10 Days Pilgrimage to the Holy Land from Chicago or New York - January 30 - February 08, 2023 - Pr. Jeff & Toni Quinto

Day 1: Monday,  Departure from the USA.
• Today we depart on a transcontinental flight to the Holy Land. Meals served onboard the plane. Arrival the next morning.

Day 2: Tuesday,  Arrival, Coastal Plains.
• Arrive in Tel Aviv.
• Meet your guide and drive to Tiberius via coastal plains.
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Tiberius.

Day 3: Wednesday, Nazareth, Cana, Mount Tabor.
• Mount Tabor.
• Cana of Galilee.
• Nazareth, Basilica of the Annunciation, St. Joseph’s Church, Mary’s well.
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Tiberius.

Day 4: Thursday,  Golan Heights, Sea of Galilee

• Caesarea Philippi, Gates of Hell’/ Temple of Pan.
• Tabgha, site of the multiplication of the fishes and the loaves, The Mount of Beatitudes.
• Enjoy a meal of “St. Peter’s fish” and a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. St. Peter’s Primacy, Capernaum 
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Tiberius.

Day 5: Friday,  Megiddo, Nablus, Bethel.
• Megiddo.
• Shechem, Jacob’s Well, Bethel.
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 6: Saturday,  Dead Sea area.
• Masada, Qumran, site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
• Baptism site, Floating in the Dead Sea.
• Visit Jericho, Zacchaeus tree old city and view mount of Temptation.
• Wadi Qelt (Valley of the Shadow of Death)
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Bethlehem.

 

Day 7: Sunday,  Shepherd’s Field, Bethlehem.
• Worship at Local church in Bethlehem or Jerusalem.
• Visit Herodium.
• Shepherd’s Field in Beit Sahour.
• Old city of Bethlehem, The Church of the Nativity.
• Dinner with Christian families in Bethlehem.
• Overnight at a hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 8: Monday, Mount of Olives / Mount Zion.
• Panoramic view from the top of Mount of Olives.
• Ascension Hill on the Mount of Olives, The Church of Pater Noster, Dominus Flevit.
• The Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations.
• Mt. Zion the Cenacle and St. Peter’s Gallicantu.
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 9: Tuesday, The old city of Jerusalem
• The Western Wall view of the Dome of the Rock and El-Aqsa Mosque.
• St. Anne’s Church,  Pools of Bethesda. Walk the Via Dolorosa ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
• Free time in the Old City.
• Visit Israeli Museum, Shrine of the book and model of Jerusalem.
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 10: Wednesday, Departure
• check out, depart the hotel for the airport.

OPTIONAL JORDAN EXTENSION
10-13 February 2021

Day 1: Wednesday, Crossing to Jordan, Wadi Rum,
• check out, depart the hotel for Allenby Bridge.
• Cross to Jordan.
• Drive to Wadi Rum.
• Dinner and overnight in Wadi Rum.

Day 2: Thursday,  Wadi Rum, Petra.
• check out, depart for Petra.
• Visit Petra.
• Drive to Amman.
• Dinner and overnight in Amman.

Day 3: Friday, Amman, Mount Nebo.
• Visit Mount Nebo.
• Visit Madaba.
• Visit City of Amman.
• Dinner and overnight in Amman.

Day 4: Saturday, Departure.
• check out, depart the hotel for the airport.