Session 1
HOME / TEL AVIV / TIBERIAS
Tour members are welcomed this evening at your home International Airport, departing on El Al Israeli Airlines via widebody aircraft arriving in Israel at 7:00PM.

Upon arrival in Tel Aviv our guide who will be with us for the entire time we are touring the Holy Land meets us. Board our bus and travel to Jaffa ancient port where Jonah left prior to being swallowed by the whale. Here is where Peter had his house top experience. Continue through Tel Aviv, the largest city in Israel. We start our day with a stop at Caesarea, capital of the Roman procurators of Judea. Visit the Roman port, Crusader's Moat, Roman theater and aqueduct. Continue to Muhraka on Mount Carmel then proceed to Megiddo to visit the excavations that unearthed 20 different civilizations. Traveling through the Plain of Jezreel, we visit Nazareth, boyhood home of Jesus. Transfer to the hotel in Tiberias for dinner.

Session 2
TIBERIAS / SEA OF GALILEE / BET SHEAN / JERUSALEM

As a special treat we have prepared an Israeli breakfast where you can enjoy culinary delights from the Holy Land. Time is passing and during breakfast we will continue with Session 2.

Session 2 starts with a relaxing boat ride on the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum, then visit Tabgha, the Mount of Beatitudes and the River Jordan. We travel via the Crusader fortress of Belvoir along the Rift Valley to Bet Shean, where King Saul and his sons were pinned to the walls. It became the Decapolis Capital and was traveled by Jesus and known as Scythopolis. See the ancient theater, Circus Maximus and Cardo Maximo. Continue to the Golden city of Jerusalem. We will stop and before entering Jerusalem read Psalms 122 and partake of bread and salt.

We will have a 45-minute break for lunch before starting Session 3

Session 3
JERUSALEM / NEW CITY / BETHLEHEM
Session 3 starts with a visit to the New City of Jerusalem, Mount Zion, the Upper Room, the tomb of King David and Dormition Abbey. We enter the Jewish Quarter of the Old City to visit the Wohl Archaeological Museum, displaying the newly restored Herodian Quarter. Remains of this area of Jerusalem date back to the time of the Herodian Dynasty (37 BC to 70 AD). Proceed to the Shrine of the Book where we see the Dead Sea Scrolls on display then view the Knesset (Israeli parliament) building. Continue to visit Yad Vashem, a memorial of the Holocaust then visit the Model City. Continue to Bethlehem to visit the Church of the Nativity, the Manger, Crusader's Cloister and the Grotto of St. Jerome. We then visit the cave in Shepherds' Field and view the Fields of Boaz. En route to Jerusalem we see the Tomb of Rachel and other antiquities before returning to the hotel for dinner.

After our touring is done, we will make a quick stop at one of the finest souvenir shops in Bethlehem. We will give you the opportunity to order merchandise from the Holy Land at the same cost as if you were there.

Session 4
MASADA / JERICHO /
We start session 4 with a drive to Masada and ascend by cable car to the magnificent ruins of the fortress where, from 70 to 73 AD, Jewish defenders made their last stand in the Judean revolt against Rome. We see the remains of storehouses, cisterns and a sixth-century Byzantine church. Continuing alongside the Dead Sea, 1300 ft. below sea level - the lowest spot on earth - we proceed to Qumran and the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.
Travel to Jericho, the world's oldest city. From the excavated tel atop the ruins of ancient Jericho we view the lush green Jordan Valley, Elisha's spring and Qarantal, the Mount of Temptation. We will head up to Jerusalem.

Session 5
JERUSALEM / MT. OF OLIVES / OLD CITY
Session 5 starts our tour with a drive to the Mount of Olives for a panoramic view of Jerusalem, visit the Church of Pater Noster and the Chapel of Ascension, then proceed to the Garden of Gethsemane. Crossing the Kidron Valley, we pass the tombs of Absalom, Zechariah and St. James, then visit the Pool of Siloam and the Church of St. Peter of Gallicantu (Caiaphas' House).

We enter the Old City through the Zion Gate and see the Cardo and the remains of Nehemiah's Wall on the way to the Western (Wailing) Wall. We visit the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, the Church of St. Anne, the Pool of Bethesda, Pilate's Judgment Hall, the Chapel of Flagellation, Lithostrotos, and the Arch of Ecce Homo ("Behold the Man"). We follow the Via Dolorosa (Way of the Cross) to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and end our day in the Garden Tomb. It was here that Jesus defeated death. We will remember the Lord's Supper.

Throughout the three-hour sessions there will be ample breaks.

Every session will have a question time. What makes this presentation a unique experience is the interactive relationship between your Israeli guide and you.

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