Best of Israel

Price Per person double occupancy

Date	Price	Single Supplement
March 16-28, 2022	$2,589*	$999
*Minimum of 20 passengers. Land Only (airfare not included). Reservation Due: November 25, 2021 Final Payment Due: January 4, 2022

Included

10 nights lodging at four-star Israel hotels, Breakfast and dinner daily at hotels, Lunch at Nazareth Village on Day 3, St. Peter’s Fish Lunch on Day 4, 3 box lunches as appear on itinerary (Day 5, Day 7 & Day 11), Farewell Dinner on Day 12, Full time professional English-speaking tour guide, All entrances as appear on itinerary, Tips to guides, drivers and hotel staff, Baggage handling at hotels (one piece), Services of long-distance deluxe motor coach as appear on itinerary, Pilgrim Payment Processing (including check or credit card payments)

Not Included

Airfare, All lunches & drinks with meals, unless mentioned above, Optional Travel Insurance – 7.6% or 10.25% of tour cost

Why should you select this tour of Israel?

You will walk in the Galilee and Jerusalem where Jesus walked and taught, visiting five 2nd Temple period synagogues. You will stand where the Bible stories occurred, at each site you will be presented with the events from the Bible in their historic and cultural context. You will be staying four nights on the shore of the Sea of Galilee and five nights inside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem at the Jaffa Gate. It is a Journey of faith, all Christians, and people of good will are encouraged to walk with us. You will see ancient homes, tombs, palaces, fortresses, temples, synagogues, modern and ancient towns mentioned in Scripture.

Your tour leader will be Harry Gullett; a retired US Marine Corps Lt Colonel; Industrial engineer, former Associate Professor of Military History at UNM and a Doctoral Candidate (ABD) in Biblical Archaeology at Trinity Southwest University. He is an Adjunct Professor at Gateway Seminary, a lifelong student of history and archeology. With 25+ years’ experience teaching the Old Testament to New Testament believers. He has previously hosted tours of Israel in 2016 and 2018 as well as participated in three archaeological digs in Israel and Jordan.

Day 1 – Wednesday, March 16, 2022: Overnight flight from USA to Tel Aviv

• Depart USA

Day 2 – Thursday, March 17, 2022: Ramada Resort, Hadera Beach

• Arrive Israel, meet our guide, transfer to hotel

Day 3 – Friday, March 18, 2022: Into the Galilee, Hotel Tiberias four nights

• Caesarea Maritime
• Megiddo
• Nazareth Village (lunch at site included)
• Magdala synagogue

Day 4 – Saturday, March 19, 2022: Jesus in the Galilee

• Capernaum
• Tabgha
• Mount of Beatitudes
• St. Peter’s Fish (lunch included)
• Sea of Galilee Boat Ride & Jesus Boat with Daniel Carmel
• Chorazim
• Geshur/Bethsaida

Day 5 – Sunday, March 20, 2022: North East Galilee (Golan Heights)

• Gamla synagogue & fortress
• Mount Bental
• Caesarea Philippi
• Tel Dan
• Hazor

Day 6 – Monday, March 21, 2022: Joshua and Judges in the Galilee

• Arbel synagogue (1st Cent & view)
• Kafr (Cana)
• Zippori (Sephoris)
• Mt. Tabor (Deborah & Barak)
• En Moreh (Gideon’s Spring)
• Yardenit, Baptism (& Spice Shop)

Day 7 – Tuesday, March 22, 2022: South to Jerusalem

• Beit Shean
• Shiloh (Box Lunch included)
• Bethel Tower/Ai
• Mount Scopus Overlook
• Evening Walk to Western Wall (Optional)

Day 8 – Wednesday, March 23, 2022: City of David Day

• Hezekiah Tunnel / City of David
• Roman Drainage Tunnel
• Ophel (Southern Steps)
• Davidson Center
• Western Wall for Prayer (Kotel)
• Israeli Museum (Jerusalem Model & Dead Sea Scrolls)
• Yad Vashem (Holocaust Memorial)

Day 9 – Thursday, March 24, 2022: Dead Sea Day

• Qumran (Dead Sea Scrolls)
• Masada (King Herod & Great Revolt)
• En Gedi (King Saul and David)
• Kalia Beach for Dead Sea Float.

Day 10 – Friday, March 25, 2022: Jesus Day in Jerusalem

• Morning Walk to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (5 AM Optional)
• Mount of Olives
• Gethsemane
• St Anne’s Church & Bethesda Pool
• Via Delarosa
• Lithostrata
• Orthodox Dungeons
• Church of the Holy Sepulcher
• Garden Tomb

Day 11 – Saturday, March 26, 2022: Shephalah Day

• Gezer (King Solomon)
• Beth Shemesh
• Khirbet Qeiyafa (United Kingdom/Judah)
• Elah River – Goliath Battlefield (Box Lunch included)
• Lachish (Assyrians 701 BC)
• Maresha Caves (Byzantine Church, Quarry)

Day 12 – Sunday, March 27, 2022: Jewish Quarter – short day before a long flight.

• Temple Mount (Conditions permitting)
• Western Wall Tunnel Tour
• Hezekiah's Wall
• Wohl Museum
• Hurva Square & Menorah (Lunch on your own, free afternoon in Jerusalem)
• Farewell Dinner
• Transfer to Tel Aviv Airport for a late-night Departure (late Sun/early AM Mon).

Day 13 – Monday, March 28, 2022: Flight Home

• Arrive home

Itinerary subject to change while touring for the best interest of the group.