9 Day Christian Tour – Jerusalem Focus

Arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport Tel Aviv, meeting and assistance with Noah Tours’ representative and transfer to hotel in Tel Aviv an overnight.

Visit the old city and port of Jaffa, Caesarea, Mount Carmel, and see a view of Haifa’s harbor. Visit Megiddo overlooking the plains of Armageddon and tour the site of the 21 superimposed cities.

Visit the Mt. of Beatitudes, Tabgha, Capernaum, and take a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Enjoy a traditional St. Peter’s fish lunch (optional at an additional cost). Visit Kursi, the site where the swine ran into the Sea of Galilee and drowned. Then stop at the Jordan River in the Yardenit – traditional pilgrims’ baptism site. Overnight at a hotel in Tiberias.

Visit Nazareth, Mary’s Well, Cana, the site of the first miracle where Jesus turned water into wine. Continue to Mt. Tabor, the Mount of the Transfiguration with a remarkable overview of the western Galilee. View Jericho and the Mount of Temptation. Overnight in Jerusalem.

Visit Mt. of Olives and the Garden of Gethsemane with its ancient olive trees. Enter the Old City of Jerusalem through the Lions’ Gate. Visit the Pools of Bethesda, Pontius Pilate’s Hall of Judgment, the Via Dolorosa, and the Church of Holy Sepulcher. End the day at the Garden Tomb. Overnight in Jerusalem.

Visit the Church of the Nativity, the Shepherds’ Fields, and local shops in Bethlehem. See to the Western Wall (Wailing Wall), the Room of the Last Supper and King David’s Tomb, and the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu, built on the site of the House of Caiaphas the High Priest. Overnight in Jerusalem.

Visit the Qumran Caves, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Ascend via cable car to Masada, then “float” on the salty, mineral-rich, water of the Dead Sea. Return to Jerusalem for an overnight.

Refresh your impressions and get new ones by exploring the Holy City on your own!

Transfer to Tel Aviv international airport for your flight home until next time.