2. THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HOLYLAND
7 days / 6 Nights
(HT 701)
• Day 1 Flight into Tel Aviv
Arrive into Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion
Airport, where you will be greeted
and transferred to your Galilee
hotel.
• Day 2 Lakeside Ministry,
Nazareth, Cana and Mount
Tabor
Drive around the Sea of Galilee
visiting the sites of Jesus’ ministry:
the Mount of Beatitudes where
Jesus gave the Sermon on the
Mount; Tabgha where the miracle
of the feeding of the five thousand
took place, and Capernaum which
was the centre of Jesus’ Galilean
ministry.
3. THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HOLYLAND
7 days / 6 Nights
(HT 701)
Continue to Nazareth, the town that was the
boyhood home of Jesus, including a visit to
the Basilica of the Annunciation which
commemorates the visit of the Angel
Gabriel to the Virgin Mary, and is built over
part of what is believed to have been Mary’s
home.
Drive to the village of Cana where Jesus
performed His first miracle of turning water
into wine at a wedding feast.
End the day with a visit to Mount Tabor,
traditional scene of the Transfiguration.
Return to your hotel for dinner and
overnight.
4. THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HOLYLAND
7 days / 6 Nights
(HT 701)
• Day 3 The Jordan Valley, Beth Shan & Jericho
After breakfast, leave your hotel heading south to Beth Shan, site of
extensive archaeological excavations and the best-preserved amphitheatre
in the country.
Drive down the fertile Jordan valley to Jericho, a desert oasis, one of the
oldest cities in the world and famous for its destruction by Joshua.
Continue to Jerusalem and drive to the top of the Mount of Olives for a first
view over the Golden City.
Arrive at your Jerusalem/Bethlehem hotel for dinner and four night stay.
5. THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HOLYLAND
7 days / 6 Nights
(HT 701)
• Day 4 Tour of Old Jerusalem
Begin your tour on Mount Zion to
see the Cenacle or Upper Room
where traditionally Jesus and His
disciples shared the Last Supper,
and the Church of St. Peter in
Gallicantu where Jesus was brought
to trial before the High Priest.
Enter the Old City of Jerusalem
through the Zion Gate and walk
through the Jewish Quarter past the
Roman Cardo.
6. THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HOLYLAND
7 days / 6 Nights
(HT 701)
See the famous Western
“Wailing” Wall sacred to the
Jews, and the golden Dome of
the Rock on the Temple Mount.
Then follow the Stations of the
Cross along the Via Dolorosa
which marks Jesus’ traditional
route to Calvary where He was
crucified, over which the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
now stands.
Visit the tranquil Garden Tomb.
Dinner and overnight in your
hotel.
7. THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HOLYLAND
7 days / 6 Nights
(HT 701)
• Day 5 Massada and the Dead Sea
Drive south through the Judean
wilderness to Qumran where the Dead
Sea scrolls were discovered.
Continue to Massada, the famous
desert rock fortress and hear the story
of the Zealots who chose to die by their
own hands there rather than be
captured by the Romans during the
Jewish war of 1st century AD.
Drive to the shores of the Dead Sea, at
the lowest point on earth, taking the
opportunity to float in the salty buoyant
water, rich in minerals.
Return for dinner and overnight at your
Jerusalem/Bethlehem hotel.
8. THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HOLYLAND
7 days / 6 Nights
(HT 701)
• Day 6 Mount of Olives &
Bethlehem; the new city
Walk down the Mount of Olives
from the chapel of the
Ascension to see the Pater
Noster church where the Lord’s
prayer is displayed in many
different languages, and
Dominus Flevit with its tear-
drop shapes dome, traditionally
where Jesus wept over
Jerusalem.
Continue to the Garden of
Gethsemane at the foot of the
hill, to visit the Church of the
Agony and see the ancient olive
trees.
9. THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HOLYLAND
7 days / 6 Nights
(HT 701)
Drive to Bethlehem (if possible)
where the Church of the Nativity is
built over the traditional site of
Jesus’ birth.
End the day with a visit to the
moving Yad Vashem Holocaust
memorial.
Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.
• Day 7 Return Flight
You will be transferred to Tel-Aviv
airport for your return flight home.
