7 days/6 nights program
3 nights Tel Aviv 3 nights at the Dead Sea
Day 1 – arrival, transfer to the Tel Aviv hotel
Day 2 – 8.00 – 8.30, excursion with a certified Russian-speaking guide to Galilee, where you can see some of the most famous biblical places, the Armageddon Valley – the site of the battles of the Haanan city-state and noted in the Holy Scriptures, Mount Tabor – the place of the Transfiguration, on the way to Nazareth-Cana of Galilee is the place where Jesus’ first miracle took place – 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 church of the multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes, the monastery of the 12 Apostles, you 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, in that very place , where John baptized Jesus. Lake Kinneret (Sea of Tiberias).
Night in Tel Aviv
Day 3 – 8.00 – 8.30, excursion with a certified Russian-speaking guide to the city of Caesarea – the city of King Herod, returns to the times of the Phoenicians, and today you can see the magnificent ruins of the times of the Crusaders and Byzantium, an effective Roman amphitheater. Cornelius was baptized here, Paul went to Rome from here, and Agabus predicted his imprisonment.
Haifa is the northern capital of Israel, we will take a sightseeing tour of the city and visit the most beautiful place on earth – the Bahai Temple
Caesarea (a preserved Roman city under the reign of King Caesar, built by Herod the Great) and Haifa with its beautiful Bahai Gardens (Bahai is a separate religion, very similar to Buddhism)…. Night in Tel Aviv
Day 4 – 8.30 – 9.00, excursion with a certified Russian-speaking guide to Jerusalem, during which you will see a panorama of Jerusalem from Maslenitsa Mount, the chapel of the Tears of the Lord, dedicated to the memory of Jesus mourning Jerusalem, visit the Garden of Gethsemane, the place where Jesus prayed and spent the night before the crucifixion , you will see the Kidron Valley (Valley of Jehoshaphat), the Church of St. Peter. You will climb Mount Zion – the room of the Last Supper, Dormition Abbey, Church of the Assumption of the Virgin. You will walk one of the parts of the Road of Sorrow of Jesus – Via Dolorosa, along the path of Jesus from the place of his imprisonment in the Praetorium to his death on Calvary and His resurrection. You will go to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, to 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 .
At the end of the tour, descending from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea through the Judean Mountains, your path passes through absolutely amazing terrain. In half an hour you will reach the lowest point on the globe – 400 meters below sea level. The road goes down like a serpentine, and suddenly a lake of extraordinary beauty appears below you. There are no such colors anywhere else in the world. Seeing the stunning landscapes of the Judean Desert, you will understand why the Dead Sea area served as a place of refuge for fugitives such as David and Eliya, and why it was here that secluded settlements and monasteries were founded, and you will also see the world’s oldest city, Jericho, Qumran, a place where the most ancient Dead Sea scrolls were found, the famous Masada fortress (400 m) – this was the last line of defense, where the rebel Jews, completely isolated from the rest of the world, under the command of Elezer Ben-Yair, confronted the powerful Tenth Roman Legion led by Flavius Silva. Transfer to a hotel at the Dead Sea.
Day 5 – relaxation at the Dead Sea, SPA complex of the hotel, swimming in pools with water from the Dead Sea and ordinary water, swimming in the Dead Sea, independent procedures with mud and salts from the Dead Sea, relaxation, walking along the embankment, which in itself is a treatment nervousness and fatigue in a person, since the air is saturated with a huge amount of bromine.
Day 6 – relaxation at the Dead Sea, SPA complex of the hotel, swimming in pools with water from the Dead Sea and ordinary water, swimming in the Dead Sea, independent procedures with mud and salts from the Dead Sea, relaxation, walking along the embankment, which in itself is a treatment nervousness and fatigue in a person, since the air is saturated with a huge amount of bromine.
Vacation opportunities at the Dead Sea are truly unlimited. No matter how long you come – for a day excursion, for a weekend getaway, or if you decide to spend a vacation at the resort in combination with excursions to other parts of Israel – you are guaranteed the highest pleasure at the lowest point on the globe.
Day 7 – transfer to the airport.
