Day 1: Old city
We will start our tour with an amazing panoramic view of the Temple Mount from Mount of Olives including overview of valley of Kidron and tombstones from the Second Temple era. Then visit Mt. Zion and tomb of King David, enter the Old City through the Zion Gate and walk through the Jewish Quarter, the Crusader shops, the Byzantine Cardo. Visit the Herodian house and the Burnt house and from there on to the Western Wall where we explore the tunnel or the southern excavation at the Davidson center. Ending the day with a short tour of the new city and Yad Vashem – Holocaust Museum.
Day 2 : New City:
Begin the day with the Chagall windows at the Hadassah hospital synagogue. Travel through the neighborhoods of early and modern Jerusalem, passed the Knesset, the Supreme Court and the Government offices.
Learn about the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Shrine of the Book, the second temple model and enjoy the unique exhibits in the Israel Museum. End the day in the hustle and bustle of the Mahaneh Yehuda market.
Day 3: Dead sea
Visit Masada, last stronghold of the Jewish revolt against the Romans in the first century. Have a swim in the unique Dead Sea, where you cannot sink. Visit Ein Gedi nature reserve with fresh water springs. Stop at Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
Three days - one night Jerusalem, one night Galilee.
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Day One – Jerusalem:
We will start our tour with an amazing panoramic view of the Temple Mount from Mount of Olives, where Jesus overlooked the city two thousand years ago. Then to the garden of Gethsemane, where he was betrayed by Judas.
Enter the Old City to visit the holy sight for the jews , the Western Wall, where Jews over the centuries have wept for the Temple which was destroyed by the Romans.
Continue to the Via Dolorosa, the way of the Cross, ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where according to the tradition jesus was crucified, burried and ascented to heaven. Continue along the main Byzantine street, the Cardo, and exit the Old City through the Zion Gate.
Visit the traditional site of the Tomb of King David, the Room of the Last Supper and the Dormition abbey. If time permits visit the Peter Gallicantu church and the Garden Tomb.
Day Two – Galilee:
Start the day visiting Nazareth, where Jesus spent his youth and then follow in his footsteps to the Sea of Galilee. At Capernaum see where Peter may have lived, at Tabgha visit the church that commemorates the place where Jesus fed the multitudes and on Mount Beatitudes where he taught them “Blessed are the meek…”
Sail in a wooden boat very similar to those used by the fishermen two thousand years ago, including Jesus’ disciples.
Day Three:
Start the day at Megiddo, a Canaanite and then Israelite city overlooking the Jezre’el valley. This sight is known as “the place which is called in Hebrew Armageddon. (Revelation 16:16).
Driving westwards we reach the Mediterranean Sea and the ancient city of Ceasaria. We will visit the magnificent Herodian port and sit in the restored Roman theatre. In Ceasaria Paul was held prisoner before being sent to Rome to be tried. Driving to Jaffa where Peter lodged there with Simon the tanner and Jonah “rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord”. (Jonah 1:3)
For more information please write us to info@haifatours.com or call us to + 972 4 862 0616
Two days in Galilee
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Day 1 Galilee:
Start the day visiting Nazareth, where Jesus spent his youth and then follow in his footsteps to the Sea of Galilee. At Capernaum see where Peter may have lived, at Tabgha visit the church that commemorates the place where Jesus fed the multitudes and on Mount Beatitudes where he taught them “Blessed are the meek…”
Sail in a wooden boat very similar to those used by the fishermen two thousand years ago, including Jesus’ disciples.
Day 2 Galilee :
Start the day at Megiddo, a Canaanite and then Israelite city overlooking the Jezre’el valley. This sight is known as “the place which is called in Hebrew Armageddon. (Revelation 16:16)
Driving westwards we reach the Mediterranean Sea and the ancient city of Ceasarea.
We will visit the magnificent Herodian port and sit in the restored Roman theatre.
In Ceasarea Paul was held prisoner before being sent to Rome to be tried.
Driving to Jaffa where Peter lodged there with Simon the tanner and
Jonah “rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord”. (Jonah 1:3)
Two Days Jerusalem
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Day 1
We will start our tour with an amazing panoramic view of the Temple Mount from Mount of Olives including overview of valley of Kidron and tombstones from the Second Temple era.
Then visit Mt. Zion and tomb of King David, enter the Old City through the Zion Gate and walk through the Jewish Quarter, the Crusader shops, the Byzantine Cardo. Visit the Herodian house and the Burnt house and from there on to the Western Wall where we explore the tunnel or the southern excavation at the Davidson center. Ending the day with a short tour of the new city and Yad Vashem – Holocaust Museum
Day 2
New City:
Begin the day with the Chagall windows at the Hadassah hospital synagogue. Travel through the neighborhoods of early and modern Jerusalem, passed the Knesset, the Supreme Court and the Government offices.
Learn about the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Shrine of the Book, the second temple model and enjoy the unique exhibits in the Israel Museum. End the day in the hustle and bustle of the Mahaneh Yehuda market.
For more information please write us to info@haifatours.com or call us to + 972 4 862 0616
