DAY TWO:
Tuesday, January 18

Tel Aviv / Jaffa

• Arrive in Tel Aviv
• Meet your MCI Tour Manager, who will assist the group to awaiting chartered motorcoach
• Enjoy a scenic drive to Jaffa, the oldest port in the world. Walk through the Old City of Jaffa through the artist quarter. There is a beautiful view of modern Tel Aviv from Jaffa
• Late afternoon hotel check-in
• Evening Welcome Dinner included, and overnight

DAY FOUR:
Thursday, January 20

Capernaum / Tabgha / Sea of Galilee

• Breakfast included at the hotel
• Enjoy a morning drive along the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum for a visit to the synagogue. Continue to Tabgha (short for Heptapagon, “seven springs”) to view the mosaics in the Church of the Loaves and Fishes. Next, ascend the Mt. of Beatitudes
• Lunch, on own
• Afternoon walk on an ancient trade route. Pass Hazor and then go on to Dan for a nature walk.
• Also visit the high place where Jeroboam son of Nebat set up a golden calf
• Continue to Caesarea Philippi
• Next, enjoy a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee
• Evening dinner on own, and overnight in Tiberias

DAY SIX:
Saturday, January 22

Jezreel Valley / Jericho / Jerusalem / Jezreel Valley / Jericho / Jerusalem

• Breakfast included at the hotel, followed by check-out
• Depart the hotel for Beth Shean and walk amongst the ancient Roman and Byzantine ruins
• Lunch, on own
• Drive through the Jezreel Valley west to Ein Harod, which describes Gideon’s actions in thinning out his army (This is where he brought the men to the spring and sorted them on the basis of how they drank from the water). Transfer East into Harod’s Valley with a fantastic view filled with biblical history
• Transfer to the Jordan Valley and then south to Jericho. At Jericho, visit the Tel of this oldest city and view the traditional mountain of Jesus’ temptation. Next, visit Mt. Scopus for a majestic view of Jerusalem
• Evening dinner included, and overnight in Jerusalem

DAY EIGHT:
Monday, January 24

Jerusalem

• Breakfast included at the hotel
• Start on the Mt. of Olives and descend the traditional Palm Sunday Road, visiting the churches of Pater Noster and Dominus Flevit along the way. Also, visit the Church of All Nations in the Garden of Gethsemane. Next, walk down along the new path into the Kidron Valley, which is also known as the Vale of the King.
• Lunch, on own
• Tour of the City of David. View a brief introductory 3D movie that gives a visual timeline of the geography of the City of David from the original settlement to present day. Descend in the ground to Hezekiah’s tunnel built somewhere near 700 B.C. to bring fresh water from outside the fortified city of David to the inside to provide drinking water during any siege. Participants of the tour can take part in a 40-minute walk in knee high water from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam
• Evening dinner included, and overnight

DAY TEN:
Wednesday, January 26

Jerusalem

• Breakfast included at the hotel
• Transfer to Dung Gate where just inside, we take the time to examine the ruins near the south side of the Temple complex. Visit the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site. View the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site of Islam, located on the traditional site of the ancient Temple Mount. Just to the north we find the Pools of Bethesda (John 5) and St. Anne’s Church, which has remarkable acoustics and which has been perfectly preserved from the Crusader period. Walk the Way of the Cross (Via Dolorsa) to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
• Lunch, on own
• Afternoon walk through the Arab Souks, past the Armenian Quarter and exit the Old City through the Mt Zion Gate to visit the Upper Room and King David’s Tomb on the grounds of Mt. Zion. From there we take the bus to the Garden Tomb where we end our tour with a special visit and the possibility of having a private communion on its grounds
• Remainder of day at leisure
• Evening Farewell Dinner, included
• Transfer to the airport for return flight home

DAY ELEVEN:
Thursday, January 27

• Return to the USA