HOLY LAND AND EGYPT CHRISTIAN TOUR
14 DAYS TOUR
NAZARETH - CANA - CAPERNAUM - GALILEE - BETHLEHEM -JERUSALEM - JERICHO
ST. CATHERINE - MT. SINAI - CAIRO
ITINERARY
Depart from your gateway city, intercontinental flight to Israel; Tel Aviv , meals served on board of the plane.
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Day 2 ARRIVAL TO ISRAEL
Upon arrival to “Ben Gurion” Tel Aviv airport, group will meet with the guide and proceed to hotel, free time and first overnight in Holy land.
Exact schedule of each tour to be advised after flight schedule is confirmed.
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Day 3 CAESAREA - HAIFA - TIBERIAS
After rest you will leave Tel Aviv hotel and drive along the Mediterranean Sea on the way to the crusader port city of Caesarea and the 
Roman capital of Israel. Here, we will see the archaeological ruins of the Roman amphitheatre from the days of King Herod. Our next stop is in Haifa, and on to Mount Carmel, where we will visit Carmelite Monastery, Chapel of the Holy Family and Elijah’s cave. Overnight and dinner is in our hotel, city Tiberias.
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Day 4 NAZARETH - CANA
We will leave our hotel and drive for Nazareth, 
the boyhood of Jesus and the place where He spent the first 30 years of His life. We will say our prayers in the most inspiring churches of St. Joseph and Annunciation where the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that She would be the Mother of God see the Well where our Mary went for the water. Next place of our visit is Cana the site of Jesus first miracle. In this beautiful little town we will have the Renewal of the marriage vows and blessing of families. Return to our hotel in Tiberias for dinner and over night.
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Day 5 CAPERNAUM - TABGHA - MT. OF BEATITUDES - SEA OF GALILEE
Today we will literally follow the "Footsteps of Jesus". We will visit Capernaum where Jesus spent most of His preaching; new church built at the site of the Home of St. Peter, ruins of the synagogue that had being built in the time of Jesus. Through story of our guide we will get to know more of the Life of Jesus in Capernaum. Than we drive to Mt. Of Beatitudes where the Lord Jesus preached Sermon on the Mountain celebrate the mass here and continue to Tabgha the site of the Multiplication of the loaves and fishes and the church of St. Peter's Primacy. We will enjoy a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee before return to Tiberias to our hotel, dinner and overnight.
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Day 6 MT. TABOR - RIVER JORDAN - JERICHO - JERUSALEM 
After breakfast, we depart Tiberias to Jerusalem towards Mt. Tabor; we will take a short taxi drive up to the mountain to visit the church of Transfiguration. Before going to Jerusalem we will visit River Jordan's Yardenit Garden for a renewal of our baptismal vows, not far from the site where John the Baptist baptized Jesus. Later group will continue through the Jordan Valley towards Jericho, the oldest known continuously inhabited city in the world, through Judean Desert, pass by Mt Of Temptation. Long day ends in Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.
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Day 7 JERUSALEM
After breakfast we start our day with a view of the Holy City from the Mount of Olives following the Palm Sunday Road, the road Jesus followed on His way to Jerusalem. We stop at the chapel of Dominus Flevit 
where our Lord wept and shed a tear for the city of Jerusalem (Luke 19: 37- 42). We than proceed to the Garden of Gethsemane and pray at the church of All Nations (Church of Gethsemane), where Jesus prayed: " Father, if thou art willing, remove this cup from me, nevertheless not my will, but thy, be done". In the afternoon we will visit the area of Mt. Zion. We will visit the church of St. Peter Gallicantu; church built on the site of the house of high priest Caiaphas, where Jesus spent night in the rooms (dungeon) that are still there. On this site Peter denied Jesus three times. We will also see the room of the Last Supper, church of Dormition where the Blessed Virgin Mary fell into Eternal Sleep.
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Day 8 JERUSALEM - BETHLEHEM
This morning we drive south of Jerusalem to Bethlehem (house of bread in Hebrew), to see the church of Nativity built over the tomb of St. Jerome. In the Grotto under the central altar one can see the Holy Manger, and the Silver Star with the Latin inscription "Hic de Maria Virgine Jesus Christus Natus est". After the visit to a birthplace of Jesus we will visit Shepherd’s field where Angels appeared to the shepherds (Luke 2), to announce the Birth of Jesus. Here is beautiful view on Mt. Herodian and Judean Hills. In the afternoon we drive towards Ein Karem. We will visit the Church of Visitation the site of the Blessed Virgin Mary's visit with her cousin Elizabeth. This is the place where Our Lady said Her "Magnificat". The birthplace of St. John the Baptist is the last church we visit today.
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Day 9 JERUSALEM
Jerusalem as our destiny, today early in the morning you will enter the old town and follow the Stations of the Cross or the Via Dolorosa – from the Pilate’s fortress to the today Church of the Holy Sepulcher, site of Crucifixion and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We will see the pool of Bethesda where Jesus Christ healed a man who was crippled for 38 years. The church of St Anne one of the rare churches that was spared from destruction of Moslems because was built over the crypt venerated as a birthplace of Mary and a home of her parents Joachim and Anne. Today we are also see the Temple Mount with the Al Aqsa Mosque, and the visit the Wailing Wall. After rather long day you will have a chance to spend rest of the day on your own, shopping or additional sightseeing. Dinner will be at the hotel.
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Day 10 ISRAEL - EGYPT, SINAI
Group will leave Jerusalem, transfer to the border with Egypt, Taba border crossing. Arrival to St. Catherine, check in to hotel and some free time before dinner.
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Day 11 SINAI - CAIRO 
Today after breakfast group will have a visit to Greek Orthodox St. Catherine Monastery from the 6th century - over 1400 years of the Christian history. Early afternoon you will leave for Cairo, arrival on time for dinner. First night in Cairo
Group will have a option to climb the Mt. Sinai, Mount Moses as local Bedouins call it. Walk will start at about 1:00 am, it is about 3 - 4 hours walk up and then climb down of about 2 hours. Some pilgrims ride camels to go up the mountain.
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Day 12 GIZA - CAIRO
Breakfast, and then start your sightseeing by visiting the
Pyramids of Giza. Cheops (Khufu) Pyramid, largest of the three, was built
in the 3rd Dynasty about 2690 BC, and is one of the seven wonders of the ancient
world. In front of the Pyramid of Chephren (Khafre), we find the
Sphynx carved
from a single piece of stone. It is a lion with a Pharaoh's head thought to
be a portrait of the pharaoh Chephren (Khafre).
Enjoy a camel ride by the Pyramids area, then continue with
visit to the Citadel of Salah El-Din, the Mohammed Ali Mosque, and the "medieval
bazaars" of Khan-El-Khalili, where one can bargain buying jewellery and
hand-tooled leather items. Return to your hotel for an overnight.
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Day 13 OLD CAIRO
Breakfast at the hotel and then excursion to Old Cairo. We will be visiting the very Old Coptic Churches (Obelisk of Ain Shams, The Tree Of Virgin At Matarya, The Church Of Virgin In Zayton, Al Moalqa (Hunging Church), Church Of St. Barbara, Church Of St, Sergious (Abu Serga) Church Of Virgin Maria At Maadi and the Oldest Jewish Synagogue of Beni Ezra. Return to your 5* hotel for dinner and overnight.
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Day 14 FLIGHT BACK HOME
Transfer to Cairo International Airport for our flight back home.
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INCLUDES:
+ Round trip airfares from your departure city
+ 4* first class hotels in Israel
+ 5* hotels Sheraton, Le Meridien or Intercontinental in Cairo
+ 3* hotel in St. Catherine, Sinai
+ buffet breakfast and buffet dinner daily
+ Englisg speaking escort guide and Christian tour guides in Israel and Egypt
+ high class air-conditioned tourist coaches
+ entrance fees acording the itinerary
+ Israel exit border tax and Egypt border tax and visa
+ porterage of one piece of luggage in/out hotels
NOT INCLUDED:
+ tip for guides and drivers, hotel staff (all tips can be included in quote)
+ personal expenses, souvenirs, drinks
+ third meal, lunch daily
+ travel insurance
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