Travel Tours to the Holyland


Are you interested in independent travel tours to Holyland?  Learn about Israel, travel tour information, and choose from land and cruise experiences by clicking on the link below.  Israel has lovely beaches, fabulous spas along the Dead Sea, cultural differences between Palestine and Israel, and yet, the melting pot of all religions in Jerusalem.  You can stay in a quaint guest house within the old city walls or a 5-star hotel just a few blocks away, walk in the footsteps of Jesus along the Via Dolorosa to visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher or see the room of the Last Supper.  Stay in a Kibbutz on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, or see the border of Syria from the Golan Heights.  Stay 3 extra days and travel into Jordan to see the Treasury House of Petra. A group may want to plan their ministry excursion similar to the sample Christian Holyland tour outlined below.  

 

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Israel Tour Sample Itinerary

 

Day 1:   Arrive Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion International Airport.  Meet and assist.


Day 2:   Visit Old Jaffa, where Peter's vision called him to preach to the Gentiles.  Visit Carmel Market, Independence Hall, and free time for shopping.


Day 3:   Tiberius, visit Caesarea Maritime Excavations, Roman Amphitheater, Roman Aqueduct, Mt. Carmel, Valley of Armageddon, Haifa, and Galilee. 


Day 4:   Visit remains of First Century synagogue where Jesus ministered, village of Nahum, Church of St. Peter at Tabgha.  Boat tour on Seas of Galilee, Visit oldest kibbutzim in Israel--Kibbutz Deganya, Mount Hermon and the Gates of Hell, and the Christian baptismal site on the Jordan River.


Day 5:   Visit Nazareth and synagogue where Jesus preached His first sermon and where Angel Gabriel Appeared to Mary.  Travel thru Valley of Armageddon to Megiddo then to Jordan River Valley, Beit Shean excavations, Gideon's Spring at En Harod and the Dead Sea.


Day 6:   Visit Masada and time to swim in the Dead Sea, visit Ein Gedi and Qumran's Dead Sea scrolls. Visit Jericho, Bethbara, and view St. George's Monastery.


Day 7:   Tour Mount of Olives, Gethsemane, and New Jerusalem, and the Old city, Pool of Bethesda, Via Dolorosa, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Mt. Herzl cemetery, Holocaust Museum, and Dead Sea Scrolls Museum.


Day 8:   Tour Jewish Quarter, David's tomb, Upper Room of the Last Supper, Temple Institute, Western Wall, Temple Mount, the Dome of the Rock, archeological tunnel running along the  Western Wall, to Bethlehem visiting the shepherd's fields, Church of the Nativity.

 

Day 9:   Visit Biblical town of Kiriath-jearim (Abu Gosh) where the Ark of the Covenant rested. Visit Emmaus, where Jesus walked with two disciples following His resurrection. 


Day 10:   Depart for home or Petra Extension

 

Petra Extension:

Day 1:   Depart Jerusalem via Allenby bridge.  Visit Madaba, Mt. Nebo, and overnight Petra.


Day 2:  Visit the famous Treasury, burial chambers, theater, Royal Tomb, lower part of Petra with its Roman remains, and the beautiful mosaics of the Pharoah's daughter's palace.


Day 3:   Return to Jerusalem via King Al-Hussein Bridge back to Jerusalem and transfer hotel/airport.

 


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