CHRISTIAN ORIENTED TOURS OF ISRAEL
Sample itineraries for Christian oriented tours of Israel
Example itinerary1: 3 Day itinerary
Day 1
Full day tour of Jerusalem.
AM: visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Via Dolorosa, The Wailing Wall, Visit a synagogue in the Jewish Quarter, Archaeological remains of Jerusalem from the time of Jesus, The Upper Room
PM: Visit Bethlehem, the Church of the Nativity, Shepherd's Field, Herodion (Tomb of Herod the Great)
Day 2 Overnight in the Galillee
Full day tour Dead Sea and Galillee
Visit the Baptismal site of Jesus on the Jordan River, Capernaum, Mt. of Beatitudes, Miracle of the Loaves and the fishes, Nazareth.
Day 3
Full day tour along the Coast of Israel
Visit Acre (Crusader Castle) Haifa, the Bahai gardens, Mt Carmel, Caesarea, Joppa (Tel Aviv)
CHRISTIAN SITES IN JERUSALEM
Jerusalem is the City where Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead. Here are the places you will visit on a Christian Orientated Tour of Jerusalem with Leon Gork, who has more than 30 yeart experience in guiding Christians around their holy places.
Here are brief desctiptions of the site thats you will visit on a walk in Jerusalem with Leon Gork there are also useful links to articles written by Leon Gork with more details and giving you his own interpretation of the sites and the wonderful events that happened there.
Via Dolorosa- Way of the Cross
Walk through the traditional 14 stations of the Cross, as Jesus walked, from the Church of the Flagelation, to the tomb from where He rose.
Itinerary:
3 hr walk: Damascus Gate Stations of the Cross, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Cardo, Wailing Wall.
1/2 day tour: As above plus The Upper Room, Synagogue Visit.
Full day tour; As above plus Pool of Bethesda, Ecce Homo Convent, Mt.Olives, Garden of Gethsemane
Bethlehem the birthplace of Jesus
At Christimas and throughout the year many Christians will be making their way to Bethlehem,
visiting the town where Jesus, the Saviour, was born .
At Christimas and throughout the year many Christians will be making their way to Bethlehem,
Itinerary:
!/2 day tour: Damascus Gate Stations of the Cross, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Wailing Wall. Cardo, Upper Room,
The Upper Room is the name of the place selected by Jesus to celebrate the Passover meal.
The Upper Room
Itinerary:
1/2 day tour: Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem) The Milk Grotto, Shepherd's Field
The Garden of Gethsemane
At the foot of the Mt. of Olives there is a garden of olive trees, known as the Garden of Gethsemane. According to the Gospels this is the place where Jesus frequently met with His disciples and prayed and suffered bearing the sins of all mankind.
Itinerary:
!/2 day tour: Mt. Olives, Garden of Gethsemane, Stations of the Cross, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Wailing Wall. Cardo,
Full day tour: As above plus, The Upper Room, House of Caiphas, Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter.