Journey to sites that blessed with the rich spiritual heritage of the history of salvation as recorded in the Bible. Abraham, Moses, Naomi and Ruth, Elijah, John the Baptist, Jesus Christ and Paul. They all performed pivotal elements of their ordained mission in the ancient landscape east of the Jordan. This is why increasing numbers of religious pilgrims today begin their own journey of faith in Jordan. For in so doing they can retrace the entire saga of God’s revelation to mankind and the development of the Abrahamic faiths.

1^st day: Airport meets and assists – Transfer to Amman – Hotel o/n.

2^nd day: Amman/ Gadara/Pella/ Zaphon/ Jerash (Gerasa)

 Gadara: site of Jesus’s miracle of the Gadarene swine. Pella: early Christians found refuge here from turmoil and roman conquest in Jerusalem after 70 AD. Perhaps the site of Penuel, where Jacob wrestled with the angel all night. Zaphone: Perhaps Jephthah’s hometown and/or burial place. Jerash: Decapolis town; in the Byanting era it annually celebrated the miracle of turning water into wine, Back to Amman and o/n in Amman.

3^th day: After breakfast buffet in Amman/ Hesban/Madaba/ Mt. Nebo/ Bethany.

Hesban: capital of the Amortie King Sihon. Madaba: an Amortie and Moabite town that was later a major center for Byazantine mosaic art. Mt. Nebo: Pisgah: mountain from where Moses saw the land of Canaan befor dying, and from where the folk prophet Bala’am was asked by the Moabite king Balak to curse the Israelites camped below in the Jordan Valley. Bethany Beyond the Jordan/ Tell Mar Elias/ Bethabara/ Beth-hoglah / Beth-barah/ Beth –araba : where Josha, Elijah and Elisha crossed the Jordan river, Elijah was taken up to heaven, John the Baptis preached  and baptized, and Jesus was baptized and started his public ministry. – Amman –o/n.

4^th day  –Amman – King Hussein Bridge- Nazareth-Upper Galilee and Golan Heights

After breakfast travel down to King Hussein Bridge Israeli representatives will me you and transfer to Nazareth and visit the Church of the Annunciation & Mary’s Well. Continue through the Upper Galilee and ascend the Golan Heights. Visit the former Syrian fortifications, Birkat Ram, the Druze villages. Via Banias, source of the Jordan River, drive to the Kibbutz hotel for overnight.

5^th day  - Tiberias-Beth Shean-Tel Aviv 

Drive along the shores of the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum, visit the ruins of the  ancient synagogue, then Mt’ of Beatitudes and drive through the city of Tiberias. Continue to Beth Shean, visit the city & the excavations and
through the Sharon Valley drive south to Tel Aviv-Jaffa for a short city tour and overnight.

6^th day  Tel Aviv - Beersheva - Arad - Massada – Jerusalem Leave Tel Aviv - via Ashdod - Ashkelon - Beersheba.

A short visit to the Negev capital. Continue via Arad to Massada. Ascend by cable car to the fortress, which was the last stronghold of the Jewish Zealots in their war against the Romans. Visit the excavations, Herod’s palaces, the synagogue, bathhouse, etc. Enjoy the  breathtaking view of the Roman camps and the Dead Sea. Descend for a possible “float” in the in the salty water of the world’s lowest place. Via Ein Gedi & Kalya proceed to Jerusalem for overnight.

7^th day  - Jerusalem

sightseeing of the new city Drive to Mt’ Scopus for a panoramic view of Jerusalem. On to the Garden of Gethsemane and Church of the Agony. Drive to Mt’ Zion for a visit to the tomb of  King David, the Room of the Last Supper and Dormition Abbey. Sightseeing in the new city including the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea scrolls, new Supreme Court bldg. Mt’ Herzl and Yad Vashem (the memorial to the six million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust). Then visit the model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem dating back to the time of the Second Temple. Afternoon visit of the Hadassah medical center & the synagogue with Marc Chagall stained glass windows. Then via Ein Karem (the birth place of John the Baptist),  return to Hotel.

8^th day  - Jerusalem - (Old City) – Bethlehem*

Walk through one of the Gates to the walled Old City: the renewed Jewish Quarter;  the Western Wall, the Temple area; the colorful bazaars; Via Dolorosa, and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Continue to Bethlehem* to visit Rachel’s Tomb and  the Church of the Nativity and return king Hussein bridge – dinner and overnight in Amman

9^th  day : after breakfast  from Amman/ Dibon / Sodom and  Gomorrah/ Kir-Moab/ Petra. O/N.

Dibon : capital of the Moabite king Mesha. Sodom and Gomorrah: early Bronze Age towns with massive fire destruction. Kir-Moab: once a capital of Moab where king Mesha offered to sacrifice his eldest son and stopped an attack by Judah, Israel and Edom. Petra (Wadi Mousa): Joktheel: the capital of the Nabateans: a place where Moses struck the rock and brought forth water, Wadi Mousa means “valley of Moses” in Arabic. O/N in Petra

10^th  day : Half day in Petra/ Sela/ Bozrah/Amman

Sela : the rock from which King amaziah hurled 10.000 Edomites of their death, Bozrah : a capital of Edom and according to Isaiah, the place from which the Messiah would come. Back to Amman and O/N.

11^th  day: Buffet Breakfast – Airport – Departure.