Bethlehem Half Day Tour
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Departing From:
Netania 6:30 hours
Hertzlia 7:00 hours
Tel Aviv 7:15 hours
Jerusalem 9:00 hours
Price:
45 – 60$ Per Person (depending on the city of departure)
For this tour we would meet and pick up in Jerusalem from major hotels.
Church of the Nativity, and the church of Milk grotto. The Church of the Nativity is one of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world. The structure is built over the cave that tradition marks as the birthplace of Christ, and it is considered sacred by followers of both Christianity and Islam. The current basilica was rebuilt in its present form in 565 by the Emperor Justinian I. When the Persians under Chosroes II invaded in 614, they unexpectedly did not destroy the structure.
Overlook the shepherd fields and visit the church. Return to Jerusalem.
Suggestions/Tips
*The tour ends in Jerusalem.
*Additional $15 – join return from Tel Aviv from Holocaust museum.
*Passports and modest dress compulsory.
*This tour is subject to Palestinian authority regulations.
Half Day Tour Jerusalem
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Departing From:
Jerusalem 8:30 hours
Tel Aviv 7:15 hours
Hertzlia 7:00 hours
Netania 6:30 hours
Price:
34 – 39$ Per Person (depending on the city of departure)
On this tour we will visit the next principal sites:
Mount of Olives: Where at the foot of the mountain lies the Garden of Gethsemane. Is first mentioned in connection with David’s flight from Jerusalem through the rebellion of Absalom (2 Samuel 15:30), and is only once again mentioned in the Old Testament, in Zechariah 14:4. It is, however, frequently alluded to (I Kings 11:7; II Kings 23:13; Nehemiah 8:15; Ezekiel 11:23). According to the New Testament, Jesus has also been on the Mount teaching and prophesying to his disciples.
Traditionally, the Old City has been divided into four quarters, the Muslim Quarter, the Christian Quarter, the Jewish Quarter and the Armenian Quarter.
Jewish Quarter: The Old City is home to several sites of key religious importance: the Temple Mount and its Western Wall for Jews.
Christian Quarter: The Stations of the Cross (Via Dolorosa) and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre – the site of the crucifixion. for Christians, and the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque for Muslims in the Muslim Quarter.
Mount Zion: There is located the Dormition Abbey, King David’s Tomb and the Room of the Last Supper. Also there is buried Oskar Schindler, a Righteous Gentile who saved the lives of 1,200 Jews in the Holocaust.
Suggestions/Tips
Modest dress and comfortable shoes required.
Business class - small groups in luxury van / minibus.
Additional $15 – join return from Tel Aviv from Holocaust museum.
