Holyland Program – 12 Days

Day 2 - PETRA

Breakfast, Full Day Visit To The Most Famous Attraction I Jordan In Nebatean City Of Petra Which Means Massive Cliff Rock It Is The Most Spectacular Ancient City Remaining In The Modern World, And Certainly A Must See For The Visitors To Jordan And Middle East. The City Was The Capital Of Nabatea’s- Arabs Who Dominated The Lands Of Jordan During The Pre Roman Times- And They Carved This Wonderland Of Temples, Tombs And Elaborate Buildings Out Of Solid Rock. Back To Amman Hotel For Dinner.

Day 3 - AMMAN- ALLENBY BRIDGE – JERICHO- YARDNIT-TIBERIAS HOTEL

Breakfast, Transfer To Allenby Border, Across The Holy Land, Meet And Assits By Local Guide, Drive To Jericho The Oldest City In The World Drive To Panoramic View Of Mt Of Temptation Where Christ Is Tempted By The Devil In The Wilderness For 40 Days, Visit Sycamore Tree Where Zacchaus Climb When Jesus Was Passing Through The Town. Then To Quimran For Viewing The Cave Where The Dead Sea Scrolls Where Found Inside A Jar By A Shepherd Boy Continue Via Jordan Valley Up North, Visit Yard Nit The Baptism Site Of Jesus, Transfer To Tiberias Hotel For Dinner And Overnight.

Day 4 - CEASAREA PHILIPPI- CHURCHES AROUND SEA OF GALILEE-BOAT RIDE- HOTEL

Early Breakfast Drive Towards Golan Heights Start Our Day With A Visit To Ceasarea Philippi (Banias) Where Jesus Said To Peter “you Are The Rock And On This Rock I Will Build My Church.(Mark 8:27) Visit Mt Of Beatitudes Where Jesus Preached The Sermon Of The Mount(Matthew 5-7) Visit Tabgha Which Is The Traditional Location For The Calling Of Disciples And The Feeding Of The 5000 And The Location Of Church Of The Multiplication Of The Loaves And Fishes (Luke 9:10-17) We Will Visit Capernaum Where Jesus Began Preaching And We Will Visit Synagogue That Stands On The Site Where Jesus Taught (Matthew 4:13, 23) Lunch And Boat Ride In Galillee And Back To Hotel.

Day 5 - MT TABOR- CANA- NAZARETH- MT CARMEL-MUHRAKA- TEL AVIV –JAFFA- PHILIPPINE MONUMENT- BETHLEHEM HOTEL

Early Breakfast, Check Out From The Hotel Start Our Day Visiting Mt Tabor The Transfigurstion Site Of Jesus (Joshua 19:22). Drive To Visit The Wedding Church In Cana Where Jesus Turned The Water Into Wine At The Wedding (John 2) Then We Will Continue To Nazareth, Jesus’ Boyhood Home (Matthew 2:23) Visit Church Of Annunciation, Drive To Mt Carmel To Visit Murhaka Visit The Cave Of Elijah The Place Where Elijah Killed Baal The Prophets. See The View Of Meggido (Armageddon Valley), Drive Via Coastal Rode View Of Ceasarea Aqueduct, Then Tel Aviv Jaffa And Visit St Peter’s Church(Acts 9:40) Proceed To Reshon L Retsyon, Philippine Monument, Open Doors, Transfer To Bethlehem Hotel.

Day 6 - MT OF OLIVES- MT ZION – NATIVITY CHURCH- SHEPHERD’S FIELD- BETHLEHEM HOTEL

Breakfast, We begin our day on the Mt of Olives and we will encounter a panoramic view for our introduction of the Old City. We will walk in the Palm Sunday Trail to the Church of The Pater Noster, build on the traditional sight were Christ taught the Lord’s Prayer. We continue to the church of Flevit. The place were Jesus wept over Jerusalem. Then we continue to the church of all Nations. Church of Gethsemane (Holy Mass) continue to Mt Zion to Visit the upper room, dominitian Abbey and the tomb of David. Go to St Peter of Gallicantu to see the pit where Jesus was jailed after praying in Gethsemane. Drive back to Bethlechem to visit the Church of Nativity in Bethlechem the traditional site of the birth of Jesus (Luke 2) it is also the oldest continuously functioning church in the world, then go to Shephards field, the place where the angel carried the good news to the Shephards Back to the Hotel for dinner and Overnight.

Day 7 - TOUR INSIDE THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM- YAD VASHEM- EIN KAREEM- BETHLEHEM HOTEL

Drive to visit the Old City of Jerusalem, enter through Stephen’s gate where St Stephen the first Christian Martyr was stoned to death. We continue to the Church of St, Anne, we visit the nearby pools of Bethesda, where Jesus healed the paralytic. Then we will follow the Via Dolorosa, the way of the cross the 14 stations that our Lord walked by on the way to his crucifixion passing by the Ecce Homo Arch, the site where Pontus Pilate presented our Lord to the crowds, Visit the Western Wall, after lunch communion service at Garden Tomb moved to west side of Jerusalem, visit Yad Vashem the Holocaust Museum, then continue to visit Visitation Church in Ein Kareem named after Virgin Mary’s Visited to the summer house of the parents of John the Baptist then visit church of John the Baptist Ein Kareem according to the tradition the birthplace of John the Baptist, Back to the Hotel for Dinner and Overnight.

Day 8 - BETHLEHEM-DEAD SEA- ELIAT – TABA BORDER- ST CATHERINE HOTEL

After Breakfast checkout from the Hotel Drive to the lowest point in the Earth, the Dead Sea, Enjoy floating in the salty water of the Dead Sea, drive via shfella view of lots Wife salt piller and the story of Sodom and Gomarrah, Pass by Eilat City at the Red Sea, arrival Taba Border, Cross to Egypt, meet and assist by the local guide, Transfer to St, Catherine Hotel for Dinner and Overnight.

Day 9 - MT SINAI- MOSES SPRINGS- THE SUEZ CANAL- CAIRO

Early morning sunrise proceed to Mt Sinai the traditional site where Moses received the 10 commandments back to Hotel for Breakfast and Check out then drive to visit Suez Canal and Moses Springs, Drive to Cairo Hotel for Dinner and Overnight.

Day 10 - CAIRO- CAIRO HOTEL

Hotel Breakfast, this full City tour includes a visit to the Egyptian Museum, Pyramids and Sphinx. Lunch en-route. Afternoon itinerary includes a visit to Khan El Khalili Bazaar to find good bargains for souvenir items till evening. Then on a Dinner Nile cruise and be entertained by the Belly Dancer and enjoy watching the skilled “Men in Skirt” rendering his piece. Back to Hotel in Cairo for Overnight.

Day 11 - HANGING CHURCH- COPTIC CHURCH – PAPYRUS FACTORY- AIRPORT

Breakfast, Visit to Hanging Church or COPTIC Church where it is believed the Holy Family stayed after fleeing from Bethlehem for fear of Herod’s order of slaughtering infants under 3 years old. Lunch en-route. Then visit Papyrus Factory to discover how the first paper was made during ancient time. Transfer to the Airport for Safety Departure.