SAMPLE ITINERARY

MONDAY, 26 June: DEPART U.S. FROM JFK

• 2:00 pm, Meet, and check-in for our transatlantic flight as a group

• 5:30 pm, Fly non-stop to Tel Aviv on El Al

 TUESDAY, 27 June: ARRIVE TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM

• Arrive in Tel Aviv (TLV) 

• Mount of Olives for an introduction to the ancient Holy Land in general and Jerusalem in particular.

• Gethsemane  Church of All Nations 

• Dinner and O/N in Jerusalem at the Grand Court Hotel

WEDNESDAY, 28 June: JERUSALEM AND BETHLEHEM  

• Beit Sahour, (Shepherd's Field)

• Milk Grotto  

• Church of the Nativity 

• Alon Shvut

• Rabbi Shaul Judelman- Mikvaot on Derekh Avot (The Patriarch’s Way)

• Meeting with Rabbi Zvi and Dr. Dena Hirschfield in their home 

• Return to Jerusalem. Free time and dinner.

• Dinner and O/N at the Grand Court Hotel

THURSDAY, 29 June: JERUSALEM 

• Haram al-Sharif/The Temple Mount to explore the grounds and view the exteriors of the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque

• The Kotel (The Western Wall)

• Davidson Center and the Southern Wall Excavation

• Lunch and shopping in the Jaffa Gate area.

• Yad Vashem taking a tour of the museum and the children’s memorial

• Dinner and O/N at the Grand Court Hotel

FRIDAY, 30 June: JERUSALEM 

• St. Stephen’s Gate, Church of St. Anne, and the Pools of Bethesda, Ecce Homo, view some of the stations of the Via Dolorosa 

• Lunch and shopping in the Muristan, the Christian quarter

• Church of the Holy Sepulchre 

• Garden Tomb 

• Eat Shabbat dinner at the hotel 

• Dinner and O/N at the Grand Court Hotel

SATURDAY, 1 July: THE WILDERNESS 

• Qasr Al Yahud (John the Baptist’s Jordan River baptismal site)

• Visit and tour Masada

• Eat Lunch at Qumran/Kalia Beach restaurants and tour Qumran

• Kalia Beach Dead Sea

• Dinner and O/N at the Grand Court Hotel

SUNDAY, 2 July: JERUSALEM

• Visit the neighborhood of Silwan and the City of David excavation in East Jerusalem.

• Cenacle 

• Center of town - Shopping, lunch

• Return to hotel, with optional on-your-own options for visits to Israel Museum, Old City

• Dinner and O/N at the Grand Court Hotel

MONDAY, 3 July: Heading North

• Visit Save A Child’s Heart 

• Tour Caesarea Maritima (Theater, Governor's Palace, Circus)

• Lunch at Caesarea

• Visit Kibbutz Hanaton with Jacob Ner David for wine tasting and to learn about life on a kibbutz.

• Visit the Mikveh Shmaya and learn with Rabbi Haviva

• Dinner and O/N in Tiberias at the Hotel Emily

TUESDAY, 4 July: GALILEE

• Visit the Church of the Beatitudes

• Visit the ancient synagogue and traditional home of Peter’s mother-in-law in Capernaum

• Proceed to Tabgha to visit the Church of the Multiplication and the Primacy of Peter

• Lunch 

• Magdala 

• Visit the Jesus Boat at Nof Ginosar 

• Take a Round-Trip boat ride north on the peaceful waters of the lake/sea. 

• Dinner and O/N at the Hotel Emily

WEDNESDAY, 5 July: GALILEE

• Arbel Cliffs (Short worship service)

• Ceasaria Phillipi / Tel Dan

• Lunch in Majdal Shams at Berkat Ram Restaurant

• Mt. Bental

• Return to Tiberias for free time for shopping, rest, and reflection

• Dinner and O/N at the Hotel Emily

THURSDAY, 6 July: NORTH/CAESAREA MARITIMA/DEPARTURE

• Tour Tziporri National Park

• Visit Christ Church

• Church of Annunciation

• Lunch 

• Travel from Nazareth to Netanya with option of stopping at the Mukhraka

• Showers and dinner at Zyvotel Netanya

• Check in Ben Gurion airport and return flight departing at 00:55 Friday morning

FRIDAY, 7 July: ARRIVE U.S.

• 00:55, Fly non-stop to JFK

• 5:50 am, Land in JFK and catch a flight to your home airport

• Arrive home enriched with your discoveries of faith, history, and connection.