Full Day Jerusalem Old and Modern City
One day – Jerusalem - old and modern
For Jewish Tourists
We will start our tour with an amazing panoramic view of the Temple Mount from Mount of Olives including overview of Valley of Kidron and tombstones from the Second Temple era. Then visit Mt. Zion and tomb of King David, enter the Old City through the Zion Gate and walk through the Jewish Quarter, the Crusader shops, the Byzantine Cardo. Visit the Herodian house and the Burnt house and from there on to the Western Wall where we explore the tunnel or the southern excavation at the Davidson center.
Travel through the neighborhoods of early and modern Jerusalem, passed the Knesset, the Supreme Court and the Government offices and visit Yad Vashem – Holocaust Museum. End the day in the hustle and bustle of the Mahaneh Yehuda market
For Pilgrims
We will start our tour with an amazing panoramic view of the Temple Mount from Mount of Olives, where Jesus overlooked the city two thousand years ago. Then to the garden of Gethsemane, where he was betrayed by Judas. Enter the Old City to visit the holy site for the Jews, the Western Wall, where Jews over the centuries have wept for the Temple which was destroyed by the Romans. Continue to the Via Dolorosa, the way of the Cross,
ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where according to the tradition Jesus was crucified. Continue along the main Byzantine street, the Cardo, and exit the Old City through the Zion Gate. Visit the traditional site of the Tomb of King David, the Room of the Last Supper and the Dormition abbey. Continue to the modern city to visit Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum, then to the village Ein Karem where John the Baptist was born.
Northern coast
One day – Northern coast
Full day
Driving along the Mediterranean Sea to the ancient city of Caesarea.
We will visit the magnificent Herodian port and sit in the restored Roman theatre.
Then visit Haifa with visit and overview of Bahai Gardens, the Haifa bay and western Galilee. and on to the Crusader port of Acco.
Full Day Galilee
For Jewish Tourists
One day – Galilee
Full day
Visit the city Beit Shean, where King Saul fought the Philistines, and where, a thousand years later, a modern city was built, so well preserved that you can walk along the Roman streets around the Sea of Galilee, to visit the ancient synagogue at Caepernaum.
Ending with a visit to Safed, the city of mysticism and Kabalah. Visit quaint art galleries and ancient synagogues.
For Pilgrims
One day - Galilee
Full day:
Start the day visiting Nazareth, where Jesus spent his youth and then follow in his footsteps to the Sea of Galilee. At Capernaum see where Peter may have lived, at Tabgha visit the church that commemorates the place where Jesus fed the multitudes and on Mount Beatitudes where he taught them “Blessed are the meek…”
Sail in a wooden boat very similar to those used by the fishermen two thousand years ago, including Jesus’ disciples.
