Sep 5 Tue Depart Chicago O’Hare (ORD)- To Tel Aviv
Sep 6 Wed Arrive Tel Aviv Airport @ TBD Our
representative will meet you after the customs and baggage claim with a “Rev. Jason Oden & Rabbi Brad Hirschfield” sign. After clearing customs meet you guide and driver. Transfer to your Jerusalem hotel for dinner and overnight (D)
Sep 7 Thu JERUSALEM
Breakfast in hotel, Visit St. Anne’s Church and Pools of Bethesda continuing on the Via Dolorosa , Lunch by Jaffa Gate Church and visit the Holy Sepulchre, the traditional site of Jesus’ crucifixion, burial, and resurrection, Free time in afternoon in the old city. Dinner on your own tonight. Return to hotel on your own for overnight. (B,L)
Sep 8 Fri JERUSALEM
Breakfast at hotel. Today we Visit Bethlehem, Shepherds Field, church of Nativity, St Jeromes Caves, and Milk Grotto. Lunch and shopping in Bethlehem, afternoon visit Alon Shvut. Reutrn to Hotel for dinner and overnight. (B,L,D)
Sep 9 Sat JERUSALEM
After breakfast in hotel, we begin our day with a spectacular view of Jerusalem from the top of the Mount of Olives we will visit the Jerusalem Archeological Park- Davidson Center, The Kotel Temple Mount. Lunch in Old City, After lunch visit Yad VaShem, Holocaust Memorial and Museum. Return fo Hotel for Dinner and overnight in Jersusalem. (B,L,D)
Sep 10 Sun QUMRAN - MASADA - GALILEE
Breakfast at hotel and Check out. Drive east from Jerusalem to the lowest place on earth, the Dead Sea. Visit Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1947. Thereafter drive to Masada, a natural fortress with majestic ruins overlooking the Dead Sea. Lunch at snackbar (with sandwiches from hotel). Visit the baptismal site of Qasr al-Yahud Check in to Galilee hotel for dinner and overnight. (B,L,D)
Sep 11 Mon GALILEE
Breakfast at hotel, visit Mt of Beatitudes, the life of historical Jesus in the towns of Tabgha, Capernaum and Ginosar Tabor, Lunch, Enjoy a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Visit a well–preserved, first centuryA.D. synagogue at Magdala and the excavations and back to hotel for Dinner and overnight. (B,L,D)
Sep 12 Tue GALILEE
Breakfast at hotel. After morning prayer, drive to Mt. Tabor, visit the Church of the Transfiguration. Enjoy an outstanding view of the Jezreel Valley where the battle of Deborah and the Canaanites took place (Judges 5). Visit Zippori National Park to see its wonderful mosaics. Lunch in Nazareth. Worship at Christ Church. Tour Nazareth and return to hotel for dinner and overnight. (B,L,D)
Sep 13 Wed GALILEE - TEL AVIV
Breakfast at hotel, and check out. After breakfast drive to the ruins of Caesarea, a large city port built by Herod the Great to honor Roman Caesar Augustus. His city included a theater, a hippodrome, and an aqueduct system stretching from the springs of Mt. Carmel to Caesarea. Drive to Tel Aviv and enjoy lunch in Jaffa, Dinner and Overnight in Tel Aviv. (B,L,D)
Sep 14 Thu Transfer to TEL Aviv Airport for flight
home to Chicago. (B)
Including
- Roundtrip airfare from Chicago to Tel Aviv
- 4 nights at Legacy Hotel Jerusalem
- 3 Nights at Ginosar Village Tiberias on HB
- 1 Night at Tal Tel Aviv or similar on HB
- Daily breakfast & dinners at hotels
- Sightseeing as per the itinerary
- Entrance fees – to sites as per the itinerary
- Licensed Tour Guide during all tours & transfers
- Headsets for each participant throughout
- Arrival & Departure airport transfers
- Airport meet & assist
- Transportation in private air-conditioned tourist coaches
during tour
- Private boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.
- 7 lunches on touring days on route
- Portage at airport and hotels, service fees and local taxes.
- Free WI-FI in the bus throughout the trip.
- Service charges and local taxes
Excluding
-Tips to guide & driver
- Beverages with meals
- Extras of a personal nature