Highlights

• Roundtrip Airfare
• One-way flight from Greece to Israel
• All Airport and Hotel Transfers
• 8 Nights Accommodation at the Hotels of your Choice
• Breakfast Daily
• 8 Full days of Touring
• Cruise of the Saronic Islands in Greece
• Entrance Fees to all sites included in the Itinerary
• Boat Ride on the Galilee
• Visit to Yardenit, the Baptismal site of Jesus Christ

Day 1

New York/Athens

This evening we depart from the United States on our flight to Athens.

Dinner and breakfast will be served on board.

Day 2

Athens

We arrive in Athens and meet out guide who will assist us to our deluxe motorcoach.

We will enjoy an afternoon tour of Athens including a visit to the Acropolis.

We transfer to our hotel in Athens for dinner and overnight.

Day 3

Athens

After breakfast we will depart on a one-day Cruise of the Saronic Islands.

We will enjoy lunch on-board. Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Athens.

Day 4

Athens-Netanya

After breakfast we will enjoy a half-day tour to ancient Corinth.

We will visit the marketplace where Paul preached to the Corinthians, visit the Temple of Apollo and the Corinth Museum.

Thereafter we return to Athens and transfer to the airport for our flight to Israel.

On arrival we will be met and assisted to our motorcoach and transfer to Netanya for overnight.

Day 5

Nazareth

After a huge Israeli buffet breakfast, we travel to see King Herod’s great port of Caesarea and its amazing ruins, built when Jesus was a carpenter in Nazareth.

Thereafter we drive to Mount Carmel, where the prophet Elijah defeated the false priests of Baal. In the afternoon we drive inland to Megiddo, mentioned in the Book of Revelations as the site of the Battle of Armageddon.

We proceed to Nazareth, the boyhood home of Jesus, and visit Cana, the site of the first miracle. Dinner and overnight in Nazareth.

Day 6

Nazareth

After breakfast we will spend most of the day touring around the Sea of Galilee and viewing sights that have become so familiar to us from studying the Bible.

We will enjoy a beautiful boat ride across the Sea then we drive to a Kibbutz to learn about the Ancient Boat, dating from the 1st century and recovered from the lake.

We drive to Capernaum, home of St. Peter, and visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue.

Then on to Tabgha, the site of the multiplication of loaves and fishes, and the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount.

Our last stop will be the baptismal site at the Jordan River (Yardenit) for anyone who wants to be baptized.

Dinner and overnight in Nazareth.

Day 7

Nazareth/Jerusalem

We depart Nazareth and the Galilee and travel south to the holy city of Jerusalem.

On our way, we will pass the Tel of Beth Shean, where the bodies of King Saul and his sons hung from the city gate.

Our motorcoach will take us through the Jordan Valley to Jericho, the oldest city in the world, where parts of the ancient walls have been discovered and where waters from the Spring of Elisha can be seen.

We will enter Jerusalem on foot, like pilgrims.

Before checking into our hotel, we will visit Bethlehem and the Church of the Nativity.

Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 8

Jerusalem

We start our day on the top of the Mount of Olives, where the Lord ascended into Heaven. We will see olive trees that date back to the time of Christ and enjoy the magnificent view of the Old City of Jerusalem.

We will drive past the Church of all Nations and stop to pray in the Garden of Gethsemane. Then we will visit the Western Wall, the holiest site visited by Jewish people today.

We will walk to up the Temple Mount to look at the Dome of the Rock, where Abraham prepared the sacrifice of his son Isaac.

Then we walk the way of the cross, the Via Dolorosa, through the picturesque bazaars of the Old City to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Golgotha. We stop at the Ethiopian Coptic part of the church for a special blessing from the Pastor.

We end our day at Mount Zion and the Room of the Last Supper where we will have time for prayer.

Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 9

Jerusalem

After breakfast we will visit Gordon’s cavalry and the Garden Tomb. You will have some time to reflect on all the things that you have done and seen in this remarkable land.

Afterward we will spend some time at Yad Va’shem, the museum of the Holocaust. A visit to the museum is a profoundly moving experience.

Later we will visit the Martin Luther King Memorial, the only one outside the United States.

Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 10

Departure

Today we return to the United States with memories to cherish for a lifetime.

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