Holiday plan for 6 days / 5 nights
2 nights – Jerusalem
3 nights – Tel Aviv
Day 1 – arrival, transfer to Jerusalem, short sightseeing tour
Day 2 – individual tour of Jerusalem on a comfortable minibus with a Russian-speaking professional guide licensed by the Israeli Ministry of Tourism.
During the excursion you will see a panorama of Jerusalem from Maslenitsa Mount, we will pass by the Chapel of the Tears of the Lord, dedicated to the memory of Jesus mourning Jerusalem, we will visit the Garden of Gethsemane, the place where Jesus prayed and spent the night before the crucifixion. We will visit the Kidron Valley (Valley of Jehoshaphat), the Church of St. Peter. Let’s climb Mount Zion – the room of the Last Supper, Dormition Abbey, Church of the Assumption of the Virgin. We will walk with you along the Road of Sorrow of Jesus – Via Dolorosa, along the path of Jesus from the place of his imprisonment in Praetorium to death on Golgotha and resurrection. Let’s go to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the church located at the fifth stop on Via Dolorosa, the place where Golgotha and the tomb of Christ are located. Along Cardo Street, the main street in Roman times, we will go to the Jewish quarter to the Western Wall (Wailing Wall), the preserved part of the wall of the Temple destroyed by the Romans.
After this, we will go to Bethlehem, where we will visit the Church of the Nativity and the monasteries of Judea. Bethlehem is a holy city for Christians, second in importance after Jerusalem, because here, according to the Gospel, Jesus Christ was born. The city is home to one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, although its numbers have declined in recent years due to emigration. Here, according to the Bible, David was born and anointed king. Night in Jerusalem.
Day 3 – after breakfast you can go see several monasteries in Jerusalem, and then go on an excursion to the Judean Desert. (exactly where Moses led the Jews), Unique natural creations reminiscent of lunar landscapes, Bedouin tents, we will see the most ancient city in the world of Jericho, we will go to see the excavations of the Qumran caves, the excavations of the settlement of the Qumranite sect, where the most ancient manuscripts of the Old Testament were found, and There is also the opportunity to go to the AHAVA factory and see with your own eyes how all kinds of cosmetics based on mud and minerals from the Dead Sea are produced, as well as purchase them. And we will continue our journey to Tel Aviv. Night in Tel Aviv.
Or you can immediately go to the program described above and then you can also visit the Masada fortress, this is the last stronghold and hope of the Great Rebellion against the Romans (1st Jewish War). The legendary events of two thousand years ago, a chilling story about warriors who preferred suicide to desecration and slavery. The story, which began in the super fortified shelter “with all the amenities” of King Herod the Great and passed through the milestones of the audacity and jealousy of the People of the Torah, has closed in our days on the forced marches of young fighters, completing their ascent to the pinnacle of glory with the first rays of the sun. And we will continue our journey to Tel Aviv. Night in Tel Aviv.
If you go to the Masada fortress, you need a guide.
Day 4 – individual sightseeing tour of Tel Aviv – Jaffa, with a Russian-speaking guide licensed by the Ministry of Tourism, we will walk through the quarters of old Jaffa, one of the oldest cities in the world, an ancient strategic seaport. For the last 800 years it has been a constant center of pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Jaffa is the place where John boarded the ship and went to Tarsis. The place where Peter revived Dorcas and prayed on the roof of Shimon Taper’s house, we will visit Jaffa, the ancient port, the Church of St. Peter, the Andromeda Stone, the site of the construction of Noah’s Ark. Let’s continue our way to the most famous diamond exchange complex, where you can see all kinds of exclusive diamonds that Israel is famous for, because 70% of the world’s supply of stones comes to Israel to be processed into diamonds. Night in Tel Aviv.
Day 5 – relaxation on the Mediterranean Sea, SPA hotels, swimming pool.
a beautiful and very educational excursion to the north of Israel in the Galilee, where you can see and visit some of the most famous biblical places, the Armageddon Valley – the site of the battles of the Cananite city-state and noted in the Holy Scriptures, Mount Tabor – the place of the Transfiguration, on the road to Nazareth – Cana of Galilee we will visit the place where the first miracle of Jesus happened – turning water into wine. In Nazareth we will visit the Church of the Annunciation, built to commemorate the visit of Mary by the Angel Gabriel, the Greek Orthodox Church of Gabriel, built on the site of the only source from which the Holy Family took water for themselves. We will visit the city of Tiberias, Copernaum – where Jesus lived and preached, Tabgha – the place where Jesus performed a miracle – the multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes, we will see the Mount of Beatitudes – the place where Jesus delivered the mountain sermon, Jordanite – we will perform the rite of Baptism in the Holy River Jordan, precisely in that place, John disowned Jesus. Lake Kinneret (Sea of Tveriat). Night in Tel Aviv.
Day 6 – rest and departure to the airport.
