Itinerary

Current as of 12.19.06 but subject to change (and most probably will)!
Note: Links are provided to the hotels we are planning to stay. Links to the various sites we are planning to visit are just starting points for the multitude of sites that can be found on the Internet. Where possible, I have provided links to pages on the our guide's (Stephen Langfur) NET agency site.

Monday, January 8

• From LTSG: bus leaves at 2:45 for BWI

• BWI to Atlanta - Delta 694 - 6:10 PM-8:08 PM

• Atlanta to Tel Aviv - Delta 152 - 11:20 PM

Tuesday, January 9 : Arrive Tel Aviv, 6:00PM

• Motorcoach to Netanya. Overnight King Solomon Hotel.

Wednesday, January 10

• Motorcoach to Caesarea Maritima

• Megiddo

• Mount Tabor

• Overnight Kibbutz Ma’agan, Sea of Galilee.

Thursday, January 11

• Motorcoach to Nof Ginosar

• Capernaum

• Mount of Beatitudes

• Hazor (Jerusalem Post article)

• Tel Dan

• Caesarea Philippi

• Golan Heights

• Sea of Galilee. Boat ride on Sea of Galilee.

• Motorcoach to Kibbutz Ma’agan for overnight.

Friday, January 12

• Motorcoach to Sepphoris

  • JerusalemPost article on Sepphoris/Zippori

• Beit She’arim

• Nazareth

• Arbel Cliff

• Kibbutz Ma’agan (overnight).

Saturday, January 13

• Motorcoach to Beit Shean

• Crossing at Sheikh Hussein Bridge into Jordan at approximately 10:00 a.m.

• Change motorcoaches upon entry into Jordan. Motorcoach to Jerash, crossing Jabbok River

• Amman. Overnight at Grand Palace Hotel in Amman.

Sunday, January 14

• Motorcoach to Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Amman

• Mount Nebo

• Madaba (Madaba Map)

• Bethany-Beyond-the-Jordan

• Drive south along King’s Highway to Petra. Overnight at Petra Moevenpick, Petra.

Monday, January 15

• Motorcoach to Petra entrance. Walk into Petra.

• Motorcoach to Arava border, crossing into Israel at approximately 5:00 P.M.

• Change motorcoaches in Israel, driving to Reef Hotel in Eilat for overnight.

Tuesday, January 16

• Motorcoach to Masada, taking cablecar to the top.

• Motorcoach along Dead Sea to Qumran

With Khader (George) Mascobi as guide:

• Jericho

• Jerusalem: nighttime overview from Mount of Olives.

• Overnight at Ambassador Hotel in Jerusalem.

Wednesday, January 17

• Western Wall

• Walk to Western Wall Tunnel

• Via Dolorosa

• Church of Holy Sepulcher

• Lutheran Church of the Redeemer

• Mount Zion

• Herodion

• Beit Sahour

• Solomon’s Pools

• Shepherds’ Fields

• Bethlehem,

  • Bethlehem Souvenir Center - The store where we shopped.

  • Including Church of the Nativity, International Center, and meeting with Pastor Mitri Raheb (if available).

• Dinner in Bethlehem.

• Overnight at Ambassador Hotel in Jerusalem.

Thursday, January 18

• Motorcoach to Dung Gate

• Walk to Temple Mount and Dome of the Rock

• Ophel Excavations

• Afternoon: Motorcoach to Mount of Olives with overview of the city.

• Dominus Flevit Chapel +

• Traditional Palm Sunday route: Gethsemane & Church of All Nations

• Motorcoach to St. Stephen’s Gate

• Walking to Pools of Bethesda and St. Anne’s Church.

• Motorcoach to Ambassador Hotel for overnight.

Friday, January 19

• Motorcoach to Mount Zion and Jerusalem New City, visiting Shrine of the Book and Yad Vashem

• Drive to Church of Pater Noster on Mount of Olives

• Augusta Victoria Hospital (if site is down, try this or this)

• Ambassador Hotel for overnight.

Saturday, January 20

• Free day in Jerusalem

  • Shopping at Dajani's Orient Bazaar (email)

  • Shopping suggestions from Linda L.

• Closing supper together

• Motorcoach to Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport for departure at 11:30PM