Christian Jerusalem, Bethlehem & Nazareth, 3 Days

Driving north along the coastal road we turn towards the Plain of Armageddon and pass Megiddo. We pause at Mt. Precipice then continue to Nazareth to tour the Church of Annunciation and Church of St. Joseph. Passing Cana we drive along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, near Mt. of Beatitudes, and see Capernaum; stop to visit the Church of the Multiplication; pass Tiberias and visit the baptismal site of Yardenit.  Overnight stay: Tel Aviv.

Visit the places where Jesus spent time on the Mount of Olives including the Church of ascension; Church of Pater Noster and Dominus Flevit. Visit the Church of All Nations and the Garden of Gethsemane. See the Pools of Bethesda and walk into the Old City of Jerusalem stopping at the Church of St. Anne and Convent of the Sisters of Zion. Retrace Jesus’ path down the first stations of Via Dolorosa, as the Lord did on his way to Calvary.  Overnight stay: Jerusalem.

Start the morning with a view across Jerusalem’s skyline from Mount Scopus. Then we descend the mount passing the Church of All Nations; Garden of Gethsemane and Kidron Valley. In the Old City’s Jewish Quarter we see the Byzantine-era Cardo and the Western Wall. Going along part of the Way of Sorrows (Via Dolorosa) as Jesus did we reach the Holy Sepulchre. Then, continue to Bethlehem to see the Church of St. Catherine; Manger Square, and the Church of the Nativity.