- A tiny strip of land strategically located.
- Converging between 3 continents, walk from 1 climatic zone to another.
- Maintains the world record for... archaeological sites per square mile.
- Holyland
for the 3 monotheistic religions.
Coming
to Eilat for a holiday ...
Want to get
a glimpse of the rest of Israel ...
Travelling
to Egypt or Jordan ...
Don't want
to miss out on a visit to Israel...
On
a tight budget...
Want to make
the most of the Middle East...
Don't
have much time ...
NOW, you have an option !
Day
1: Eilat to
Jerusalem
• Early morning
departure, travelling north along the Rift Valley to Masada
(approx 2½ hour drive).
• Ascend Masada - Israel's foremost archaeological park, via cable
car.
• A thorough visit gives insight to the rituals, politics and culture
of the people who inhabited this
desert fortress.
• Stop at a spa on the shores of the Dead
Sea - lowest point on earth - to immerse yourself in the
mineral rich water
• Continue north passing by Ein Gedi & the Qumeran Caves - discovery
place of the Dead Sea
scrolls & then through the Judean Hills to Jerusalem.
•Drive to Bethlehem to visit the Church of Nativity
(subject to Palestinian authority)
• Check into hotel in Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.
Day
2: Jerusalem to Galillee
• After breakfast
(approx 07:30), drive to the Mt. of Olives, for a panoramic
view of the Old City of
Jerusalem.
• Descend to Gethsemane crossing the biblical Kidron
Valley and up to the walled town.
• Enter the Old City, starting at the Western
Wall, Judaism's holiest shrine.
• Cross the Temple Mount (3rd holiest shrine of the Moslem World).
• Walk along Via Dolorosa and the Christian quarter
to the Holy
Sepulchre.
• Continue along the Cardo - main street of Jerusalem
during the Byzantine period
• Climb Mt Zion to the Room of the Last
Supper and 'King David's' tomb
• Travel northwest to the shores of the Mediterranean to visit Caesarea
Maritima, Herod the Great's
masterpiece (time permitting).
• Drive northeast via Megiddo (Armageddon) to hotel in the Galillee
area.
• Check into hotel for dinner and overnight.
• After breakfast, drive through the Lower Galillee to Nazareth for a visit to the Church of
Annunciation and on to the village of Kana, where Jesus performed his first miracle of turning
water into wine.
• Continue on to visit the major sites around the shores of the Sea of Galillee:
• Tabgha - traditional site of the miracle of "The Multiplication of the Loaves and the Fish"
• Church of Primacy - where Jesus appointed Peter as his successor.
• Capernaum - classical Jewish fisherman's village during the time of Jesus, known as 'his town".
• Return to Eilat, to Arava border at approx. 19:00 for departure to Jordan.
• Continue to Taba border for departure to Egypt.
* Itinerary subject to change in the event of any unforeseen circumstances or at the tour
guide's discretion.
View of Sea of Galilee
from Mt of Beatitudes
Statues Square at Caesaria
View of Jerusalem
from Mt of Olives
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