Pilgrim Tours To Israel - Land of the Bible

Arrival at Ben Gurion airport. Drive to Tel Aviv.
Dinner Overnight Breakfast
Hotel in Tel Aviv 
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We start our Pilgrim Tour by driving to Old Jaffa. Visit the church of St Peter that overlooks the picturesque fishing port and that has been a beacon to sea-weary pilgrims for over a century, signaling that the Holy Land was near. The church’s charming red brick facade stands out in a city built of stone; its interior, with vaulted ceilings, stained-glass windows, marble-covered walls and a huge painting of St Peter's visitation by an angel over the altar, recalls churches in the Italian tradition. 
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Drive along the shore of the Sea of Galilee to Tabgha on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee that is the scene of many Gospel stories, including the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes. Early Christians marked the site of this miracle (Matt. 14:15-21; Mark 6:35-44; John 6:1-14) with a church containing magnificent mosaics. The small loaves and fishes mosaic, marking the place where Jesus uttered a blessing over the bread, has become a well-loved symbol of this place and of the miracle. Visitors love to take a walk along the Tabgha-Capernaum promenade, built by the Tourism Ministry, to another part of the Tabgha cove and the Church of Peter’s Primacy. This is the traditional site of the events of John 21 after the resurrection – Jesus cooking breakfast for the disciples, the miraculous catch of fish and Peter’s reconciliation. Tabgha comes from a Greek word meaning “seven springs.”  One of them, the Spring of Job, surges into the lake a short walk eastward along the promenade...
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Drive to "Yardenit" the unique and registered site of baptism for Christian pilgrims, at the place where the Jordan River flows out of the Sea of Galilee and into the Dead Sea.
Yardenit is a crossroad for many pilgrims, one among other holy places around the Sea of Galilee, such as Capernaum, Tabgha and the Mount of Beatitudes. Every year, over half a million tourists from all over the world visit the site. The baptismal site is located on the banks of the Jordan River between magnificent eucalyptus trees and the natural river flora. It is an ideal spot for recollection in serenity and tranquility...
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Ascent the Mount of Olives for a panoramic view of Jerusalem. All day walking tour of the Old City of Jerusalem: St. Anna Church with the Pools of Bethesda, the site of the miraculous healing of a paralyzed man by Jesus, as recounted solely in the gospel of John, and also the site of the birth of Mary's mother, "Anne". The grounds contain extensive excavations revealing the original five pools and successive remains of the Byzantine, Crusader and medieval churches built over the pools, as well as water run-off collection systems, dating back to the eighth century BCE, which were built in order to supply the temple with water. The strata are labeled and color coded and easy to follow, but dwarfing all this is the purest crusader church in the whole country: St. Anne's. St. Anne's church was built by crusaders on a plot adjacent to that of the Byzantine church destroyed by Hakim (which had a small chapel built over it)... 
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Visit West Jerusalem (New City): See a model of Jerusalem from the time of Herod the great at the Israel Museum and the “Shrine of the Book”. Drive to the Hadassah Medical Center with the Marc Chagall Windows in the synagogue. Before our Pilgrim tour comes to an end we will visit Ein Karem. Nestled in the terraced hills southwest of Jerusalem is the village of Ein Karem, where picturesque lanes lead you to the traditional spot where Elizabeth “felt life” when she met her kinswoman Mary, and where John the Baptist was born and raised. Luke 1:39 tells us that after the annunciation, Mary hurried to “a town in the hill country of Judah” to visit Elizabeth, who was also pregnant. Centuries ago, Christians began to mark Elizabeth’s hometown at Ein Karem, whose name means “spring of the vineyard.” Though just a short drive from Jerusalem’s modern neighborhoods, once you arrive there you can leave the everyday world behind and step back in time. ...
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