Day 1:

Arrival – Ben Gurion airport – Jerusalem/Bethlehem
Overnight: Ararat Hotel, Holyland Hotel

Arrival to Ben Gurion airport, after finishing the formalities, you will drive to your hotel in either Jerusalem / Bethlehem

Day 2:
Jerusalem
Overnight: Ararat Hotel, Holyland Hotel

Start with a sweeping view of the Old City from the Mount of Olives.

Then visit the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus prayed the night before he was crucified. Enter the Old City of Jerusalem and walk through the Four Quarters (Muslim, Christian, Jewish and Armenian) to view the major landmarks of 4000 years of dramatic history, including the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Day 3:

Bethlehem – New city – Ein Karem
Overnight: Ararat Hotel, Holyland Hotel

Depart from your hotel to Bethlehem and see the Church of Nativity, and on to Shepherd’s Fields in Beit Sahour.
Drive through the new city of Jerusalem. on to visit Ein Karem village & the church of visitation.

Day 4:

Jericho – Dead sea
Overnight: Ararat Hotel, Holyland Hotel

Drive to visit Jericho, the oldest continually inhabited city in the world, view the mount of Temptation and the tree of Sycamore. Later drive to the Dead sea, the lowest point on earth. To enjoy its' healing water.

Day 5:

Tel Aviv white city and Jaffa tour
Overnight: Ararat Hotel, Holyland Hotel

Drive to Tel Aviv, get a tour of the White City. The White City refers to a collection of over 4,000 buildings built in a unique form of the Bauhaus or International Style in Tel Aviv from the 1930s by German Jewish architects who immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine after the rise of the Nazis. Tel Aviv has the largest number of buildings in the Bauhaus/International Style of any city in the world. Preservation, documentation, and exhibitions have brought attention to Tel Aviv’s collection of 1930s architecture. In 2003, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proclaimed Tel Aviv’s White City a World Cultural Heritage site, as “an outstanding example of new town planning and architecture in the early 20th century.” The citation recognized the unique adaptation of modern international architectural trends to the cultural, climatic, and local traditions of the city.
Proceed to Jaffa – the southern, oldest part of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical stories of Jonah, Solomon, and Saint Peter as well as the mythological story of Andromeda and Perseus. Visit the old city and walk in its alleys. Also visit the Church of St. Peter.
Spend some free time on the beach and the promenade of Tel Aviv before returning to your hotel.

Day 6:

Bethlehem – Caesarea – Haifa – Nazareth – Tiberias
Overnight: Plaza Hotel Nazareth

Leave Bethlehem via the coastal road to Caesarea:Roman theatre and aqueduc, continue to Haifa, visit Mount Carmel for a panoramic view of the city and Harbor, visit the Church of Stella Maris, proceed to Nazareth to visit the Church of Annunciation, continue to Cana of the Galilee where Jesus performed his first public miracle, the turning of a large quantity of water into wine at a wedding feast.
Dinner and overnight

Day 7 :

Tiberias: Round the lake
Overnight: Plaza Hotel Nazareth

Visit Tabgha, Church of the Loaves and Fishes, the church of the primacy of St. Peter, Mount of Beatitudes, Capernaum, enjoy a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, visit the Jordan River before driving back to your hotel for dinner and overnight

Day 8:

Departure – Ben Gurion airport