ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv="content-type" /> <title>Tour of Israel</title> </head> <body> <table border="1" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="158"> <p style="margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <img border="0" src="christianholyland_9_days_left.jpg" width="158" height="1331"></td> <td valign="top"> <p style="margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <img border="0" src="christianholyland_9_days_upper.gif" width="808" height="79"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> &nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong>Day 1(Saturday) USA-ISRAEL<br /> <br /> Day 2(Sunday) Ben Gurion Airport / Tel Aviv Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport.<br /> </strong>Meeting and assistance by a representative and transfer to hotel.<br /> <br /> <strong>Day 3(Monday) Tel Aviv / Caesarea / Galilee <br /> </strong>After breakfast, visit to Jaffa, an ancient port city and picturesque artists quarter. Visit St Peter&#39;s Church. Proceed north along the costal road to Caesarea Maritima. Visit the archaeological ruins of this ancient Herodian port city, Byzantine center and Crusader stronghold; see its aqueduct and the amphitheater that has been restored to its former glory as a concert venue. Continue to Haifa and reach the summit of Mount Carmel where you will take in a breathtaking panoramic view of the Haifa bay and Western Galilee. Visit the Carmelit Monastry of Stella Maris. Panoramic view of the golden domed Bahai Shrine and the exotic Persian Gardens. Drive to Acre to visit the ancient city and harbour. Proceed to Tiberias.<strong> </strong>(B/D)<br /> </span></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong>Day 4(Tuesday) Galilee / Mount Tabor<br /> </strong>After breakfast take a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus walked on the water. Visit to Capernaum, the town of Jesus, where he lived in the house of Peter performing from there his miracles and healings. View the ruins of an ancient synagogue and octagonal church of St. Peter. Proceed to Tabgha, where we shall visit the Church of the Loaves and the Fish. Drive to the Mount of Beatitudes where we shall visit the heptagonal church that was built by the Italian architect Berluzzi. Continuing to Mount Tabor, the site of Transfiguration. From the rooftop of the church we can enjoy a beautiful view of the Lower Galilee and the Plain of Jezreel. On the way to the hotel, a stop at Yardenit, the tradicional place of baptism at the Jordan River.(B/D)<br /> &nbsp;<br /> <strong>Day 5 (Wednesday) Nazareth / Jerico* / Qumran / Jerusalem</strong><br /> On the way to the Nazareth Mountains, visit the Church of Cana of Galilee, where the first miracle of Jesus took place  transformation of water into wine. Married couples will have a chance to renew their wedding vows. Proceed to Nazareth, visiting the Church of Annunciation and the Church of St. Joseph. Continuing to Jerico*, the oldest city in the world and the first city to be conquered by the sons of Israel, coming back from the Egyptian captivity, and from were you can appreciate the Mount of Temptations. On the way to Jerusalem, stop at Qumran, the city of the Essens, where the Dead Sea scrolls were found in a cave by a shepherd. (B/D)<br /> &nbsp;<br /> <strong>Day 6 (Thursday) Jerusalem  Mount Olives / Mount Zion</strong><br /> After breakfast ascend the Mount of Olives and have a breathtaking panoramic view of Jerusalem. Visit the Chapel of the Ascension , the Church of the Pater Noster. Walking down the Mount of Olives, we shall reach and visit the Church of Dominus Flevit and proceed to the Garden of Gethsemane, the place where Jesus was arrested, to see the old olive trees and visit the Basilica of the Agony. Continuing to Mount Zion visit the Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantus, the Room of the Last Supper (Cenacle) and the Tomb of King David.(B/D)<br /> <br /> <strong>Day 7 (Friday) Jerusalem - The Wailing Wall / New City</strong> After breakfast drive to the Old City. Walking through the Jewish Quarter, reach the Wailing Wall - the holiest place for the Jews - and the Dung Gate. Through the Lion&#39;s Gate we shall walk into the Old City to visit the Church of St. Anne and the Pool of Bethesda, Ecce Homo (Lithostrotos). Proceed through the Via Dolorosa walking along the Stations of the Cross from the remains of the Antonia Fortress to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. After the visits, walk through the colorful bazaar. End the day s tour with a visit to scale model of ancient Jerusalem in the time of the Second Temple and the Shrine of the Book housing the Dead Sea Scrolls, both at the Israel Museum. See the Knesset, Israel s Parliament. (B/D)</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> &nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><strong>Day 8(Saturday) Jerusalem / Ein Karem / Bethlehem * / Yad Vashem </strong>&nbsp;After breakfast drive to Ein Kerem where St. John was born. Visit the Church of St. John and the Visitation Church. Proceed to Bethlehem * to visit the Church of the Nativity and Shepherd&#39;s Field. On the way back to Jerusalem, visit Yad Vashem, the Memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. Day 9(Sunday) Jerusalem / Ben Gurion Airport Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for departure flight. 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