Holy Land Tour 10 Days / 9 Nights

( Overnight in Kibbutz hotel )

• Our representative will meet and assist you upon arrival to Bin Gurion International Airport.
• Drive north along the coastal plain to Caesarea (capital of Judea under the Romans) , Visit the excavations of this ancient city, the Roman theatre and aqueduct.
• Continue to Megiddo, identified as the site of Armageddon; Visit the archaeological excavations at Megiddo, including the well-preserved water supply system.
• Drive to the beautiful port city of Haifa, nestled on the Mediterranean Sea, for a panoramic view of the Bahai gardens and Haifa Bay.
• From Haifa continue to Acre, capital of the Crusaders for more than a century. Visit the ancient city and harbor before continuing eastwards across the plains of the Galilee to Kibbutz hotel for Overnight.

Galilee – short tour of Kibbutz – boat ride in Galilee- Capernaum – Tabgha – Mount of Betitudes -Banias – Golan hights – Galilee.

• Breakfast at the hotel , Short tour of the Kibbutz grounds .
• Boat ride across the Sea of Galilee 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 the Mount of the Beatitudes, where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount.
• Drive to the Banias Spring and Waterfall, where Jesus was recognized as The Messiah by His Disciples. Tour the Golan Heights, with its valleys, grazing land and snow capped mountains .Overnight in Galilee.

Galilee –Nazareth( church of the annunciation, St. Joseph workshop , Mery’s well )- Jordan river – Besan ( Beith shean )- Sheikh Hussein bridge - Amman

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Nazareth via Cana of Galilee. Visit the Church of the Annunciation, St. Joseph’s Workshop and Mary’s Well. Next on our program is the Jordan.
• River and the Baptismal site Yardenit.
• Continue to Beit Shean, one of the ancient Decapolis cities, and visit the Roman theatre. This is the city where Saul and his son Jonathan were nailed to the walls. Continue south along the shores of the River of Jordan.
• Proceed to Sheikh Hussein Bridge to crossing to Jordan, Our Representative will meet and assist you upon arrival to get the visa , then transfer to Amman for overnight at the hotel .

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to visit the ancient city of Jerash . About Jerash

  About Jerash

  is the best preserved Roman City outside Rome , one of the Decca police Cities which is known by Gerasa , Which is known by the city of 1.000 pillars. Jerash is a close second to Petra on the list of favorite destinations in Jordan, It has unbroken chain of human occupation dating back more than 6,500 years. Our Tour includes (the colonnaded street, amphitheater, Hippodrome, Churches, temples and the vast Roman Forum).

• Proceed to visit Madaba ( St. Gorge church ) and Mount Nebo Monastery Continue to Petra via the desert high way , Overnight at the hotel in Petra About Mount Nebo , About Madaba

  About Mount Nebo

  one of the most revered holy sites of Jordan and the place where Moses was buried. A small Byzantine church was built there by early Christians, and if you Stand on the platform in front of the church and admire the view. It overlooks the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, across to the rooftops of Jerusalem and Bethlehem and is absolutely breathtaking.

  About Madaba

  It is one of the most memorable places in the holy land , which is known by the " the city of mosaics", Madaba offers many sites to explore , amongst them the chief attraction in the contemporary Greek Orthodox church of St. George is a wonderfully vivid , 6th century Byzantine mosaic map showing Jerusalem, Nile River , Dead Sea , and other holy sites .

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Full day visit of Petra. About Petra

  About Petra

  One of the world new seven wonders, without a doubt it is the most valuable treasure and greatest tourist attraction in Jordan . It is a unique city that carved into the sheer- rock face by the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled here more than 2000 years ago, turning it into an important junction for the silk, spice and other trade routes that linked China, India and southern Arabia with Egypt, Syria, Greece and Rome.
  To explore the spectacular treasures of Petra (The Red -Rose city half as old as time), enter through the impressive narrow gorge (Siq), leads marvelously to the magical monument, when you can glimpse the Treasury, continue to the street of facades, the Royal Tombs, the Cardo, Temples, Churches, Museums,…etc

• Overnight at the hotel .

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Depart the hotel for panoramic view of Wadi rum in the way to the Dead Sea.
• Free time in the Dead Sea for swimming and floating . About Dead Sea

  About Dead Sea

  without a doubt the world's most amazing place, the lowest point on earth, is over 400m (1,312 ft.) below sea level. It is one of the most spectacular natural and spiritual landscapes in the world. It is the best place for floating and relaxation without exerting any effort.
  The leading attraction at the Dead Sea is the warm, soothing, super salty water itself – ten times saltier than normal sea water, and rich in chloride salts of magnesium, sodium, potassium, bromine and several others.

• Lunch in Amman beach resort.
• Continue to visit the Baptism site . About Baptism site

  About Baptism site

  ( Bethany Beyond Jordan ) , where Jesus was Baptized , has long been known from the Bible ,the Byzantine text and Medieval texts . Also it was appropriate for John the Baptist to begin his mission from the same place that Elijah had ended his life .
  There are a lot of things to see such as ( Byzantine monastery and contain churches and chapels , baptism and water storage pools , Praying hall with mosaic paved that probably consider the earliest building for this specific use to have been identify anywhere in the world .

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Visit the Old City of Jerusalem, Our appreciation of this Golden City begins with a panoramic view from the Mount of Olives, overlooking the walls of the old city and the ancient Jewish cemetery.
• Visit the Church of All Nations.
• Proceed to Mount Zion to see the tomb of King David and the nearby Room of the Last Supper.
• Enter the Old City to begin exploring the wonders of Jerusalem. Walk through the Cardo, the main street of Jerusalem 2000 years ago.
• View the Temple Mount and the Western Wall. Walk along the Via Dolorosa, where Jesus carried His Cross.
• Continue to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre , No visit to Jerusalem is complete without a walk through the colorful Arab bazaar .
• Overnight in Jerusalem

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• The new city of Jerusalem: Visit the model of ancient Jerusalem.
• Continue to Yad Vashem, Israel’s memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.
• Enter the site by walking along the Street of the Righteous Gentiles, dedicated to the non-Jews that risked their lives in order to save their Jewish neighbors.
• Continue to Ein Karem, birthplace of John the Baptists. This Spanish style church and Mary’s well is where Mother Mary met her cousin Elizabeth.
• Proceed to Bethlehem to visit the Church of the Nativity.
• Overnight in Jerusalem.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive through the Judean Desert to Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found in 1947 by a Bedouin boy.
• Visit the ancient city of Qumran and drive along the shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth, Continue to visit Masada, the last stronghold of the Jews after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D. Ascend Masada by cable car and visit the food storeroom, water irrigation system and Herod’s Palace. Time and weather permitting we will have an opportunity to float on the Dead Sea waters.
• Overnight in Jerusalem.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Depart to Tel Aviv airport for departure .