Christian Classics 6 Days

Start the tour in the morning, by being picked up from your hotel. Drive for a view of the Old City and Jerusalem. Enter the Old City through the Zion Gate, pass the Armenian Quarter, and walk through the Byzantine Cardo. Arrive at the Western Wall, that is the holiest sites for the Jewish people. Continue on walking by the Via Dolorosa, where you will see many pilgrims walking the Stations of the Cross. Finally, arrive at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Tour the church that was built over the place where the crucifixion took place, and it is said Jesus was buried. Take a walk through the Old City market. Continue on to visit Yad Vashem, which is the Holocaust Museum, commemorating the destruction of the lives of six million Jews, and those who tried to save them. Back to your hotel for overnight.

After breakfast we will leave Jerusalem and drive down towards the Dead Sea, we will pass the Inn of the Good Samaritan. Continue to Jericho, which is the oldest inhabited city in the world. Above Jericho view the Mt. Temptation, the place where Jesus fasted for forty days and nights. Return to Jerusalem to continue on to Bethlehem, which was the home of Jesse, King Davids father, and where Jesus was born. Walk across Manger Square to arrive at the Church of Nativity. Travel down to the Grotto of the church to see the star, which indicates the spot where Jesus was born. See the Manger and the three Wise Men alter. Next to this is a Crusader Church that is dedicated to St. Catherine. Leaving Bethlehem pass the Milk Grotto and Shepherds Fields. Back to hotel for overnight.

Start the day after breakfast in your hotel. The first stop for the day will be on the Mount of Olives, where you will find the Church of the Ascension. Jesus is said to have gone up to heaven from this place. Close to here, a Crusader cloister and grotto called the Pater Noster, commemorates where Jesus preached the Lords Prayer. As we are walking, stop at Dominus Flevit, where it is said that Jesus cried as he envisioned the destruction of Jerusalem. Continue on to the Church of all Nations in the Garden of Gethsemane. We will cross the Kidron Valley and enter the Old City through the Lions Gate. Stop at the Church of St. Anne to visit the pools of Bethesda. Continue to the cellars in the convent of the Sisters of Zion, to view the water cistern from the Second Temple. There are engravings on the stones of the street. Entrance fees not included.