Biblical Tours

Bibicale Jordan & Holy Land

9

DAYS


Day 1: Amman International Airport – - Amman Hotel
Meet & assist by Jordan Nagham Tours representative at Queen Alia International Airport – Amman hotel



Day 2: Petra
Transfer to PETRA , A World Wonder a UNESCO World Heritage Site ., Petra is Jordan's greatest tourist attraction and it's the most famous monument., Full day visiting the rose-red city known as Sela in the Bible and lost to the world for five centuries until it was rediscovered in 1812. Enter Petra on horseback through a narrow gorge carved in the sandstone and opening on the stunning view of the Treasury, The Treasury of Al-Khazneh, appears dramatically at the end of the Siq. Used in the final sequence of the film " Indiana Jones and the last Crusade ". Then back to Amman.



Day 3: Amman – Madaba – Mount Nebo – Mukawir - Bethany
After breakfast, transfer to MADABA, Is one of the most memorable places in the Holy Land., Then continue to Mt. NEBO, The most revered Holy site in Jordan, it's believed that it is the place where Moses was buried . Then our trip will continue to MUKAWIR , Another designated pilgrimage site, along the picturesque King's Highway, the hilltop stronghold of Herod the Great. , Then will continue to BETHANY, Has been identified as the place where Jesus Christ was baptized by john the Baptist, making it one of the focal Christian pilgrimage sits. Then Continue to the Borders of King Hussain Bridge / Allenby Bridge to cross the borders to Holy Land . , Then continue to the Hotel in Jerusalem for Dinner and over night.



Day 4: Jerusalem the Old City
After breakfast, Visited the Mount of Olives, Church of Pater Noster, down to Dominue Flevit and St.Mary Magdalene Church, and Garden of Gethsemane, Will continue to visit Church of St. Anne, Pools of Behesda and follow the Via Dolorosa Stations to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher., Visit Golgotha and the Burial and Resurrection place of Jesus, Walk through the Cardo to Western Wall . on to Mount Zion, Visit the Room of the Last supper, House of Caiaphas and Church of St. Peter. Lunch at a local restaurant .
Walk to the Arab - Oriental Bazaar.. Overnight & Dinner in the Hotel Jerusalem.



Day 5: Bethlehem
Here Mary gave birth in a cave used for animals. Here the local shepherds came to worship the baby, and here the Three Wise Men from the east came to pay homage and present their gifts. Here too, 1000 years before Christ, Bethlehem was the birthplace of David, Israel’s second king. Here David was anointed as king by the prophet Samuel after being brought in from tending his father’s sheep.
Visited the Church of the Nativity, Holy Manger, the Basilica of St. Catherine, The Milk Grotto and The Shepherds Field., On the way back, stop in Ein Karem to visit the Church of Visitation
List of the Churches & Sites in Bethlehem, Were can be Visit ..
Church of the Nativity Grotto of the Nativity
St Jerome’s Cave Church of St Catherine of Alexandria
Milk Grotto Shepherds’ Field
Tomb of Rachel Field of Boaz , Herodium
And a Tour through the Old City and Bazaars . Lunch in Bethlehem , Overnight and Dinner in Hotel Jerusalem.



Day 6: Nazareth & Galilee
"And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see". Biblical Ref.John 1:46 /
The Holy City of Nazareth is the childhood home of Jesus, as described in the New Testament. A center of Christian faith and pilgrimage , A Tour to Mount Precipice and Church of the Annunciation Nazareth is located in the hills in the center of the Galilee in Northern Israel., These are the highlights along the time line :-
4Bc to 33AD Jesus grow up in Nazareth a small village with a few houses .
Mid 4 C AD Church of the Annunciation was founded by Helena Mother of Emperor
Constantine .
1100 Crusaders arrive to the Holy Land; stay in Nazareth until 1187 .
1229-1263 Crusaders return for brief time; City were destroyed .
2009 Pope Benedict XVI Visited the Holy Land .
The list of the Holy Churches in Nazareth :-
Basilica of Annunciation Synagogue Church
Mt. Precipice Greek Catholic
Mary's Well Christ Church
St. Gabriel Church Our Lady of the Fright
Mensa Christi ( Jesus Table Church) Yafia ( Jaffa of Nazareth)
St. Joseph Church

Then continue to the Golan Heights.,. Proceed via the Hula Valley to Safed, city of the Kabala, to visit a synagogue, and the artists’ colony , Then return back to Nazareth for Dinner and over night .



Day 7: Haifa & Tel Aviv - Jaffa
After Breakfast drive to, Picturesque Jaffa, on the Mediterranean Sea just south of Tel Aviv, is where the apostle Peter received a crucial vision that changed his mind about accepting gentiles into the early Christian Church.
A towering belfry makes St Peter’s Church, just off the square to the north, the most distinctive landmark in Old Jaffa. The original church, twice destroyed and twice reconstructed, was built in 1654.
Outside and to the right of the sacristy are remnants of a citadel used by Louis IX of France when he led the Ninth Crusade in the 13th century. They include two circular rooms in which Napoleon is believed to have lived after he captured Jaffa in 1799.
Then will continue to the Coastal Highway, the ancient Via Maris, to Caesarea Maritima, Visit the Roman Theatre and the aqueduct of the ancient capital of the Roman Empire.
After taken the lunch at the local restaurant, will start a Tour of Haifa, including the Bahai Shrine, Persian Garden
and Mount Carmel for a panoramic view of the city and the bay.,Then will continue to the Prophet Elias, and visit the Carmelite Monastery and enjoy the marvelous panoramic view from Stella Maris.
End the day with a short city tour of Haifa, over night and dinner in Jerusalem .



Day 8: Qumran , Massada, Herod’s Palace / Amman
Drive to Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found. Visit the ancient city of Qumran and drive along the shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth, to Massada, the last stronghold of the Jews after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D. Ascend Massada by cable car and visit the food storeroom, water irrigation system and Herod’s Palace. Descend by cable car. Then Cross the Borders in Through Allenby Bridge / Kind Hussain Bridge to continue drive to Amman – For over night and Dinner in the Hotel in . Amman.



Day 9: Tour in Amman City – Then afternoon to the Air Port .
After, will arrange a short Tour to Visit the Roman Theater & Citadel , and Amman downtown market and city center, its traditional souks, restaurants selling local food and sweets ).
Until departure to Queen Alia Air Port.