11 Day Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
(Sample Itinerary)
(Day 1) Departure from USA.
Depart from Airport. for your overnight flights to Jordan.
Meals are served on board.
(Day 2) Arrival Tel Aviv – Nazareth
Arrive to Tel Aviv, we will meet our guide and driver.
Then, we will drive to our hotel in Nazareth for dinner & overnight.
(Day 3) Caesarea – Nazareth – Cana
After breakfast, we will leave hotel and start our day with a visit to Caesarea (included). You will have the opportunity to visit the archaeological remains of this ancient port, then we will go to Nazareth, there we will visit the Mary’s Well, and the Greek Orthodox Church of Annunciation, after that the group will visit Cana of Galilee, there we will visit the Greek Orthodox Church site of Jesus first miracle. Dinner and overnight in Nazareth or Tiberias.
(Day 4) Sea of Galilee – Mt. Beatitudes
On this day, we will start our day with a visit to Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount. Then we will visit the Tabgha, the Greek for seven springs and the Church of the multiplication of fishes & loaves, and then we will continue to Capernaum (included), the headquarters of Jesus ministry in Galilee, the St. Peter’s house, we will visit the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Apostles, We then have lunch we will try St. Peter’s Fish (included). We will visit Korazin (included), which was cursed by Jesus because the people did not follow his teaching, we then have a boat ride (included) across the Sea of Galilee. Dinner and overnight in Nazareth or Tiberias.
(Day 5) Mt. Tabor – Nablus - Samaria – Jacob’s Well
After breakfast we will check out from our hotel and start our day with a visit to Mt Tabor (taxi included), there we will visit the Church of Transfiguration. Then we will leave the Galilee area and head to the Old City of Nablus Samaria at Mount Gerizim, we will also visit Jacob’s Well. We then drive to Taybeh for dinner and overnight.
(Day 6) Jerusalem – Mt. Olives – Mt Zion – Bethany – Bethlehem
On this day we will start our day with a visit to Mount of Olives, we will have a panoramic overlook to Jerusalem, then we will visit the church of Pater Noster (included), and then continue to the Chapel of Ascension (included). We will walk down the Palm Sunday road stopping at the beautiful Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene. We then continue to visit the Tomb of Holy Mother and continue to the Church of all Nations in the Garden of Gethsemane. Later on we will visit St. Peter in Galicantu (included). End of the day will be at Bethany (included), to visit the site of the House of Mary and Lazarus. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.
(Day 7) Jericho – Dead Sea – Jordan River
We will start our day with a visit to the monastery of St. George, built in a rock Ravine in the Judean desert. We then visit the Mount of Temptation; we will try there the Jericho Cable Car (included), where we will visit the Orthodox Monastery. We then visit the Baptismal site in the Jordan where the group may renew their baptismal vows. We then visit the Dead Sea where we can have a float in the Dead Sea in the Salty water. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.
(Day 8) Ein Karem – Bethlehem
After breakfast, we start our day with a visit to Ein Karem, the birthplace of St. John the Baptist and see the Russian and the Greek Orthodox Church, and then we continue to Monastery of St. Theodosius and Mar Saba (taxi included). We then continue to Shepherd’s Field and Grotto, to see the place where the Shepherd’s saw the star of the Nativity. We then visit the Church of the Nativity. Sometime will be given for shopping. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.
(Day 9) Jerusalem – Old City – Via Dolorosa
We start our day with a visit to the Wailing Wall and Temple Mount. Then we continue to St. Anne Church and Pool of Bethesda (included). We will walk the Via Dolorosa this is the spot where Jesus was condemned to death by Pontius Pilate there we will visit the Ecce Homo (included). Our next destination will be the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, after that we will visit the St. Jacob’s Church and the St. James Cathedral in the Armenian Orthodox quarter. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.
(Day 10) Jerusalem – Greek Orthodox Church – Farewell dinner
After breakfast we will leave to visit the Greek Orthodox Church, and the Orthodox monasteries, we will also visit the Holy Cross Monastery (included) and St. Simon the church in Katamon. We will have a free time in Jerusalem for some shopping time and visits on own. This afternoon we will have a farewell dinner in a local restaurant in Bethlehem.
(Day 11) DEPARTURE
Free time and return flights home, transfers to Tel Aviv airport, we will arrive back in the USA the same day.
