Pilgrimage | Church Groups

• One week of Biblical experience in Israel.
• Arriving to Tel Aviv in the evening, the tour moves to Judah for overnight at Bethlehem. [4 nights]
• The tour continues to visit all holy sites in Jerusalem, Ein Karem, Jericho, Bethlehem, Bethany & Dead Sea.
• The tour then moves to the Galilee visiting Emmaus, Haifa & Muhrakha at the Carmel hills. [2 nights]
• At the Galilee area the tour will visit sites in Nazareth, Cana, Mt Tabor & churches around the Sea of the Galilee.
• The tour will culminate in Jaffa Tel Aviv from where they move to TLV airport for departure.

• Evening arrival to Tel Aviv.
• Transfer to hotel in Bethlehem.

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Dinner

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Bethlehem

• Transfer to Jerusalem. (1 hour, requires check point crossing)
• Tour of Mt Olives.  View the iconic Dome of the Rock from Mt Olives.
• Short visit to the chapel of Ascension.
• Tour the sanctuary of Pater Noster where The Lord's Prayer is embedded in the walls in numerous languages.
• Palm Sunday Road - view from below only, the steep decent being perilous.
• Visit the Basilica at Gethsemane - Church of All Nations and the ancient Olive Garden.
• Mt. Zion.  David’s Tomb & Upper room.
• Walk to St. Peter in Gallicantu.
• Transfer to Bethlehem. (30 minutes)
• Lunch. [Traditional Palestinian / Open buffet]
• Shepherd's Field.
• Shopping for Religious Articles.
• Basilica of Nativity & the grotto of Nativity.

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Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

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Bethlehem

• Transfer to Ein Karem. (1 hour, requires check point crossing)
• Visit the Church of John the Baptist.
• Transfer to Qasr Al Yahud, baptism site at Jordan river. (45 minutes)
• Qasr Al Yahud - The Baptism site at Jordan river.  It is widely believed that Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist at this site on the eastern bank.
• Transfer to Jericho.  Visit Sycamore tree & Zachaeus' house.
• Lunch. [Open buffet]
• Transfer to Dead Sea.
• Dead Sea, soak in the mineral rich waters and experience the Dead sea  float.
• Transfer to hotel in Bethlehem. (1 hour 15 minutes, requires check point crossing)

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Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

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Bethlehem

• Transfer to Jerusalem. (1 hour, requires check point crossing)
• Tour of the Old City of Jerusalem via Lions' gate.  Bethesda Pools - St Anne's, Chapel of Flagellation.  Chapel of Condemnation, continuing Via Dolorosa to Calvary.
• Lunch. (Buffet)
• Tour of Garden Tomb, widely accepted as the site of Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection.
• Communion at the Garden Tomb.
• Western Wall.
• Dome of the Rock.
• Transfer to hotel in Bethlehem. (30 minutes)

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Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

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Bethlehem

• Transfer to Emmaus. (1 hour 30 minutes, requires check point crossing)
• Tour of Emmaus nicopolis.
• Transfer to Haifa. (1 hour 30 minutes)
• View of Bahai  Gardens and Temple.
• Transfer to Dalyat el Carmel. (45 minutes)
• Visit the Carmelite sanctuary of Muhrakha. View of the Jezreeel valley.
• Lunch at Dalyat El Carmel. (Traditional Druze Lunch)
• Transfer to Cana. (30 minutes)
• Cana - Church of the wedding miracle.
• Transfer to hotel in Tiberias. (30 minutes)

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Tiberias

• Mt Beatitudes - site of Jesus's sermon on the mount.
• Tabga - site of the multiplication miracle.
• Visit Kfar Nahum or Capernaum, the city of Jesus and the site of Jesus’s ministry.
• Peter's House & Mensa Christy.
• Lunch. [St Peter’s Fish lunch]
• Afternoon Boat Ride in the Sea of Galilee on a replica of ancient Galilean boats.
• Transfer to hotel in Tiberias.

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Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

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Tiberias

• Transfer to Mt Tabor base station. (30 minutes)
• Drive up the Tabor hill in a mini van to visit the Basilica of Transfiguration.
• Transfer to Nazareth. (30 minutes)
• Tour of Nazareth - Church of the Annunciation & Josef's workshop.
• Lunch at Nazareth.
• Transfer to Ceasarea. (45 minutes)
• Brief stop to view Mediterranean Sea & Roman aqueduct
• Transfer to Jaffa via Tel Aviv beachfront (1 hour)
• St Peters Church, the site of the healing of Tabitha.
• Short tour of the the old city of Jaffa.
• 18.00 Transfer to Airport.

restaurant Meals

Breakfast & Lunch