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8 Day Pilgrimage To The Holy Land In The Foot Steps Of The Lord

DAY 1 - LONDON / TEL AVIV
Leave from London to Tel Aviv. A hot meal will be served on the flight. Meeting and assistance upon arrival and transfer to your hotel in Tiberias.

DAY 2 - TIBERIAS / NAZARETH / CANA
At about 11:30 hours leave the hotel and drive to Nazareth. Visit the Basilica of the Annunciation including the Grotto where we will have Mass, the Chapel of St. Joseph, the Old Synagogue and the Church of St. Gabriel (Mary's Well). Continue to Cana of Galilee where Jesus performed his first miracle by turning water into wine at a wedding feast. Here we will visit the Franciscan Church of the Wedding Feast. Those who wish can renew their marriage vows before we return to our hotel in Tiberias for dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 3 - SEA OF GALILEE / MT. TABOR
After breakfast we will take a cruise across the Sea of Galilee. We will first visit Capharnaum "The Town of Jesus" where he carried out the major part of his Ministry and Messianic Work. Visit the excavations and St. Peter's Church. Proceed to the Church of the Primacy of St. Peter, where we will have Mass. Visit Tabgha, the site where the Lord fed the 5,000 with five loaves and two fish, and the Mount of Beatitudes which commemorates Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount. In the afternoon we will visit Mount Tabor where the Lord was Transfigured, the Jordan River and the Place of Baptism. Dinner and overnight stay at our hotel in Tiberias.

DAY 4 - JERICHO / JERUSALEM/ BETHLEHEM / SHEPHERDS' FIELDS
Today we leave Galilee and drive via the Jordan Valley to Jerusalem. Our first stop will be in Jericho. View the ancient city and the Mount of Temptation before we continue to Jerusalem, where on arrival we will drive to the top of the Mount of Olives to admire the spectacular views of the walled Old City. After an explanation of the view drive to Bethlehem to visit the Basilica of the Nativity and the Grotto, venerated as the Birthplace of Jesus. Also visit the Church of St. Catherine, the Crusaders Cloister, the Chapel of St. Jerome and the Grotto of the Holy Innocents. We have Mass in Bethlehem before driving to the Shepherds' Fields. Return to our Jerusalem hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 5 - MOUNT OF OLIVES / MOUNT SION
After breakfast drive to the Mount of Olives to visit the Pater Noster Church, where according to tradition, Jesus taught His Disciples the Lord's Prayer. Continue to the chapel of Dominus Flevit, where the Lord wept over Jerusalem, where we will visit and have Mass. Finally descend to the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations. In the afternoon visit Mount Sion and the Upper Room, also known as the Cenacle which commemorates the Last Supper; the Dormition Abbey, commemorating the falling asleep of Mary; and the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu on the sight of the house of the High Priest Caiaphas. Dinner and overnight stay at your Jerusalem hotel.

DAY 6 - TEMPLE MOUNT / FREE DAY IN JERUSALEM / MASSADA & THE DEAD SEA
Today we will have an early Mass (before breakfast) in the Holy Tomb or on Calvary. This will be followed by breakfast and a walk across the Temple Mt. (Entrance to the Mosques is not included). The rest of the morning is free or you can join in an optional excursion to Massada and the Dead Sea. Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel in Jerusalem.

DAY 7 - THE WAY OF THE CROSS / ABO GOSH / EIN KAREM
This morning we shall enter the Old City and start our tour at the Crusaders' Church of St. Anne and the Pool of Bethesda. Continue to the Tower of Antonia where Jesus was tried and the Church of the Flagellation from where we will follow the Stations of the Cross ending inside the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre enshrining Calvary and the Holy Tomb. We will celebrate Mass in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. In the afternoon we will visit the Crusaders' Church of the Resurrection in Abo Gosh. This is one of the possible sites of Emmaus. We will also visit Ein Karem, home of St. Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist before we return to our hotel in Jerusalem for dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 8 - TEL AVIV / LONDON
The coach will take you to Tel Aviv airport for our return flight to London.

Additional Information

Your Tour price includes:

Return air fare from London to Tel Aviv
Hotel accommodation based on sharing twin room in Tiberias and Jerusalem/Bethlehem on Half Board basis (breakfast and evening meal) in good, centrally located three star hotels with private facilities.
A Spiritual Director and local Guide for every departure
All transfers and transport as in your itinerary in luxury, air-conditioned coaches
All entrance fees and sightseeing as in your itinerary
Tips and Gratuities
All airport taxes
Cruise across the Sea of Galilee
All bookings will benefit from Free Travel Insurance if required.

To activate your insurance policy we must show that a premium of Ł13.40 has been paid on your confirmation invoice. The premium will be offset against a discount.

Your Tour Price does not include:

Optional excursion to Massada and the Dead Sea (Ł40.00 per person)
Lunches
Single room supplement of Ł112.00
Cost of passport of Visa if applicable
Items of a personal nature such as drinks, laundry, group pictures and pilgrimage certificates.