Arrive in Tel Aviv!

Breakfast is served before we land. We arrive in Tel Aviv where we will be greeted and assisted by our tour representative. Depending on your arrival time, jump right into your tour beginning with a visit to the Jaffa Port and Simon the Tanner’s house. 

Transfer to our hotel in Tel Aviv. Enjoy your first dinner together as a group in the hotel.

Dinner and Overnight: Tel Aviv

After a full Israeli Buffet Breakfast at hotel, visit Independence Hall, where David Ben Gurion proclaimed the foundation of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948. Depart Tel Aviv and begin your bus trip north along the Mediterranean Sea passing towns that are home to many hi-tech companies. 

Arrive in Caesarea, home to the first gentile converts. Extensive modern archaeological excavations have made viewable stadiums, theaters, temples, palaces, and a giant sea port built out in the Mediterranean. Leaving the Mediterranean, we will travel north and ascend Mt. Carmel, where the Prophet Elijah called on God who answered by fire. We’ll then drive to Megiddo (Armageddon). 

Continue on to your hotel in the Galilee area. 

Dinner and Overnight: Tiberias

This morning we will visit the Jesus Boat Museum before taking a boat ride across the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum and visit the remains of the 2nd century synagogue. Journey 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 the Mount of the Beatitudes, where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount. 

Head to Magdala, the site of the First Century Synagogue where it is reported that Jesus actually taught.

End the day at the Jordan River and the Yardenit Baptismal site, where you will have the opportunity to be baptized.  

Dinner and Overnight: Tiberias

On the way to Jerusalem, stop at Nazareth and visit Mount Precipice. Visit Nazareth's 1st Century Village and have a chance to explore a first-century farm and village presenting the life and teachings of Jesus during his time. 

Continue to Haas Promenade for a beautiful view in Jerusalem. From there we will proceed to Bethlehem. We will also visit Shepherds Fields, which are the fields identified since ancient times with the shepherds who saw the Star of Nativity. Following that time we will enjoy wonderful shopping at Maher Canawati’s Three Arches Shop for olive wood products created in Bethlehem. Visit the Church of the Nativity. 

Dinner and Overnight: Jerusalem

After enjoying a delicious Israeli breakfast, we will travel south to Qumran, site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Then, tour Masada. Ascend by cable car and tour the ancient fortress where the Zealots made their last stand against the Romans in 73 AD. Descend by cable car. Continue to the Dead Sea in the afternoon and enjoy a float in the buoyant waters. Stop at the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve, home to beautiful hot springs, fascinating plants and wildlife along with great hiking trails, and where David penned many of his Psalms. 

Dinner and Overnight: Jerusalem

Today we visit the Old City of Jerusalem. We will make an attempt to visit Temple Mount. Thereafter, visit the Western Wall Tunnels.

Proceed to Mount Zion to see the tomb of King David and the nearby Upper Room and Room of the Last Supper. 

Walk through the Cardo, the main street of Jerusalem 2000 years ago. Walk along the Via Dolorosa, where Jesus carried His Cross. Continue to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. No visit to Jerusalem is complete without a walk through the colorful Arab bazaar (a chance to test your negotiating skills). 

End the day with a visit to the Garden Tomb. 

Dinner and Overnight: Jerusalem

This morning, we will visit the Eagles’ Wings Feeding Center - Abraham's Bread,

a facility where Israel’s poor are fed daily, to see firsthand how Eagles’ Wings is partnering with others to help meet the needs of the underprivileged.

In the afternoon, explore the City of David the recently excavated fortresses and passageways and relive King David's conquest of the Jebusite city. Explore the Hezekiah water tunnels there. The tunnels were designed to act as an aqueduct, providing Jerusalem with water during an impending siege of Assyrians. 

Dinner and Overnight: Jerusalem

In the morning we will visit Yad Vashem holocaust memorial and museum where we can walk through the Children’s Pavilion, visit the museum, and walk down the Avenue of the Righteous. We will meet with a holocaust survivor at Yad Vashem. Continue on to Mount Herzl, a military cemetery and museum honoring Theodore Herzl. It is the burial site of many great Israeli leaders including Yitzhak Rabin and Golda Meir. 

Enjoy an afternoon visiting the Israel Museum where the ancient Dead Sea scrolls are kept and explore the extensive collection of this world-class museum. 

Spend a free afternoon shopping. Enjoy a farewell dinner at a local restaurant. 

Spend our last night in Israel before an early checkout and heading to the airport.

Dinner and Overnight: Jerusalem

Early morning departure from hotel to Ben Gurion Airport. 

Arrive back in United States.

*Itinerary is Subject to Change. Considerable, vigorous walking is required for this tour. Please make note of special needs with your registration.