12 Day Israel Tour (with Petra Add-on) - Easter 2024 (2024)

Depart from the Hotel after breakfast
Drive up the Old Damascus Road (Paul)
Visit Jaffa – Peter’s Vision (House of Simon the Tanner, Jonah and the whale, ..)
Visit Caesarea – Herod’s Maritime Harbour City
Visit Megiddo – Armageddon
Visit Mt Carmel (where Elijah called down the fire)
Visit El Muhraqa (Spectacular view of the Plains of Armageddon)
Views of Jezreel Valley
Continue to Galilee
Accommodation: Ein Gev, Galilee (or similar) – Half Board – Breakfast & Evening Meal included

Depart from the Hotel after breakfast
Visit the Basilica of the Annunciation or visit the ruins of Jesus’ time
Visit the Nazareth Village (Take a step back in time)
Visit Cana (Jesus’ first miracle)
Continue to the Sea of Galilee
Visit Capernaum (The Town of Jesus)
Visit Tabgtha (Loaves & Fishes)
Accommodation: Ein Gev, Galilee (or similar) – Half Board – Breakfast & Evening Meal included

Depart from the Hotel after breakfast
Visit Mt of Beatitudes (Sermon on the Mount)
Visit Tel Dan (What happened to the tribe of Dan?)
Visit Caesarea Phillippi (Who do people say I am?)
Visit Golan Heights
Visit Local Date Farm
Accommodation: Ein Gev, Galilee (or similar) – Half Board – Breakfast & Evening Meal included

Depart from the hotel after breakfast
Visit the Jesus Boat Museum
Boat Ride on the Sea of Galilee (Praise boat with worship)
Continue towards the Jordan River Valley
Visit Beit She’an (An impressive Roman town)
Visit Qasr el Yahud (Bethany by the Jordan) – where Jesus was baptised – (Baptisms Available)
Visit Jericho (where the walls came tumbling down)
View the Mt of Temptation (where Jesus was tempted after fasting for 40 days & 40 nights)
Hotel – Jericho Resort (or similar) – Half Board – Breakfast & Evening Meal included

Depart from the hotel after breakfast
Travel South through the Judean Wilderness
Visit Qumran – Dead Sea Scrolls
Visit Masada – Herod’s Mountain Fortress
Visit Ein Gedi – David / Saul
Visit the Dead Sea – for a float
Begin driving South through the Wilderness of Zin (Moses)
Pass by Lot’s Wife
Pass by Sodom
Visit Eilat Stone
Arrive in Eilat for an evening by the Red Sea / Shopping in the Mall / Time at the Marina
Hotel – Prima Music Hotel, Eilat (or similar) – Half Board – Breakfast & Evening Meal included

Depart from the hotel after breakfast
Journey north through the Negev Desert (Moses)
Visit the Ramon Crater and Space Center
Visit Avdat – A point on the ancient Silk Road
Visit Be’er Sheva and Abraham’s well
Visit Beit Shemesh (the Ark of the Covenant)
Visit the Elah Valley (David and Goliath) before arriving in Jerusalem
Hotel – Leonardo Hotel, Jerusalem (or similar) – Half Board – Breakfast & Evening Meal included

Day 9 (28/03/24)

Thursday

Depart from the hotel after breakfast
Drive to the top of the Mount of Olives
View of the Old City (Hinnom, Tyropoeon and Kidron Valley’s, Southern Steps)
Walk down the Mount of Olives following the path taken by Jesus on Palm Sunday
Stop at Dominus Flevit – the Lord wept
Visit the Garden of Gethsemane / Church of All Nations
Enter the Old City through the Lions Gate – visit the Pools of Bethesda (St Ann’s Church)
Continue to the Antonia Fortress – where Jesus stood before Pilate
Via Dolorosa (Walk of Sorrows)
Church of Holy Sepulcher
View Nehemiah’s wall
Visit the Temple Mount (Kotel)
Visit the Jewish Quarter
Hotel – Leonardo Hotel, Jerusalem (or similar) – Half Board – Breakfast & Evening Meal included

Day 10 (29/03/24)

Friday (GOOD FRIDAY)

Depart from the hotel after breakfast
David’s City
Hezekiah’s tunnels
Pool of Siloam
Visit Mount Zion
Visit St Peter in Gallicantu (where Peter denied Yeshua 3 times / House of Caiaphas)
Upper room
Ancient steps that Jesus would have used
Visit the Garden Tomb
Hotel – Leonardo Hotel, Jerusalem (or similar) – Half Board – Breakfast & Evening Meal included