Bible Land Tour for the individuals Monday
Arrival in Jerusalem for overnight.
Tuesday
Jerusalem-sightseeing of the new city
Drive to Mt' Scopus for a view of Jerusalem, then to the Garden of Gethsemane and Church of the Agony. Drive to Mt' Zion for a visit to the tomb of King David, the Room of the Last Supper and Dormition Abbey. Sightseeing in the new city including the Israel Museum, the Shrine of the Book, with the famous Dead Sea scrolls, new Supreme Court bldg. Mt' Herzl and Yad Vashem (the memorial to the six million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust). Then visit the model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem dating back to the time of the Second Temple. Visit the synagogue with Marc Chagall stained glass windows at the Hadassah medical centre, then via Ein Karem (the birth place of John the Baptist). Return to Hotel.
Wednsday
Jerusalem (Old City) - Bethlehem
Walk through the Jaffa Gate to the City: the renewed Jewish Quarter, the Western Wall, the Temple area, the colorful bazaars, Via Dolorosa, and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Continue to Bethlehem to visit Rachel's Tomb and the Church of the Nativity and return to Jerusalem for overnight.
Thursday
Jericho - Tiberias - Galilee
Leave Jerusalem. Driving via Bethany to Jericho, the oldest city in the world. Visit the excavations and then continue northward via Jordan Valley and the new settlements to Beit Shean. After a short visit proceed to Tiberias, the old centre of Jewish learning. Drive along the shores of the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum to visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue. Continue to a Kibbutz hotel for overnight.
Friday
Upper Galilee and Golan Heights - Nazareth
Drive to the Golan Heights. Visit the former Syrian fortifications, Birkat Ram, and the Druze villages. Via Banias, source of the Jordan River. Proceed via Kiryat Shmona and the Hula Valley to Safed, city of the Kabbalah, to visit the old synagogue and artists' colony and then to Nazareth to visit the Christian holy sites. Return to the Kibbutz hotel for overnight.
Saturday
Acre - Haifa - Tel Aviv
Leave the Kibbutz hotel for Acre to visit the old, famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications. Continue to Haifa, sightseeing tour of Haifa, including the Bahai Shrine, Persian Garden and Mount Carmel for a panoramic view of the city. Proceed southwards to Caesarea to visit the Roman theatre and the Crusader fortress. Drive via Netanya to Tel Aviv.
Sunday
Departure for Airport.
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