TOUR PROGRAM

9 days / 7 nights

(Jerusalem 2 nights + Tel Aviv 5 nights and excursion to the Dead Sea)

+ overnight flight from the USA.

Any day, 2022.

Day 1:

• Departure
• from New York (or from your city) to Tel Aviv. Overnight flight.

Day 2:

• Meeting & Assistance At Tel Aviv Airport
• After arriving to Tel Aviv airport where you will be met and assisted by our representative
• Transfer to the Tel Aviv hotel.

Overnight in hotel

Day 3:

• Breakfast. Excursion:
• Christian Jerusalem, Bethlehem Excursion for 8 hours + transfer time.

* To travel to Bethlehem (Palestinian Autonomy) you need NOT an Israeli passport.

Bethlehem is the birthplace of Jesus Christ. The most important shrine of the city is the Church of the Nativity of Christ, one of the oldest churches in the Holy Land. A visit to the Temple involves a descent into the grotto to death, where the Savior was born. In the grotto - the altar of the Nativity with the Star of Bethlehem, a manger, in the location of the infant Christ, the altar of the Magi. The temple has preserved ancient frescoes and mosaics, as well as the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Bethlehem. Bethlehem is located on the territory of justified autonomy.

Further on the program: the Old City, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Church of the Resurrection of Christ), the Holy Fire of Jerusalem, Golgotha, where Christ was crucified, the stone of Anointing, Kuvuklia (tomb) of Christ. The last stops of the Way of the Cross, the Wailing Wall.

*To visit some religious places and monasteries, women and men must have clothes that cover their shoulders, chest, knees, and women also need to cover their heads.

Day 4:

• Breakfast. Excursion:
• Christian Galilee, Nazareth

Excursion for the whole day.

* To visit some religious places and monasteries, women and men must have clothes that cover their shoulders, chest, knees, and women also need to cover their heads.

Sea of ​​Galilee (Kinneret), Nazareth, panorama of the Galilee mountains and Mount Tabor, Capernaum.

Galilee is the northern province of the Holy Land, a country of mountains, forests and valleys. The decoration of Galilee is the Sea of ​​Galilee (Kinneret) and the Jordan River. An excursion to Galilee not only acquaints tourists with the Christian places of the North, but also provides an opportunity to see a significant part of the country, Arab and Jewish cities and villages, nature, wildlife and vegetation.

We make our first stop in Nazareth, the city where "the word became flesh." Here, tourists can see the Great Annunciation Church, the House of the Holy Family, the place of the Immaculate Conception, where the Archangel Gabriel met the Virgin Mary, the ruins of ancient Nazareth. Tourists will see a wonderful collection of gifts from the Church of the Annunciation, take a bath at the fountain of the Virgin Mary, and take interesting photos.

On the way to the Sea of ​​Galilee, tourists will see an impressive panorama of the Galilee Mountains and Mount Tabor, where Christ was transfigured.

The Sea of ​​Galilee (O.Kinneret) is located in a valley, which is 200 meters below sea level. It is warm in the winter and very hot and humid in the summer months. On the banks of the Kinneret, the world's oldest civilization of farmers and fishermen was born.

Christ lived in the city of Capernaum (Kfar Nahum in Hebrew). Here he walked “like on dry land”, worked miracles, healed the sick, resurrected the dead. The first disciples of Christ - Peter, James, John, Andrew were local fishermen. Mary Magdalene came out of these parts. Tourists visit the Orthodox Church and the monastery of the 12 apostles, at this place, according to the legend, Christ healed the paralyzed.

Further, our path lies to the source of the Jordan River from the Sea of ​​Galilee - this is a traditional place where Christians bathe with the waters of the Jordan in memory of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. Tourists and pilgrims expect clear greenish water and an abundance of fish that no one catches, but everyone feeds, otters and birds that are not afraid of the presence of people. Those who wish can buy baptismal shirts and dive into the waters of the Jordan. On this excursion you have the opportunity to taste the famous St. Peter's fish.

Overnight at the hotel

Day 5:

• Breakfast. Excursion:

• Dead Sea (lunch for extra charge)

The Dead Sea is located in the most protected zone on Earth, where the landmasses of the tropical region are protected by filters, especially for skin diseases, as well as diseases of the joints. The Premier Beach, which tourists are brought to, is a city beach equipped with sun loungers, chairs and umbrellas (for additional fees), changing rooms with storage cells (for an additional fee - swimming pool) and a shower. You can have a bite to eat in cafes, counting near the beaches.

Desired purchase packages of cosmetics of different Israeli brands at low prices and with discounts

Day 6:

• Breakfast. Excursion:

Jerusalem - the city of 3 religions. At the beginning of the tour you will visit the observation deck at the top of the Mount of Olives. Your gaze will see the domes of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and a significant part of the center of Jerusalem. The Mount of Olives (Oleon), the Garden of Gethsemane, the Temple of All Nations, the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary - these and many other sights await those who go on this excursion. Also on this tour you will visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Day 7:

• Breakfast. Excursion:

Tel Aviv - Jaffa (Diamond Exchange, Epingheimer Diamond Museum). Sightseeing tour of Tel Aviv, the first city of the new Israel, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2009. Walk through the quarters of Old Jaffa. Visit to the Diamond Exchange: museum and exhibition hall.

You will visit old Jaffa and find yourself contemporaries of the prophet John and Noah. See the main historical and Christian sights of Jaffa associated with the name of St. Peter. Find out what Napoleon's soldiers who stormed Jaffa could tell about.

Day 8:

• Breakfast. Relax

Day 9:

Transfer and departure from Tel Aviv airport.

Price includes:

• Meeting and transfers airport-hotel-airport;
• 7 nights in a hotel in Netanya with meals - breakfast;
• full sightseeing days with a English-speaking guide (entrance tickets for an additional fee);
• all transfers and Services.

Price doesn’t include (*excluded):

• Visa to Israel;
• PCR test, tips, lunch on an excursion to the Dead Sea, entrance tickets to museums and temples, insurance;
• other costs not specified in the paragraph "Price includes".

** International and domestic flights are issued for an additional fee.

Trip cost :

Hotel 3 * - price starts from $1399

Hotel 3 + - 4* - price starts from $1590

Hotel 4 + * - price starts from $1850

Price per one person in 1/2 double room in low season.

Prices are valid from April 1 till December 20, 2022.