holyland TOUR – Sunday
arrival 7
nights
Sunday
Arrival at
Ben Gurion Airport, where you will be met by a Diesenhaus Unitours
representative and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight
in Tel Aviv.
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 theatre and aqueduct. We continue to Megiddo, identified as
the site of Armageddon. Visit the
archaeological excavations at Megiddo, including the well-preserved water
supply system. We drive to Haifa,
visit the Persian Gardens at the Bahai Temple. From Haifa, drive to Acre to visit the ancient city and
harbor.
Continue to Kibbutz Lavi for dinner and overnight.
Tuesday
Tiberias / Capernaum / Banias
After a short tour of Tiberias, we 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 the Beatitudes, the place where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount.
Drive to the Banias Spring and Waterfall and tour the Golan Heights.
Return to Kibbutz Lavi for dinner and overnight.
Wednesday
Nazareth / Beit Shean
We drive to
Nazareth via Cana of Galilee. In
Nazareth, we shall visit the Church of the Annunciation, St. Joseph’s Workshop
and Mary’s Well. We drive to Beit
Shean, a newly excavated city, and visit the Roman theatre. We drive along the Jordan River to
Jerusalem for overnight.
Thursday
Jerusalem - Old City
Today we shall visit the Old City of Jerusalem to include: Mount of
Olives, Church of All Nations, Tomb of David at Mt. Zion, Room of the Last
Supper. Enter within the walls of
the 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.
Overnight in Jerusalem.
Friday
Jerusalem – New City and Bethlehem*
Visit the Model of Jerusalem during the period of the Second Temple, Yad
Vashem Memorial to the Holocaust, Ein Karem and the Church of Visitation,
Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Proceed to Bethlehem* to visit the Church of the Nativity.
Overnight in Jerusalem.
Saturday
Dead Sea /
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 Mt. Massada by cable car and
visit the food storeroom, water irrigation system and Herod’s Palace.
Return to Jerusalem for overnight.
Sunday
Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for departure.
* visit subject to availability