DAY 1 (Saturday, January 4) Fly from Chicago
DAY 2 (Sunday, January 5) Tel Aviv
Overnight in Tel Aviv – Yad Hashmona Hotel
DAY 3 (Monday, January 6) Tel Aviv – Aqaba, Jordan
Valley of Elah
Lachish
Beersheba
Ramon Crater
Wilderness of Zin
Timna
Cross into Jordan at Eilat/Aqaba border
Overnight in Aqaba, Jordan Grand Tala Bay Hotel
DAY 4 (Tuesday, January 7) Aqaba – Petra
Petra
Overnight in Amman - Bristol Hotel
DAY 5 (Wednesday, January 8) Jordan – Dead Sea
Mount Nebo
Madaba
Machaerus
Bethany by the Jordan (Jordanian side)
Border crossing at Allenby Bridge
Overnight in Dead Sea – Prima Oasis Hotel
DAY 6 (Thursday, January 9) Tiberias
Masada
Qumran
Jericho
Overnight in Tiberias - Ginnosar on the Sea of Galilee
DAY 7 (Friday, January 10) Tiberias
Sea of Galilee boat ride
Ginosar (Jesus boat)
Bethsaida
Tabgha (Church of Loaves and Fishes)
Mount of Beatitudes
Migdal
Overnight in Tiberias - Ginnosar on the Sea of Galilee
DAY 8 (Saturday, January 11) Tiberias
Golan Heights
Tel Dan
Caesarea Philippi
Hazor
Overnight in Tiberias - Ginnosar on the Sea of Galilee
DAY 9 (Sunday, January 12) Tiberias
Beth Shean
Shunem
Nain
Endor
Mount Tabor
Nazareth – Church of the Annunciation and Church of the Archangel Gabriel
Sepphoris
Cana
Overnight in Tiberias - Ginnosar on the Sea of Galilee
DAY 10 (Monday, January 13) Jerusalem
Megiddo
Mt. Carmel
Caesarea Maritima
Overnight in Jerusalem – Grand Court Jerusalem
DAY 11 (Tuesday, January 14) Jerusalem
Temple Mount
Western Wall of Temple
Extended Tunnels along Western Wall
St. Anne’s Church/Pool of Bethesda
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Upper Room & King David’s Tomb
The Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu
Overnight in Jerusalem – Grand Court Jerusalem
DAY 12 (Wednesday, January 15) Jerusalem
Israel Museum
Shrine of the Book
Jerusalem Model
Lunch at Kibbutz Ramat Rachel
Shepherds’ Field, Bethlehem
Bethlehem
Mount of Olives overlook of Jerusalem
Overnight in Jerusalem – Grand Court Jerusalem
DAY 13 (Thursday, January 16) Jerusalem
City of David National Park/King David’s Palace
Warren’s Shaft/Hezekiah’s Tunnel
Pool of Siloam
Tunnel back to Temple Mount
Southern Wall of Temple
Garden of Gethsemane
Church of All Nations
Gordon’s Calvary and Gordon’s Tomb
Overnight in Jerusalem – Grand Court Jerusalem
DAY 14 (Friday, January 17)
Fly from Tel Aviv to Chicago
Including
• Roundtrip international Air fare between Chicago-Tel Aviv
• 1 night at the Yad Hashmona Hotel or similar
• 1 night at Grand Tala Bay Aqaba or similar
• 1 night at Bristol Hotel Amman or similar
• 1 night at Prima Oasis Dead Sea or similar
• 4 Nights at Ginnosar on the Sea of Galilee in Deluxe rooms or similar
• 4 Nights at the Grand Court Jerusalem or similar
• Daily open buffet breakfasts at the hotels
• 12 Dinners at the Hotels
• All entry fees to the sites and museums as per the itinerary
• St. Peter’s Fish lunch in the Sea of Galilee
• Lunch at Ramat Rachel
• Arrival & departure transfers
• Transportation by deluxe AC motor coach as per itinerary
• Boat Tour at Sea of Galilee
• English-speaking licensed tour guide during all tours & transfers
• Personal headsets
• Service charges and local taxes
• Jordan collective visa
• Israel exit tax at Arava border
• Jordan exit tax at Sheikh Hussein border
• Tips to guide & driver [$10 per person per day ($7 to guide, $3 to driver.)]
Excluding
o Extras of personal nature
o Beverages with dinners or lunches
o Insurance of any kind
Hotels
- January 05, 2025 - January 06, 2025 Yad Hashmona guesthouse, Yad Hashmona, Israel