Israel 9 days Tour Air and Land Package ( Holy Land Pilgrimage)

Depart overnight Israel, this beautiful city , get ready to unwind!! with jet-lag, time zone difference, possible fatigue in our land package we recommend arrival of a day early to begin your tour. During this down time you get a chance to meet tour directors, other fellow travellers, an opportunity to have a fresh and energized start the next day.
“Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord” (Ps. 118:26) from Ben Gurion Airport we drive to Tel Aviv and the adjacent Jaffa (Act: 9:36, 10:5, 11:5, 11:13) visiting the local basilica built on the location of Simon the Tanner’s house where the impure animals vision took place. Travel onwards to Haifa, Israel’s largest port city, built on the slopes of Mt. Carmel. We then make a brief halt at the Elijah cave at Stella Marris and then we continue to Muhraqa, the place of sacrifice and the site where Prophet Elijah defeated the False Prophets of Ba’al. Proceed to your hotel for rest.
N.B. The final program depends on the time of arrival.

the Mount of the Transfiguration (Matth. 17:1-8), wonderful panoramic view. We will continue to Nazareth to visit the basilica of the Annunciation and the nearby Church of St. Joseph with the traditional Home of the Holy Family. Visit Mary’s Well. Next we drive through the beautiful landscape of Lower Galilee, the home of many Jesus’ disciples. Visit to Mt. Precipice where the wrathful inhabitants of Nazareth wanted to cast Jesus down headlong. Cana. Visit the wedding Church

We start this day with a boat trip across the Sea of Galilee before we continue to have a St. Peter’s Fish lunch. We will drive around the western shores to visit the pilgrim shrines of the NW shores. Visit to the Mt. of Beatitudes, the scene of the Sermon on the Mount. Continue to Tabgha to visit the Church of the Multiplication of the Loves and Fishes and the nearby Chapel of the Primacy. This is followed by a visit to the ruins of the ancient town of Capernaum which in Jesus’ days was a flourishing border town, also known as “his own city” (Matth. 4:13). We will see the ancient synagogue and the “House of Peter”.

Start this day with a drive to the Yardenit Baptism Site located on the banks of the Jordan River. Drive to Jericho the most ancient city in the world, we drive on, stopping in the shade of sycamore tree of the kind which Zacchaeus climbed in order to see Jesus (Lk. 19:1-10). Ascend to The Qarantal monastery (by cable car). Drive to pass Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found (no entrance). Then towards the shores of the Dead Sea. Enjoy the opportunity to swim at the unique water of Dead Sea.

Start this eventful day visiting Yad Vashem, the holocaust museum.
We shall enter within the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem and walk in the footsteps of our Lord as he bore the burden of our sins to the Cross at Golgotha. We visit the Pools of Bethesda where Jesus healed the man who had been crippled for 38 years (Joh. 5:1-9) and walk on following the 14 stations of the Cross from Pilate’s Judgment Hall to the empty tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. We shall visit the Western Wall (Wailing Wall).
We will have Festive Ceremony with Tailor Made Tours Staff with certificate and JP badges & cake.

Jerusalem. Start this day with a visit to the Garden Tomb. We drive to Mt. Zion to visit the Upper Room and the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu, which is built over the ruins of the Palace of Caiaphas, the High Priest before whom Jesus was brought for trial (Mark 14: 53-65).
We drive to the top of the Mount of Olives from which Jesus ascended to heaven after his resurrection. From the Mount there is a magnificent view over all ancient and modern Jerusalem, the center of the biblical world. We visit the holy shrines on the Mount and walk on down the “Palm Sunday Road” visiting the Chapel of Dominus Flevit (Jesus wept) en route to the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of all Nations where Christ prayed

Bethlehem. Visit the Basilica of the Nativity where there will be the opportunity to kneel at the birthplace of Christ in the Grotto of the Nativity. Before living Bethlehem we shall visit the Fields of the Shepherds where the Angel of the Lord proclaimed the birth of the Messiah, the Savior of the World.
Drive to Ein Karem where John Baptist was born, Church of St. John the Baptist and Church of the Visitation.