General Information About Holy Land Tour

Get the most out of your time in the Holy Land with this 8-day package that explores the classic jewels of the Holy Land. Take a tour of the Jerusalem sites. See where Jesus was born in Bethlehem and visit the city of Ein Karem; visit Jericho. Dead Sea, Masada, Ain Jedi, and travel north. You can spend time in the Sea of Galilee and enjoy the fertile countryside

Day 01

Arrive

The representative of King Solmon Tourism Company will meet you at Ben Gurion Airport or the border and head to a hotel

Day 02

Jerusalem

have breakfast at the hotel and head to the Old City of Jerusalem through the Dung Gate to visit the Wailing Wall and Temple Mount. Go to Mount Zion to visit Cenacle – The Last Supper Hall, King David’s Tomb and Dormition Monastery. Then we walk through the new West Jerusalem city, watching the Hebrew University, Parliament building and the Supreme Court, heading to Mount of Olives, where you can enjoy stunning views of the Holy City. On Mount of Olives, we visit the Butter Noster Church and the Ascension Church. From there, we go down to the valley of Josephat to the Gethsemane park and the Church of all nations. Then we enter the old city to walk through the “Cross Road” (Doloresa Road) to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and return to the hotel

Day 05

Jericho and the Dead Sea

Have breakfast in the hotel. We visit Jericho, which is the oldest and oldest city on earth. Tour the ancient Jericho and take the cable car to the temptation mountain and head to the Dead Sea, where we spend the rest of the day relaxing on one of the shores of the Dead Sea. You can float in salt water and use mud as a natural mask for the skin. To benefit from it therapeutically and return to the hotel

Day 04

Bethlehem and Ein Karem

have breakfast from the hotel and head to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born just over 2000 years ago. The Bethlehem tour of the Nativity Square stops as we enter the Church of the Nativity, which embraces the holy cave where the Nativity occurred. The tour visits the neighboring St. Catherine’s Church and its underground caves bearing tombs and an ancient shrine. From here the tour passes through the Shepherds Field and then we go to Ein Karem to enjoy the beautiful natural scenery, as British traveler James Buckingham mentioned that there are Christians in this small village, and that the olive trees abound in the valleys adjacent to it. He referred to the presence of St. John’s Franciscan Church within a monastery on the eastern side, and return to the hotel

Day 05

Msada and Ein Jedi
Have breakfast at the hotel This tour heads to southern Israel through the Judea Hills and overpasses the Good Samaritan Inn. We stop at sea level to take unforgettable photos, then continue our descent more and more below sea level toward the famous Dead Sea. Our first stop is in Masada, where we take the cable car to the top of the plateau and tour the remains of the 2055-year-old Herod’s Palace. We see wonderful structures including mansions and a bathroom. The tour takes you from Masada to the Ain Gedi oasis and the desert moon, where the Dead Sea Scrolls have been found. Return to the hotel

Day 06

Galilee and Kafr Nahum

Have breakfast at the hotel. We head to Galilee. On our way, we cross Qana, where Christ turns water into wine from a distance. We see a mountain of beatitude, where Jesus gave a sermon on the mountain, and he stopped at Kafr Nahum on the shore of the Sea of ​​Galilee. On the edge of the Sea of ​​Galilee at the Yardenit site of the Jordan Baptist River and on our return trip we pass Mount Tabor where the manifestation occurred and return to the hotel

Day 07

Nazareth and Kafr Kanna
Have breakfast at the hotel and headed to Nazareth, the city where Jesus spent his childhood, today the largest Arab city in Israel. Take a tour of the Church of the Annunciation and the Church of the Synagogue, hidden in an alley in the old town, drive to the top of Mount Presbyes to obtain unparalleled views of the valley of Jezreel on the site, where there is an angry legend threatening to throw Jesus out of the abyss. That is managed by the Franciscan monastic monks and return to the hotel

Day 08

Leave

The company representative will transfer you to Ben Gurion Airport or to the border crossing point to return home

Additional information:

The tour includes:

• * Pick-up and drop-off service from the hotel
• * Full guided tour with qualified and licensed local tour guide
• * Nights’ accommodation on a bed & breakfast and dinner basis
• * Transportation by air-conditioned vehicle

The tour does not include:

• * Lunch and drinks
• * Entrance fees

Notes:

• * Comfortable walking shoes, a cap and water shoes are recommended
• * To visit on the Dead Sea, we recommend that you bring hats, swimwear and towels and sun protection
• * Children under 10 years old are not allowed to visit Yad Vashem due to sensitive content
• * Modest dress is obligatory to visit holy places; covered knees and shoulders
• * Passport is compulsory to visit Bethlehem and Jericho
• * Visit to Bethlehem: Due to the large number of visitors, entry to the Nativity Cave may be limited
• * The order of the flight may change according to the day of departure
• * The final sequence of the tour days will appear in the booking confirmation
• * Individual traveler supplement required
• * Peak season supplement required

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