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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. 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 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8.
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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