Sunday
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport
Where you will be met by your ITC Tours representative and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight in Tel Aviv.
Monday
CAESAREA / ACRE MEGIDDO / HAIFA
Depart Tel Aviv and drive along the coastal plain to tour Caesarea , capital of Judea under the Romans. Visit the excavations of the ancient city, Roman theatre and aqueduct. Continue to Megiddo, visit the archeological
excavations including the well-preserved water supply system. Drive to Haifa; view the Persian Gardens at the Bahai Shrine. From Haifa, drive to Acre to visit the ancient city and harbor.
Continue to Kibbutz Lavi for overnight.
Tuesday
TIBERIS / CAPERNAUM / BANIAS
After a short tour of Tiberias, take a boat ride to Capernaum. Visit the remains of the 2nd century synagogue.
Proceed to Tabgha, the site of the "Miracle of Fish and Loaves" and visit the Church of Multiplication with its 4th century mosaic floor. Continue to Mount of Beatitudes, the place where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount. Drive to the Banias Springs and waterfalls and tour the Golan Heights.
Return to Kibbutz Lavi for overnight.
Wednesday
NAZARETH / BEIT SHEAN
Drive to Nazareth via Cana of Galilee. Visit the Church of Annunciation, St. Joseph's workshop and Mary's Well. Drive to Yardenit, the baptismal site on the Jordan River. Continue to Beit Shean, a newly excavated city, and visit the Roman theatre. Drive along the Jordan River to Jerusalem.
Overnight in Jerusalem.
Thursday
Jerusalem - Old City
Drive to Mount of Olives for a panoramic view of the city; visit the church of All Nations, King David's tomb and the room of Last Supper on Mt. Zion. Enter within the walls of the city and visit the Cardo, Temple Mount (entrance to the mosques not included), Western Wall, Via Dolorosa, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, oriental Bazaar. Visit the Garden Tomb.
Overnight in Jerusalem.
Friday
Jerusalem
- New City and Bethlehem*
Drive to Ein Kerem to visit the Church of Visitation; proceed to Yad Vashem, the memorial to the Holocaust; visit the Israel Museum, Shrine of the Book, where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed and the miniature model of Jerusalem as it was during the Second Temple period. Proceed to Bethlehem * to visit the Church of Nativity.
Overnight in Jerusalem.
Dead Sea / Masada
Drive to Qumeran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found. Visit the ancient city of Qumeran and drive along the shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth, to Massada, the last stronghold of the Jews after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D. Ascend Mt. Massada by cable car and visit the food storerooms, water irrigation system and Herod's Palace.
Return to Jerusalem for overnight.
Sunday
Transfer to Ben Gurion airport for departure.
* visit subject to availability
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