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DAY 1 SUNDAY: ARRIVAL TEL AVIV
Arrival to Ben Gurion airport where you will be met by our 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, the Roman Theater and Aqueduct.

Continue to Megiddo, recognized as the site of Armageddon. View the archaeological excavations including the well-preserved water supply system.

Drive to Haifa and view the Persian Gardens at the Bahai Shrine before continuing to Acre to visit the ancient City and Harbor.

Day 3 (Tuesday) – Tiberias / Capernaum / Banias
After a short tour of Tiberias, enjoy a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee; Visit Yigal Alon museum where the “Jesus boat”, an ancient fishing boat from the 1st Century, is displayed. take a boat ride to Capernaum. Visit the remains of the 2nd century synagogue.

Proceed to Tabgha, the site of the Miracle of Loaves and Fish and visit the Church of the Multiplication with its 4th century mosaic floor.

Continue to the 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.
Overnight: Kibbutz Lavi.

Day 4 (Wednesday) – Nazareth / Beit Shean
Drive to Nazareth via Cana of Galilee. Visit the Church of the Annunciation, St. Joseph’s Workshop and Mary’s Well. Drive to Yardenit, the place where the Jordan River exits the Sea of Galilee, and Baptism place.

Continue to Beit Shean, a newly excavated city, and visit the Roman Theater.

Drive along the Jordan River to Jerusalem.

Day 5 (Thursday) – Jerusalem – Old City
Drive to the Mount of Olives for a panoramic view of the City. Visit the Church of All Nations, King David’s Tomb and the Room of Last Supper on Mt. Zion.

Enter the walls of the Old City and visit the Herodian Cardo, Temple Mount (entrance to the mosques not included), Western Wall, Via Dolorosa, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Oriental Bazaar. Visit the Garden Tomb.

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, the 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.

Day 7 (Saturday) – Dead Sea /Qumeran/ Massada
Drive to Qumeran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found. Visit the ancient city of Qumeran and drive along the shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth, to Massada, the last stronghold of the Jews after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D. Ascend Massada by cable car and visit the food storeroom, water irrigation system and Herod’s Palace. Descend by cable car.

Time and weather permitting, an opportunity will be provided to float on the Dead Sea.

Day 8 (Sunday) – Jerusalem / Ben-Gurion Airport
Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for departure.

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