusalem
7e jour, JERUSALEM
Priere a la Mosquee de El Aqsa sur l’esplanade du temple.
Commencer par la vieille ville de Jerusalem, la via Dolorosa avec des sites relatant le chemin de Croix Lithostrotos, la Chapelle de la Condamnation et imposition de la croix, et les citernes, la piscine de Bethesda avec l’église Saint Anne. Continuation pour le chemin de croix se terminant au Saint-Sépulcre (l’église de la résurrection).
Promenade dans le souk.
Priere a la Mosquee de El Aqsa sur l’esplanade du temple.
Diner et nuit à Jerusalem
8eme jour, HEBRON - BETHLEHEM
Hébron et les piscines de Salomon, le Tombeau des Patriarches – Selon le Livre de la Genèse, le patriarche Abraham a acheté le site d'Ephron le Hittite comme terrain funéraire pour sa famille après le décès de son épouse Sarah. Certaines traditions maintiennent que le site est la sépulture de quatre couples bibliques: Adam et Eve, Abraham et Sarah, Isaac et Rebekka et Jacob et Leah.
Prière sur le Tombeau d’Ibrahim El Khalil
Départ pour Bethléem, le site de la mort de Rachel, femme de Jacob qui mourut en enfantant Benjamin, lieu de naissance de David et site de son onction par Samuel (I Samuel 16, 1) profiter de la ville du Roi David puis… C'est la que naquit Jésus de Nazareth visite de la basilique de la Nativité recouvrant la Grotte puis le champ des bergers, vue sur le désert de Judée.
Dîner et logement à Jérusalem.
9eme Jour, JERUSALEM
Priere a la Mosquee de El Aqsa sur l’esplanade du temple.
Puis visite du Mur des lamentation - il Mabka
Visite du Musée d’Israël et son Sanctuaire du Livre où sont exposés les célèbres manuscrits de la mer Morte et visite de la maquette de Jérusalem, de l’époque du second temple.
Dîner et logement à votre hôtel Jerusalem.
10eme jour, Ein Kerem – Tel Aviv – Tal Aviv
Ce matin départ vers Ein Kerem ‘la source de la vigne’ et le village où naquit St Jean Baptiste, fils de Zacharie et d'Elizabeth et cousin germain de Jésus - visite du village.
Visite de cette ville Jaffa Tel Aviv ou la communauté musulmane et juive cohabite. Visite du marché des puces et le quartier des artistes, Visite et priere a la mosquée Hassan Bek édifiée en 1916 et à quelques mètres du bord de mer. Départ avec vol de nuit.
Ou Diner et logement dans votre hôtel de Tel Aviv.
11eme jour – Tel Aviv – Vol de Retour
Transfer a l’aéroport de Ben Gurion pour votre vol de retour.
Hébron et les piscines de Salomon, le Tombeau des Patriarches – Selon le Livre de la Genèse, le patriarche Abraham a acheté le site d'Ephron le Hittite comme terrain funéraire pour sa famille après le décès de son épouse Sarah. Certaines traditions maintiennent que le site est la sépulture de quatre couples bibliques: Adam et Eve, Abraham et Sarah, Isaac et Rebekka et Jacob et Leah.
Prière sur le Tombeau d’Ibrahim El Khalil
Départ pour Bethléem, le site de la mort de Rachel, femme de Jacob qui mourut en enfantant Benjamin, lieu de naissance de David et site de son onction par Samuel (I Samuel 16, 1) profiter de la ville du Roi David puis… C'est la que naquit Jésus de Nazareth visite de la basilique de la Nativité recouvrant la Grotte puis le champ des bergers, vue sur le désert de Judée.
Dîner et logement à Jérusalem.
9eme Jour, JERUSALEM
Priere a la Mosquee de El Aqsa sur l’esplanade du temple.
Puis visite du Mur des lamentation - il Mabka
Visite du Musée d’Israël et son Sanctuaire du Livre où sont exposés les célèbres manuscrits de la mer Morte et visite de la maquette de Jérusalem, de l’époque du second temple.
Dîner et logement à votre hôtel Jerusalem.
10eme jour, Ein Kerem – Tel Aviv – Tal Aviv
Ce matin départ vers Ein Kerem ‘la source de la vigne’ et le village où naquit St Jean Baptiste, fils de Zacharie et d'Elizabeth et cousin germain de Jésus - visite du village.
Visite de cette ville Jaffa Tel Aviv ou la communauté musulmane et juive cohabite. Visite du marché des puces et le quartier des artistes, Visite et priere a la mosquée Hassan Bek édifiée en 1916 et à quelques mètres du bord de mer. Départ avec vol de nuit.
Ou Diner et logement dans votre hôtel de Tel Aviv.
11eme jour – Tel Aviv – Vol de Retour
Transfer a l’aéroport de Ben Gurion pour votre vol de retour.
Evangelist Tour Israel Jordan - 10 Days
DAY 1 – TEL AVIV
Arrival to Tel Aviv. Meeting and assistance at the Ben Gurion International Airport by the E.S.T. representative and transfer to your hotel.
Dinner and overnight: Center
Arrival to Tel Aviv. Meeting and assistance at the Ben Gurion International Airport by the E.S.T. representative and transfer to your hotel.
Dinner and overnight: Center
DAY 2 – TEL AVIV / JAFFA
After breakfast, visit Jaffa from where Jonah embarked for Tarshish and where Peter had the vision of the pure and impure animals.
Panoramic view of Tel Aviv and onward to visit this modern city, Israel's second largest city and the country's financial capital and business center. Tel Aviv is the oldest city in modern Israel. Visit the Independance Hall, where in 1948 Ben Gurion declared the the State of Israel. Then pass in Rabin Square where the charismatic Prime Minister and Nobel Prize winner for Peace was murdered and on to the Disapora Museum. Find your jewish roots in this unique place of jewish history.
Onward to a tour through the White City, a collection of more then 4000 Bauhaus style buildings, the largest in the whole world. The White City was declared UNESCO world cultural heritage site in 2003.
Dinner and overnight: Center
DAY 3 – CAESAREA / Mt CARMEL / NAZARETH / TIBERIAS
Start the day with a visit to Caesarea, ancient roman capital, where Paul was tried by Festus. Visit the excavations of the ancient city, the Roman theatre, aqueduct and port.
Keep until Megiddo, ancient city erected by King Salomon.
Then continue to Mount Carmel, to visit the Muchraka, site of the Prophet Elijah's contest with the prophets of Ba'al. See the amazing view of the Yizre'el Valley.
Onward to Nazareth, the village of Jesus where He was raised.
Dinner and overnight: Tiberias
DAY 4 – GALILEE
Visit the places in the Galilee where Jesus developed his ministry: Mount of Beatitudes, Tabgha (site of the Miracle of Fishes and Loaves), Primacy of Peter, the ruins of ancient Cafernaum, with its ancient synagogue and the house of Peter. Cruise the See of Galilee on a wooden boat. Then visit Banias, the Caesarea Filipe, where Jesus told Peter to found His church.
Dinner and overnight: Tiberias
DAY 5 – JORDAN RIVER / JORDAN / JERASH / Mt NEBO / AMMAN
Start the day with a visit to the Yardenit, baptismal site on the Jordan River where thousands of pilgrims are baptized every year. Continue along the beautiful Jordan valley to the Sheick Hussein border crossing (Beit Shean). Border proceedures and meeting with the E.S.T. Jordan representative.
Visit to Jerash, one of the Decapolis cities and the largest roman ruins in the Middle East.
Continue to Mt Nebo, from where Moses look upon the Promised Land and where it's believe that he later died.
Onward to Amman, the Jordanian capital.
Dinner and overnight: Amman
DAY 6 – PETRA
Early departure to Petra, one of UNESCO's new wonders of the world, and visit to this ancient city of the Nabataeans, where the people of Israel passed on their way from Egypt and, presumably, the burial site of Aaron, Moses's brother.
Dinner and overnight: Petra
DAY 7 - ARAVA VALLEY / NEGEV DESERT / BEERSHEBA / ARAD
Departure Petra to Aqaba, near the Red Sea, and cross the border back to Israel. Meeting and assistance by an E.S.T. representative.
Itinerary through the Negev desert on the footsteps of the Hebrew tribes following deliverance from Egypt.
Visit the Desert's Tabernacle, Ramon's crater, and arrival to Beersheba to visit Abraham's well.
Dinner and overnight: Dead Sea
DAY 8 - MASADA / QUMRAN / DEAD SEA / JERICHO
Start the day with a visit to Masada, old fortress build by Herods, where 960 Jews committed collective suicide not to surrender to the Romans. Climb the mountain via the Roman Rampart.
Onward to Qumran, where in 1947 the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Visit to the archeological site.
Then, time for diving and relaxing at the Dead Sea.
Afterwards, visit to Jericho and Temptation Mount.
Ascend to Jerusalem.
Dinner and overnight: Jerusalem
DAY 9, 10, 11 - JERUSALEM AND BETHLEHEM
During theses days you will visit Jerusalem, its hills and surroundings.
Mount Scopus, site of the Hebrew University and the Botanical Garden of Jerusalem.
Mount of Olives for an amazing panoramic view of the Holy City, Gethsemane gardens for contemplation and private prayer and Mount Zion with the Cenacle (site of the Last Supper and of the Pentecost's) and the tomb of Kind David.
The Western Wall, Temple Mount (site of the Omar and Al-Aqsa mosques) and Ophel museum (with virtual representation of Jerusalem's life in Jesus days). Tour the amazing Western Wall tunnels and discover real Jerusalem from before 2000 years.
Walk the Stations of the Cross along the Via Dolorosa.
The City of David via the Kidron Valley and cross the famous tunnel craved in the rock before 3000 years until Siloam's pool.
Start the day with a visit to the Yardenit, baptismal site on the Jordan River where thousands of pilgrims are baptized every year. Continue along the beautiful Jordan valley to the Sheick Hussein border crossing (Beit Shean). Border proceedures and meeting with the E.S.T. Jordan representative.
Visit to Jerash, one of the Decapolis cities and the largest roman ruins in the Middle East.
Continue to Mt Nebo, from where Moses look upon the Promised Land and where it's believe that he later died.
Onward to Amman, the Jordanian capital.
Dinner and overnight: Amman
DAY 6 – PETRA
Early departure to Petra, one of UNESCO's new wonders of the world, and visit to this ancient city of the Nabataeans, where the people of Israel passed on their way from Egypt and, presumably, the burial site of Aaron, Moses's brother.
Dinner and overnight: Petra
DAY 7 - ARAVA VALLEY / NEGEV DESERT / BEERSHEBA / ARAD
Departure Petra to Aqaba, near the Red Sea, and cross the border back to Israel. Meeting and assistance by an E.S.T. representative.
Itinerary through the Negev desert on the footsteps of the Hebrew tribes following deliverance from Egypt.
Visit the Desert's Tabernacle, Ramon's crater, and arrival to Beersheba to visit Abraham's well.
Dinner and overnight: Dead Sea
DAY 8 - MASADA / QUMRAN / DEAD SEA / JERICHO
Start the day with a visit to Masada, old fortress build by Herods, where 960 Jews committed collective suicide not to surrender to the Romans. Climb the mountain via the Roman Rampart.
Onward to Qumran, where in 1947 the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Visit to the archeological site.
Then, time for diving and relaxing at the Dead Sea.
Afterwards, visit to Jericho and Temptation Mount.
Ascend to Jerusalem.
Dinner and overnight: Jerusalem
DAY 9, 10, 11 - JERUSALEM AND BETHLEHEM
During theses days you will visit Jerusalem, its hills and surroundings.
Mount Scopus, site of the Hebrew University and the Botanical Garden of Jerusalem.
Mount of Olives for an amazing panoramic view of the Holy City, Gethsemane gardens for contemplation and private prayer and Mount Zion with the Cenacle (site of the Last Supper and of the Pentecost's) and the tomb of Kind David.
The Western Wall, Temple Mount (site of the Omar and Al-Aqsa mosques) and Ophel museum (with virtual representation of Jerusalem's life in Jesus days). Tour the amazing Western Wall tunnels and discover real Jerusalem from before 2000 years.
Walk the Stations of the Cross along the Via Dolorosa.
The City of David via the Kidron Valley and cross the famous tunnel craved in the rock before 3000 years until Siloam's pool.
The Gardens Tomb and the Golgotha.
Touching visit to the Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem and the new city of Jerusalem, driving via the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) and the Menorah, Israel's state symbol.
The Israel Museum, where the Dead Sea Scrolls are kept in the Shrine of the Book and the model of Jerusalem from the 2nd Temple period, the time of Jesus.
Yad Hashmona, a Messianic Jews community, and their biblical park.
In Bethlehem visit the Nativity Church, site of Jesus birth. Go to St. Jerome cave, where he lived and translated the bible to Latin and the Sheppard's Field
Dinner and overnight: Jerusalem
At your last day in Israel, transfer to Ben Gurion Intl. Airport.
Boarding assistance and flight back home.
Touching visit to the Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem and the new city of Jerusalem, driving via the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) and the Menorah, Israel's state symbol.
The Israel Museum, where the Dead Sea Scrolls are kept in the Shrine of the Book and the model of Jerusalem from the 2nd Temple period, the time of Jesus.
Yad Hashmona, a Messianic Jews community, and their biblical park.
In Bethlehem visit the Nativity Church, site of Jesus birth. Go to St. Jerome cave, where he lived and translated the bible to Latin and the Sheppard's Field
Dinner and overnight: Jerusalem
At your last day in Israel, transfer to Ben Gurion Intl. Airport.
Boarding assistance and flight back home.
Tour Catholic Israel – 7 full days
DAY 1 - Ben Gurion Airport / Tel Aviv
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, where you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel.
Dinner and overnight : Netanya.
Day 2 - Caesarea /Haifa / Megiddo /
Check out from hotel and depart Netanya to drive along the coastal plain to Caesarea, capital of Judea under the Romans where the roman centurion Cornelius was baptised by Peter and became the first gentile convert to Christianity (Acts 10) and where Paul was tried by Festus (Acts 9:30; 10: 24-48; 25:6-12). Visit the excavations of the ancient city, the Roman theatre, aqueduct ans port.
Continue to Haifa and view the Persian Gardens at the Bahai Temple.
On to the Mont Carmel to visit the shrine of Stella Maris (mass) and stop at the Muhraka, site of the Prophet Elijah's contest with the prophets of Ba'al (I Kings 18:25). See the amazing view of the Yizre'el Valley.
Continue to Megiddo, identified as the site of Armageddon (1 Kings 4: 28; 9; 15; 2Kings 23; 29 & Revelation 16:16). Visit the archaeological excavations, including the well-preserved water supply system and the stables, dating back to Biblical times.
Drive to Tiberias and check in at your hotel.
Dinner and overnight: Tiberias
Day 3 - Tiberias / Capernaum / Banias/
Start the day with a wooden boat cruise from Tiberias to Genossar and visit the 2000 year old "Jesus Boat", a well preserved wooden boat found at the Sea of Galilee and referring to the age when Jesus was living in that area.
Pause for reflection at the Mount of the Beatitudes, the place where He delivered the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-12). Mass at the octagonal church.
Onward to Tabgha, the site of the Miracle of Fishes and Loaves (Luke 9:10-17), and visit the Church of Multiplication with its 4th century mosaic floor. Visit also Church of St. Peter's Primacy where Jesus instructed Peter to "feed my sheep" (John 21:15-17).
Lunch St. Peter fish, the common food in the age when Jesus was living.
Then continue to Capernaum, to visit the remains of the synagogue where Jesus preached (Matthew 4:13. Mark 3:1, 8:5 and 14) and also the House of Peter and House of the Centurion.
We finish with a visit to baptismal site at Yadernit where pilgrims may be baptized in the same waters where Jesus received the sacred sacrament.
Dinner and overnight: Tiberias.
Day 4 - Nazareth /Jericho
Check out from hotel and drive to Mt. Tabor, climb the Mount and visit the monastery the Basilica of Transfiguration (Psalms 89:12).
Then to Nazareth via Cana of Galilee, visit the Wedding church where Jesus turned water into wine (John 2:1-11). Couples wanting to renew their wedding vows may do so here.
In Nazareth, visit the Church of the Annunciation (mass), visit the Grotto, St. Joseph’s Workshop and Mary’s Well (Luke 1:26; 4: 16-29; Matthew 2:23).
Then drive along the Jordan Valley to the lowest place on earth - the Dead Sea.
On the way visit ancient Jericho, the oldest city in the world, conquered by Joshua (Joshua 6:20) and take the cable car from Jericho to Qarantal Mount of Temptation (Matthew 4:1-11) and monastery.
Arrival to Dead Sea and check in at your hotel.
Dinner and overnight: Dead Sea
Day 5 - Dead Sea/Qumran / Masada / Jerusalem
Check out from hotel and onward to Masada. Ascend by cable car and explore the ruins of Herod's luxurious palace, and hear of the end of the Jewish Revolt against the Romans that took place here in 73 A.D. which marks the end of the second temple period.
Pause at Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found to visit the ancient remains.
Then, time for relaxation and swim at Dead Sea. Opportunity to experience the excellent mud for skin health.
Ascend to Jerusalem and check in at your hotel.
Dinner and overnight: Jerusalem
Day 6 - Jerusalem - Old City
Start the day with a panoramic view of old Jerusalem from atop the Mount of Olives.
Then visit the Church of all Nations (Gethsemane) (Matthew 26:30), Church of Pater Nostrum and Church of Ascension.
Enter the Old City and then follow the Stations of the Cross along the Via Dolorosa (John 19:1-11; 19:12-17; 10:11; 17-18; Luke2: 28-35; 23:26; 9:23-26; 2 Corinthians 4:5-18; Lamentation 3: 16-26;) and visit Pool of Bethesda and St Anne church (John 5:1-24) where Jesus performed the Shabbath miracle.
Continue to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Matt 27:33; 28:10) to venerate the last five station of the cross, within the church primacies. Visit Calvary, the empty tomb (John 20:11-18) and the grotto of finding the cross. Mass.
Via the Cardo continue to Mont Zion, view the Tomb of King David and visit the Upper Room, site of the Last Supper (Mark 14:12-26).
After visit Church of St Peter in Gallicantu (Matthew 26:57), where Jesus was imprisoned for a night and Chuch of Dormition where Mary ascent to heaven (I Corinthians 15:51-55).
Dinner and overnight: Jerusalem
Day 7 - Jerusalem – New City / Bethlehem
Start the day with a moving visit to the Holocaust Memorial – Yad Vashem.
Then, explore the treasures of the Israel Museum including the Dead Sea Scrolls, housed in the dramatic Shrine of the Book and after see the Model of Jerusalem from 2nd temple period.
On to the village of Ein Kerem and the Church of Visitation (Nativity of St. John Luke 1:57-79; Luke 1 39-56).
After drive to Bethlehem and visit the Church of the Nativity at Manger Square (Matt. 2:16-18;Luke 2:1-7;John 1:18; Matt.2: 1-11). Mass.
Then visit Sheperds field, St. Joseph grotto, the St. Jerome grotto, and the Basilica of St. Catherine.
Dinner and overnight: Jerusalem
Day 8 – Jaffa / Tel Aviv
Check out from your hotel and drive to Qubeiba / Emmaus, referring to when Jesus, after the crucifixion, showed up and journeyed with two disciples on their way to Emmaus. (Luke 24: 13).
Then drive to Tel Aviv. Visit old Jaffa and St. Peter church site where the healing of Tabitha took place and visit the house of Simon the Tanner.
Continue for a panoramic tour of Tel Aviv.
Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for departure.
BON VOYAGE AND UNTIL NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM!
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, where you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel.
Dinner and overnight : Netanya.
Day 2 - Caesarea /Haifa / Megiddo /
Check out from hotel and depart Netanya to drive along the coastal plain to Caesarea, capital of Judea under the Romans where the roman centurion Cornelius was baptised by Peter and became the first gentile convert to Christianity (Acts 10) and where Paul was tried by Festus (Acts 9:30; 10: 24-48; 25:6-12). Visit the excavations of the ancient city, the Roman theatre, aqueduct ans port.
Continue to Haifa and view the Persian Gardens at the Bahai Temple.
On to the Mont Carmel to visit the shrine of Stella Maris (mass) and stop at the Muhraka, site of the Prophet Elijah's contest with the prophets of Ba'al (I Kings 18:25). See the amazing view of the Yizre'el Valley.
Continue to Megiddo, identified as the site of Armageddon (1 Kings 4: 28; 9; 15; 2Kings 23; 29 & Revelation 16:16). Visit the archaeological excavations, including the well-preserved water supply system and the stables, dating back to Biblical times.
Drive to Tiberias and check in at your hotel.
Dinner and overnight: Tiberias
Day 3 - Tiberias / Capernaum / Banias/
Start the day with a wooden boat cruise from Tiberias to Genossar and visit the 2000 year old "Jesus Boat", a well preserved wooden boat found at the Sea of Galilee and referring to the age when Jesus was living in that area.
Pause for reflection at the Mount of the Beatitudes, the place where He delivered the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-12). Mass at the octagonal church.
Onward to Tabgha, the site of the Miracle of Fishes and Loaves (Luke 9:10-17), and visit the Church of Multiplication with its 4th century mosaic floor. Visit also Church of St. Peter's Primacy where Jesus instructed Peter to "feed my sheep" (John 21:15-17).
Lunch St. Peter fish, the common food in the age when Jesus was living.
Then continue to Capernaum, to visit the remains of the synagogue where Jesus preached (Matthew 4:13. Mark 3:1, 8:5 and 14) and also the House of Peter and House of the Centurion.
We finish with a visit to baptismal site at Yadernit where pilgrims may be baptized in the same waters where Jesus received the sacred sacrament.
Dinner and overnight: Tiberias.
Day 4 - Nazareth /Jericho
Check out from hotel and drive to Mt. Tabor, climb the Mount and visit the monastery the Basilica of Transfiguration (Psalms 89:12).
Then to Nazareth via Cana of Galilee, visit the Wedding church where Jesus turned water into wine (John 2:1-11). Couples wanting to renew their wedding vows may do so here.
In Nazareth, visit the Church of the Annunciation (mass), visit the Grotto, St. Joseph’s Workshop and Mary’s Well (Luke 1:26; 4: 16-29; Matthew 2:23).
Then drive along the Jordan Valley to the lowest place on earth - the Dead Sea.
On the way visit ancient Jericho, the oldest city in the world, conquered by Joshua (Joshua 6:20) and take the cable car from Jericho to Qarantal Mount of Temptation (Matthew 4:1-11) and monastery.
Arrival to Dead Sea and check in at your hotel.
Dinner and overnight: Dead Sea
Day 5 - Dead Sea/Qumran / Masada / Jerusalem
Check out from hotel and onward to Masada. Ascend by cable car and explore the ruins of Herod's luxurious palace, and hear of the end of the Jewish Revolt against the Romans that took place here in 73 A.D. which marks the end of the second temple period.
Pause at Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found to visit the ancient remains.
Then, time for relaxation and swim at Dead Sea. Opportunity to experience the excellent mud for skin health.
Ascend to Jerusalem and check in at your hotel.
Dinner and overnight: Jerusalem
Day 6 - Jerusalem - Old City
Start the day with a panoramic view of old Jerusalem from atop the Mount of Olives.
Then visit the Church of all Nations (Gethsemane) (Matthew 26:30), Church of Pater Nostrum and Church of Ascension.
Enter the Old City and then follow the Stations of the Cross along the Via Dolorosa (John 19:1-11; 19:12-17; 10:11; 17-18; Luke2: 28-35; 23:26; 9:23-26; 2 Corinthians 4:5-18; Lamentation 3: 16-26;) and visit Pool of Bethesda and St Anne church (John 5:1-24) where Jesus performed the Shabbath miracle.
Continue to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Matt 27:33; 28:10) to venerate the last five station of the cross, within the church primacies. Visit Calvary, the empty tomb (John 20:11-18) and the grotto of finding the cross. Mass.
Via the Cardo continue to Mont Zion, view the Tomb of King David and visit the Upper Room, site of the Last Supper (Mark 14:12-26).
After visit Church of St Peter in Gallicantu (Matthew 26:57), where Jesus was imprisoned for a night and Chuch of Dormition where Mary ascent to heaven (I Corinthians 15:51-55).
Dinner and overnight: Jerusalem
Day 7 - Jerusalem – New City / Bethlehem
Start the day with a moving visit to the Holocaust Memorial – Yad Vashem.
Then, explore the treasures of the Israel Museum including the Dead Sea Scrolls, housed in the dramatic Shrine of the Book and after see the Model of Jerusalem from 2nd temple period.
On to the village of Ein Kerem and the Church of Visitation (Nativity of St. John Luke 1:57-79; Luke 1 39-56).
After drive to Bethlehem and visit the Church of the Nativity at Manger Square (Matt. 2:16-18;Luke 2:1-7;John 1:18; Matt.2: 1-11). Mass.
Then visit Sheperds field, St. Joseph grotto, the St. Jerome grotto, and the Basilica of St. Catherine.
Dinner and overnight: Jerusalem
Day 8 – Jaffa / Tel Aviv
Check out from your hotel and drive to Qubeiba / Emmaus, referring to when Jesus, after the crucifixion, showed up and journeyed with two disciples on their way to Emmaus. (Luke 24: 13).
Then drive to Tel Aviv. Visit old Jaffa and St. Peter church site where the healing of Tabitha took place and visit the house of Simon the Tanner.
Continue for a panoramic tour of Tel Aviv.
Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for departure.
BON VOYAGE AND UNTIL NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM!
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