Holyland & Jordan Trip - Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Galilee, Petra -11 Days
11 days
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Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival to Ben Gurion Airport, Transfer to your Hotel
Stop At: Tel Aviv Marina and Sea Center, Atarim Square, Tel Aviv Israel
Start your amazing Trip vacation in Israel with an airport transfer to your Tel Aviv hotel. Upon arrival to Tel Aviv Airport you will be met by our representative who will be holding a sign with your name on, immediately after passport control.
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Tel Aviv
Day 2: Tel Aviv / Sea of Galilee / Tiberias / Caesarea / Megiddo
Stop At: Caesarea National Park, Route 2 Near Aqiva, Caesarea Israel
Your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel. We drive for a short visit of the city of Jaffa (Joppa) where we will take a short walking tour in picturesque alleys of the old, fortified town. We will pass by the house of Simon the Tanner and marvel at the views from the hill top.We drive north along the coast to the archaeological ruins of Caesarea, built by Herod the Great in honor of Augustus Caesar. From there we go on to visit Megiddo where the book of Revelations mentions a great battle at the place called "Armageddon". It is an ancient city inhabited continuously for more than five millennia (6000-500 B.C.).
After exploring the ancient ruins we drive toward the Sea of Galilee.
Duration: 9 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Tiberias
Day 3: Sea of Galilee / Capernaum / Tabgha / Golan Heights
Stop At: Tiberias Israel
Start the day from historic Tiberias, where Jesus sojourned, and preached on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
Our next destination will be Capernaum, the center of Jesus ministry. On to Tabgha, just north of Tiberias, the site of Christ’s miracle of feeding the 5,000 and at the Church of Multiplication, where the mosaic floor depicts a basket with loaves and two fishes.
We drive on to the Mount of Beatitudes overlooking the Sea, where Jesus preached the “Sermon on the Mount” and it is believed that Jesus picked his 12 apostles.
We ascend to the Golan Heights to view the panoramic view of the peaks of Mt. Hermon, the rugged plateau of the Golan Heights, and beneath it the green pastoral Hula Valley.
Visit the Yardenit Baptismal Site, located along the Jordan River, south of the Sea of Galilee.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Tiberias
Day 4: Nazareth / Jordan Valley / Beit Shean / Jerusalem
Stop At: The Church of the Annunciation, Casa Nova Street רחוב קזנובה, Nazareth Israel
This morning we travel to Cana to visit the Wedding Church where Jesus performed his first miracle, turning water into wine. We proceed to Nazareth, where Jesus spent his childhood, and the Church of Annunciation, built on the site where archaeologists believe the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary. You will also see Mary’s Well and Joseph’s Church. Drive through the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean with its recently excavated amphitheater. Visit the excavations of this beautiful preserved Roman City which was destroyed in an earthquake.
Continue to Jerusalem, to check-in at your hotel.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 5: Masada & Dead Sea / Qumran
Stop At: Dead Sea, Israel
Through remarkable scenery of the Dead Sea we continue to Masada which is situated on an isolated cliff in the Judean Desert. The site was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. Ascend by cable car to the fortress, which was the last stronghold of the Jewish Zealots in their war against the Romans. Visit the excavations, King Herod’s palace, the synagogue, bathhouse and much more. Enjoy the breathtaking view of the Roman camps and the Dead Sea.
En route to the Dead Sea, you will visit the site of the Qumran Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
Nearly 1,300 feet below sea level, the Dead Sea is the lowest point on the earth’s surface. Bring your swimsuit as if weather permits it’s possible to “float” on the salty, mineral rich, water.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 6: Jerusalem / Bethlehem / Yad Vashem
Stop At: Church of the Nativity, Manger Square .15 minutes walking from bus 231, Bethlehem Palestinian Territories
Start the day at the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea scrolls, then a visit to the beautifully renovated model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem, dating back to the time of the Second Temple. Enjoy Ein Karem; a picturesque village in the south western outskirts of Jerusalem. This small village has great significance in Christian traditions, since this is where according to tradition John the Baptist was born. Visit Yad Vashem the official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953, located at the foot of Mt. Hertzl.
Visit Bethlehem - the birthplace of Jesus at the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 7: Jerusalem / Western Wall / Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Stop At: Eglise du Saint-Sepulcre, Christian Quarter, Jerusalem Israel
Enter the Old City of Jerusalem where you will see the Western Wall and the actual site of the Second Temple, the Temple Mount. Walk the Way of the Cross, the Via Dolorosa, to Calvary and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, housing both the traditional site of Crucifixion and the Tomb of the Resurrection. To the southwest, just outside the Old City, is Mount Zion, with the traditional tomb of King David and the Room of the Last Supper. Enjoy the spectacular panoramic view of Jerusalem - the holy city for each of the world’s three great religions – Christianity, Judaism and Islam, from atop the Mount of Olives.
Visit the Garden of Gethsemane where Judas betrayed Jesus.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 8: Jerusalem / Sheikh Hussein Bridge / Jerash / Amman
Stop At: Jerash Ruins, Jerash Jordan
Drive from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to the Sheikh Hussein border crossing for procedures to enter Jordan.
Proceed to Jerash - city of the Decapolis, located about 45km north of Amman in the fertile heights of the Gilad. Visit the ancient Roman city with colonnaded streets, the baths and the hill of the top Temple etc. Drive to Amman for a panoramic city tour of the Jordanian capital.
Duration: 10 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Amman.
Day 9: Amman / Mount Nebo / Petra
Stop At: Petra - Wadi Musa 77110 Jordan
Drive to Mount Nebo, from where Moses viewed the Promised Land. From there you will see the Jordan Valley, Jericho and the Dead Sea. Continue along the Desert Highway to Wadi Musa, the modern village of Petra. Enter the site of Petra and walk, or ride on horseback to the "Siq" (Canyon). Walk through the "Siq" to the red rock city, the ancient capital of the Nabateans from 3rd Century BC to 2nd Century AD. Visit the most interesting carved monuments such as the Treasury (El Khazneh - a tomb of a Nabatean king) then the field of tombs, obelisks, the altar etc. From this point you can view the whole of the rock city.
After the visit, return to Wadi Musa.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Petra.
Day 10: Petra / Wadi Rum Jeeps / Madaba / Amman
Stop At: Madaba Archaeological Park, Hussein bin Ali Street, Madaba 17110 Jordan
After breakfast drive south to the towering mountains and rock formations of Wadi Rum, which mesmerised Lawrence of Arabia. Drive through the stunning desert landscapes on a jeep safari, visiting the Lawrence Spring and Khazali Canyon.
Drive north to Madaba to visit the remains of the Byzantine church with its ancient mosaic floor map, the oldest surviving original cartographic depiction of the mosaic map of the Holy Land and Jerusalem.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Amman.
Day 11: Amman / Sheikh Hussein / Jerusalem / Tel Aviv
Stop At: Amman Panorama Art Gallery, Al Hashemi Street, Amman Jordan
After breakfast, leave the hotel and drive to the border.
Cross the Jordan River and drive back to Jerusalem or Tel Aviv.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
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Day 1: Arrival to Ben Gurion Airport, Transfer to your Hotel
Stop At: Tel Aviv Marina and Sea Center, Atarim Square, Tel Aviv Israel
Start your amazing Trip vacation in Israel with an airport transfer to your Tel Aviv hotel. Upon arrival to Tel Aviv Airport you will be met by our representative who will be holding a sign with your name on, immediately after passport control.
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Tel Aviv
Day 2: Tel Aviv / Sea of Galilee / Tiberias / Caesarea / Megiddo
Stop At: Caesarea National Park, Route 2 Near Aqiva, Caesarea Israel
Your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel. We drive for a short visit of the city of Jaffa (Joppa) where we will take a short walking tour in picturesque alleys of the old, fortified town. We will pass by the house of Simon the Tanner and marvel at the views from the hill top.We drive north along the coast to the archaeological ruins of Caesarea, built by Herod the Great in honor of Augustus Caesar. From there we go on to visit Megiddo where the book of Revelations mentions a great battle at the place called "Armageddon". It is an ancient city inhabited continuously for more than five millennia (6000-500 B.C.).
After exploring the ancient ruins we drive toward the Sea of Galilee.
Duration: 9 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Tiberias
Day 3: Sea of Galilee / Capernaum / Tabgha / Golan Heights
Stop At: Tiberias Israel
Start the day from historic Tiberias, where Jesus sojourned, and preached on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
Our next destination will be Capernaum, the center of Jesus ministry. On to Tabgha, just north of Tiberias, the site of Christ’s miracle of feeding the 5,000 and at the Church of Multiplication, where the mosaic floor depicts a basket with loaves and two fishes.
We drive on to the Mount of Beatitudes overlooking the Sea, where Jesus preached the “Sermon on the Mount” and it is believed that Jesus picked his 12 apostles.
We ascend to the Golan Heights to view the panoramic view of the peaks of Mt. Hermon, the rugged plateau of the Golan Heights, and beneath it the green pastoral Hula Valley.
Visit the Yardenit Baptismal Site, located along the Jordan River, south of the Sea of Galilee.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Tiberias
Day 4: Nazareth / Jordan Valley / Beit Shean / Jerusalem
Stop At: The Church of the Annunciation, Casa Nova Street רחוב קזנובה, Nazareth Israel
This morning we travel to Cana to visit the Wedding Church where Jesus performed his first miracle, turning water into wine. We proceed to Nazareth, where Jesus spent his childhood, and the Church of Annunciation, built on the site where archaeologists believe the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary. You will also see Mary’s Well and Joseph’s Church. Drive through the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean with its recently excavated amphitheater. Visit the excavations of this beautiful preserved Roman City which was destroyed in an earthquake.
Continue to Jerusalem, to check-in at your hotel.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 5: Masada & Dead Sea / Qumran
Stop At: Dead Sea, Israel
Through remarkable scenery of the Dead Sea we continue to Masada which is situated on an isolated cliff in the Judean Desert. The site was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. Ascend by cable car to the fortress, which was the last stronghold of the Jewish Zealots in their war against the Romans. Visit the excavations, King Herod’s palace, the synagogue, bathhouse and much more. Enjoy the breathtaking view of the Roman camps and the Dead Sea.
En route to the Dead Sea, you will visit the site of the Qumran Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
Nearly 1,300 feet below sea level, the Dead Sea is the lowest point on the earth’s surface. Bring your swimsuit as if weather permits it’s possible to “float” on the salty, mineral rich, water.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 6: Jerusalem / Bethlehem / Yad Vashem
Stop At: Church of the Nativity, Manger Square .15 minutes walking from bus 231, Bethlehem Palestinian Territories
Start the day at the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea scrolls, then a visit to the beautifully renovated model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem, dating back to the time of the Second Temple. Enjoy Ein Karem; a picturesque village in the south western outskirts of Jerusalem. This small village has great significance in Christian traditions, since this is where according to tradition John the Baptist was born. Visit Yad Vashem the official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953, located at the foot of Mt. Hertzl.
Visit Bethlehem - the birthplace of Jesus at the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 7: Jerusalem / Western Wall / Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Stop At: Eglise du Saint-Sepulcre, Christian Quarter, Jerusalem Israel
Enter the Old City of Jerusalem where you will see the Western Wall and the actual site of the Second Temple, the Temple Mount. Walk the Way of the Cross, the Via Dolorosa, to Calvary and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, housing both the traditional site of Crucifixion and the Tomb of the Resurrection. To the southwest, just outside the Old City, is Mount Zion, with the traditional tomb of King David and the Room of the Last Supper. Enjoy the spectacular panoramic view of Jerusalem - the holy city for each of the world’s three great religions – Christianity, Judaism and Islam, from atop the Mount of Olives.
Visit the Garden of Gethsemane where Judas betrayed Jesus.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 8: Jerusalem / Sheikh Hussein Bridge / Jerash / Amman
Stop At: Jerash Ruins, Jerash Jordan
Drive from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to the Sheikh Hussein border crossing for procedures to enter Jordan.
Proceed to Jerash - city of the Decapolis, located about 45km north of Amman in the fertile heights of the Gilad. Visit the ancient Roman city with colonnaded streets, the baths and the hill of the top Temple etc. Drive to Amman for a panoramic city tour of the Jordanian capital.
Duration: 10 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Amman.
Day 9: Amman / Mount Nebo / Petra
Stop At: Petra - Wadi Musa 77110 Jordan
Drive to Mount Nebo, from where Moses viewed the Promised Land. From there you will see the Jordan Valley, Jericho and the Dead Sea. Continue along the Desert Highway to Wadi Musa, the modern village of Petra. Enter the site of Petra and walk, or ride on horseback to the "Siq" (Canyon). Walk through the "Siq" to the red rock city, the ancient capital of the Nabateans from 3rd Century BC to 2nd Century AD. Visit the most interesting carved monuments such as the Treasury (El Khazneh - a tomb of a Nabatean king) then the field of tombs, obelisks, the altar etc. From this point you can view the whole of the rock city.
After the visit, return to Wadi Musa.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Petra.
Day 10: Petra / Wadi Rum Jeeps / Madaba / Amman
Stop At: Madaba Archaeological Park, Hussein bin Ali Street, Madaba 17110 Jordan
After breakfast drive south to the towering mountains and rock formations of Wadi Rum, which mesmerised Lawrence of Arabia. Drive through the stunning desert landscapes on a jeep safari, visiting the Lawrence Spring and Khazali Canyon.
Drive north to Madaba to visit the remains of the Byzantine church with its ancient mosaic floor map, the oldest surviving original cartographic depiction of the mosaic map of the Holy Land and Jerusalem.
Duration: 10 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Amman.
Day 11: Amman / Sheikh Hussein / Jerusalem / Tel Aviv
Stop At: Amman Panorama Art Gallery, Al Hashemi Street, Amman Jordan
After breakfast, leave the hotel and drive to the border.
Cross the Jordan River and drive back to Jerusalem or Tel Aviv.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
Included
- 10x Breakfast
- Accommodation included: 10 nights
- 10 nights hotel accommodation on bed and breakfast basis.
- Assistance at the airport upon arrival.
- Transfers from/to airport on arrival and departure.
- Sightseeing in a modern air conditioned touring vehicle.
- Service of a Government licensed guide on all touring days.
- Entrance fees to places of interest while touring.
- Entry/Admission - Caesarea National Park
- Entry/Admission - Tiberias
- Entry/Admission - The Church of the Annunciation
- Entry/Admission - Dead Sea
- Entry/Admission - Church of the Nativity
- Entry/Admission - Eglise du Saint-Sepulcre
- Entry/Admission - Petra
- Entry/Admission - Madaba Archaeological Park
Not included
- Porterage at airport.
- Tipping for guide, driver and hotel staff.
- Beverages with meals.
- Traveler’s medical/baggage insurance.
- Entry Visa to Jordan (if required for restricted nationalities)
- Border Taxes & Border Shuttle transfers - Israel & Jordan (approx. US$52 per person - paid on tour)
- Entry/Admission - Tel Aviv Marina and Sea Center
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 9 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
- Not wheelchair accessible
- The sequence of the tour, hotels used, and sites visited may be amended due to circumstances
- Please note: be sure to provide the required passport information and flight details within the correct fields when booking.
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 35 travelers
Features
Tourism
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Cultural
70%
Original
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