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ITINERARY
ISRAEL
- PALESTINE
Jérusalem-Galile-Bethlem-Tel
Aviv
11
days/10 days for discovering
PROGRAM
- CONDITIONS
- RATES
- SUBCRIPTION
For
group of 10 pilgrims minimum
Day 1 : TEL AVIV - JAFFA
Arrival Ben Gurion Airport
where you will be met by
our representative.
Transfer
to the hotel in TEL AVIV
Free morning (depending of your flight arrival)
Afternoon : Tel Aviv : city tour .
Jaffa
: Ancient Sea Port of JAFFA,
known to be the oldest Seaport in the world.
Visit of St Peter Church
Back to the hotel –
Diner and
overnight in Tel Aviv
Day 2 : HAIFA
- CESAREE - NAZARETH
After breakfast drive along the
coast to HAIFA,
visit continue to MT. CARMEL
where Elijah confronted the priests of Baal.
Then, drive to
the Roman city of CAESAREA
with its amazing excavations.
Road to Galilee
Dinner and overnight in your hotel in Nazareth
Day
3: NAZARETH -
CANA -
MT TABOR
Morning : city tour of Nazareth
– View of Basilica of Announciation
Then, we drive to Cana,
the site of the first Miracle
where Jesus turned water into wine
Lunch in a kibbutz (a visit of the kibbutz can be organized)
Afternoon
: Visit f Mt Tabor
Dinner and
overnight in your hotel in Nazareth
Day 4
: CAPHARNAUM - TAGBA - MONT DES BEATITUDES - BANIAS
Visit CAPERNAUM
where Jesus preached in the Ancient Synagogue and then
proceed to TABGHA
the site of the Multiplication of the Loaves and the
Fishesthe feeding of the multitudes.
Visit of the MT. of Beatitudes
where Jesus preached a part of the Sermon on the
Mount.
Lunch in a kibbutz
on the shores of the Sea of Galilee
after lunch drive
to Banias : the first spring and site of Caesarea Philippi
BOAT RIDE on the
Sea of Galilee.
Time for prayer and reflection on the water.
Dinner and
overnight in your hotel in Nazareth
Day
5 : YARDENIT - BEITH SHEAN
Morning : Visit of
Yardenit :
The Baptismal Site on the Jordan River
Yardenit is the
unique and registered site of baptism for Christian pilgrims, at the
place where the Jordan River flows out of the Sea of Galilee and into
the Dead Sea.
Lunch
Afternoon, road to
Beit Shean,
one the oldest city of Orient which has played an
important role historically due to its geographical location at the
junction of the Jordan River Valley and Jezreel
Dinner and
overnight in your hotel in Nazareth
Day
6 : NAZARETH - JERICHO - JERUSALEM
After
breakfast drive along the Jordan Valley to the Ancient City of
JERICHO. Enter Jericho and view the Mt. of Temptation and the
Tel Jericho. Jericho is the oldest inhabited city
in the world. Continue to Jerusalem.
Visit
MOUNT ZION King David's Tomb, the hall of the Last Supper and. Abbey of
the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. Visit the Church of St. Peter in
Gallicantu.
Drive
to the hotel for dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.
Day
7: NAZARETH - JERUSALEM
After
breakfast and stop to Pater
Noster and Ascension Church, drive up the Mount of Olives for
wonderful view of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Walk along the Palm Sunday Road to the Garden of Gethsemane
and we will pray to Dominus
Flevit Church. Visit the Church of All Nations.
Lunch
at Seven Arches restaurant
Enter
the Old city of Jerusalem and begin your walk along the Via Dolorosa also called the Way
of the Cross is a series of lanes in the Old City that
according to Christian tradition was Jesus' route from Pilate's
judgement hall to Golgotha.
There are 14 Stations along the route each commemorating an event along
Jesus' route to crucifixion.
Visit
the Church
of the Holy
Sepulchre and the Garden
Tomb : The Garden Tomb is believed by many to be the
garden and sepulchre of Joseph
of Arimathea, and therefore a possible site of the
resurrection of Jesus.
Return
to hotel for dinner and overnight in Jerusalem
Day
8: JERUSALEM - BETHLEHEM
Drive
to the city of BETHLEHEM.
Visit
the Church of Nativity where Jesus was born and The (Roman Catholic)
Franciscan Church of St. Catherine and the Shepherds Fields
where the shepherds were tending their flocks when they heard a
heavenly chorus and followed the Star to Bethlehem.
Lunch
Afternoon,
if possible, drive to Hebron to visit Patriarch’s tomb : Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob.
Back
to Jerusalem and visit the Western Wall (remains of the second temple
of Jerusalem)
Back to the hotel for dinner and
overnight
Day
9 : JERUSALEM - QUMRAN - MESADA - DEAD SEA - JERUSALEM
After
breakfast drive to Dea
Sea. Before, we will stop at the Good Samaritan Inn and
view to St Georges Monastery.
Stop
at QUMRAN
where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by desert bedouins.
Visit
of AHAVA store where are made the Dead Sea Cosmetics, based on the
healing minerals from the Dead Sea
Lunch
Continue
to MESADA site
of the ruins of Herod’s palace and fortifications which later served
the Zealots to resist the Romans.
Proceed
to the Dead Sea to
enjoy floating in the waters of the Dead Sea which have amazing healing
powers. The
Dead Sea called the “Sea of Salt” is the lowest place in
the world.
Return
to your hotel in Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.
Day
10 : ABU GOSH - EIN KAREM - LATRUN - EMMAUS - JERUSALEM
After
beakfast drive to Bethany,
this village is recorded in the New as the home of the
siblings Martha and Lazarus, Jesus’ friends.
Proceed
to Abou Gosh and Ein
Karem, the Birthplace of John the Baptist and Latrun
Monaterey an d the site of Emmaus (prayers)
Lunch
in a kibbutz
Drive
back to Jerusalem and time for shopping through the colorful bazaars of
the old city.
Return
to your hotel in Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.
Day
11 : TEL AVIV - YOUR DESTINATION
Breakfast in
hotel - Rest of day at leisure until transfer to the airport
for
your
departure flight.
End
of our services
OPTION :
Pilgrimage to Mount Sinaï :
You
can continue your pilgrimage : add 3 days to Mount Sinai and let us
informed.
After
“Day 10”
we propose an excursion to Mount
Sinai (Djebel Moussa), so your pilgrimage is 13 days/12 nights.
When
they come to the Holy Land, our evangelists pilgrims want to visit
Mount Sinai in Egypt and pray to St. Catherine Monastery: it is a very
special and holy place.
This
is the mountain where God
gave the Tablets of the
Laws to Moses and where is the Burning Bush.
The
St. Catherine
Monastery in Sinai is an important Orthodox monastery at
the foot of Mount Sinai
or Mount Moses in the southern peninsula of the same name
in Egypt. He is alone most of the territory of the Orthodox Church of
Sinai.
Program
:
Day
11 - JERUSALEM - EILAT - MOUNT SINAI
Drive
to Eilat (230 km in the south) - Border crossing with Egypt – we change
of bus (Israeli buses can not travel to Egypt for safety reasons) and
starting on Mount Sinai.
Arrival in the evening and overnight at
the foot of Mount Sinai.
Day
12 - STE CATHERINE - MOUNT SINAI - EILAT - TEL AVIV
Climb
early in the morning on the Mount Sinai - Prayers and
discovery.
Descent
in the late morning and road to Arad or Eilat
Dinner and overnight in Eilat or Arad
or Tel Aviv
Day
13 - TEL AVIV - YOUR DESTINATION
Breakfast
in hotel - Rest of day at leisure until transfer to the
airport for your departure flight.
CONDITIONS
* This program depends on flights and
can be arranged according to suggestions from our customers
RATE INCLUDES :
- The
welcome and assistance at the airport of the attendant of Pilgrims
of the World,organizer of the circuit "Itinerary
Israel/Palestine" in partnership with Vered Travel
- The
accomodation in double room en hotel or religious houses in 2** or 3***
- The full
board starting with lunch of Day 1 and ending by lunch of Day 11
- The
services of one french speaking guide for all the tour
- Entrances
fees according to the itinerary
- The
organization of the masses (if necessary)
- An air
conditioned bus for all the circuit
- Israel visas fee
RATE DOESN'T INCLUDE :
- The international air transport
- The single supplement
- The personal expenses
- The beverages with
meal
- The option "Mount Sinaï"
- The
travelers' medical - baggage insurance (recommended before your
departure)
- anything
mentioned in the "rates include" section
AIR
TRANSPORT :
2
possibilities :
1/ The client treats himself the
airline tickets with the airline
companies serving the local destination
2/ We treat the air transport with
regular or charter flights according
the number of passengers and after the client's request
RATE :
- The rate
is set according to the period chosen by the client
- Peak season :
July/August/September/October
- Low season : April/May/June
ATTENTION
: We treat only groups of 10 pilgrims minimum
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