
Book your Holy Land vacation early! This extensive Holy Land tour was developed by Genesis Boutique Travel to include the most important landmarks of Israel and Palestine and is perfect if you want to discover the Land of Creation. Enjoy an additional 20% early bird discount for registering before March 2021.
NB: Price PP for a group of min. 20 participants. Discounts for larger groups are provided.
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
2 transfers to and from airport with group
9 overnights including breakfast with dinner
Licensed guide
Bus with WIFI
All entrance fees to sites as mentioned below
1 farewell dinner
1 St peter fish lunch
1 bottle of water per person per day
Airfare
Lunches where not indicated
Tips
Gratuties
Medical insurance