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ITINERARY ISRAEL- PALESTINE - EGYPT
JERUSALEM-GALILEE -BETHLEEM-TEL AVIV-JAFFA-MONT
SINAI
PROGRAM - CONDITIONS - RATES - SUBSCRIPTION
For
group of 10 pilgrims minimum
Day
1 : TEL
AVIV - NAZARETH
Arrival Ben
Gurion
Airport where you will be met by our
representative.
Drive to Nazareth in
Galilee.
Free time to relax after your long flight.
Dinner
and overnight in your hotel in Nazareth
Day
2 : NAZARETH - CANA
After breakfast,
visit of Nazareth
an Arab city in the Galilee
with many Churches
and Monasteries, where Jesus grew to manhood. Recent
excavations show
that it has been inhabited since the time of the patriarchs in the 2nd
Millennium
B.C. and visit the churches : St Gabriel and
Basilica of the Announciation
Lunch
Then, we drive
to Cana,
the site of the first Miracle where Jesus turned water into wine.
Dinner and overnight in your hotel in
Nazareth
Day 3 : NAZARETH - GALILEE
After breakfast
proceed to Mont Tabor where Jesus
preached the Sermon on the Mount. Ascend to the summit by Taxi. Lunch -
Proceed to YARDENIT,
traditional Baptism site on the Jordan
River
for Baptism in the same waters where Jesus was baptized by John the
Baptist. Return to your hotel for dinner and
overnight.
Day 4 : NAZARETH - GALILEE
Visit CAPERNAUM
where Jesus preached in the Ancient Synagogue and then
proceed to TABGHA the site of the
feeding of the
multitudes.
Visit of the MT. OF BEATITUDES
where Jesus preached the
Sermon on the Mount.
Lunch in a kibbutz on the shores of the Sea
of Galilee
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 : NAZARETH
- 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.
Day
6 : 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
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.
Return to hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 7 : JERUSALEM
- BETHLEHEM
After breakfast, visit the Western Wall (remains of the second temple of Jerusalem)
Then drive to the city of BETHLEHEM.
After the lunch, 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.
Time for Shopping in Bethlehem.
Leave Bethlehem and
drive back to Jerusalem
for dinner and
overnight at the hotel.
Day
8 : JERUSALEM - QUMRAN -
MESADA - DEAD SEA - JERUSALEM
After breakfast
drive to visit QUMRAN
where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by desert
bedouins. Before,
we will stop at the Good Samaritan Inn and view to St Georges
Monastery.
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
9
: ABU GOSH - EIN KAREM
- LATRUN - EMMAUS - JERUSALEM
After beakfast drive to Abou Gosh, 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
Return to your hotel in Jerusalem for
dinner and overnight.
Day 10 :
JERUSALEM - EILAT
Drive to Beer
Sheba : Beer
Sheba is mentioned in th Book of Genesis in connection with Abraham the
Patriarch and his pact with Abimelech
Lunch
View of the natural crater Maktesh Ramon, one of the largest in the
world.
Arrival in Eilat at the end of the afternoon
Dinner and overnight at the hotel
Day 11 :
TABA - MOUNT SINAI
Drive
to Sinai - Arrival at Taba - Border crossing with Egypt – we change
of bus (Israeli buses can not travel to Egypt for safety reasons) and
starting on Mount Sinai
(170 km)
Arrival in the evening and overnight at
the foot of Mount Sinai.
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.
Dinner and
overnight at
the foot of Mount Sinai.
Day 12
: MOUNT SINAI - TABA - 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
Lunch and drive to TEL AVIV
Dinner and overnight in Tel
Aviv or Netanya
Day
13 : TEL AVIV - CESAREE - HAIFA - JAFFA
After breakfast drive along the coast to
the Roman city of CAESAREA
with its amazing excavations. After visit continue
to MT.
CARMEL
where Elijah confronted the priests of Baal.
After lunch, continue to Tel Aviv and visit the Ancient Sea Port of
JAFFA,
known to be the oldest Seaport in the world. Visit of St Peter
Church
Return to your hotel in Jerusalem
for dinner and overnight.
Day
14 : 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
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/Egypt" 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 14
- 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
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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