Holy Land Program

07 Days / 06 Nights

Day 01:      Amman Airport – Jericho – Nazareth Hotel 

Arriving to Amman Airport, Meet And Assist By Highlands Representative , Transfer to Allenby Bridge, Cross Border & Proceed to Jericho, The Oldest City in The World. Visit to The Sycamore Tree, A Reminder Of Zacchaeus’ Conversion. View The Qarantal Monastery (Mount Of Temptation), The Traditional Site Where Jesus was Tempted By The Devil. From Jericho We Drive Through The Jordan valley to Nazareth Hotel for Dinner & Overnight.

Day 02:  Mount of Beatitudes – Tabgha – Capernaum – Jordan River  – Nazareth Hotel

Breakfast , Start Our Journey to Visit The Sea Of Galilee , Then we Visit  Mount Of The Beatitudes Where Jesus Proclaimed His Famous Sermon On The Mount,  We Proceed to Tabgha And Visit The Church Of The multiplication Of The Loaves And Fishes. Visit The Church Of The Primacy Of St. Peter And Proceed Tocapernaum, The Town In Which Jesus Started to Preach The Good News. Visit to the Ancient Synagogue And to St. Peter’s House. Boat Ride On The Sea Of Galilee, From Nof Ghinossar to Lido Restaurant Where Lunch Will Be Served , Afternoon: Drive to The Jordan River Where We Renew The Baptismal Promises. Drive to Mount Tabor And Visit to The Basilica Of The Transfiguration Of Our Lord. – Visit to Caprice Diamond Center. Back to the Hotel for Dinner And Overnight.

Day 03: Cana – Stella Maris – Lady of Carmel – Haifa – Ceasrea – Bethlehem Hotel 

Breakfast , Full Day Visit to  The Basilica Of The Annunciation ,Visit  Of St. Joseph’s Church, St. Gabriel’s Greek Orthodox Church And St. Mary’s Well. After That We Proceed to Kafr Kanna to Visit The Village Of The Wedding Ofcana Where Jesus Performed His First Miracle Changing The Water Into Wine. Here We Renew Our Marriage Vows ,  Drive to  Haifa  to Visit The Carmelite Monastery Of Stella Maris And Visit The Church Dedicated to Our Lady Of Mount Carmel. This is The Cradle Of The Order Of The Carmelites. View Of The Bahai Gardens And Then Continue To Caesarea Along The Blue Mediterranean Coast. We Proceed to Caesarea, Visit The Roman Theater Continue to Our Hotel in Bethlehem for Dinner And Overnight  .

Day 04:  Jerusalem – The Temple Mount- Mount of Olives – Via Dolorosa – The Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher – Bethlehem Hotel 

 Breakfast , Full Day Visit to Jerusalem And Visit The Temple Mount Where We Can Admire  The Famous Mosque Of Al-Aqsa And The Dome Of The Rock , Then We Proceed to The Mount Of Olives Which Reminds Of Many Important Events Of The Life Of Jesus Christ. We Start By Visiting The Site Of The Ascension Of Jesus To Heaven, We Proceed to Visit The Nearby Church And Monastery Of The Pater Noster, Which Is Built On The Site Where Jesus Taught His Disciples The Prayer Of Our Father. While Descending The Slope Of The Mount We Stop At The Dominus Flevit Chapel, The Site Of Jesus’ Weeping Over Jerusalem. Further Down The Slope We Visit The Basilica Of The Agony Of Jesus Which Is Built Close to The Garden Of Gethsemane Where Jesus Agonized In Prayer Prior to his Betrayal. Visit To The Grotto Of The Betrayal Of Jesus and The Tomb Of The Virgin Mary , Continue our Day By Visiting The Church Of St. Anne And The Neighboring Site Of The Pool Of Bethesda Where Jesus Healed A Man Who Has Been Ill For Thirty Eight Years. We Continue to The Franciscan Compound Where We Visit The Church Of The  Flagellation And The Chapel Of The Condemnation From Which Pilgrims Can Follow The “Way Of The Cross”. We Then Proceed to Visit The Basilica Of The Ecce Homo And The Archaeological Outstanding Excavations Of The Lithostrotos. We Walk Along The Via Dolorosa Visiting The Stations Of The Cross And We Stop At The Russian Alexander Compound to Visit The Threshold Of Judgment Gate And The Other Archaeological Findings . Continue to Visit The Church Of The Anastasia (Resurrection) Or Holy Sepulcher, Which Enshrines Calvary (Or Golgotha), The Tomb Of Jesus, The Chapel Of St. Helena, The chapel Of The Finding (Invention) Of The Cross.   Then The Neighboring Domitian Abbey Commemorating The Passing Away Of The Virgin Mary. Visit The Church Of St. Peter In Gallicantu, The Site Of The Grand Priest’s House Where The Cock Crowed Thrice As Peter Denied Jesus. We Start At Damascus Gate, The Most Famous Of Jerusalem’s Gates. We Cross On Foot The Arab Suq (Market) And Reach First The Restored Roman-Byzantine Cardo And Then Come To The Western Wall Or Wailing Wall. Visit To The Tomb Of Herod’s Family. Back to our Hotel for Dinner & Overnight .

Day 05:   Ein Karem – Bethany – Dead Sea – Bethlehem Hotel 

Breakfast  , Full Day Visit to Ein Karem, the Town Of St. John The Baptist. Visit to The Church Of St. John And Then Ascensi  On On Foot To The Church Of The  Visitation Commemorating The Visit Of The Virgin Mary to Her Cousin Elizabeth And Her Joyous Song Of The Magnificent. Visit Of The Shrine Of Lazarus in Bethany. We Start With The Visit To The Church At The Shepherds Field In Beit Sahour (Mass) And Then We Come To The Basilica Of The Nativity In Bethlehem, The Birthplace Of The Our Lord Jesus. We Visit The Grotto Of The Nativity And St. Jerome’s Grotto Where He Translated The Bible From The Hebrew Into The Latin Language, A Translation Called The Vulgate. We Proceed To The Lowest Point Of The Surface Of The Earth, The Dead Sea- Short Time For Swimming Back to the Hotel for Dinner & Overnight.

Day 06:  Bethlehem – Allenby – Madaba – Mount Nebo – Amman City Tour – Amman Hotel  

Breakfast , Transfer to  Allenby Bridge Where We Say Goodbye to the The Holy Land  , Cross Border Again to Jordan , Drive to Visit  Madaba Where You Will Visit The Greek Orthodox Church Of St. George With Its Chief Attraction, The 6th Century Byzantine Mosaic Known As The Madaba Map, The Oldest Existing Map Of The Holy  Land. We Proceed to Mount Nebo, The Final Station Of The Prophet Moses’ Life . We Return To Amman For A Panoramic Tour Of The Town, And Then Proceed to Amman Hotel for Dinner & Overnight.

Day  07:   Airport

Breakfast – Transfer to Airport to Meet Again our Representative to Assist you for Your Flight Departure .

 Includes:

• Meet & Assist on Arrival & Departure.
• All Tours & Transfers by a Deluxe A/C Coach.
• Professional Escort Guide.
• Entrance Fees at All above Mentioned Sites.
• Entry Jordan visa.
• Israeli Visa.
• Exit Departure Taxes.
• Full Board Meals.
• 02 Nights Nazareth – 03 Nights Bethlehem – 01 Night Amman.
• 01 Pax Free Sharing Room for every 15 Pax Paying .

Excludes:

• Tips, Drinks, Portages & Personal Expenses.