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1Arrival in IsraelYou will get to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv by international flight. After that, you will check in the hotel and have a rest, with the other time free on your own.
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2Caesarea - Megiddo - Haifa - AcreWe will leave Tel Aviv for Caesarea in the morning, driving along the coastal plain. Arriving there, you will visit the site of ancient city of Caesarea, including the theaters and ditches built under the old roman reign period. Next, you will head for Megiddo, where is the Armageddon, the decisive battlefield of good and evil on the doom day of earth in the Bible. Here you will visit archaeological sites, including well-preserved water supply system. Then, you will continue to Haifa, and visit the Bahai Shrine and the Persian Gardens. Finally, you will go to Acre to visit the ancient city and harbor.
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3Tiberias - Capernaum - BaniasAfter a short tour around Tiberias, you will move forward to Capernaum by ship. Reaching there, you will see the site of Jewish synagogue built in 2nd century A.D. The next station is Tabgha, where you are going to view the Church of Multiplication embedded with mosaic floor which was erected around 4th century A.D. At last, you will drive to have a sight-seeing of Banias Springs and Golan Heights.
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4Nazareth - Beit SheanYou will go to Nazareth through Cana in Galilee. Then you will visit the largest church in Mid-east region-- Church of Annunciation. It attracts numerous visitors here every year, especially during the Christmas holiday. Pilgrims accounts for 50% to 60% of the total number of travelers. Then you go on to Yardenit, the holy place of baptism. Later, you will view the Rome theatre in Beit Shean. After that, you will proceed to Jerusalem by the Jordan River.
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5Jerusalem (the old city)In the morning, you will first set out for Mount of Olives from which we can see the panorama of Jerusalem. Then you will visit Church of All Nations, which is built under the donation from Christian churches of many nations over the world, together with King Davids Tomb and Room of the Last Supper on the Mount Zion. Later, you will enter the old city and have a wonderful trip around many historical sites as Cardo, Temple Mount, Western Wall, Via Dolorosa on which Jesus Christ once walked with the cross on his back, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Oriental Bazaar, and Garden Tomb.
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6Jerusalem (the new city) - BethlehemAfter breakfast we will drive to Ein Kerem, seeing Church of Visitation there and then visit the Yad Vashem. We will also go to such spots in the new city as the Israel Museum and Shrine of the Book. Finishing all the visits in the new city of Jerusalem, we will head for Bethlehem to see the Church of Nativity and then return to Jerusalem.
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7Dead Sea - MassadaToday, you will first arrive at Qumran Community which was on the west bank of Dead Sea in old time and visit the old city of Qumran there. Then you will move forward along the Dead Sea to Massada, the mountain fortress on the east bank of Dead Sea. You will take the cable car up to Masada’s top to see the food storage room, irrigation system and Herod’s Palace. Then you go back to our hotel in Jerusalem and rest.
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8Beer Sheva - Sde Boker - MitzpeAfter enjoying breakfast you will leave for Negev desert, followed by a visit to Israel’s Air Force Museum. Then you will have a change and ride on camels and visit Bedouin habitation, learn something about their customs and have lunch there. You carry on to Sde Boker later and have an overlook of the magnificent Zin valley from a distance. In the end, you will go sightseeing in Mitzpe.
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9Free time or A Trip to PetraIf you choose free time, today will be left for you to arrange. While those who choose to have a trip to Petra will visit numerous places of interest such as The Treasury, Royal Tombs, Roman theatre, Roman Avenue, Palace of Pharaoh’s daughter and lots of other small monuments. We will drive back to the boarder after lunch.
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10Eila- Timna- Tel AvivYou will visit underwater observatory in the morning, which is the biggest aquarium in the world. Then you will set out to Tima to watch the King Solomon’s pillars. Afterward, you will back to Tel Aviv.
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11Departure from IsraelAfter breakfast you will go to Ben Gurion Airport and leave Israel.