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DAY 01: THE BEGINNING OF OUR EXPLORING TOUR Leave New York via jet service. Dinner and breakfast will be served on board.
DAY 02: INTO THE LAND OF THE BIBLE Upon arrival in Tel Aviv, our agent will meet you at the airport and then drive along Dizengoff Street passing the Mann Auditorium and Habima Theater. Stroll through the restored Artist's Quarter in Old Jaffa and visit Simon the Tanner's House. Proceed to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
DAY 03: ALL THE PAST YEARS WITH HISTORY Drive along the Mediterranean to Caesarea to visit the ruins of the Crusader's City. Visit the Roman Theater, continue to Haifa and see Elijah's Cave and enjoy the view of the city from Mt. Carmel. Continue to Megiddo, Armageddon, a very important strategic point on the Via Maris connecting Egypt and Damascus. Proceed to Nazareth to visit Mary's Well and the Church of the Annunciation, built in 1960-68 enclosing the crypt, which is one of the largest Christian sanctuaries in the Middle East. Drive to Cana to visit the site where the first miracle took place, the Transformation of Water into Wine. Continue to your hotel in Nazareth for dinner and overnight.
DAY 04: GALILEE & UPPER GALILEE This morning drive to Tiberias where we board a boat on the calm surface of the Sea of Galilee and cruise to Capernaum. Upon landing, visit the ruins of the city where Jesus started His Ministry and the site of the Synagogue where He was teaching. Proceed to Tabgha, the site of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fish. See the 4th century mosaics. Drive to the top of the Mount of Beatitudes overlooking the Sea and surrounding area. Drive to the Golan Heights in Upper Galilee. Visit the Sources of the Jordan. View Tel Dan. Return to the exit of the Jordan River from the Sea of Galilee for Baptism service. Return to Nazareth for dinner and overnight.
DAY 05: BEIT SHEAN / JERICHO / BETHANY / JERUSALEM Leave Nazareth and drive to Beit Shean, an ancient city. Excavations have uncovered eighteen layers of habitation in Beit Shean. The Roman Amphitheater is the best preserved in Israel. Proceed along the Jordan Valley to Jericho, the "cradle of civilization". Visit Tel El Sultan, ruins of one of the oldest cities in the world. View the Mount of Temptation, where Jesus fasted for forty days and forty nights. Visit Elisha's Fountain before continuing to Jerusalem, stopping at the Inn of the Good Samaritan and Bethany.
DAY 06: MOUNTAINS OF JERUSALEM AND BETHLEHEM Drive to the Mount of Olives with its outstanding view of the city. Visit the Chapel of Ascension, Church of Pater Noster, Garden of Gethsemane, Church of All Nations. View the Kidron Valley. Drive to Bethlehem for a visit to the Church of Nativity, visit the Shepherd's Fields and the Fields of Boaz and Ruth. An afternoon drive takes you to visit Mount Zion, the site where Jesus accomplished His Ministry. Visit the Room of the Last Supper. Visit the Tomb of King David and the House of Caiaphas; proceed to the Knesset, or the House of Parliament. Visit the Shrine of the Book enclosing the Scrolls of the Dead Sea; visit the National Museum. Return to your hotel.
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DAY 07: JERUSALEM, THE HOLY CITY Visit the Garden Tomb and Gordon's Calvary, the site where Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected. A service can be arranged at the Garden Tomb. Proceed towards the city walls built by Suleiman the Magnificent enclosing the most Holy sites. Walk into the city through Damascus Gate and through the picturesque colorful bazaars to the superb Temple Area, where Solomon's Temple was built on Mount Moriah. Visit the Dome of the Rock enclosing the Rock of Sacrifice; the Mosque of Al Aksa, further south, the Pinnacle of the Temple and the Western Wall or Wailing Wall. In the afternoon, start at Saint Stephen's Gate and into the Old City to visit the Church of Saint Anne, the Pool of Bethesda, the Lithostrotos, Pilate's Judgment Hall and walk on the Via Dolorosa leading to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Walk through the bazaars to the Citadel and take the bus from Jaffa Gate back to the hotel.
DAY 08: MASADA / EILAT / PETRA Morning drive into the Wilderness of Judea. Visit the Dead Sea with time allowed for a swim. A beautiful new road takes you along the shores to Ein Gedi where a precipitous cliff, filled with caves, rises some 2,000 feet. Continue on to Masada where you will ascend by cable car to visit the remarkable ruins of the Fortress, built by Herod the Great, and where from 70 to 73 A.D., Jewish Zealots made their last stand in the Judean Revolt against the Roman Legions. See the remains of Herod's Palace; the Apartments, Baths, Storehouses and cisterns - all used by the Jewish Defenders who took refuge here. Proceed to Eilat, Israel's resort on the Red Sea. Cross the border into Jordan. Our agent will assist you with the necessary formalities. Continue to Petra for dinner and overnight.
DAY 09: PETRA, THE RED ROCK CITY This morning tour Petra, the Red Rock City. It is considered the eighth wonder of the world, a complete city carved in colored sandstone, rediscovered in 1812. An unforgettable experience on horseback through a narrow canyon, you will enter the Nabatean city of Petra to visit the Treasury, the theater, the Palace of Justice and other marvels. Proceed to your hotel in Amman, the capital of the Heshemite Kingdom of Jordan.
DAY 10: AMMAN / JERASH / MADABA / MT. NEBO / AMMAN Morning departure from Amman to Jerash, the "Pompei of the Middle East", one of the most beautifully preserved Graeco-Roman provincial cities in the Middle East, standing in the mountains of Gilead 30 miles north of Amman. Buried until 1920, this one-time city of the Decapolis contains an impressive number of sites - temples to Artemis and Zeus, a vast Roman Forum, Hadrian's Triumphal Arch and a mile long Street of Whispering Columns. Continue to Madaba, the biblical Medeba, for a visit to the Greek Orthodox Church which houses the 6th century mosaics. Drive to Mount Nebo commemorating the site where Moses saw the Promised Land and died. Proceed to the Allenby Bridge and re-cross into Israel. Continue to Jerusalem for overnight.
DAY 11: TEL AVIV / NEW YORK Transfer to the airport for your return flight to New York.
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