May 4/5

Depart Los Angeles Int'l Airport

Arrive Ben Gurion Int'l Airport

Meet & Greet by ITC and Your Tour Guide​

Transfer to hotel on the Mediterranean Sea for dinner and overnight (with beach access!)

May 6

The Coast - The Jezreel Valley - Galilee 

Early Departure for Caesarea Maritima on the Sea

Mt. Carmel overlooking the Jezreel Valley

Tel Megiddo

Nazareth & Synagogue Church

Transfer to kibbutz near the Sea of Galilee for dinner and overnight

 

May 7

Galilee 

Capernaum

Mount of Beatitudes

Boat Ride across the Sea of Galilee

Olea Essence Visitor's Center

Ancient Boat Museum

Return to kibbutz for dinner and overnight

 

May 8

Jordan River - Ascent to Jerusalem

Baptisms on the Jordan River

Beit Shean Archaeological Park

Gideon Springs

Ascent to Jerusalem

Blessing on Mount Scopus overlooking Jerusalem

​Transfer to hotel for dinner and overnight

(within walking distance of the Old City!)

 

May 9

Jerusalem

Visit to Temple Mount

Pools of Bethesda

St. Anne's Church

Yad Vashem Holocoust Memorial

Bethlehem

Return to hotel for dinner and overnight

 

May 10

Jerusalem

Old City of Jerusalem: Jaffa Gate to Jewish Quarter

Second Temple Steps

Afternoon at Leisure in Old City

Return to hotel for dinner and overnight

 

May 11

Dead Sea Day Trip

Qumran - Site of the Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery

Ein Gedi Springs Overlook

Swim in the Dead Sea

Masada

Return to Hotel for dinner and overnight

 

May 12

Jerusalem

Mount of Olives
Walk Down Palm Sunday Road
Garden of Gethsemane
House of Caiaphas
Scourging Floor & Roman Praetorium

The Garden Tomb

 

May 13

Jerusalem 

Free Day

Late Night Departure for U.S.

 

May 14

Arrival Los Angeles Int'l Airport

 

 

 

 

[Site visits and sequence are subject to weather, unexpected delays,

or security considerations.]