DAY 01: DEPARTURE

Your exciting journey begins when you board a wide-bodied jetliner. Hearty meals will be served on board the transatlantic flight.

Upon arrival, you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Early morning departure for Petra driving on the King's Highway. From Wadi Musa, a half hour horseback ride reveals the Rose-Red City, "half as old as time". Lost to human knowledge until 120 years ago, it is now available to explore all its beauty. Visit the Treasury, amphitheater, royal tombs, street of columns, and the Monastery. Return to Amman in time for dinner.

Depart Amman to Allenby Bridge for crossing into the West Bank. At Jericho, visit the ruins of one of the oldest cities in the world. View Mount of Temptation and Elisha's fountain. Drive the Jordan valley route to Nazareth, the boyhood home of Jesus. Visit the Church of the Annunciation. Continue on to Cana where the first miracle took place -- the transformation of water into wine. Descending 636 feet below sea level, arrive in Tiberias on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, in time for dinner.

Your day begins with a visit to Mount Beatitudes, revered by Christians as the site where Jesus preached His immortal Sermon on the Mount and Tabgha, the chapel dedicated to the feeding of the multitude. A short drive takes you to Capernaum visiting the area where Jesus lived, the house of Simon Peter and the Synagogue. Visit Tiberias before boarding a launch cruise that will take you across the tranquil Sea of Galilee. Drive to the River Jordan as you head in the direction of the Golan heights. Return to Tiberias for dinner and overnight.

Depart Tiberias to Megiddo, and Haifa on the slopes of Mount Carmel. Visit the site where Elijah challenged the priests of Baal. View the Bahai Temple. Drive along the Mediterranean to Caesarea, the provincial capital of the Roman procurators. Visit the ruins of the fortifications, the moat, harbor, amphitheater, and Roman aqueduct. At Joppa visit the old town. Continue to Jerusalem for dinner.

Morning worship service at the Garden Tomb before driving to the Mount of Olives. At Bethphage walk along the Hosanna Road. Visit the chapel of the Ascension, the Church of Pater Noster, Dominus Flevit, the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of Nations. At Bethany visit the site of the house of Mary and Martha, and the tomb of Lazarus. This afternoon begin a walking tour of the Old City where a thousand and one sights and sounds greet you. Visit the Pool of Bethesda, the Ecce Homo Arch, and walk the Via Dolorosa. Continue to the temple area on Mount Moriah. Visit the Dome of the Rock erected in 691 around the rock upon which Abraham is believed to have intended to sacrifice Isaac. Both Solomon's Temple and the Second Temple stood here. Visit the Wailing (Western) Wall, before continuing to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Leave the old city through Jaffa gate. Dinner and overnight.

Drive the Kidron Valley to see the Pool of Siloam. On to Mount Zion to visit the Upper Room, the Tomb of King David, the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu and the remains of the House of Caiphas. Continue to tour the new part of Jerusalem, and Ein Karem. Afternoon sightseeing includes the Pools of Solomon and Philip's Fountain. Visit the Mosque of Abraham built over the Cave of Macpelah. In Bethlehem, visit the Shepherd's Fields and the Church of the Nativity. Stop at Rachel's Tomb on the way back to Jerusalem for dinner.

Depart Jerusalem to Allenby bridge. After crossing we stop at the Dead Sea. Continue to Mount Nebo from where Moses viewed the Promised Land. See the map of Jerusalem in colorful mosaics at Madaba. Continue to Jerash on the hills of Gilead to visit the ruins of the best preserved city of the Decapolis. Returning to Amman, visit the highlights of the old Philadelphia before dinner.

After breakfast, our group will be transferred to Amman's Queen Alia International Airport for our departing flight to North America, arriving the same day. This brings to a close an unforgettable pilgrimage to the Lands of the Bible, to have walked in the footsteps of the Master, and the apostles.

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