DAY BY DAY ITINERARY
September 29 to October 8, 2025
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29
Depart From New York JFK for your flight to Israel via Brussels Airlines. Beverages and meals will be served on board.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 30
Arrive in Tel Aviv and meet our guide. We will drive north along the coast to the Galilee and check-in at the hotel to enjoy dinner and a good night’s sleep.
Dinner and Overnight: Mary's Well Hotel – Nazareth
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1
MT BEATITUDES / CAPERNAUM
Enjoy a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Next a visit to Mt. Beatitudes where Jesus gave his “Sermon on the Mount” (Matt.5). At Tabgha we will remember the miracle of Multiplication of loaves and fishes (Mark 6) with which he fed thousands of people. Visit Capernaum – known as Jesus’ “own town” (Matt. 9:1) – “walking where Jesus walked” takes on thrilling new meaning. As you sit on the stone benches of Capernaum’s ancient synagogue, you’ll be reminded that right here, Jesus taught (Mark 1:21; John 6:59) and healed a man possessed by an evil spirit (Mark 1:23-27). It was the synagogue on this very spot, whose foundations you can still see, which Luke says was built by the centurion whose servant Jesus later healed (Luke 7:3-5). Jesus also raised from the dead the daughter of this synagogue’s leader (Luke 8:49-53).
Dinner and Overnight: Mary's Well Hotel – Nazareth
THURSDAY OCTOBER 2
Yom Kippur - Day at Leisure
Dinner and Overnight: Mary's Well Hotel – Nazareth
FRIDAY OCTOBER 3
BEIT SHEAN / HAROD SPRING
After breakfast we will travel to Beit Shean, historical gem that unfolds the fascinating story of a rich period full of changes, was the capital of the Decapolis cities, through which word of Jesus’ miracles and teachings spread (Matt. 4:25, Mark 5: 20). It has also been a scene of tragedy: more than a millennium earlier, the Philistines hung the body of Saul from its ramparts. We will stop and visit the Harod Spring which bubbles in a cave on the slopes of Mount Gilboa and from here we can enjoy a fine view of the Jezreel Valley and lower Galilee. We will stop at the Western Wall and observe the dancing and chanting by all Israelis and Yeshiva students to welcome the Sabbath.
Dinner and Overnight: Ramada - Jerusalem
SATURDAY OCTOBER 4
QUMRAN / MASSADA / DEAD SEA
We will depart early today after breakfast and start our drive to Qumran and we will stand among the 2,000 year-old ruins overlooking the Dead Sea on the edge of the Judean Wilderness, we will experience a dramatic view of the cave in which most of the Dead Sea Scrolls, containing the oldest Bible ever found, were discovered. We will then visit the mountaintop fortress of Masada overlooking the Dead Sea. Less than 40 years after Jesus was crucified, Jewish rebels took over Masada. In contrast to Jesus’ instruction to “give to Caesar what is Caesar’s” (Luke 20:25), the rebels believed in zero-tolerance for Roman rule. The rebels were surrounded by the Roman army, and took their own lives rather than become slaves. This act has made Masada a symbol of the human spirit’s yearning for freedom and gives a greater understanding of this era of conflict that was the backdrop to Jesus’ ministry. Afterwards, we will descend to the lowest point on Earth and take advantage of the hot springs, mineral waters, and mud baths, and enjoy the desert climate, bathe in the healing waters of the Dead Sea, and breathe healthful bromide-filled air at the desert oasis, Ein Gedi.
Dinner and Overnight: Ramada - Jerusalem
SUNDAY OCTOBER 5
SHILOH / JERUSALEM DAY OF PRAYER
Morning visit to Tel Shiloh, in the territory of the tribe of Ephraim, the children of Israel brought the Tabernacle (Josh. 18:1), making Shiloh a religious center for the Israelites before Jerusalem. It was from Shiloh that the Ark was taken into battle and temporarily lost to the Philistines. Jerusalem Day of Prayer with Robert Stearns. Venue TBD.
Dinner and Overnight: Ramada - Jerusalem
MONDAY OCTOBER 6
YAD VASHEM / WESTERN WALL
After breakfast visit the Yad Vashem museum, Israel’s Holocaust remembrance and education center, which is an emotional and heartrending experience, but seeing the exhibits and remembering the Holocaust gives the more than one million individuals, world leaders and dignitaries who pass through its doors annually a meaningful way to commemorate the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Prepare to be “Awestruck” at the Western Wall, the last remnant of the Jerusalem Temple Jesus knew, destroyed 2,000 years ago by the Romans.
Dinner and Overnight: Ramada - Jerusalem
TUESDAY OCTOBER 7
TEMPLE MOUNT / GARDEN TOMB / MT OF OLIVES / GARDEN OF GETHSAMANE
UPPER ROOM / DAVID’S TOMB / ST. PETER EN GALICANTU
Begin our morning at the spot where Abraham offered Isaac in sacrifice on Mount Moriah, the Temple Mount. Proceed to Gordon’s Calvary and the Garden Tomb. Enjoy the glorious view of the Old City of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. Visit the garden of Gethsemane and see its ancient olive trees, remembering Jesus’ agony in prayer for us. Visit Mt. Zion and the Upper Room, remembering the Last Supper and outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Below we can pray and pay homage to Israel’s famous king and ancestor of the Messiah at King David’s Tomb. Then we enter the compound at the St. Peter en Galicantu Church which is built over the site of the house of Caiaphas where Jesus was imprisoned.
Dinner and Overnight: Ramada – Jerusalem
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8
Early morning transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for our return flight home.
Arrive in the USA!
PLEASE NOTE! We reserve the right to omit any site and/or change the itinerary
Should it be necessary due to local conditions.
