HOLY LAND TOUR

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6^th – 14^th October, 2010

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ITINERARY

  

Jerusalem, from the ancient Madaba Map

Day 1 Wednesday 6^th October 2010

15.35 depart London Heathrow

21.15 arrive Tel Aviv

Transfer to the Hotel in Jerusalem for 4 nights half-board.

There will be time for regular prayer and study

in the mornings and evenings during the trip.

 

Day 2 Thursday 7^th October 2010

A day in Jerusalem

Today you will visit places of special Christian interest in Jerusalem: the Mount of Olives, Dominus Flevit, the Pool of Bethsaida, Via Dolorosa, the Ecce Homo arch, the Church of Holy Sepulchre and the Pater Noster Church, concluding the day with a Communion Service at the Garden Tomb.

 

Day 3 Friday 8^th October 2010

Jerusalem and Bethlehem

Today the emphasis in Jerusalem is on places associated with the city’s Jewish heritage. After visiting Jerusalem’s City of David and Hezekiah’s tunnel, you will see the Wailing Wall and the Israel Museum. In the afternoon travel to nearby Bethlehem to see the place of Christ’s birth. Back in Jerusalem you can visit the Cardo (the reconstructed main street of Byzantine Jerusalem from the 6th century) and the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum.

  

Day 4 Saturday 9^th October 2010

The Dead Sea

In the morning there will be visits to the ancient city of Hazor and fortress of Masada, then on to the Oasis of En Gedi on the shore of the Dead Sea for lunch. In the afternoon you will have the chance to swim in Dead Sea and to visit Qumran and perhaps Bethany.

 

Day 5 Sunday 10^th October 2010

Jericho and Tiberias

This morning you will travel the 25 miles from Jerusalem to visit Jericho. Then on to Tiberias for a 3-night stay.

 

Day 6 Monday 11^th October 2010

On the banks of the Jordan

Today you will be in places that Jesus knew well. In the morning you will visit Capernaum, the River Jordan and the spectacular excavations of the ancient city of Beit Shein. In the afternoon you will see Korazim, Tabgha and the Mount of Beatitudes.

 

Day 7 Tuesday 12^th October 2010

The Sea of Galilee

Here Jesus spent much time with his Disciples. You will see the Golan Heights, Caesarea Philippi and the Banias Spring that feeds the upper Jordan River. In the afternoon you will sail across the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) on the ferry back to Tiberias.

 

Day 8 Wednesday 13^th October 2010

In the region of Nazareth

In Jesus’ own home area you will visit Cana, Nazareth and Mount Carmel, and in the afternoon the remains of the ancient city of Megiddo. You will spend your final night at a hotel near Tel Aviv Airport.

 

Day 9 Thursday 14^th October 2010

09.15 depart Tel Aviv     13.35 arrive London Heathrow