Israel Life Tours

 

Israel Tour - Suggested itinerary following the Three Religions

We will go along according to your point of interest

Jerusalem – outlook point - borders and time line of the city.

Four quarters - one day in the old city site seeing Following the Three religions

Old Jerusalem - History & Theology on Mount of Olive, see the link Gettehsemane Mount Zion sites – David's Tomb (in the same building the Last Supper room & Mosque)

City of David- the Hezekiah's Tunnel Under ground walk.

Enter the Jewish Quarter:Visit the restored Byzantine Cardo; the 'Wide Wall' of King Hezekiah; see the restored Hurva Synagogue, descend & past the Compound of the Hospitaller Knight's compound & church for a view and detailed explanation of the Temple Mount. Descend to visit the

Western ("Wailing") Wall: The Old City of Jerusalem see the link The Temple Mount The Wailing Wall

Enter the Muslim Quarter: Leaving the Western Wall plaza by Wilson's Arch, head to the Muslim Quarter to see Mameluke architecture mixed with Crusader and Ottoman construction.

Enter the Christian Quarter:

Walk along the Via Dolorosa from Station 1 to 14 to the courtyard of The Church of the Holy Sepulchre . see the link The Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Follow the market street (David St.) to view the Jaffa Gate and
David Citadel.

Leave the Old City of Jerusalem: In the afternoon – the New Jerusalem, pass the first neighborhoods outside the walls; pass through Rehavia to the National compound. The New Jerusalem neighborhoods & the Parliament (Knesset) complex Drive past the Supreme Court, leave the city via the Chords Bridge.

Dead Sea area Jordan River, Syrian African rift (Possible Lunch Hotel Spa & Dead Sea Swimming and floating is ones in a life time experience),

Historical context - follow the parable of the Good Samaritan on road from Jerusalem to Jericho visit the Good Samaritan Inn. In the time of Jesus, the road from Jerusalem to Jericho was notorious for its danger and difficulty.

Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls, See the link www.deadseascrolls.org.il

Masada & Ein Gedi

See the link

The Dead Sea
Masada
Ein Gedi

– (second option) Up North –

Drive past Caesarea, Haifa –  Out look of the Bahá'í  garden,

The Footsteps of Jesus – Nazareth Church of  the Annunciation

see the link

Nazareth

Sea of Galilee - Capernaum, Tabgha, Magdala the town of Mary Magalene, The Mount of  Beatitudes – Yardenit – Jordan River  self  Baptism.

Tel Megiddo- known for its historical, geographical, and theological importance.

In ancient times Megiddo was an important city-state, made of 26 layers of the ruins of ancient cities in a strategic location at the head of a pass through the Carmel Ridge, which overlooks the Valley of Jezreel from the west.

Beit She'arim - archeological site of a Jewish town and necropolis. in the southern foothills of the Lower Galilee.

Tzippori - in the central Galilee region, The site holds a rich and diverse historical and architectural legacy that includes Assyrian, Hellenistic, Judean, Babylonian, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Crusader, Arabic and Ottoman influences.

Apollonia - an ancient city and fortress, about 15 kilometers north of modern Tel Aviv, on a cliff above the Mediterranean Sea.

– Old Jaffa, Tal Aviv,

see the link - The Renovated Tel Aviv Port
The Independence Hall Museum
The Carmel Market and the Shenkin Promenade

Hotel in Tel Aviv is recommended..

Since route 1 is the way form Jaffa to Jerusalem and has

History & theology important so I would like to give you a road guiding

on the way to Jerusalem…or a Jaffa Tel Aviv and Caesarea  tour

Jaffa & Caesarea a bible tour

Christianity & Judaism Importance

Jaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world. Jaffa has been incorporated with Tel Aviv creating the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.

Archaeological evidence shows that Jaffa was inhabited some 7,500 years BCE. Jaffa's natural harbor has been in use since the Bronze Age. Jaffa is mentioned four times in the Hebrew Bible, The New Testament account of St. Peter's resurrection of the widow Tabitha written in Acts 9:36-42 takes place in Jaffa. St. Peter later had here a vision in which God told him not to distinguish between Jews and Gentiles as told in Acts 10:10-16.

Caesarea became the center of Early Christianity in Palestine. Early Christian mentions of Caesarea in the apostolic period follow the acts of Peter who established the church there when he baptized Cornelius the Centurion (Acts, 10, 11). The Apostle Paul often sojourned there (9:30; 18:22; 21:8), and was imprisoned at Caesarea for two years before being taken to Rome (23:23, 25:1-13).

see the link

The old Roman city of Caesarea

– Up North –

Caesarea, Haifa – out look of the Bahá'í garden.

see the link The Bahai Temple

Acre – Old city in the Western Galilee, visit The Knights' Halls

see the link

Nazareth
The Rosh Hanikra Caves
The Western Galilee

Rosh HaNikra - in the Western Galilee, near the border with Lebanon.

It is a white chalk cliff face which opens up into spectacular natural water caves

The above is optional … please look at the Israel Map & see if you have any point of interest other than that

Some of the sites are Entrance fees required – you will decide on that when meeting me.

I did try to cover as much as we can….based on the itinerary above we will plan the day together while your visit.