2. HOLYLAND - THE BASIC TOUR
5 Days/ 4 Nights
(HT 501)
• Day 1 Flight into Tel Aviv
Fly into Tel Aviv Airport, where you will
be greeted and transferred to your
Jeruselam/ Behtlehem hotel for a 4-night
stay.
• Day 2 Tour of Galilee
Drive north along the Mediterranean coast
via Caesarea, the Roman and Crusader
port where a well preserved amphitheatre
and aqueduct can be seen. Drive inland to
Nazareth, the town that was the boyhood
home of Jesus.
Continue to the beautiful Sea of Galilee, driving around the shores to visit the
Mount of Beatitudes, Tabgha and Capernaum which were important sites
associated with Jesus’ Galilean ministry.
Drive down the fertile Jordan Valley to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
3. HOLYLAND - THE BASIC TOUR
5 Days/ 4 Nights
(HT 501)
• Day 3 Tour of Old Jerusalem &
Bethlehem
After breakfast, drive to the summit of
the Mount of Olives for a panorama
over the Golden City of Jerusalem.
Walk down past the churches of Pater
Noster and Dominus Flevit to the
Garden of Gethsamne where Jesus
was arrested; walk amongst the
ancient olive tree, and visit the church
of the Agony.
Enter the Old City through the Dung
Gate to see the famous Western
‘Wailing’ Wall sacred to the Jews, and
the golden Dome of the Rock on the
Temple Mount.
4. HOLYLAND - THE BASIC TOUR
5 Days/ 4 Nights
(HT 501)
Walk through the lanes of the Old City passing some of the stations of
the Cross which traditionally mark Jesus’ final route to Calvary, where
the Church of the Holy Sepulchre now stands. Leaving the Old City, visit
nearby Mount Zion to see
the Cenacle of Upper Room
where Jesus and his disciples
had their Last Supper and the
Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu
where Jesus was brought to trial
before the High Priest.
Finally (subject to conditions) visit
Bethlehem to see the
Church of the Nativity.
Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem/Bethlehem.
5. HOLYLAND - THE BASIC TOUR
5 Days/ 4 Nights
(HT 501)
• Day 4 Masada, the Dead Sea and
Jericho
Drive south through the Judean Wilderness
to Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were
found discovered.
Continue to Masada, the famous desert rock
fortress and hear the story of the Zealots
who chose to die by their own hands there
rather than be captured by the Romans
during the Jewish war of the 1st century AD.
Drive to the shores of the Dead Sea, the
lowest point on earth, taking the opportunity
to float in the salty buoyant water, rich in
minerals.
6. HOLYLAND - THE BASIC TOUR
5 Days/ 4 Nights
(HT 501)
Finally, visit Jericho, probably the oldest city in the
world, a fertile oasis in the desert and of course well-
known for Joshua’s conquest.
Return for dinner and overnight at your hotel.
• Day 5 Return Flight
You will be transferred to Tel-Aviv airport for your
return flight home.
