Affordable 7 Night Tour for Protestants to Israel

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Day 1 – Departure

Depart USA on an overseas flight to Tel Aviv, Israel.

Day 2 – Tel Aviv

Arrive Ben Gurion Airport. Our representative will help you through customs and take you to the bus where you will meet your guide. Transfer to your hotel on the Mediterranean for dinner and overnight.

Day 3 – Caesarea/Haifa/Mt. Tabor/Nazareth /Cana

After breakfast, explore the Mediterranean coast. Drive along the Via Maris to Caesarea to visit the Roman theater and aqueduct, and view the Crusader fortifications.

Continue to Haifa and Mount Carmel, to visit the Church built upon the site where Elijah had to debate with the False Prophets of Baal.

Continue to Haifa, the third largest city in Israel. Enjoy the magnificent view of the Bay and the beautiful gardens and shrine of the Bahai. Enjoy the famous falafel - the typical Israeli lunch.

Drive to Megiddo, the “Tel” that inspired Michner on his book, the Source. See the different layers of the ancient cities and walk between the ruins of this amazing site considered as King Solomon’s chariot city.

As we cross the Valley of Armageddon, we will observe Mount Tabor, the Mount of Transfiguration, which dominates the Jezreel Valley.

On to Nazareth to visit the Church of Annunciation - the biggest in the Middle East - and the carpentry workshop of St. Joseph. On to Cana of Galilee, the site of the First Miracle of Jesus. Drive to your hotel in Galilee for dinner and overnight.

Day 4 – Sea of Galilee/Capernaum/Tabgha/Mt. of Beatitudes/Jordan River

After breakfast explore the surroundings of the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus conducted his ministry. Begin the day cruising the lake. Visit Capernaum, "the Town of Jesus", the Synagogue and St. Peter's house.

Continue to Tabgha, site of the miracle of the Fishes and Loaves. Drive to Mount of Beatitudes for a breathtaking view of the Sea of Galilee. Lunch will be at a typical restaurant, serving the famous St. Peter's Fish. After lunch visit the Jordan River. Back to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 5 – Bet She'an/Jordan Valley/Jericho/Jerusalem/Bethlehem

After breakfast begin our journey to Jerusalem. Visit Bet She'an, the largest current archeological dig in Israel. Drive along the Jordan Valley. Drive by Jericho, the most ancient town in the world and view Mount of Temptation.

Drive to Jerusalem. Enter the Holy City with a special ceremony. If possible, Drive to Bethlehem. Visit the Church of Nativity. View the Shepherds' fields and Rachel's Tomb. Free time for shopping. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 6 – Mt. of Olives/Garden of Gethsemane/Pool of Bethesda/Via Dolorosa/Holy Sepulcher/Mt. Zion

After breakfast we will dedicate the day to exploring the Holy City. Visit Mount of Olives with its breathtaking view over the Old City of Jerusalem. Walk down Palm Sunday road to the Church of Dominus Flevit - "the Lord wept".

On to the Garden of Gethsemane with the ancient olive trees and the Church of All Nations. Enter the Old City from the Dung’s Gate. Visit St. Anne's Church and the Pools of Bethesda. Walk via the Arab Market along the “Via Dolorosa”, the way of the cross, to the Holy Sepulchre.

On to the Jewish Quarter. Walk along the Roman “Avenue”, the Cardo. Continue to Mount Zion to visit David's Tomb and the Room of the Last Supper. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 7 – Ein Karem/Yad Vashem/Model

After breakfast discover the New City. Drive to Ein Karem, the hometown of St. John the Baptist. Visit the Church of Visitation and St. John's birthplace. Continue to Yad Vashem the Holocaust memorial. Drive by the Parliament building and the Supreme Court Building. Conclude your visit in Jerusalem with a visit to the miniature Model of the Holy City as it was 2,000 years ago, in Jesus' days. Remainder of day at leisure. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 8 – Bethany/Dead Sea/Qumran/Massada

Drive to the Judean Wilderness. Pass by the Good Samaritan Inn. Continue to the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth. Visit Qumran, where John the Baptist may have lived with the Essenes and where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls where found. Continue along the Dead Sea shore to Massada. Ascend and descend by cable car. Visit the amazing fortress built by King Herod. Walk along the remains of the palaces, bath-house, walls and the synagogue, used by the Zealots. Hear the tragic story of the last stronghold of these brave fighters. Enjoy a dip in the salty waters of the Dead Sea. Return to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.

Day 9 – Departure

Fly back to USA and arrive home.