This 3-day tour covers the most important biblical sites in the Holy Land. In Jerusalem you’ll visit Mt. Scopus; the Mount of Olives and walk though the Old City to places like the Western Wall, Via Dolorosa and Holy Sepulchre Church. Also visit the moving Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum. Visit Bethlehem and see where Jesus was born and stop in the ancient Biblical city of Jericho. This package includes 2 nights’ accommodation and 3 fully guided tour days.
Today we start with a panoramic view across Jerusalem from Mt. Scopus. Then we drive past the Garden of Gethsemane; Church of All Nations and Kidron Valley to reach the Old City. Walking through the Jewish Quarter we see the Byzantine Cardo and the iconic Western Wall. Then we trace Jesus’ steps along the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Following lunch in the Old City and a walk through the bazaar we visit the Yad VaShem Holocaust Museum.
Overnight stay: Jerusalem
Start point
Israel
06:30 - 07:50
We travel south below sea level to the Biblical city of Jericho near the Dead Sea. We stop at Zachaeus’ sycamore tree (Luke 19:1-10) and learn of the Battle of Jericho. As we leave Jericho we pass Mt. Temptation then continue to Qasr al-Yahud on the Jordan River where John baptized Jesus. After that, the tour proceeds to Bethlehem arriving at Manger Square. We tour the underground tombs and shrines of the Church of St. Catherine and see where Jesus was born in the Holy Grotto of the Church of Nativity.
Overnight stay: Jerusalem
Visit the places where Jesus spent time on the Mount of Olives including the Church of ascension; Church of Pater Noster and Dominus Flevit. Visit the Church of All Nations and the garden of Gethsemane. See the Pools of Bethesda and walk into the Old City of Jerusalem stopping at the Church of St. Anne and Convent of the Sisters of Zion. Retrace Jesus’ path down the first stations of Via Dolorosa, as the Lord did on his way to Calvary.
End point
Israel
17:00 - 19:00
Israel
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