Israel

January 24-25, 2024

Departure from Charlotte Douglas

Arrive at Ben Gurion International

Airport, Tel Aviv

Meet & Greet by your Tour Guide and Driver

Transfer to RAMADA HADERA for dinner and overnight

January 26 / Shabbat Begins

The Coast - The Jezreel Valley 

Caesarea Maritima on the Sea

Druze Village for lunch

Jezreel Valley and ascend to Nazareth

Enter the Nazareth marketplace and walk to the synagogue church

Transfer to KIBBUTZ MA'AGAN for dinner and overnight

 

January 27 / Shabbat Ends

Sea of Galilee  

Mt. of Beatitudes

Peter's Primacy

Capernaum

Boat Ride on the Sea of Galilee
Ancient Boat Museum

Recent excavations of Migdahl & 1st c. synagogue

Baptisms in the Jordan River

Return to kibbutz for dinner and overnight

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January 28

Jordan Valley - Dead Sea

Tel Dan

Caesarea Phillipi

Golan Heights

Mt. Bental

Return to kibbutz for dinner and overnight

 

January 29

Jordan Valley - Dead Sea

Beit Shean

Stop at Baptismal site on the Jordan near Jericho

Qumran

Dead Sea Swim (time to be determined)

Transfer to EIN GEDI for dinner and overnight

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January 30

Dead Sea

Masada, King Herod's desert fortress

Hike to the Springs of Ein Gedi

See the site of the Ancient synagogue

Return to kibbutz for dinner and overnight

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January 31

Ascend to Jerusalem

Blessing on Mt. Scopus & first views of the Holy City

Lunch overlooking Bethlehem & Shepherd's Fields

Walk to Western Wall Plaza

Second Temple Steps

Transfer to YEHUDA HOTEL for dinner and overnight

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February 1

Jerusalem

Temple Mount

Pools of Bethesda & St. Anne's Church

Eastern Gate

Lunch in the Jewish Quarter

Western Wall Tunnels

Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight

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​February 2

House of Caiaphas

Mt. of Olives

Walk Down Palm Sunday Road

Garden of Gethsemane

Walk across the Kidron Valley in the Steps of Jesus

Scourging Floor

Lunch at Sisters Zion (included)

Holy Sepulcher

Walk to the Garden Tomb 

Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight

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February 3

Departure from Israel

Arrival into CLT