8 Day Catholic Holy Land Private Tour

Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport and welcome by a representative of Noah Tours. Transfer to hotel. Overnight in Tel Aviv.

Drive to Jerusalem and have an overview of the city from the Mount of Olives. Then, continue to the Chapel of the Ascension, Church of Pater Noster, and Church of Dominus Flevit. Follow the path of Palm Sunday to the Lions’ Gate. Visit the Church of Santa Ana, the Arch of Ecce Homo, and the Convent of the Sisters of Zion. After, continue to the Pool of Bethesda, and walk in the footsteps of Jesus through the Via Dolorosa, until reaching The Holy Sepulchre. Overnight in Jerusalem.

View the Temple Mount. Then continue to visit the Wailing Wall and the Davidson Archeological Park. Then, visit the Israel Museum, passing by the Knesset. Drive to Ein Karem (birthplace of John the Baptist) and the Church of the Visitation.

See the Dormition Abbey, the Benedictine church commemorating the Assumption of Mary, the Hall of the Last Supper (Cenacle), the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu, the Shepherds’ Field, Bethlehem, the Church of the Nativity, the birthplace of Jesus, the Milk Grotto, and return to Jerusalem.

Tour Masada, Qumran, where the ancient Dead Sea scrolls were written 2000 years ago. See Masada, Qumran, and an overview of Jericho. Continue to view the Mount of Temptation, a tree over 2,000 years, which was a sycamore tree climbed by Zacchaeus in order to see Jesus. Overnight in Tiberias.

Visit the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes in Tabgha, Capernaum, the house of St. Peter. View Sea of Galilee from Mt. Beatitudes. Stop at the Jordan River, where we will visit the place of baptism of Yardenit. Overnight in Tiberias.

Ascend Mount Tabor, site of the.e Transfiguration, visit Cana of Galilee and Nazareth, the town of Jesus’ youth. Visit Church of the Annunciation. Overnight in Tiberias.

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for departure.