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Day 1.
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport. Met by a Diesenhaus
representative and transfer to your hotel. Overnight.
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Day 2. Jerusalem: Mt. of Olives,
Kidron
Valley, the Holyland Model
After breakfast ascend the Mount of Olives
to have a wonderful panoramic view of the Old City of Jerusalem with the Temple Mount.
Drive to the Garden
of Gethsemane, the
place where Jesus was arrested (Matthew 26: 36-58), to see the old olive
trees and visit the Basilica of the Agony.
Proceed along the Kidron Valley
for a panoramic view of the Tomb of Absalom, the Tomb of the priests' family B'nei Chanzir and the Monument
to Zechariah. Visit the Town of David and the Pool of Siloah.
Drive to the garden of the Holyland Hotel to see
the Model of Jerusalem as it was at the time of the Second Temple.
Visit the Israel Museum with its Shrine of the Book, where the Dead Sea scrolls are kept, then see the Menorah in
front of the Knesset - the Israeli Parliament.
Return to the hotel for overnight.
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Day 3. Jerusalem: Old City
and Mount Zion
After breakfast drive to the Lion's Gate
and walk into the Old City to visit the Church of St. Anne and the Pool of
Bethesda (John 5: 1-15).
Proceed through the Via Dolorosa walking along the Stations of the Cross from
the remains of the Antonia to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
After the visits, walking through the colorful bazaar reach the Jewish
Quarter, visit the Cardo (a Roman's street) and the
excavated Herodian Quarter.
Walk to the Wailing Wall - the holiest place for the Jews - and drive to Mount Zion to visit the Room of the Last
Supper (Cenacle) and the Tomb of King David.
Return to the hotel for overnight.
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Day 4. Abu Gosh / Emmaus (Latrun)
/Beersheba / Kfar Anokdim
After breakfast drive to Abu Gosh, the
biblical Kiryat Ye'arim,
from where King David brought the
Holy Shrine back to Jerusalem.
Driving via Emmaus (Latrun) (Luke 23: 39-44)
proceed to Beit Shemesh
and the Elah
Valley, where David fought with Goliath.
Proceed to Beersheba, the city of Abraham, to visit
Abraham's Well where Abraham and Avimelech swore
not to fight against each other any more. Drive through the Silots' Valley, North-East of Arad, to Kfar Anokdim for a typical
dinner in a Bedouin-style tent - to be hosted at a feast as it was at the
time of Abraham.
Proceed to the hotel in the Dead Sea area
for overnight.
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Day 5. Ein Gedi / Qumran
After breakfast drive along the shores of
the Dead Sea to the oasis of Ein Gedi, where David
was hidden from King Saul (Samuel I, 23: 29 and Samuel I, 24: 1).
Walking tour in the Nahal David
till the waterfalls and then back to the bus to drive to Qumran, the city of
the Essens, where the Dead Sea
scrolls were found in a cave by a shepherd.
After a short break, possibility to "dip" and "float" in
the salty water of the Dead Sea, the world's lowest place. Drive through the Jordan Valley to Tiberias
for overnight.
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Day 6. Galilee
After breakfast, boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus walked on the water
(Matthew 14: 22-23). The ride will end at Ginnosar,
where we shall visit the Ancient Boat from the time of Jesus that was found
nearby. Drive to the Mount of Beatitudes (Matthew 5: 7) to visit the
heptagonal church built by the Italian architect Berluzzi.
Proceed to Tabgha to visit the Church of the Loaves
and the Fish (Matthew 14: 14-34).
Driving along the North shores of the Sea of Galilee we shall reach Capernaum
- the town of Jesus - where he lived in the house of Peter performing from
there his miracles and healings (Matthew 4: 13, Matthew 8: 14-15). Stop near Beit Saida (John 1: 45) and
visit Gerase (Matthew 5: 1-20).
Return to the hotel for overnight.
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Day 7. Banyas / Druze Villages / Tel Dan
After breakfast drive to the Golan Heights. Climb the Mount
Bental,
with a view of the Golan Height to Mount Hermon and
into Syria.
Through the Druze villages reach Banyas, the
ancient Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 16: 13-20) one of the main sources of the
Jordan River, then on to Tel Dan, the capital city of the Dan tribe (Judges
18: 27) and to the Dan Springs. Dan was also ordered the "Judge of the
Sons of Israel" - see the Blessing of Jacob (Genesis 49: 14).
Return to the hotel for overnight.
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Day 8. Mount Tabor / Gideon
Springs / Mt. Gilboa
/ Yardenit
After breakfast drive to Mount Tabor,
the site of Transfiguration, to visit the Catholic Church (Matthew 17: 1-8).
From the rooftop of the church we can enjoy a beautiful view of the Lower Galilee and the Plain of Jezreel.
Proceed to the village
of Nain,
where Jesus resurrected the son of the widow (Luke 7: 11-17). Drive on to Gideon Springs,
where Gideon gathered the sons of Israel to fight the Medianates (Judges 7: 1).
Proceed up to Mount
Gilboa,
where King Saul and his sons were killed by the Philistines (Samuel II, 1:
21) and on the way back to the hotel stop at the Yardenit
Baptismal site.
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Day 9. Nazareth / Megiddo / Muhraka
After breakfast drive to Nazareth
- via Cana - to visit the Church of
Annunciation (Luke 26: 28). Then through the Jezreel
Plain on to Megiddo, named also Armageddon - the place where the last battle
of mankind is due to take place (the Apocalypse of St. John) - to visit the
Museum and this 5,000 year old city with the Gates from the times of King
Solomon, the old Canaanite temples and the water tunnel from the time of King
Ahab.
Proceed to Mount Carmel to visit the
Monastery of the Muhraka, where Elijah fought with
the Baal priests. From the roofs of this Monastery we have a beautiful view
of the Jezreel Plain.
Return to the hotel for overnight.
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Day 10.
Transfer to Ben Gurion
Airport for departure
flight.
* visit
subject to availability.
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Diesenhaus Unitours Ltd. All rights reserved.
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