Day 01: Arrive Tel Aviv Airport - Tiberius 
Welcome to Israel, Upon arrival in Tel Aviv, you will be met at the airport , Transfer to your hotel in Tiberius to check-in for 02 nights stay.
Overnight: Nazareth
Meals: dinner

Day 02: Mt. Tabor – Nazareth – Tiberius. 
After breakfast, start the day with a drive and visit to the site of Transfiguration, Mount Tabor (Matthew 17:1-50). At this site, you will have some time to reflect on Christ’s Humanity and Divinity. Continue to Nazareth, the home of Mary and Joseph, and visit the Basilica of the Annunciation where the angel Gabriel announced to the Virgin Mary that she will bear the Son of God. We visit the Byzantine Church of St. Joseph, to which tradition identifies as the workshop and home of the Holy Family. Proceed to Cana of Galilee where Jesus performed his first miracle by turning water to wine. Back to the hotel. 
Overnight: Nazareth
Meals: breakfast, dinner

Day 03: Sea of Galilee – Mount of Beatitudes – Capernaum – Boat Ride 
Following breakfast, check out. Depart to visit Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus proclaimed His great Sermon on the Mount. Near the mount is Tabgha, one of Jesus’ miracle sites. At Tabgha, Jesus fed the crowd of 5,000 people from five loaves of bread, and two fish. Also, in Tabgha is St. Peter’s Primacy where Jesus bestowed church leadership upon Peter. Have a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee in a wooden boat. Drive to Jerusalem to check-in at your hotel in Bethlehem  for 05 nights.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: breakfast, dinner

Day 04: Bethlehem – Nativity Church – Milk Grotto – Shepherd Fields 
After breakfast, we visit the Church of the Nativity, marking the birthplace of Christ (Matt. 1: 18-25). As you enter the church, you will proceed down to the Grotto of the Nativity, which marks the spot of Our Savior’s birth. Visit Saint Catherine’s Church where the midnight Mass beams from Bethlehem to television viewers worldwide on Christmas Eve. Descend to visit Saint Jerome’s Cave where the bible was translated. Continue to Milk Grotto where the Holy Family took refuge during the Slaughter of the Innocents before their flight into Egypt. Tradition has it that while Mary was nursing Jesus here, a drop of milk fell to the ground, turning it white. We drive to visit the Shepherd Fields that were identified since ancient times with the shepherds who saw the Star of Nativity (Luke 2:8). In the caves of these fields, you are still able to see the soot marks of fires that shepherds lit to keep warm. return back to the hotel.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: breakfast, dinner

Day 05: Jerusalem – Mount of Olives – Old City 
In this morning, you will have breakfast and then depart for a day in Jerusalem. We head to the Mount of Olives and visit Pater Noster Church where Jesus taught His disciples the Lord’s Prayer. Continue to an observation point that overlooks the Old City of Jerusalem. You will have the opportunity to stop at Dominus Flevit, which is a church that commemorates where Jesus wept for Jerusalem. We walk the Palm Sunday route and descend to the Garden of Gethsemane. It’s a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives that still contains trees with roots that date back to the time of Jesus. Beside the Garden is your next stop, the Church of All Nations, built over the “Rock of Agony”. This is where Jesus prayed alone on the night of His arrest. Throughout this time, you are invited to remain in prayer and to reflect on Christ’s agony that he experienced. Go to Saint Ann’s Church and visit Pools of Bethesda where Jesus healed the crippled man. Start walking the Via Dolorosa. We will reflect upon the Stations of the Cross as you travel through the markets of the Old City to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. This Sacred destination is the site of Calvary (Jesus’ crucifixion place) and, His tomb. Drive back to the hotel.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: breakfast, dinner

Day 06: Jerusalem – Mount Zion – Ein Karem 
Following breakfast at our hotel, we drive to Jerusalem and go to Mount Zion. Visit Church of the Dormition. Tradition tells us that this Church is where Mary, the Mother of Jesus, “Fell Asleep”. Visit Cenacle, also known as the “Upper Room”, where Jesus and His disciples celebrated the Last Supper. Continue to visit Saint Peter Gallicantu. This Church commemorates where Jesus was examined and eventually imprisoned before the Council in Jerusalem. It also commemorates Peter’s Denial of Christ. Drive to the Biblical village of Ein Karem, birth place of John the Baptist. Visit Church of the Visitation that honors the visit paid by Virgin Mary to Elizabeth. Return back to the hotel.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: breakfast, dinner

Day 07: Jericho – Mount of Temptation – Baptismal Site – Dead Sea 
This day will begin with breakfast at the hotel and drive to Jericho, the oldest city in the world that was conquered by Joshua. We visit the Sycamore Tree that recalls the incident in which the tax collector Zacchaeus, too short to see over the crowd, climbed a sycamore’s branches in order to see Jesus. and then ascend using the cable car to visit Mount of Temptations that is said to be the hill in the Judaean Desert where Jesus was tempted by the devil. we will continue to Jesus’ baptismal site on the River Jordan. We continue to visit Qumran that is made up of 2,000 year old ruins from the days of the Second Temple, and also the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were written. and discovered. We go to have a float in the Dead Sea, the lowest and saltiest spot on Earth. Return back to the hotel.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: breakfast, dinner

Day 08 : Departure (breakfast)
After breakfast at the hotel, transfer from your hotel to the airport for your flight back home.
Meals: breakfast

Holy land tour package Includes:

  •  2 nights hotel in Nazareth based on half board.
  •  5 nights hotel in Jerusalem  based on half board.
  •  all transfers by modern Bus.
  • all entrance fees 
  •  Sightseeing per itinerary in modern air-conditioned motor coach

Holy land tour package Excluded:

  •  Tips 
  • flight 
  •  any personal needs 
  • Travel insurance

Holy land tour package Hotels:

  • Ramada hotel Nazareth or similar
  • Grand Court Jerusalem hotel or similar

Day 1.ARRIVAL: TEL AVIV - MT. TABOR - CANA & NAZARETH
Welcome to Israel, Upon arrival in Tel Aviv, meet and greet by your guide for the Holy Land pilgrimage and make our way north to the site of the Transfiguration at Mt. Tabor. Then we continue to Cana to visit the Greek Orthodox Church, site of Jesus’ first miracle. Then proceed to Nazareth, one of the holiest towns in Christendom. We will see Mary’s Well where the Angel Gabriel told Mary she will give birth to Jesus, and the Greek Orthodox Church of Annunciation, where we see frescoes of all the main Orthodox saints Check in  at the hotel.

Overnight: Nazareth

 Meals: Dinner  

 Day 2.TIBERIAS: CAPERNAUM AND SEA OF GALILEE SITES
We drive to the Mount of Beatitudes where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount, then to Tabgha, Greek for Seven Springs and the Church of the Multiplication of Fishes and Loaves.  We visit the Church of St Peter’s Primacy, explore Capernaum, headquarters of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee and see the new church built on St Peter’s House.  See the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Apostles, with its lovely pink domes and a setting overlooking the Sea of Galilee. Then we sail across the Sea of Galilee. 

 Overnight: Nazareth

 Meals:  breakfast , dinner  

 Day 3.TIBERIAS: AKKO - HAIFA – JAFFA
Today we check out from our hotel in Nazareth and drive along the Mediterranean Sea to Akko (Acre), one of the oldest and most important coastal cities in the Holy Land, Akko is steeped in 4000 years of history. Minarets and church steeples are reminders of the different authorities who governed here, it retains the flavor of origins as a fishing village in the Mediterranean bustle. We continue to Haifa, we enjoy a panoramic view of Haifa Bay and the Bahai Shrine. Finally, we arrive in Jaffa (Joppa) the place where Peter lodged with Simon the Tanner, and during his stay—through the power of the Holy Spirit—Peter raised Tabitha from the dead. Check in at the hotel.

Overnight: Jerusalem

 Meals: breakfast, Dinner  

Day 4.JERUSALEM: BETHLEHEM – NATIVITY - SHEPHERDS FIELDS & EIN KAREM
Today we visit Bethlehem; the birthplace of the Lord Jesus and part of our tour will include a visit to the Greek Orthodox Church of the Nativity, followed by a visit the Greek Orthodox Church at the Shepherds Fields. In the afternoon we visit Ein Karem where we visit the Church of St. John the Baptist and the Church of the Visitation back to the hotel.

Overnight: Jerusalem

 Meals: breakfast, Dinner 

Day 5. JERUSALEM - MOUNT OF OLIVES - MOUNT OF ZION
Begin today’s visits with a breathtaking view of the Holy City on the Mt. of Olives, visit the Place of Jesus’ Ascension and the Pater Noster grotto. Afterwards, walk down the Palm Sunday Path to Dominus Flevit where he wept over the city. Down at the bottom of Kidron Valley we will visit the Greek Orthodox Church marking the tomb of Mary. Visit The Garden of Gethsemane the site of the arrest of Jesus and taking Him to the house of the High priest Caiaphas. We continue to Mount Zion to see the tomb of King David and the nearby Room of the Last Supper. Return to our hotel in Bethlehem.

Overnight: Jerusalem

 Meals: breakfast, Dinner 

Day 6. OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM & FREE TIME
Following breakfast, we visit old city of Jerusalem with visits of the Cardo – ancient Byzantine Street, the Western Wall, the Via Dolorosa where Jesus carried his Cross all the way to Golgotha, the Antonia fortress and the Lithostrothos and finally the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.​This unique church, which bears little resemblance to any church most visitors know from home, is where Orthodox and Catholic Christians mark the crucifixion and burial of Jesus. We enjoy some free time in the Old city colorful bazaars before returning to our hotel in Bethlehem.

Overnight: Jerusalem

 Meals: breakfast, Dinner 

Day7. JERUSALEM: BETHANY- JERICHO – BAPTISMAL SITE - & DEAD SEA
Our first stop is at the little village of Bethany, on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives about 3km from Jerusalem it was a favorite place of rest and refuge for Jesus. Here he knew the friendship of his friends Martha, Mary and Lazarus. And here, in the cemetery just below the village, he raised Lazarus from the dead. We leave Bethany and arrive in Jericho, being the normal route from Galilee to Jerusalem, Jesus passed through it several times. We will see the traditional sycamore tree of Zacchaeus & ascend the Mt Temptation via a cable car and visit the Orthodox monastery there. Thereafter we continue to the Baptism site beside the Jordan River.  Finally, we, proceed to the unique Dead Sea where we will have an opportunity to float in the saline waters of the lowest Sea on earth.

Overnight: Jerusalem

 Meals: breakfast, Dinner 

Day 8. Free day (B,D)
Free day on your own to wander the old city of Jerusalem.

Overnight: Jerusalem

 Meals: breakfast, Dinner 

Day 9. JERUSALEM / TEL AVIV / RETURN
After breakfast,  transfer to the Tel Aviv airport for your flight back home.

Meals: breakfast

 Holy land package includes:

  • 2 nights at the hotel in Nazareth based on half board
  • 6 nights at the hotel in Jerusalem based on half board
  • All entrance fee.
  • Program as per itinerary.
  • Modern bus with free Wi Fi 
  • Private tour guide.
  • Chairlift 
  • Israel Ministry of tourism certificates
  • Maps & Hats
  • Rates are in USD

Holy land package exclude: 

  • Airline tickets.
  • Tipping for the tour guide and the bus driver.
  • Any personal items.

Holy land package hotels used:

  •  Ramada hotel Nazareth or similar.
  • Leonardo hotel Jerusalem or similar .

 

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