Israel

June 5 Fri Departure from Chicago

June 6 Sat Afternoon arrival at Ben Gurion airport,
Transfer to Tel Aviv
Jaffa, old city 1 hour walking tour ‡
Dinner and overnight in Tel Aviv

June 7 Sun Caesarea ‡
Megiddo ‡
Sepphoris
Mt Arbel ‡
Jesus Boat, Ginosar
Dinner and overnight, Galilee

June 8 Mon Boat ride Ginosar-Capernaum,
Capernaum *‡₪
Kursi ‡
Beit Saida ‡
Chorazin ‡
Magdala (and chapel) ‡
Dinner and overnight, Galilee

June 9 Tue Mt of Beatitudes *‡₪
Tabgha, Church of the Multiplication*‡₪
Primacy*‡₪
Church of the Annunciation*₪
Mary Center*‡ (lunch reserved ahead, chapel talk, nice roof for photos)
Tomb of the righteous man (5₪)
Mt. of the Precipice
Tel Shimron
Dinner and overnight, Galilee

June 10 Wed Hazor ‡
Tel Dan ‡
Banias and Agrippa palace ‡
Golan Heights
Dinner and overnight, Galilee

June 11 Thu Beit Shean ‡
Jericho ‡
Qumran ‡
Dinner and overnight, En Boqeq

June 12 Fri En Gedi (include synagogue) ‡
Masada ‡
Swim in Dead Sea at Hotel
Dinner and overnight, En Boqeq

June 13 Sat Arad ‡
Beersheva ‡
Bell Caves, Tomb, Columbarium ‡
Lachish
Dinner and overnight

June 14 Sun Elah Valley, Shaarayim, (Queifa)
Beit Shemesh
Gezer
Talpiot Tayelet
Dinner and overnight

June 15 Mon Mt of Olives, ‡ Dominit Flevit, ‡₪
Gethsemane, *‡ Church of Nations
Walk along Kidron
City of David Movie ‡
Warren’s Shaft
Stepped stone structure ‡
Hezekiah’s Tunnel
Pool of Siloam
Herodian Street and sewer
Davidson Center, ‡ Robinson’s Arch, Hulda Gates, Solomonic wall and gate
Dinner and overnight, Jerusalem

June 16 Tue Temple Mount** (Bibles and ipads not allowed)
St Anne, Pools of Bethesda *‡
Via Dolorosa, Lithostrotos *‡
Holy Sepulcher *‡
Dinner and overnight, Jerusalem

June 17 Wed Western Wall, Bar Mitzvahs *‡
Jewish Quarter, Broad wall ‡
Burnt House ‡
Herodian mansions ‡
Cardo ‡
Western Wall Tunnels
Dinner and overnight, Jerusalem

June 18 Thu Ramat Rahel, Jerusalem overlook ‡
Herodion ‡
Shepherds’ Fields (Catholic) ‡₪
Bethlehem Church of the Nativity* (Shopping)
Dinner and overnight, Jerusalem

June 19 Fri Free Day
Options:
o Ramparts walk
o Yad VaShem
o Mahaneh Yehuda
o Tower of David Museum
o Lunch at Notre Dame
o Overnight Jerusalem

June 20 Sat Mt Zion
Upper room
Bible Lands Museum
Israel Museum
Garden tomb
Dinner and overnight, Jerusalem

June 21 Sun Flight home

* indicates modesty stop ‡ facilities available (₪ shekel/s charge)

• Roundtrip international air fare between Chicago – Tel Aviv
• 1 night at the Prima City hotel
• 4 Nights at Nof Ginosar on the Sea of Galilee
• 2 nights at the Vert Dead Sea
• 8 Nights at the Prima Kings Hotel Jerusalem
• Daily open buffet breakfasts at the hotels
• 15 Dinners at the Hotel
• Entry fees to the sites and museums as per the Itinerary
• St. Peters Fish lunch in the Sea of Galilee
• Arrival & departure Transfers
• transportation by deluxe AC motor coach as per itinerary
• Boat Tour at Sea of Galilee
• English Speaking licensed tour guide during all tours & transfers
• Personal headsets (whispers)
• Service charges and local taxes

• Extras of personal nature & insurance of any kind
• Lunches
• Beverages with dinners or lunches
• Insurance of any kind
• Tips to guide & driver (suggested $80 per person for the guide & $30 per person for the driver)