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| Highlights
of the Holyland 8 Days - 5% Discount Israel is not only a land of historical and religious significance, the contrasting scenery in such a small country is truly amazing. From the lowest point on earth – the Dead Sea – to the tranquil lakeside of Galilee, the magnificent Mediterranean coastline and cities almost older than time itself, the memories will stay with you forever |
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| Highlights of the Holyland - Itinerary |
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DAY 1: Fly from Heathrow or Manchester to Tel Aviv where you will be met and transferred to your hotel on the Mediterranean sea. The remainder of the day is free for you to relax and acclimatise to your surroundings. D HEATHROW FLIGHTS Please note: Due to flight times passengers from London Heathrow will depart the evening before at 10:55pm (Oct 14 or Mar 17) arriving Tel Aviv 03:45 am on Day 1. Your room will be available from when you arrive. |
| DAY 2: Caesarea, Nazareth
and The Sea of Galilee After a wonderful Israeli breakfast, we begin our tour of Israel. We visit Caesarea, the city of Cornelius the Centurion, the first Gentile convert. We visit the Roman Theatre, in which St. Paul appeared before Herod Agrippa and Festus, walk beside the harbour from which Paul sailed to Rome, and see the impressive acqueduct, built by Herod the Great. Next we ascend to Muhraka, on Mount Carmel, where Elijah held the contest with 450 prophets of Baal. We stop at lunch-time at the Druze village of Daliyat El-Carmel, and in the afternoon we visit Megiddo to see the incredible water system and archeological finds, dating as far back as King Solomon’s time. From Megiddo, enjoy the excellent view of the Valley of Armageddon, the site of so many former battles and the future battle of battles. Travelling onwards we visit Nazareth, where Jesus spent his childhood, and drive by Cana of Galilee, where Jesus performed his first miracle at the wedding feast. En route to our hotel for two nights we will stop at Mount Arbel for an exciting view of the enchanting Sea of Galilee and the region in which Jesus ministered. B,D |
DAY 3: Galilee and the
Golan Heights Today is devoted to sites from the ministry of Jesus. We visit Capernaeum, the home of St. Peter and site of an ancient Jewish Synagogue, Tabgha, where we remember the miracle of the ‘Feeding of the 5000’ that Jesus performed in the area, and the Primacy of St. Peter, where Jesus asked Peter “Do you love me?”. We continue with a visit to Mount Beatitudes, one possible site of the Sermon on the Mount. During the day we take a boat trip on the Sea of Galilee (reminiscent of those Jesus often took with His disciples), and we also visit Banias (Caesarea Philippi), where St. Peter confessed Jesus’ divinity. B,D |
DAY 4: Jordan Valley
to Jerusalem Visit the Baptismal site at Yardenit then say our goodbyes to Galilee and travel south towards Jerusalem. En route we call at Beit Shean, one of the cities of the Decapolis, where we will walk the ancient streets and see the Roman period bath-houses, theatre, amphitheatre, market and temples. It was here that the Philistines killed King Saul and his three sons and hung their bodies on the city walls. We continue down the Jordan Valley with a view of Jericho, one of the most ancient cities in the world, outside of which Jesus relieved Bartimaeus of his blindness. We arrive at our hotel in Jerusalem for a four-night stay. B,D |
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DAY 5: Jerusalem, the
Old City We begin our visit to the Old City with a magnificent view of the city from the top of the Mount of Olives. We see the Dominus Flevit Chapel where ‘the Lord wept’, then proceed to the beautiful Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed the night before He died. In this idyllic setting stands one of the most impressive sights in Jerusalem, the Church of All Nations, designed by the Italian architect Barluzzi, and so named because of the donations made by many nations towards its construction in the early 20th century. We see Stephen’s Gate, the only gate that opens to the east of the city, and so named because some traditions say that St. Stephen was martyred nearby. Then we visit the Western or ‘Wailing’ Wall, the holiest of holy places in Israel, which attracts thousands of worshippers daily and the Pool of Bethesda, where Jesus, who had come to the city for a Jewish feast, healed a man who had had an infirmity for 38 years. We see the Ecce Homo Arch, where Pontius Pilate identified Jesus to the crowd saying “Ecco homo” – “behold the man”, and finally we walk the Via Dolorosa – the Stations of the Cross, the route that Jesus took between his condemnation by Pilate and his crucifixion and burial. B,D |
DAY 6:
The Dead Sea and Masada We begin the day at Qumran, where the first Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1947, after thousands of years sitting undisturbed in the caves of the Judean desert. A ‘float’ in the Dead Sea, located at the lowest place in the world on dry land (1385 feet below normal sea level) is an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime experience. We then visit the oasis of Ein Gedi, where David hid from King Saul and wrote some of his beautiful psalms. With luck we will see the wild goats (ibex) and conies (hyrax) mentioned in Psalm 104. We also see the astonishing remains of Masada. A cable-car will take us up to King Herod’s magnificent fortress where the rebels made their last dramatic stand against Rome in 73 AD. Well-preserved store-houses, cisterns and palaces are among the many features to visit. We then return to Jerusalem and our hotel. B,D |
DAY 7: Jerusalem, the
New City We begin our last day in Jerusalem with a visit to the new Museum of the Holocaust at Yad Vashem, where we will better understand the miracle of Israel’s revival and return to the Land as promised by God. We then visit the Israel Museum, where we will view the Dead Sea Scrolls and a model of Ancient Jerusalem as it appeared at the time. Taking the winding road known as Pope’s Way we reach Mount Zion, the highest point in the city of Jerusalem. Mount Zion once housed Herod’s magnificent Palace and gardens which covered about five acres. We visit the Cenacle, which for the Jewish Religion is the traditional location of David’s tomb (the pseudo tomb, not the actual tomb). We see the tomb in a small synagogue on the first floor and also see the reconstructed Room of the Last Supper. We also pay a visit to the Church of St. Peter in Galicantu, which for Catholic pilgrims is one of the traditional locations of the house of Caiaphas, the prison where Christ was held. We end the day with a devotional service at the Garden Tomb (Gordon’s Calvary), near the Damascus Gate, believed by many to be the location of the garden of Joseph of Arimathea, outside the city walls, and the tomb where Christ was laid after His crucifixion and rose from death. B,D |
DAY 8: In the morning we include a short visit to the ancient port of Jaffa, where St. Peter raised Tabitha from the dead and had a vision in which God told him not to distinguish between the Jews and The Gentiles. We then transfer back to Tel Aviv International Airport for our return flights. B |
Tour
Highlights |
Caesarea |
Caesarea is believed to
have been built on the ruins of Stratonospyrgos (Straton’s
Tower). Straton’s Tower remained a Jewish city for two generations,
until the Roman conquest of 63 BC when the Romans declared
it an autonomous city. |
Mount Carmel |
Mount Carmel is part of
a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from
the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. |
Nazareth |
The capital and largest
city in the North District of Israel. It is the most important
city for Israel’s Arab citizens who make up the majority of
Nazareth’s population. |
Sea of Galilee with
boat ride |
The Sea of Galilee is Israel’s
largest freshwater lake and has a maximum depth of approximately
43 metres. At 209 metres below sea level, it is the lowest
freshwater lake on Earth and the second-lowest lake in the
world (after the Dead Sea, a saltwater lake). |
Capernaeum |
The town is mentioned in
the New Testament: in the Gospel of Luke it was reported to
have been the home of the apostles Peter, Andrew, James and
John, as well as the tax collector Matthew. |
Golan Heights |
The term Golan Heights
actually has two separate meanings, one geographic and one
political. The geographic term refers to the Golan plateau.
The political term, refers to an area of disputed sovereignty,
currently controlled by Israel. |
Jordan Valley |
The Jordan Valley is a
geographical region that forms part of the larger Jordan Rift
Valley. It is 120 kilometres long and 15 kilometres wide,
where it runs from Lake Tiberias in the north to Dead Sea
in the south. |
Jerusalem Old City |
The Old City is a 0.9 square
kilometres area within the modern city of Jerusalem. The Old
City is home to several sites of key religious importance:
the Temple Mount and its Western Wall for Jews, the Church
of the Holy Sepulchre for Christians, and the Dome of the
Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque for Muslims. |
Mount of Olives |
The Mount of Olives is
a mountain ridge in east Jerusalem with three peaks running
from north to south. The Mount of Olives is associated with
Jewish and Christian traditions. |
Garden of Gethsemane |
Gethsemane is a garden
at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, most famous
as the place where Jesus and his disciples prayed the night
before Jesus’ crucifixion. According to Orthodox tradition,
Gethsemane is the garden where the Apostles buried the Virgin
Mary. |
Stephen's Gate |
This gate is so named because
of the tradition that the first Christian martyr was stoned
outside this gate. However an earlier tradition locates this
execution north of the city. |
Western Wall |
The Western Wall (sometimes
referred to as the Wailing Wall) is an important Jewish religious
site located in the Old City of Jerusalem. Just over half
the wall, including its 17 courses located below street level,
date from the end of the Second Temple period, being constructed
around 19 BC by Herod the Great. The remaining layers were
added from the 7th century onwards. |
Pool of Bethesda |
Bethesda was originally
the name of a pool in Jerusalem, on the path of the Beth Zeta
Valley, and is also known as the Sheep Pool. It is associated
with healing. |
Via Dolorosa - Stations
of the Cross |
Via Dolorosa is a street in the Old City of
Jerusalem. Traditionally, it is regarded to
be the path that Jesus walked, carrying his
cross, on the way to his crucifixion. |
Dead Sea |
The Dead Sea is a salt lake between Israel
and the West Bank to the west, and
Jordan to the east. It is 422 metres (1,385
ft) below sea level, and its shores are the
lowest point on the surface of the Earth
on dry land. |
Masada |
Masada is the name for a site of ancient
palaces and fortifications in the South
District of Israel on top of an isolated rock
plateau, or large mesa, on the eastern
edge of the Judean Desert overlooking
the Dead Sea. |
Holocaust Memorial Museum |
The new Holocaust History Museum,
opened in March 2005, was built as a
prism-like triangular structure. It is 180
metres long, in the form of a spike, which
cuts directly through the mountainside. |
Israel Museum and Dead
Sea Scrolls |
The Israel Museum was founded in 1965
as Israel’s national museum. It is situated
on a hill in the Givat Ram neighbourhood
of Jerusalem, near the Knesset, the Israeli
Supreme Court, and the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem. |
Mount Zion |
Mount Zion is a hill just outside the walls
of the Old City of Jerusalem. The term
‘Zion’ became a synecdoche referring to
the entire city of Jerusalem and the Land
of Israel. |
King David's Tomb |
Located in the south of the Old City,
facing Mount Zion and Hebron, the Zion
Gate leads into the Armenian and Jewish
Quarters. |
Last Supper Room |
The Last Supper Room is
a second-story room in Jerusalem that commemorates the ‘upper
room’ in which Jesus shared the Last Supper with the disciples.
It is located directly above the Tomb of David and near the
Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion. |
Garden Tomb |
The site of the Garden Tomb is outside
Jerusalem’s Old City Walls, near the
Damascus Gate. It is also close to the side
of a rocky escarpment (just behind the
Arab bus station), which resembles the
face of a skull (thus fitting a possible
interpretation of ‘Golgotha’), that is near
the site Gordon identified as Calvary. |
| Your Hotels |
Accommodation will be on
a half-board basis in 3-star standard hotels in Israel, such
as the Gilgal Hotel (3-star) in Tel Aviv for one night, (two
nights for passengers from London) the Arbel Hotel (3-star)
in the hills near Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee for two nights
and the Jerusalem Gold Hotel in Jerusalem for four nights.
All hotels will have a lift and restaurant. |
| Flights |
| Flights to Tel Aviv are available from Heathrow with BMI and Manchester with Jet2. |
| Heathrow Departure Dates & Prices Tour Code K9IHL | |||
Escorted
by an English Speaking Tour Manager in Israel Excursions and visits as detailed in the itinerary 7 nights’ accommodation with bed & breakfast (8 nights for Heathrow passengers) and 7 evening meals Return flights to Tel Aviv from Heathrow or Manchester Aiport Transfers Travel by air-conditioned coach |
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| Leger
Brochure Price in Black Travel 55 Discount Price in Red Quote Travel 55 Ref: T55 + Tour Code Tel Leger Reservations on 0844 504 6480 |
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Depart
UK |
Return UK | ||
October
14 2009 |
21.15 | 22.50 |
£1195 £1136 |
March
17 2010 |
21.15 | 22.50 | £1229 £1168 |
All
prices are per person based on two sharing. Extras: single
room supplements Manchester £299, London Heathrow £339; travel
insurance from £65. Flight supplements may apply |
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| Manchester Departure Dates & Prices Tour Code K8IHLM | |||
Escorted
by an English Speaking Tour Manager in Israel Excursions and visits as detailed in the itinerary 7 nights’ accommodation with bed & breakfast (8 nights for Heathrow passengers) and 7 evening meals Return flights to Tel Aviv from Heathrow or Manchester Aiport Transfers Travel by air-conditioned coach |
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| Leger
Brochure Price in Black Travel 55 Discount Price in Red Quote Travel 55 Ref: T55 + Tour Code Tel Leger Reservations on 0844 504 6480 |
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Depart
UK |
Return UK | ||
October
15 2009 |
10.00 | 21.30 |
£1095 £1041 |
March
18 2010 |
10.00 | 21.30 | £1169 £1111 |
All
prices are per person based on two sharing. Extras: single
room supplements Manchester £299, London Heathrow £339; travel
insurance from £65. Flight supplements may apply |
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