A Pastors Tour (Evangelist, Baptist, Methodist)

Day 1 – Departure from USA

• Group Departure from JFK (New York)
• Meals in Flight

Day 2 – Arrival to Israel

• Morning Arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport at Lod (Biblical Lydda).
• Visit the port city of Jaffa (Simon the Tanner’s House)
• Explore Caesarea – Herod’s Port City and the home of Pontius Pilate (Theatre, Palace, Hippodrome & Aqueduct)
• Welcome “Home” dinner
• Overnight & Dinner: Mediterranean Sea

Day 3 – Mediterranean Coast/Armageddon/Jezreel Valley and Nazareth

• Breakfast at hotel
• Stand on Mt. Carmel and see the story of Elijah vs. the prophets of Baal come alive
• Visit Tel Megiddo and lookout over the Valley of Armageddon
• Stand on Tel Jezreel, Naboth’s Vineyard
• Stand on the Brow of the Hill and look out over the Jezreel Valley and Nazareth.
• Visit a modern-day synagogue in Nazareth
• End the day at Cana of Galilee
• Overnight & Dinner: Sea of Galilee

Day 4 – Sea of Galilee

• Breakfast at hotel
• Visit Capernaum, mentioned more times in the New Testament than any other city
• Visit Bethsaida, home to 5 of the 12 disciples
• Drive by Korazin
• Walk down the Mount of Beatitudes
• See Mensa Christi, the setting for John 21 – “Feed my lambs!”
• Visit Tabgha and the Church of the Multiplication
• 16:00 – Set sail on the Sea of Galilee from Ginosar and hear the music of Dani Carmel, a local Messianic.
• Overnight & Dinner: Sea of Galilee

Day 5 – Golan Heights

• Breakfast at hotel
• Visit Tel Hazor and see the destruction by Joshua and the Israelites as reported in Joshua 11
• See the Hula Valley (Waters of Merom)
• Lookout over the Lebanese Border from Misgav Am
• Visit Tel Dan and stand in the temple built by Jeroboam
• See Caesarea Phillipi (The Temple of Pan & Agrippas’ Palace)
• Drive up to the Golan Heights.
• Stand on Mt. Bental (Syrian/Israeli bunkers) and lookout over Syria and the Road to Damascus
• Overnight & Dinner: Sea of Galilee

Day 6 – Jordan Valley to Jerusalem

• Breakfast at hotel
• Visit Jordan River Baptismal Site
• Visit Beth Shean, the capital of the Decapolis
• Beth Alpha ancient synagogue
• See Mayan Harod (Harod’s Spring), where Gideon chose his men
• Dinner at Abrahams Tent + Camel riding
• Look out Jerusalem from Mt Scopus
• Overnight & Dinner: Jerusalem

Day 7 – Masada and Dead Sea Area

• Breakfast at hotel
• See Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered
• Visit the nature park of Ein Gedi to see the desert ibex, rock hyrax and the cave where David hid from Saul.
• Enjoy a relaxing swim in the Dead Sea
• Have the option to climb to the top of Masada via the Roman Rampart to see Herod the Great’s desert fortress (25-minute hike). A cable car option will be available, as well.
• Tour Masada
• Lookout over Wadi Kelt and the Road of the Good Samaritan
• Overnight & Dinner: Jerusalem

Day 8 – Jewish Quarter/ City of David, Jerusalem

• Breakfast at hotel
• “Go up” to the Temple Mount to see the site of the ancient temple and the modern-day Dome of the Rock
• Visit the Western wall tunnels and Wailing Wall
• Explore the Jewish Quarter and see the Burnt House, Herodian Quarter and the Roman Cardo
• Enjoy lunch and shopping time on your own in the Old City.
• See the Southern Wall Excavations and a 3D model of the 1^st century temple, walking along the 1^st century street and climbing up the 1^st century steps.
• See a 3D Movie & explore the City of David
• Go underground through Hezekiah’s Tunnel to the Pool of Siloam
• Visit the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book & Model of the 2^nd Temple.
• Overnight & Dinner: Jerusalem

Day 9 – Old City Jerusalem

• Breakfast at hotel
• Lookout from the Mount of Olives
• Walk down the Mount of Olives and visit Dominus Flevit, where Jesus wept
• Enjoy a time of prayer and devotion in a private garden at Gethsemane
• Visit the House of Caiphas.
• Visit Mt. Zion and the Upper Room
• Visit the Pools of Bethesda
• Stand on the Lithostratos, “Pavement”, in the Ecco Homo Convent.
• Walk part of the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
• See the Damascus Gate, where Stephen was stoned.
• Overnight & Dinner: Jerusalem

Day 10 – Road to Emmaus/Departure

• Breakfast at hotel
• Visit the Garden Tomb (Gordon’s Calvary)
• Walk along the Road to Emmaus in Abu Ghosh and see the location of the House of Abinadab, where the ark of the covenant was held.
• Drive through Samson country and see the ancient site of Beth Shemesh
• Stand in the Elah Valley, where David fought Goliath
• See Gath, Goliath’s hometown
• Transfer to airport
• Evening Group Departure from TLV (Tel Aviv, Israel).