Suggested 11-Day, 10 nights - Catholic Pilgrimage Itinerary
“In the Footsteps of Jesus”
Day 1:
Arrive at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport and begin the one-hour journey up to Jerusalem.
Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 2:
Herodium, Tomb of Rachel, Shepherd’s Field, Crusader Church of the Nativity, Church of St. Catherine. Jerusalem - Old City through Dung Gate, Western Wall, Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock.
Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 3:
Jerusalem - Chagall’s stained glass windows at Hadassah Hospital, Church of the Visitation, the Church of St. John the Baptist, Yad Vashem Memorial and the Israeli Knesset.
Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 4:
Jerusalem - Old City through St. Stephen’s Gate, St. Anne’s Church and the Bethesda Pool, Via Dolorosa (14 stations), the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the Tomb of Jesus, the Israel Museum and the Shrine of the Book.
Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 5:
Mount of Olives - the Chapel of the Ascension, the Church of Pater Noster, Dominus Flevit Church, the Church of Agony and the Garden of Gethsemane. Mount Zion - the Dormition Abby, King David’s Tomb, and the traditional Cenacle, the Upper Room of the Last Supper, the Jewish Quarter to the Wohl Archeological Museum and the nearby Burnt House, and the Roman Cardo.
Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 6:
St. Peter in Gallicantu Church, drive through the Judean desert to Masada, continue to the Dead Sea for a swim, then to the ancient village of Qumran.
Overnight in Tiberias
Day 7:
Depart Jerusalem and travel east along Wadi Qelt through the desert to Jericho.Tel Jericho, the Mount of Temptation, the Monastery of Temptation,continue to Bet She’an through Gan Hashlosha, arrive in Tiberias on the shores of the Sea of Galilee and visit the Yardenit baptismal complex.
Overnight in Tiberias
Day 8:
Mount Tavor, Nazareth - the Church of the Annunciation, St. Joseph Church, the Virgin’s spring-well, the Parable Walk of the recreated 2,000 year old village. Continue to Sepphoris then visit Kfar Kana.
Overnight in Tiberias
Day 9:
Set sail across the Sea of Galilee, Capernaum- synagogue, St. Peter’s house, the Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha and the Church of St. Peter’s Primacy, continue to the Mount of Beatitudes and the Church of the Beatitudes, Korazim and back to Tiberias.
Overnight in Tiberias
Day 10:
Capernaum - the Church of St. Peter, then travel to Kursi to tour the ruins of the Byzantine basilica. Continue north through the Golan Heights to Caesarea Philippi (Banias), Kibbutz Nof Ginosar (Jesus boat)and back to Tiberias.
Overnight in Tiberias
DAY 11:
Megiddo, Mukhraka, visit the Druze village of Daliyat al-Carmel, travel toward Haifa and visit the Carmelite Monastery, Stella Maris (Mary Star of the Sea). Travel to Caesarea Maritima then continue south to Tel Aviv and to Old Jaffa’s Church of St. Peter.
Transfer for a nights flight or an overnight in Tel Aviv and a morning transfer to Ben Gurion Airport
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