11 Days in the “Footsteps of Jesus”- Journey to the Holy Land – June 17 – 27, 2024 from Detroit, MI (DTW) – Pr. Shawn O’Brien

About this tour

Day 1: Departure from the USA
• Depart for your overnight flight to the Holy Land. Meals will be served on board.

Day 2: Arrival, Tiberius
• Arrive in Tel Aviv, meet your guide, and drive to Tiberius via the coastal plains.
• Dinner and overnight in Tiberius.

Day 3: Nazareth, Cana, Mount Tabor
• Mount Tabor.
• Cana of Galilee
• Nazareth, Basilica of the Annunciation, St. Joseph’s Church, Mary’s well.
• Dinner and overnight in Tiberius.

Day 4: Golan Heights, Sea of Galilee
• Caesarea Philippi.
• Tabgha, site of the multiplication of the fishes and the loaves.
• Enjoy a meal of “St. Peter’s fish” and a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.
• St. Peter’s Primacy, Capernaum. Site of Magdala.
• Dinner and overnight in Tiberius.

Day 5: Caesarea Marittima, Mount Carmel
• Mount Carmel, Stella Marris
• The Muhraka the site of Elisha.
• Caesarea Marittima,
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 6: Dead Sea area
• Masada, Qumran, site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
• Visit Jericho, Zacchaeus tree old city, and visit mount of Temptation monastery.
• River Jordan.
• Dinner and overnight at Manger Square hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 7: Old City of Jerusalem
• Start the day with worship with the locals
• Visit the Tent of Nations, have lunch, and chance for planting trees.
• Visit the model of old Jerusalem, Shrine of the Book.
• Walk the Via Dolorosa ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 8: Mount of Olives/ Mount Zion
• Panoramic view from the top of Mount of Olives and a visit to Augusta Victoria Hospital
• Ascension Hill on the Mount of Olives, The Church of Pater Noster, Dominus Flevit.
• The Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations
• Mt. Zion and the Cenacle, St. Peter’s in Gallicantu.
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 9: Shepherd’s Field, Bethlehem
• Shepherd’s Field in Beit Sahour.
• Visit the Lutheran School
• Old city of Bethlehem, The Church of the Nativity.
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 10: Jerusalem 
• The Western Wall, view of the Dome of the Rock and El-Aqsa Mosque.
• St. Anne’s Church, the Pools of Bethesda.
• Walk the Via Dolorosa ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 11: Departure OR Egypt Extension
• Check out, and depart the hotel for your flight home. or take the optional extension to Egypt

Day 11: Tel Aviv, Cairo

• Depart for Egypt.
• Dinner and overnight at Barcelo Cairo in Cairo.

Day 12:  Cairo

• Visit one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Pyramids of Giza, and the Great Sphinx.
• Visit the Coptic area to visit the Hanging Churches.
• Dinner and overnight at Barcelo Cairo in Cairo.

Day 13: Cairo

• Visit the Egyptian Museum where we’ll find the greatest Collections of Egyptian antiquities
• Free time to visit the famed Khan El-Khalili (bazaar).
• Dinner and overnight at Barcelo Cairo in Cairo.

Day 14: Departure

• Depart for the airport for our flight home, we will arrive back in the USA the same day.

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