Holy Land Circuit
DAY 1 - MONDAY - TEL AVIV
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport. Assistance by our representative at the airport and transfer to Tel Aviv. Overnight in Tel Aviv.
DAY 2 - TUESDAY - TEL AVIV - JAFFA - CAESAREA - HAIFA - ACRE - GALILEY
Breakfast. Departure for a brief visit to the City of Tel Aviv-Jaffa. We will continue to Caesarea through the Sharon valley, to visit the Roman Theater, the Ruins of the Crusaders and the Roman Aqueduct. We will continue to the city of Haifa on Mount Carmel. View of the Bahai Temple, a Persian sect of special aesthetic values. We will continue to São João de Acre, to visit the old Cruzada fortress. We will continue through western Galilee. Overnight in Galilee (kibbutz or Hotel).
DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY - GALILEY - TIBERIAS - NAZARETH
After breakfast, departure through Cana da Galilee to Nazaré where we will visit the Basilica of the Annunciation and the Carpentry of St. Joseph. We will border the Sea of Galilee to Tiberias. In the afternoon, we will continue to Tabgha to visit the place where the bread and fish are multiplied. We will continue to Capernaum to visit the old synagogue and the home of Saint Peter. We will arrive at Monte das Bem Beaturanças, setting of the Sermon on the Mount. We ended the day with a brief visit to a diamond factory, the second most important industry in the country. Overnight in Galilee (kibbutz or Hotel).
DAY 4 - THURSDAY - TIBERIAN - MEGGIDO - JERUSALEM
After breakfast, we leave the city of Tiberias for Yardenit (the place of baptism), on the banks of the Jordan River. We continue to Meggido, place of the battle of Armageddon, from where we can admire a magnificent panorama of the Jezreel Valley, visit the ruins of Solomon and the tunnel of Ahab. We continue to Jerusalem. Overnight in Jerusalem.
DAY 5 - FRIDAY - JERUSALEM (NEW CITY) - BELEM
After breakfast, we will leave for a panoramic view of the New City of Jerusalem. Visit of the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum, where the Dead Sea manuscripts and the model of the City of Jerusalem in Jesus' time are on display. Then we will continue to Ein Karem, where Saint John the Baptist was born. We continue to the Holocaust Museum (Yad Vashem), a monument in honor of the 6 million Jews who died in the Holocaust. In the afternoon, we will visit the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem where the birth of Jesus is commemorated, visit the Gruta do Nascimento and the caves of São Jerônimo and São Jose. Return to the hotel. Overnight in Jerusalem.
DAY 6 - SATURDAY - JERUSALEM (OLD CITY)
After breakfast, we will leave via Mount Scopus to the Mount of Olives from where we will see the ancient city of Jerusalem. We continue to the garden of Gethsêmani with its millenary olive trees and the Basilica of all Nations. We will follow the Wailing Wall, then continue through the Via Dolorosa to the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher. We will visit Mount Zion, the Abbey of Dormition, the Tomb of King David, and the Cenacle (room of the Last Supper). Return to the hotel. Overnight in Jerusalem.
DAY 7 - SUNDAY - JERUSALEM
Anchor Breakfast. Free day in Jerusalem. Possibility of optional excursion to Masada and Dead Sea. Overnight in Jerusalem.
DAY 8 - MONDAY - DEPARTURE. BEN GURION AIRPORT
After breakfast and at the indicated time, transfer to Ben Gurion airport. BON VOYAGE!
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