| Israel Pilgrimage St. James’ Episcopal Church Itinerary February 1 through February 11, 2008 Return to Main Page Click Here |
| Itinerary | Day |
| Departure from Atlanta (ATL) to New York (JFK) via Delta Airlines | Day 1 |
| Arrive Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV Transfer by tour bus to the Hotel for dinner and overnight. |
Day 2 |
| Drive through the Sharon-valley to the Roman city of
Caesarea. See the excavations of Herod`s costal city: the theater, the
palace, the harbor and the aqueduct. Continue to Mt. Carmel, where
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal (first kings 18). From there we
proceed to the Galilee, visit Nazareth, Cana and drive to Kibbutz Nof
Ginosar. |
Day 3 |
| We start the day with a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Then
we visit: Korazin, Mt. of Beatitudes (Mat 5), Tabgha and St.
Peter’s Primacy (John 21), the city of Capernaum and Gergesa. In
the end of the day we visit at the Jordan river. Dinner and overnight at Nof Ginosar. |
Day 4 |
| Today we drive to Banyas (Caesarea Phillipi, Mat 16), Sepphoris and proceed to Tel Megiddo. Dinner and Overnight at Nof Ginosar. |
Day 5 |
| We leave the Galilee area in the morning on our way to Jerusalem. We start our day with Mt. Tabor. Then we continue to Bet-Shean to see the new excavations of the roman city. Then we drive threw Jordan valley, past Jericho and the good Samaritan Inn on our way to the holy city of Jerusalem. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem. |
Day 6 |
| We start our tour with an outstanding view of Jerusalem from
the Mt of Olives; visit the church of Pater-noster; and walk down the
Palm Sunday road to the Garden of Gethsemane (Mat 26). Then we go to Mt
Zion, where we visit King David’s tomb and the Upper Room. Nearby
we visit Caiphh`s house. In the afternoon we visit Bethlehem, where we see the Church of the Nativity and the Shepherd’s Field. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem. |
Day 7 |
| Today we walk through the Old City of Jerusalem: Western
Wall, Temple Mount, Pool of Bethesda, Praetorium (the tower of
Antonya), The via Dolorosa, Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Jewish
Quarter. At the end of the day we visit the Garden Tomb. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem. |
Day 8 |
| Driving south from Jrusalem we visit Qumran, where the Dead
sea scrolls were discovered, continue to the fortress of Massada, the
last stronghold of Jews, via Ein-gedi. At the end of the day we have an
opportunity to float in the Dead sea. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem. |
Day 9 |
| This morning we visit the village of Ein-Karem, birth place
of st. John the Baptist. We continue the to the Holocaust Museum and
the Israel Museum, where we see the Dead Sea Scrolls and a Model of
Jerusalem at the time of Jesus. Flying back home… |
Day 10 |
| Arriving in Atlanta | Day 11 |