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7 NIGHTS
Featuring visits to the Holy sites in Israel
HOLYLAND TOUR
Tele Aviv Caesarea Megiddo Haifa Acre
Tiberias Capernaum Banias Nazareth Beit Shean Jerusalem
– Bethlehem Dead Sea Massada
Day 1- SundayBen Gurion Airport / Tel Aviv
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, where you will
be met by a Diesenhaus Unitours representative and transferred to
your hotel.
Overnight in Tel Aviv
Day 2- Monday - Caesarea / Megiddo / Haifa
/ Acre
Depart Tel Aviv and drive along the coastal
plain to Caesarea, capital of Judea under the Romans. Visit the
excavations of the ancient city, Roman theatre and aqueduct. Continue
to Megiddo, identified as the site of Armageddon; visit the archaeological
excavations including the well-preserved water supply system. Drive
to Haifa; view the Persian Gardens at the Bahai Shrine. From Haifa,
drive to Acre to visit the ancient city and harbor.
Continue to Kibbutz Lavi for overnight.
Day 3 Tiberias / Capernaum / Banias
After a short tour of Tiberias, take a boat
ride to Capernaum. Visit the remains of the 2nd century synagogue.
Proceed to Tabgha, the site of the "Miracle of Fish and Loaves"
and visit the Church of Multiplication with its 4th century mosaic
floor. Continue to Mount of Beatitudes, the place where Jesus delivered
the Sermon on the Mount. Drive to the Banias Springs and waterfalls
and tour the Golan Heights.
Return to Kibbutz Lavi for overnight.
Day 4 Wednesday - Nazareth / Beit Shean
Drive to Nazareth via Cana of Galilee. Visit
the Church of Annunciation, St. Joseph’s workshop and Mary’s
Well. Drive to Yardenit, the baptismal site on the Jordan River;
continue to Beit Shean, a newly excavated city, and visit the Roman
theatre. Drive along the Jordan River to Jerusalem.
Overnight in Jerusalem.
Day 5 Thursday Jerusalem - Old City
Drive to Mount of Olives for a panoramic view
of the city; visit the Church of All Nations, King David’s
Tomb and the Room of the Last Supper on Mount Zion. Enter within
the walls of the Old City and visit the Cardo, Temple Mount (entrance
to the mosques not included), Western Wall, Via Dolorosa, the Church
of the Holy Sepulchre, Oriental Bazaar and Garden Tomb.
Overnight in Jerusalem.
Day 6 Friday - Jerusalem – New City
and Bethlehem*
Drive to Ein Karem to visit the Church of Visitation;
proceed to Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust; visit the
Israel Museum, Shrine of the Book, where the Dead Sea Scrolls are
housed and the miniature model of Jerusalem as it was during the
Second Temple period. Proceed to Bethlehem * to visit the Church
of Nativity.
Overnight in Jerusalem.
Day 7 – Saturday - Dead Sea / Massada
Drive to Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls
were found. Visit the ancient city of Qumran and drive along the
shores of the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth to Massada, the
last stronghold of the Jews after the destruction of the Second
Temple in 70 A.D. Ascend Massada by cable car and visit the food
storeroom, water irrigation system and Herod’s Palace. Return
to Jerusalem.
Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 8 – Sunday
Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for departure
After breakfast, transfer to Ben Gurion Airport
for departure.
*Subject to availability
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necessitate changes to the tour content.
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