11 Day Holy Land and Jordan Tour from Tel Aviv with Golan

A full day begins on the Mount of Olives at the Chapel of the Ascension and the Pater Noster, the place associated with Jesus teaching the Lord's Prayer, with a sweeping view over Jerusalem. You follow the Palm Sunday road down to the Garden and Church of Gethsemane. On Mount Zion you visit the Upper Room and the Tomb of King David, and then St. Peter in Gallicantu, the House of Caiaphas. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Drive to Hebron, where, subject to permission, you visit the Tombs of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, and then stop at King Solomon's Pools. After lunch you see Shepherds' Field and the Church of the Nativity. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Ein Karem is honoured as the birthplace of St. John the Baptist; here you visit the Church of the Visitation, recalling Mary's visit to the house of Zechariah, and Mary's Well. In Jericho, described as the oldest city in the world, you see the Mount of Temptation and the Sycamore Tree. An hour at the Dead Sea gives time to relax and float before you return to Bethlehem for dinner and overnight.

A full day in Jerusalem's Old City. You enter by the Dung Gate into the Jewish Quarter and the Western Wall, then visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. St. Anne's Church and the Pool of Bethesda come next, followed by the Way of the Cross to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. After lunch, a communion service and prayer are held at the Garden Tomb. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Check out for a day along the coast. Jaffa, an ancient port on a hill 40 metres above the sea, has been inhabited for about 7,500 years, and you also see Tel Aviv. At Caesarea, the Roman capital built by King Herod, you see the aqueducts. On Mount Carmel you visit the Muhraka, where Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal, the Cave of Elijah and Stella Maris. Transfer to Tiberias for dinner and overnight.

The morning includes a stop on the Golan Heights for a view of Caesarea Philippi. After lunch you drive to Nazareth for the Church of the Annunciation and the Church of St. Joseph the Carpenter, then on to Cana of Galilee and its Wedding Church, and finally Mount Tabor, the Mount of Transfiguration. Dinner and overnight in Tiberias.

A day around the lake begins at the Mount of Beatitudes, then the Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha, the Church of the Primacy of St. Peter and Capernaum, the town of Jesus, with a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. You also visit the Baptism Site on the Jordan River, where Jesus was baptised. Dinner and overnight in Tiberias.

Check out and drive south through the Jordan Valley, with a view of Mount Gilboa, where King Saul and his sons fell. At the Jordan border our staff meet and assist you, and you transfer to your hotel in Amman for dinner and overnight.

Madaba, once a Moabite border town and later part of the Roman province of Arabia, is famous for its mosaics. From Mount Nebo, where Prophet Musa (Moses) was shown the Promised Land, the panorama takes in the Holy Land and the Jordan Valley. Mukawir (Machaerus), Herod Antipas' hilltop fortress above the Dead Sea, is where John the Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded (Matthew 14:3–11); on clear nights the lights of Jerusalem and Jericho can be seen from here. The last stop is Umm ar-Rasas (Kastron Mefa'a), a UNESCO World Heritage site on the semi-arid steppe linked with biblical Mephaath, with Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic ruins and mosaics. Dinner and overnight in Amman.

A panoramic tour of Amman includes free time to stroll and shop downtown and a view of the Roman Theatre. You then transfer to the airport, where our representative assists you with departure.