MTS TRAVEL, Living Lands of the Bible

Based on double occupancy and number of tour members as follows:
$2,795 (15-19 members)
$2,640 (20-29 members)
$2,520 (30+ members)
Single Room Supplement: $200
Group Travel Protection Insurance: $175 (nonrefundable)

This tour price reflects special group rates. Deposits received after September 22, 2009, will likely incur additional charges due to supplier contract terms.

If you would like assistance with airline reservations from your home city to JFK Airport, please contact Paige Vogie, MTS TRAVEL at paigev@mtstravel.com or call 800-418-2929, extension 81302. We suggest that these reservations be made approximately two months prior to departure.

TOUR PRICE INCLUDES:

Depart New York JFK Airport for a transatlantic flight to Tel Aviv.

Day 2: Tue, Dec 29 Tel Aviv – Jerusalem

Arrive in Tel Aviv. Drive through the Sharon Plain on the way up to Jerusalem. Dinner and overnight at the Ritz Hotel.

Day 3: Wed, Dec 30 Dead Sea Area – Bethlehem

Begin the day with a trip to Jericho, driving through the Judean Desert to Qumran. View Cave #4 which contained the greatest quantity of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Continue the drive along the Dead Sea, the world’s lowest point at over 1,300 feet below sea level. Enjoy lunch in Jericho at the Temptation Restaurant offering a fi ne view of Biblical Jericho. Continue to Bethlehem and walk through its alleys and markets to the Church of the Nativity. Stop at Beit Sahour on the return to Jerusalem and enjoy dinner at the Tent Restaurant. There will be free time to wander and shop in the area. Overnight at the Ritz Hotel, Jerusalem.

Day 4: Thr, Dec 31 The Galilee Circle Excursion

Travel from Jerusalem to Caesarea; explore this Roman bridgehead to the East, which also became Christianity’s springboard to the West. Travel through the Carmel Range, past Megiddo, to Nazareth, the hometown of Jesus. Visit its spring and walk through the bazaar, over the site of the ancient village, to the Church of the Annunciation. Enjoy lunch at Fontana di Maria. Continue on to the Mount of Beatitudes and recall the Sermon on the Mount. Stop in Capernaum, located along the shores of the Galilee, and visit the synagogue and place where early Christians remember the location of Peter’s house. Finally, arrive at Yardenit on the Jordan River and its famous baptismal site. Return to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight at the Ritz Hotel.

Day 5: Fri, Jan 1 Jerusalem, The Old City

Happy New Year! We begin 2010 on the Mount of Olives! Walk down through the Jewish Cemetery, past the church of Dominus Flevit, to the Garden of Gethsemane and arrive at the Church of All Nations. Cross the Kidron Valley, then walk up to St. Stephen’s Gate to enter the Old City. We’ll pause just inside at the site of the former Sheep Gate. Visit the Pool of Bethesda and the Church of St. Anne. Walk on to the Lithostrotos (or Gabbatha), the place of Pilate’s judgment seat at the site of the Antonia Tower. Enjoy lunch inside the Old City. The rest of the afternoon is open for personal exploration and shopping. Evening dinner and overnight at the Ritz.

Day 6: Sat, Jan 2 Jerusalem

Special places on a special day! Visit the Cenacle on Mount Zion— where the Last Supper may have been held. See the Church of St. Peter Where the Cock Crowed—the probable site of the palace of the high priest, Caiaphas. Continue through the Dung Gate into the Old City for Sabbath prayer at the Western Wall. We’ll view the Noble Sanctuary / Temple Mount area and cross the city to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Enjoy lunch at Bulghourji in the Armenian Quarter. Our Shabbat in Jerusalem concludes with a quiet hour at Gordon’s Calvary and The Garden Tomb. The remainder of the afternoon is open. Dinner and overnight at the Ritz.

Day 7: Sun, Jan 3 Neot Kedumin – Jaffa – Tel Aviv

After breakfast, take a walk around the Sheikh Jarrah District. Pack your bags and be ready to depart later this morning. We travel to Neot Kedumin, Israel’s Biblical landscape reserve, for lunch, then on to old Jaffa. Jaffa (or Joppa) is the port city from which Jonah departed to try to escape the Lord. A walking tour takes us to the house of Simon the Tanner, the site of Peter’s vision. Continue to modern Tel Aviv, enjoying dinner en route to Ben Gurion International Airport.

Day 8: Mon, Jan 4 Depart for U.S.

We depart Tel Aviv for the U.S. on an early morning flight, arriving in the U.S. this morning in time to make connecting flights to your home.

Please note that the daily program is always subject to necessary adjustments.

Your Tour Host:
Since as far back as 1972, Richard Lee Fenn has directed several LIVING LANDS OF THE BIBLE programs, including Italy (Rome), Greece (Athens, Corinth, Mycenae), Egypt (Cairo, Luxor, Abu Simbel, Mt. Sinai), Turkey (Istanbul, Izmir, Ephesus), Lebanon (Beirut, Baalbek, Sidon, Sarafand, Tyre, Byblos), Syria (Damascus, Ugarit, Aleppo, Eblah, Tadmor), Jordan (Amman, Jerash, Madaba, Petra, Hesbon, Mt. Nebo), and Israel / The West Bank / Palestine (from Capernaum in the north to Eilat in the south and from Jericho on the Jordan to Caesarea on the Mediterranean). He is a former resident of and pastor in Jerusalem and an honorary citizen of Bethlehem, where he studied Arabic.

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