Pilgrimage
Tour Pack
A Journey To The Holy Land
10 Days / 9 Nights Prices from $790
Day 1: Tel Aviv
Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport / Tel-Aviv. Meet with the representative of
Laila Tours & Travel. Drive to Jerusalem. Dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Jerusalem
In the morning ascend the Mount of Olives for a panoramic view of the
Old City of Jerusalem. Visit the Asencion Church, Pater Noster Church,
Dominus Flevit .Mass venue to be confirmed. Walk the Palm Sunday Way and
descend to the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus spent the last night
before he was arrested. Visit the famous Church of All Nations. Walk
across the Kidron along the "last way" to Mt. Zion. Stand next to the
Southern Wall and view the City of David. Visit the Church of Peter in
Gallicantu, the site where Peter denied our Lord three times. It was
also the House of the High Priest Caiphas where Jesus was interrogated.
Visit the Last Supper Room and King David's Tomb. Dinner and overnight
in Jerusalem.
Day 3: Jerusalem
After breakfast drive to Mt Moriah. Enter Old City of Jerusalem from
Lion Gate. Walk to the Pool of Bethesda, and St. Anne Church, a fine
example of Crusader architecture. Visit the Flagellation and
Condemnation Churches. Continue along the Via Dolorosa to the Church of
the Holy Sepulchre. Afternoon, visit Ein Karem, the church of St. John
the Baptist where Virgin Mary visited Elisabat, continue to Visitation
Church Mass venue to be confirmed. Dinner & Overnight in Jerusalem.
Day 4: Jerusalem
After Breakfast, spend a free time day exploring the most amazing City
of Jerusalem. Dinner & Overnight in Jerusalem.
Day 5: Qumran - Dead Sea – Massada
After an early breakfast (entertainment day). Depart Jerusalem and
travel east to the shores of the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth.
Visit Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Drive along the
shore of the Dead Sea to Massada (Optional). Ascend to Massada by cable
car. Explore the ancient excavation of Herod's Palaces, bathhouse, the
storerooms, the ramp, and the oldest Synagogue in the world. Continue to
the shore for a "float" in the Dead Sea. Pass the traditional site of
the Inn of the Good Samaritan. Dinner & Overnight in Bethlehem.
Day 6: Bethlehem
Visit the Church of the Nativity marking the birthplace of Christ. Visit
the Grotto, the Church of St Catharine Mass venue to be confirmed and
St.Jerome caves. Continue to Milk Grotto Church. Visit the Shepherd's
Fields where the Angels appeared to the Shepherds announcing the good
news. Free time in the afternoon. Experience a cultural event at one of
our local centers. Taste our traditional Palestinian food at the Tent
Restaurant Beit Sahour. Dinner & Overnight in Bethlehem.
Day 7: Nazareth- Cana-Mt Tabor
After breakfast drive to Cana of Galilee, where Jesus performed his
first miracle. Renewal of marriage vows. Continue to Nazareth, the home
of Mary and Joseph, pass Mary's well, and visit the Basilica of the
Annunciation Mass venue to be confirmed. Visit the Synagogue. Drive
through the Galilee hills to explore Tzippori (Sepphoris), Capital of
Galilee in Herod's time and home of Joachim and Anna. Drive to Jezreel
Valley visiting Mount Tabor, traditional place of the transfiguration.
Drive to Yardenit, the Baptismal Center site on the Jordan River in
Israel. Dinner & Overnight Tiberias.
Day 8: Caesarea Philippi - Sea of Galilee
After Breakfast, day starts with a drive north to Mt. of Beatitudes,
site of the Sermon on the Mount. Continue on to Tabgha where the miracle
of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes took place, St. Primacy
Church Mass venue to be confirmed. Continue to visit the ruins of
Capernaum, the town where Jesus made his home after leaving Nazareth.
View the remains of the ancient synagogue in which he may have preached
and the house of Peter. Drive to Kibbutz Ginosar and visit "Jesus Boat".
Enjoy a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Dinner & Overnight in Tiberias.
Day 9: Mt Carmel
Cross the Plains of Jezreel and continue to Mt. Carmel, visit the Stella
Maris Church Mass venue to be confirmed, where is believed to have been
inhabited by Elijah. Continue to Acco to visit the Crusader Fortress,
visit the Church of St. John and the Harbor. Then drive back to Tiberias
for Dinner & Overnight.
Day 10: Tiberius - Tel Aviv
Drive to Tel Aviv and depart from Ben Gurion airport / Tel Aviv back
home.
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