Discover Israel Brochure

TOUR INCLUDES...

• BA Roundtrip flights from London (LON-TLV-LON) • Airport Taxes & Fuel Surcharge (currently stands at £160 and subject to change) • 10 nights Accommodation in the above mentioned hotels on a half board basis.

• Entrance fees to sites as per the itinerary • Licensed Tour Guide throughout the tour • Transportation in air-conditioned tourist bus throughout the tour

TESTIMONIES Having been to Israel a number of times and lived there for six weeks, I have no hesitation in recommending that every Christian should go at least once in their lifetime. It is an amazing country and you can see biblical prophecy coming to pass in a nation being born in a day (Isaiah 66:8). You can also visit the places where Jesus walked, such as the Garden of Gethsemane and the Sea of Galilee. It is an experience not to be missed.

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Pst Michael Fletcher Once you discover Israel you’ll want to go back again. Putting the Bible into context cements a picture of what it must have been like in Bible times and brings a whole new dimension to your Bible reading. I cannot recommend this experience enough and I’m sure you’ll enjoy the journey.

Pst Gerri Di Somma

• Porters’ fees at hotels and at Tel Aviv airport • Tips to Tour Guide & Bus Driver (calculated £8 per day/person) • Druze Lunch

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• Tips to hotel staff • Farewell Dinner Please note the tour price does not include travel insurance

TOUR COST...

The Tour Cost is £1,650 per person The Tour Ground Only Cost is £1,220 per person The price is for double room occupancy. If you desire a single room for yourself only, an extra £400 is required by the hotels.

The price is based on a minimum tour group of 30.

If the tour group is smaller (25-29 people), the price will increase by £60 per person on the tour.

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Israel has historic and future significance for Christians.

It is the land God promised to Abraham and his descendants, the place where Jesus was born, crucified and resurrected and the place where the first Church was founded. Perhaps even more significantly, the events that happen in Israel are indicators that we are in the last days and point to the return of Christ.

We invite you to join us on an expedition to explore and discover the Holy Land.

ITINERARY...

Out itinerary stretches over eleven days; each day is full of activity and discovery. We will travel extensively across Israel to enable you to experience and appreciate Israel’s finest features. The journey will culminate in a visit to the capital city, Jerusalem.

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DAY 1 - MONDAY 18TH NOV We board our flight to Israel, arrive at Ben Gurion Airport and then drive to visit old Jaffa. We then transfer to our hotel in Tel Aviv, check-in, refresh ourselves and have dinner. Afterwards, we’ll take a short walk along the Tel Aviv beach promenade.

Overnight: Tel Aviv

DAY 2 - TUESDAY 19TH NOV We will start our day at the Independence Hall for a briefing on Israel’s fight for independence. We will continue to the lower Judean plain with a visit to the Elah Valley and Tel Azaka, the site of the historic battle between David and Goliath where we will have an “on site” Bible study. From there we will drive to the Palmach Museum to take part in a hands-on experience with the pre-state Palmach underground forces. Overnight: Tel Aviv

DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY 20TH NOV

DAY 7 - SUNDAY 24TH NOV

Our day will start with a drive to Beit Lid, where 22 people (21 of them IDF soldiers) were killed by a suicide bomber in 1995.

We will then continue to Caesarea, the ancient capital of Roman Judea. Afterwards, we then drive up the Carmel Mountain, to the Muhraka, where Elijah defeated the prophets of Baal. Here we will have a Bible study and then continue to the Druze village of Daliat El Carmel where we will meet a local family whose son was killed by a suicide bomber. We’ll join them for a traditional Druze lunch in their home. We will then continue and visit Atlit, a place that was used as a temporary holding facility for thousands of “illegal” Jewish immigrants from 1939 – 1948. Overnight: Haifa

Today we leave the Sea of Galilee, we will drive to Ein Gedi to take a wonderful walk in David’s Canyon. We will than continue to enjoy a relaxing afternoon at a Spa in the Dead Sea. Overnight: Dead Sea

DAY 4 - THURSDAY 21ST NOV Our day will start in Megiddo. From there we will continue to Mt. Gilboa. By the foot of this mountain Gideon made the famous selection to his soldiers, Nabot had his palace, and on the eastern side of this mountain king Saul had his last war. We will then continue and visit the ruins of Beit She’an, another Roman city, upon whose walls the bodies of Saul and his sons were fastened.

We will end our day with a viewing of an ancient boat from the Messiah’s era and then take a leisurely ride on the Sea of Galilee.

Overnight: Sea of Galilee

DAY 5 - FRIDAY 22ND NOV We start the day with a drive to the biblical city of Dan, where we will walk, Bible in hand, below the impressive 4,000 year-old Canaanite walls. Our walk takes us from the ancient town into the Eden-like haven of the Dan Nature Reserve, where we will hike along and across running streams. Afterwards, we will continue to the site of the ancient city of Caesarea Philippi. We’ll end our day below Mt. Hermon by visiting Oz 77, a small hill overlooking the border with Syria, where during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, a brave tank battalion halted a Syrian attack of a thousand tanks.

As we travel through the Golan Heights back to our hotel, we’ll be visiting the ’73 Syrian Fort Lookout. Overnight: Sea of Galilee

DAY 8 - MONDAY 25TH NOV A cable car ride will take us to Massada, listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. We will take a “living history” tour of King Herod’s palace-fortress. We will than start our journey to God’s City, Jerusalem. On our way to Jerusalem we will stop at Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea scrolls were found. We will enter Jerusalem, the historical capital of the Jewish people, and capital of the State of Israel with an overlook of Jerusalem from Mount Scopus. We will visit both the Israel Museum, which hosts the newly relocated Second Temple Model, and the Shrine of the Book, where the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls are kept and then head to our hotel in Jerusalem. Overnight: Jerusalem

DAY 9 - MONDAY 26TH NOV Today starts at the City of David by walking down Warren’s Shaft into Hezekiah’s Tunnel (the amazing water project of 4,000 years ago that saved Jerusalem during the Assyrian siege) and exiting by the Pool of Siloam. We will continue and visit the Davidson Center at the southern archaeological park. After lunch we will visit the Temple Tunnels. We will continue to the Pool of Bethesda and then exit through the Lion’s Gate.

Overnight: Jerusalem

DAY 10 - TUESDAY 27TH NOV Today starts at Mt. Herzl, where we will visit the Herzl Museum and then walk through the Har Herzl National Cemetery and then onto the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum. Afterwards, we will go to the famous Jerusalem Marketplace and experience life as people live today in Jerusalem. In the afternoon, we’ll spend time at Ben Yehuda Street, a popular area to experience Israeli culture. Overnight: Jerusalem

DAY 6 - SATURDAY 23RD NOV

DAY 11 - MONDAY 28TH NOV

We start our day with a visit to the Bethsaida National Park with a Bible study at the Mount of Beatitudes. Continuing onto Capernaum, we will visit an ancient synagogue and Peter’s home, which stand side by side. We will continue our day with a short walk on the Mt. Arbel Cliff for a bird’s eye view of the Sea of Galilee and the mountainous northern part of Israel. We’ll continue on to visit Nazareth Village, to visit the childhood home of Jesus and then on to Yardenit a beautiful baptismal site on the Jordan River.

Overnight: Sea of Galilee.

We begin our last day in Israel at the Bible Land Museum and continue to have a beautiful lookout over the Golden City from the Mt. of Olives, and then follow the path of our Messiah’s footsteps down to Gethsemane. We will than continue to visit the Bible Museum. We will finish our experience in Israel with a special time at the Garden Tomb, a peaceful spot where we can remember the Messiah’s crucifixion, burial and resurrection.

In the evening we’ll have a farewell dinner. Afterwards we will head to the airport for our late evening flight back home.