Source of Faith Weekly Holy Land Tour Itinerary: Tuesday - Wednesday
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the last stronghold of the Jews
after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D. Ascend Masada by cable car and visit the food storeroom,
water irrigation system and Herod’s Palace. You will then have time to "float" in the Dead Sea. Return to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight
Wednesday - Day
9: Transfer to Ben Gurion International
Airport for your departure, return to Jerusalem for a day or two on your own revisiting the Old City (great
tour hotel prices including breakfast), or continue with Jordan or Egypt extensions. |
Tuesday - Day 1: Overnight flight to Tel Aviv. The tour follows this itinerary each week. You stay in the hotel plan of your choice.
Wednesday - Day 2: Upon arrival at Ben Gurion International
Airport you walk some distance and pass through 
Thursday - Day 3: Jerusalem - Old
City. Drive to Mt of Olives for a panoramic view of the city; visit the Church of All Nations, King
David’s tomb and the traditional room of Last Supper on Mt. Zion. Enter within the walls of the Old City
and visit the Cardo, Temple Mount (entrance to the mosques is currently not allowed), Western Wall, Via
Dolorosa, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Oriental Bazaar. End the day with a visit to the Garden Tomb.
Dinner and overnight Jerusalem.
Friday - Day 4: Jerusalem New City
and Bethlehem. Drive to Ein Karem to visit the Church of Visitation; proceed to Yad Vashem, the memorial
to the holocaust; Visit the Israel Museum, the Shrine of the Book, where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed,
and the miniature model of Jerusalem as it was during the Second Temple period. Proceed to Bethlehem (as
conditions permit) to visit the Church of Nativity. Dinner and overnight Jerusalem.
Saturday - Day 5: Dead Sea - Masada.
Drive to Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found. Visit the ancient city of Qumran and drive along
the shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth, to Masada,
Sunday - Day 6: Beit Shean - Nazareth.
Depart Jerusalem and drive via the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean and visit the Roman theatre. Drive to Yardenit,
the baptismal site on the Jordan river and continue to Nazareth via Cana of Galilee. Visit the Church
of Annunciation, St. Joseph’s workshop and Mary’s Well. Dinner and overnight Kibbutz Lavi.
Monday - Day 7: Tiberias - Capernaum
- Banias. After a short tour of Tiberias, we take a boat ride to Capernaum. Visit the remains of the
2nd century synagogue. Proceed to Tabgha, the site of the miracle of fish and loaves, and visit the Church
of Multiplication with its 4th century mosaic floor. Continue to Mt of Beatitudes, the place where Jesus
delivered the Sermon on the Mount. Drive to the Banias Springs and waterfalls and tour the Golan Heights.
Return to Kibbutz Lavi for dinner and overnight
Tuesday - Day 8: Depart Kibbutz Lavi,
drive to Acre to visit the ancient city and harbor. Continue to Haifa to view the Persian Gardens at the
Bahai Temple. Continue to Megiddo, identified as the site of Armageddon to visit the archeological excavations
including the well-preserved water supply system. Drive to Caesarea, capital of Judea under the Romans.
Visit the excavations of the ancient city, the Roman Theatre and aqueduct. Drive along the coastal plain
to Tel Aviv. Overnight in Tel Aviv| Source of Faith Tour | Egypt | Jordan | Tour Photo Album |
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