Day 1 – UK to Nazareth

Scheduled flight to Tel Aviv – transfer with our guide in our private executive coach to the 4* King Solomon Hotel in Tiberias.

Day 2 – Mount of Beatitudes & Capernaum

Visit the Jordan River to see where John the Baptist immersed Jesus – continue to the Mount of Beatitudes where we recall the ‘Sermon on the Mount’ looking out over the Jordan Valley and the Sea of Galilee – Tabgha is the site of the miracle of the loaves and fishes which is commemorated in the mosaic floors of the historic church – at Capernaum we see the remains of an early church, the ruins of Peter's House and walk inside the ancient stone synagogue where Jesus preached – an included cruise across the tranquil waters of the Sea of Galilee recalls the miracle of walking on water and the calling on Peter and Andrew to become 'fishers of men'.

Day 3 – Cana, Nazareth & Mount Tabor

Visit the Wedding Church at Cana, where Jesus performed his first miracle transforming water in to wine – in Nazareth, where Jesus grew up, we visit the Basilica of the Annunciation, the place that Angel Gabriel told Mary that she would ‘bring forth a son’ – finally visit Mount Tabor where Our Lord was transfigured.

Day 4 – Mount Carmel & Caesarea

Mount Carmel is where the prophet Elijah was instrumental in the defeat of the prophets of Ba'al – continuing along the Mediterranean coastline we visit the spectacular ruins of Caesarea, once the home of Pontius Pilate and the site of the trial of the Apostle Paul – check in at the 4* Jerusalem Gate Hotel in Jerusalem.

Day 5 – Guided tour of Jerusalem & Bethlehem

Guided tour starts with a panoramic view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives and takes in the Chapel of the Ascension, the Church of Eleona and walk along Palm Sunday road to the Church of Dominus Flevit Chapel where Jesus wept over Jerusalem – continue to the Church of All Nations, one of the most inspiring works of Christian architecture and home to the Garden of Gethsemane – at Mount Zion we visit the Last Supper room and the Tomb of David – in Bethlehem we visit the Church of Nativity where Jesus was born, Manger Square and the Shepherd's Field where the birth of Jesus was announced.

Day 6 – Guided tour of Jerusalem & the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Guided tour of Jerusalem’s Old City takes in the Western Wall of the Temple, currently Judaism’s holiest site – continue to Mount Moriah, site of the first and second Jewish temples and now the Dome of the Rock – recall the final hours of Jesus' life at Pilate's Judgment Hall, the Chapel of Flagellation and the Arch of the Ecce Homo ‘Behold, the man’ – walk along the Via Dolorosa, the ‘Stations of the Cross’ – finish at the indescribably moving Church of the Holy Sepulchre built over Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified.

Day 7 – Dead Sea & Jericho

After an opportunity to bathe in the warm waters of the Dead Sea, continue to Qumran, the place where a shepherd boy discovered the scrolls – Jericho is the oldest city in the world and we view Mount Temptation – transfer to Tel Aviv airport for our scheduled flight home.

Three nights on half board basis at the 4* Rimonim Nazareth Hotel in Nazareth and three nights on half board basis at the 4* Jerusalem Gate Hotel in Jerusalem. Facilities at both hotels include a restaurant and bar and all rooms are en suite.

Single room supplement £159

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