Holy Land Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage Dates		Description	Price

Prices include all airport taxes and fuel or international surcharges. Price does not include the add on fare from your local airport. Please call to determine the total price for departure from your local airport.

Our pilgrimage prices are all inclusive: transfers, tips, and airport taxes are all included. Travel insurance is not included but is available for purchase.

Please note: Once we arrive in Israel, all breakfasts, lunches and dinners are provided and are included in the cost of the trip.

Day-by-Day Itinerary

Please note: Once we arrive in Israel, all breakfasts, lunches and dinners are provided and are included in the cost of the trip.

Day 1: USA - Tel Aviv

Depart USA for overnight flight to Tel Aviv. Dinner and Breakfast will be served on board.

Day 2: Tel Aviv – Afternoon Arrival

Upon arrival at Tel Aviv Airport we meet our guide and driver and then we will check in to our hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Tel Aviv - Jaffa - Caesarea Maritima - Stella Maris

After breakfast, we start our Pilgrimage by visiting the ancient city of Jaffa and the church of St Peter. We will continue to Caesarea Maritima, the city and harbor that was built by Herod the Great and the place where Peter baptized the Centurion Cornilios and his household. Then continue to Haifa where we will visit the church of Stella Maris and see the cave where the prophet Elijah used to hide. Then proceed to Tiberias for dinner and overnight. B/L/D (Mass).

Day 4: Nazareth - Cana - Mount Tabor

After breakfast, we drive to Nazareth, where we visit the Grand Basilica of the Annunciation and the St. Joseph Church. Then we stop at Cana, where Jesus performed his first miracle by turning water into wine at a wedding. Its modest church is a suitable place to reconfirm wedding vows. We then drive to Mount Tabor, the Mount of the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-8). From the top of the mountain there is a wonderful panoramic view which extends from Mt. Hermon in the north to the hills of Samaria in the south. Back to the hotel for dinner and overnight. B/L/D (Mass).

Day 5: The Sea of Galilee

After breakfast we visit the Mount of Beatitudes by the Sea of Galilee overlooking the Jordan Valley. Then we stop at the church of Multiplication (Tabgha) for a visit. Afterwards we continue to the Primacy of Peter where Jesus commanded Peter to "Feed my sheep". Then we proceed to Capernaum to see the remains of an early church, the ruins of Peter's house, and an ancient synagogue. In the evening we enjoy a private boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Back to the hotel for dinner and overnight. B/L/D (Mass)

Day 6: Bethlehem - Shepherd's Field - Milk Grotto

After breakfast we drive to Bethlehem to visit the birthplace of Jesus which is marked by the Basilica of the Nativity and to kneel at the place of his birth in the Grotto of the Nativity. We will also visit the Field of the Shepherds where the Angel of the Lord proclaimed the good news of the birth of the Savior (Luke 2:8-18). Then back to the Hotel in Jerusalem for dinner and overnight. B/L/D (Mass) *Private adoration at Church of Agony at Gethsemane the evening.

Day 7: Bethany – Jericho - Baptismal site - Dead Sea

After breakfast we visit Bethany, the town where Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. We then drive to visit the Qasr El-Yahud baptismal site on the River Jordan, which the Vatican recognizes as the authentic site of the baptism. There we renew our baptismal vows. We pass through Jericho, with a view on the Mount of Temptation, the place where Jesus spent 40 days and 40 nights in the desert. Lunch. Drive to the Dead Sea, where we can float on the mineral-rich water. Dinner and overnight at the Hotel in Jerusalem. B/L/D (Mass)

Day 8: Mount of Olives – Gethsemane - Mount Zion - St. Peter in Gallicantu

We begin this day after breakfast driving to the top of the Mount of Olives, for a majestic view over all of ancient and modern Jerusalem, the center of the biblical world. the Pater Noster Church and the Chapel of Dominus Flevit (Jesus wept) before walking down the "Palm Sunday Road" to the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations (Basilica of the Agony) where Christ prayed on the night of His betrayal (Luke 22:40-46). Next, we drive to the Upper Room, and the Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion. After we will visit the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu (Palace of Caiaphas). Back to the hotel for dinner and overnight. B/L/D (Mass).

Day 9: Old City - Via Dolorosa- Holy Sepulcher - Judgment Hall – Wailing Wall - Israel Museum

Today is a walking tour within the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. We begin by walking along the Via Dolorosa (Way of the Cross) from Pilate's Judgment Hall to the empty tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher carrying the Cross along the way. We will visit Galgatha where Jesus was crucified. Holy Mass will be celebrated here before we visit the Wailing Wall. We then visit the Israel Museum where we can see the Dead Sea Scrolls, the shrine of the book and a model of Jerusalem as it looked during the time of Jesus. Dinner & Overnight at our Hotel. B/L/D (Mass).

Day 10: Ein Karem - Emmaus Nicapolis

After Breakfast we drive to visit the town of Ein Karem to visit the shrine of visitation and birthplace of St. John The Baptist. Mass. Lunch. Then we continue to Emmaus where Jesus appeared after his death and resurrection. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Jerusalem. B/L/D (Mass)

Day 11: Tel Aviv - U.S.

After an early breakfast, we check out of the hotel to transfer to the airport and our flight home.

Pilgrimage Prices are All Inclusive

Our pilgrimage prices are all inclusive: transfers, tips, and airport taxes are all included.

Travel insurance is not included but is available for purchase from Travel Guard.

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