Israel 8 days / 7 nights by Heritage Tours

 

 

1st Day

Arrive to Ben Gurion airport , where you will be met and greeted  by our staff and then transferred to your Galilee hotel.

Depending on the arrival time program will be done.

 

2nd Day

Drive around the Sea of Galilee visiting the sites of Jesus ministry :

Mount of Beatitudes , where Jesus gave the Sermon of the mount

Tabgha , where the miracle of the feeding of 5000 took place.

Capernaum , which was the center of Jesus Galilean ministry

Nazareth , visit the Basilica of the Annunciation.

Cana , where Jesus performed His first miracle of turning water into wine at

  a wedding feast.

Mount Tabor , traditional scene of Transfiguration (optional)

Return to hotel for dinner and overnight.

3rd Day

Drive to the Mediterranean coast to the ancient city of Acre , an important Roman and Crusader port and the headquarters of the Order of St. John of

Jerusalem. See the underground fortress . Then visit to Haifa to see the amazing

Bahai  gardens. Continue southwards via Mount Carmel to Caesarea with its impressive remains of a Roman theatre and aqueduct.

Return to hotel for dinner and overnight

 

4th Day

After breakfast check-out from hotel heading to Jordon Valley to Beth Shan

 site of  extensive archeological excavations and the best preserved amphitheatre in the country . Drive down to Jericho, famous for its destruction by Joshua .

Visit to the Mount of Temptation.

Continue to Jerusalem , drive to the top of Mount of

Olives for a first view over the Golden City  .

Check-in into your Bethlehem hotel for dinner and overnight.

5th Day

Mount Zion , to see the Upper Room where traditionally Jesus and his

 disciples shared the Last Supper.

Church of St.Peter in Gallicantu where Jesus was brought to trial before

the High Priest.

Enter the old city of Jerusalem through the Jewish Quarter to see the famous

Western ” Wailing Wall” sacred to the Jews and the Golden Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount. Then follow the Stations of the Cross along the

Via Dolorosa which marks Jesus tradional route to Calvary where He was

crucified , over which the Church of the Holy Sepulchre now stands .

Visit the tranquil Garden Tomb.

A panoramic visit to new Jerusalem viewing the Knesset and Yad Vachim

the Holocaust memorial.

Return to hotel for dinner and overnight.

6th Day

Walk down the Mount of Olives from the chapel of the Ascension to see the

Pater Noster church where the Lords Prayer is displayed in many different

languages and Dominus Flevit with its tear-drop shaped dome.

Continue to the Garden of Gethsemane at the foot of the hill to visit the

Church of Agony and see the ancient olive trees.

Free afternoon for shopping ..etc.

Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight,

7th Day

After breakfast Drive to Bethlehem where the Church of Nativity is built over

the traditional site of Jesus birth . Visit the Shephard`s field.

Continue to drive south through the Judean wilderness to Qumran where the

Dead Sea scrolls where discovered . Continue to the shores of the Dead Sea

the lowest point on earth for the guests to enjoy floating in the salty water

full of minerals. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

8th Day

You will be transferred to the airport for your return flight home .