2. THE HERITAGE TOUR
8 days / 7 nights
• Day 1 Flight into Tel Aviv (HT 801)
Arrive into Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion
Airport, where you will be greeted
and transferred to your Galilee
hotel.
• Day 2 Lakeside Ministry,
Nazareth, Cana and Mount Tabor
Drive around the Sea of Galilee
visiting the sites of Jesus’ ministry:
the Mount of Beatitudes where
Jesus gave the Sermon on the
Mount, Tabgha where the miracle of
the feeding of the five thousand
took place, and Capernaum which
was the center of Jesus’ Galilean
ministry.
Continue to Nazareth and visit the
Basilica of the Annunciation which
is believed to be built over part of
Mary’s home.
3. THE HERITAGE TOUR
8 days / 7 nights
(HT 801)
Drive to the village of Cana where Jesus
performed His first miracle of turning water
into wine at a wedding feast.
Visit Mount Tabor, traditional scene of the
Transfiguration.
Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
• Day 3 The Mediterranean Coast
A full day’s tour. Drive to the coast to the
ancient walled city of Acre, an important
Roman and Crusader port and the
headquarters of the Order of St. John of
Jerusalem. See the underground fortress.
Continue southwards along the coastal route
via Mount Carmel to Caesarea, with its
impressive remains of a Roman theatre and
aqueduct.
Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
4. THE HERITAGE TOUR
8 days / 7 nights
(HT 801)
• Day 4 The Jordan Valley, Beth Shan & Jericho
After breakfast, leave your hotel heading via the Jordan Valley to Beth
Shan, site of extensive archeological excavations and the best preserved
amphitheatre in the country.
Drive down to Jericho, famous for its destruction by Joshua.
Continue to Jerusalem/Bethlehem, drive to the top of the Mount of Olives
for a first view over the Golden City.
Arrive at your Jerusalem hotel for dinner and a 4-night stay.
5. THE HERITAGE TOUR
8 days / 7 nights
(HT 801)
• Day 5 Tour of old Jerusalem
Begin your tour on mount Zion to see the
cenacle or Upper Room where traditionally
Jesus and his disciples shared the Last Supper,
and the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu
where Jesus was brought to trial before the
High Priest.
Enter the old City of Jerusalem through the
Zion Gate and walk through the Jewish
Quarter past the Roman Cardo.
See the famous Western “Wailing” Wall sacred
to the Jews, and the golden Dome of the Rock
on the Temple Mount.
Then follow the Stations of the Cross along the
Via Dolorosa which marks Jesus traditional
rout to Calvary where He was crucified, over
which the Church of the Holy Sepulchre now
stands.
End the day in the tranquil Garden Tomb.
Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.
6. THE HERITAGE TOUR
8 days / 7 nights
(HT 801)
• Day 6 Massada and the Dead Sea
Drive south through the Judean
wilderness to Qumran where the Dead
Sea Scrolls were discovered.
Continue to Massada, the famous desert
rock fortress and hear the story of the
Zealots who chose to die by their own
hands rather than be captured by the
Romans during the Jewish war of 1st
century AD.
Drive to the shores of the Dead Sea, at
the lowest point on earth, taking the
opportunity to float in the salty buoyant
water, rich in minerals.
Return for dinner and overnight at your
Jerusalem hotel.
7. THE HERITAGE TOUR
8 days / 7 nights
(HT 801)
• Day 7 Mount of Olives and
Bethlehem, The New City
Walk down the Mount of Olives from
the chapel of the Ascension to see the
Pater Noster church where the Lord’s
Prayer is displayed in many different
languages, and Dominus Flevit with
its tear-drop shaped dome
traditionally where Jesus wept over
Jerusalem.
Continue to the Garden of
Gethsemane at the foot of the hill, to
visit the Church of the Agony and see
the ancient olive trees.
Drive to Bethlehem (if possible)
where the Church of the Nativity is
built over the traditional site of Jesus’
birth.
8. THE HERITAGE TOUR
8 days / 7 nights
(HT 801)
In the afternoon, drive through the
New City of Jerusalem, viewing
the Knesset and the Israel
Museum. End the day with a visit
to the moving Yad Vashem
Holocaust Memorial.
Dinner and overnight in
Jerusalem.
• Day 8 Return Flight
You will be transferred to Tel
Aviv’s Ben- Gurion airport for
your return flight home.
