Explore the Holy Land in 8 Days
The Program:
1/11/2016
Departure from Manila on 01/11/2016 at 11:00 P.M, arriving Tel Aviv Airport at 23:00 P.M. upon your arrival you will Meet our representative that will assist you at the airport & escort you to your Hotel in Tel Aviv.
Overnight in Tel Aviv.
2/11/2016
After breakfast, view the city of Tel Aviv and visit the biblical port city of Jaffa including the house of Simon the Tanner. North along the coastal road to Caesarea built by Herod the Great. Continue to Mt. Carmel where Elijah defeated the Priests of Baal, with a breathtaking view of the north of Israel. Travel to Megiddo overlooking the Jezreel Valley - the Valley of Armageddon. See the remains of King Solomon's stable and the famous water tunnel.
Following drive to Nazareth City.
Dinner and overnight in Nazareth.
3/11/2016
After breakfast drive to the Mt. of Beatitudes where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount. On to Banias - Caesarea Philippi one of the main sources of the Jordan River. Drive up to the Golan Heights the site of fierce battles between Israel and Syria during 1967 and 1973. Take a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Visit Capernaum, the center of Jesus' ministry in Galilee. Drive to Yardenit Baptismal site where the Sea of Galilee flows into the Jordan River.
Dinner and overnight in Nazareth.
4/11/2016
After Breakfast, you will check out your hotel in Nazareth, first you will visit the Basilica of the Annunciation, Mary's well & St. Joseph Church. Following you will visit Nazareth Village; the last remaining fields worked by Jesus’ friends, family and fellow villagers.
After Lunch, you will head to Cana where Jesus performed his first miracle, turning water into wine; married couples may renew their marriage vows with Mass. Then you will continue to visit Mt.Tabor, the Transfiguration Church.
Afternoon you will head to Jerusalem.
Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.
5/11/2016
After Breakfast, you will visit Mount of Olives: first, you will enjoy panoramic view of Jerusalem, churches: Pater Noster Church, Maria Magdalena Church & the Gethsemane where Jesus was betrayed and arrested. After you celebrate Mass in Gethsemane, you will Visit the Temple Mount and the Western Wall part of the retaining wall of the Temple Mount. Continue to the Cardo the main street of the ancient Jewish Quarter of the Old City, which has been excavated and restored with shops and galleries that have opened along the street. Visit Mount Zion and the Upper Room of the Last Supper and King David's Tomb.
Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.
6/11/2016
After Breakfast, you will visit the Sheppard’s Field, then you will visit Bethlehem, the oldest Basilica in the world, built over the Grotto of Nativity. Following you will drive to Jerusalem: sightseeing: Mt Scopus, the Knesset – Israel's parliament, Israel Museum, Yad Vashem, the national holocaust memorial and research center. Visit the Model of Jerusalem as in Jesus' day.
Following you will visit the Garden Tomb and communion service. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.
7/11/2016
After Breakfast, Depart Jerusalem today for the Dead Sea region. The first stop is Jericho: a flourishing oasis in the Judean Desert and the first city conquered by Joshua in the Promised Land. Following you will visit Qumran, the remains of a desert settlement where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Continue on to Ein Gedi, the desert oasis where David hid from King Saul. Stop to visit the Dead sea - the lowest spot on earth for a unique floating and swimming experience. Continue to Massada the site of one of the most dramatic scenes in Jewish history. Return to Bethlehem for dinner and overnight.
8/11/2016
Departure Day, after Breakfast, you will visit Al-Aksa Mosque & Dom Of The Rock, then you will visit the old City of Jerusalem, after Lunch you walk through via dolorosa, crossing the 14 stations of the cross, the church of flagellation, the ecce homo, Lithostrotos, until reaching the basilica of the Holy Sepulcher.
Afternoon Transfer to the Airport. Leaving Tel Aviv at 20:50 P.M arriving Manila on 09/11/2016 at 19:50
