Jerusalem Stopover

Jerusalem Stopover

1 : Arrive Jerusalem

Upon arrival, we will be met and assisted through customs, transferred to Jerusalem to our hotel for overnight.

Jerusalem     

---

2 : Jerusalem & Bethlehem

Today we tour the old city and enter through the Jaffa gate to the Jewish quarter to the Wailing Wall. Next admire the Dome of the Rock, a splendid mosque on the Temple Mount. Follow the 14 Stations of the Cross along the Via Dolorosa to Golgotha and visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre erected over the site of the crucifixion. Leave the old city for lunch on your own. Continue for a visit to Yad Vashem; on to the menorah by the Knesset then drive to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ. View Shepherds field and visit the Church Of Nativity the oldest church in the world and Manger Square. Then we drive back to Jerusalem for overnight. (B)

Bethlehem, Isreal      Jerusalem     

---

3 : Jerusalem

Today is free at leisure, perhaps join an optional tour to Masada-Dead Sea-Ein Gedi or tour to Nazareth-Capernau-Tiberias, we drive through the Jordan Valley to Nazareth to visit the Church of Annunciation. Continue via Can of Galilee the site of Jesus’ first miracle where Jesus turned the water into wine, on to Capernaum, visiting the ancient Jewish synagogue of the temple period where Jesus began his ministry. Visit Tabgha, site of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fish, and mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus delivered his Sermon on the Mount. Continue to Tiberias for lunch on your own at the Lido and then enjoy a cruise on the Sea of Galilee, then we proceed to Yardenit the pilgrim Baptismal site on the Jordan River. We drive back to Jerusalem for overnight. (B)

Jerusalem     

---

4 : Jerusalem / Departure

Today we will be transferred to the Airport. (B)

Jerusalem     

---