4-Day Christian Israel Tour from Tel Aviv

Enter the Old City on foot through the Zion Gate and walk through the Armenian Quarter to the Byzantine Cardo. Continue through the Jewish Quarter to view the Western Wall (Wailing Wall) before joining the pilgrims who follow the Stations of the Cross to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Finally, delve into the Old City markets, and drive to modern Jerusalem to visit Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum.

Fridays and Saturdays the Museum closed, we will visit the Last supper room and David tomb.

After breakfast, pass the Inn of the Good Samaritan on route to Jericho, one of the world's oldest cities. Here, view Mt. Temptation, where Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights before returning back through Jerusalem to Bethlehem, the believed birthplace of Jesus. Walkthrough Manger Square and visit the Church of Nativity, seeing the grotto where a star marks where Jesus is said to have been born, and the altar dedicated to the Three Wise Men. Take in the neighboring Crusader Church dedicated to St. Catherine, and on leaving, pass by the Milk Grotto and Shepherds’ Fields.

Following breakfast, discover some of the sites where Jesus is thought to have walked. Stop at the Church of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives, where a Crusader-era building and grotto commemorate where Jesus is said to have preached the Lord’s Prayer. Enjoy the views over the Old City from here and continue to the Dominus Flevit, where Jesus is thought to have wept. Visit the Church of All Nations in the Garden of Gethsemane, and walk across the Kidron Valley to enter the Old City through the Lions gate. Here, tour the Church of St. Anne and see the pools of Bethesda before entering the Sisters of Zion convent to view a water cistern originally from the Second Temple.

This morning, travel to Nazareth, stopping on route at the Mount of Precipitation. On arrival, visit the Church of Annunciation and Church of St. Joseph, and then pass by Cana, where Jesus is held to have turned water into wine. Continue to the Sea of Galilee to view Mt. Beatitude, and visit Capernaum, the reputed home of St. Peter. Tour the Benedictine Church that marks the believed Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish miracle, and if you wish, choose to be baptized in the River Jordan. Lastly, return to Tel Aviv, passing the site of the Transfiguration at Mt. Tabor on route, and ending your tour with a hotel drop-off.