Holy Land Tour February 2022 (11 Days / 10 Nights)

DAY 1: Tuesday, February 1

Depart country of origin

 

DAY 2: Wednesday, February 2 (D)

Arrival to Israel

Guide will meet and assist group at Ben Gurion Airport

Visit the all-important Jaffa: the Biblical port city

Walk in the footsteps of Peter and Paul at Caesarea Maritima (Model, Roman Theatre, Movie, Praetorium – Pilate's House & Paul's Prison, Hippodrome, Aqueduct)

Check-in to our hotel

Lodging and Dinner: Leonardo Plaza Haifa Hotel

 

DAY 3: Thursday, February 3 (B/D)

Enjoy a spectacular view of the Bahai Gardens and visit Stella Maris.

Visit the Muhraka Monastery (Elijah vs. Prophets of Baal)

Have lunch on your own at a Druze Restaurant on Mt. Carmel

Visit Tel Megiddo in the Valley of Armageddon

Visit Nazareth (City Square, Church of the Annunciation, Church of St. Joseph)

Time permitting, we’ll stop in Cana of Galilee and visit the Church of the Wedding.

Lodging and Dinner:  The Sea of Galilee Hotel Tiberius

 

DAY 4: Friday, February 4 (B/D)

Capernaum

Mt Beatitude

Tabgha

Enjoy a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee

St Peter fish lunch

Lookout over Magdala, the home of Mary Magdalene

Visit the scene of John 21 at the Church of the Primacy of Peter

Lodging and Dinner:  The Sea of Galilee Hotel Tiberias

 

DAY 5: Saturday, February 5 (B/D)

Visit Tel Hazor, the capital of the Canaanite Kingdom and the destroyed city of Joshua 11

Explore Tel Dan and walk through the ruins of Jeroboam’s temple.

Visit Caesarea Phillipi (“Upon this Rock”)

Visit the Mt. Bental Volcano in the Golan Heights and lookout over the Road to Damascus.

End the day at the Katzrin Olive Factory

Lodging and Dinner:  The Sea of Galilee Hotel Tiberias

 

DAY 6: Sunday, February 6 (B/D)

Visit Tel Yizrael (ancient Jezreel & Naboth's Vineyard)

See the Harod Spring, where Gideon chose his men

Drive down the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea

Visit Qasr el Yahud Baptismal Site, the most likely spot where John the Baptist baptized early disciples

End the day at Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.

Evening swim in the Dead Sea and spa time

Lodging and Dinner: Hod Hotel Dead Sea

 

DAY 7: Monday, February 7 (B/D)

Enjoy a restful morning at the Dead Sea or the hotel’s private spa.

Depart hotel at 10:30 am

Visit Masada, Herod the Great’s desert fortress

Have a nature walk to the lower waterfall of Ein Gedi, where David hid from Saul.

Visit Ahava factory

Visit Jericho

Drive to Jerusalem

Lookout over the city from Mount Scopus

Lodging and Dinner: Crowne Plaza Hotel Jerusalem

 

DAY 8: Tuesday, February 8 (B/D)

Lookout from the Mount of Olives

Walk down the mountain to visit Dominus Flevit where Jesus wept

Visit the Garden of Gethsemane at the Church of the Agony

Visit the Church of St. Anne and the Pools of Bethesda

Walk the Via Dolorosa

Visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher

15:00: Visit the Garden Tomb

Visit the Church of Pater Noster and read the Lord's Prayer

End the day at the Chapel of Ascension on the Mt. of Olives

Lodging and Dinner: Crowne Plaza Hotel Jerusalem

 

DAY 9: Wednesday, February 9 (B/D)

Visit St. Peter en Gallicantu – the House of Caiaphas and the traditional jailhouse where Jesus was kept the night before his trial.

The Church of the Last Supper and David's Tomb on Mount Zion

Visit the Jewish Quarter to see (Hezekiah's Broad Wall & The Herodian Quarter)

12:00: Visit the Temple Institute and see the many objects that have already been made for the future Third Temple (02-6264545)

Have lunch on your own in the Jewish Quarter

Visit the Southern Wall Excavations to walk up the 1st century steps of the Temple

Visit the Western “Wailing” Wall

Lodging and Dinner: Crowne Plaza Hotel Jerusalem

 

DAY 10: Thursday, February 10 (B/D)

Visit the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book and 2nd Temple Period model

Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial

Visit Ein Kerem, the traditional birthplace of John the Baptist

Visit the market of Jerusalem “mahne yehuda’

15:30: End the day in Bethlehem (The Church of the Nativity, Manger Square & Bazaar Shopping)

Lodging and Dinner Crowne Plaza Jerusalem

 

DAY 11: Friday, February 11 (B/D)

Morning of leisure

12:00 noon check out of hotel

Drive to Beth Shemesh and by Zora and Eshtaol, where Samson grew up

Visit Tel Beth Shemesh, where the Ark of the Covenant was returned by the Philistines

See the Elah Valley, where David vs. Goliath

Follow the road to Emmaus and the Church of the Resurrection in Abu Ghosh

18:00 - Enjoy a Middle Eastern style Farewell dinner together

Transfer to airport