1. THE BEST OF ISRAEL
9 days / 8 nights
(HT 901)

2. THE BEST OF ISRAEL
9 days / 8 nights
(HT 901)
• 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 center
of Jesus’ Galilean ministry.
Continue to Nazareth, visit the Basilica of the Annunciation.

3. THE BEST OF ISRAEL
9 days / 8 nights
(HT 901)
Drive to the village of Cana where Jesus performed his first miracle of turning water into
wine at a wedding feast.
Visit Mount Tabor, traditional scene of the Transfiguration. Return to your hotel for dinner
and overnight.
• Day 3 The Mediterranean Coast
Drive to the Mediterranean coast to the ancient walled city of Acre, an important Roman and
Crusader port and the headquarters of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
See the underground fortress.
Continue southwards via Mount Carmel to Caesarea, with its impressive remains of a Roman
theatre and aqueduct.
Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

4. THE BEST OF ISRAEL
9 days / 8 nights
(HT 901)
• Day 4 The Jordan Valley, Beth Shan & Jericho
After breakfast, leave your hotel heading down the Jordan Valley to Beth Shan, site
of extensive archeological excavations and the best preserved amphitheatre in the
country.
Drive down to Jericho, famous for its destruction by Joshua.
Continue to Jerusalem, drive to the top of the Mount of Olives for a first view over
the Golden City.
Arrive at your Jerusalem hotel for dinner and a 5-night stay.

5. THE BEST OF ISRAEL
9 days / 8 nights
(HT 901)
• Day 5 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 Jewish Quarter past the Roman Cardo.
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 rout
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 Jerusalem.

6. THE BEST OF ISRAEL
9 days / 8 nights
(HT 901)
• Day 6 Massada and the Dead
Sea
Drive south to Qumran where the
Dead Sea Scrolls were
discovered.
Continue to Massada, the famous
fortress where the Zealots chose
to die by their own hands 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,
to float in the salty buoyant water.
Return for dinner and overnight at
your Jerusalem/Bethlehem hotel.

7. THE BEST OF ISRAEL
9 days / 8 nights
• Day 7 At Leisure (HT 901)
Today is free for shopping, relaxing or exploring on your own (optional tours
to Beer Sheba and the Negev and to Tel Aviv Jaffa are available).
Dinner and overnight at your Jerusalem hotel.
• Day 8 Mount of Olives and 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 shaped dome.
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.

8. THE BEST OF ISRAEL
9 days / 8 nights
(HT 901)
Drive to Bethlehem (if possible) where the Church of the Nativity is built over the
traditional site of Jesus’ birth.
In the afternoon, drive through the New City of Jerusalem, viewing the Knesset and
the Israel Museum.
End the day with a visit to the moving Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. Dinner
and overnight in Jerusalem.
• Day 9 Return Flight
You will be transferred to Tel Aviv’s airport for your return flight home.