Tuesday - April 21st - Home departure.
Wednesday - April 22nd - Day 1 - Arrival Cairo Airport, Group transfer, Hotel Check in - Dinner on the Nile River Cruise.
Cairo airport meet and assist - group transfer to our 5* Hotel on the Nile River. Check in, orientation, then we head out for our group Dinner with a Dance Show on a Nile River Cruise.(Group Dinner)
Thursday - April 23rd - Day 2 - Cairo - Giza Pyramids - Saqqara - Khan El Khalili - Giza Pyramid Light and Sound Show
After Breakfast, we embark on Cairo’s most famous sightseeing journey with our licensed Egyptologist guide. We’ll see the Giza Plateau, the Pyramids, the Great Sphinx and the Saqqara Necropolis — all prime photo opportunities! Then we will visit Khan el Khalili, the most famous Bazaar and the oldest market place in Egypt. In the evening, we’ll enjoy a truly memorable light and sound show at the Pyramids. back to the Hotel. Free evening, overnight. (Group Lunch)
Friday - April 24th - Day 3 - Coptic Museum - St George Cathedral - Grand Egyptian Museum - The Hanging Church
After Breakfast, we head to the Coptic Museum exploring the early christian art, history, manuscripts and vestments of the Coptic Church of Egypt. Next door is St George Cathedral where we venerate the relics of the Saint. We then pay pilgrimage, on the East Bank, to the famous third century St Mary’s Cathedral - built on the site where the Holy Family started their journey to Upper Egypt. We also visit The Hanging Church (1700 years old) containing some of the most beautiful icons including the Coptic Mona Lisa. Free evening. Overnight.
Saturday - April 25th - Day 4 - Cairo to St Catherine - Mount Sinai (Sinai Peninsula)
EARLY Breakfast, check out. We will drive through the desert for about six hours to St Catherine Monastery in Sinai. Lunch stop on the way. Check in to our Hotel.Group Dinner and early overnight for those climbing Mount Moses around midnight. (Optional)
Sunday - April 26th - Day 5 - St Catherine Monastery - Attending the Liturgy - (maybe a breakfast) A day at the Monastery to venerate the Icons and the Holy relics of the Saints. Group dinner and overnight.
Monday - April 27th - Day 6 - St Catherine Monastery - Taba - Israel’s Sheikh Hussein border - Nazareth - Church of the Annunciation - Mary's Well
After breakfast, check-out, we head to the Israeli border of Taba - Sheikh Hussein, clear customs and drive to Nazareth, arriving in the afternoon just in time to visit the holy site of Mary’s Well and the Church of the Annunciation where the Virgin received the news from the Archangel Gabriel and obeyed the will of God. Check in to our hotel, Group dinner and overnight.
Tuesday - April 28th - Day 7 - Nazareth - Lake of Galilee - Tabgha - Qana
After breakfast, We arrive at the Qana Cathedral where Jesus performed His first miracle at the wedding of Qana. then on to the Sea of Galilee to enjoy a boat ride on the lake where Jesus walked on water. We also will visit the site of Tabgha, where the miracle of multiplication of the Loaves and fishes was performed. A 4th century magnificent Mosaic Church was built on the site there by the sea of Galilee. drive back to Nazareth for Group dinner and overnight.
Wednesday - April 29th - Day 8 - Nazareth - The Mount of the Beatitudes - Mt Tabor - Bethlehem
After Breakfast, check-out. We head to Bethlehem stopping on the way at a distinctive eight-sided Chapel on the Mount of Beatitudes in northern Israel, overlooking the Sea of Galilee, traditionally believed to be the site where Jesus preached His famous (Sermon on the Mount) which includes the Beatitudes (blessings like "Blessed are the poor in spirit"). We continue driving to the magnificent site on Mt Tabor where the Church of the magnificent Iconography is second to none. On to Bethlehem, Hotel check-in dinner and overnight.
Thursday - April 30th - Day 9 - Bethlehem - Bethlehem - St. Saba - St. Theodosius Monasteries - Ein Karem
After Breakfast, we drive to visit the Blessed Monasteries of St Theodosius and St Saba in Judea, two of the very early Christian Monasticism in Palestine, we shall visit Ein Karem Church, the birthplace of St John the Baptist. Back to Bethlehem. Group Dinner and overnight.
Friday - May 1st - Day 10 - Bethlehem - Jordan River - Jericho - Dead Sea (wet day)
After Breakfast, we head out to the Jordan river, the baptismal place of our Lord and Savior. You may want to get the blessings and be immersed in Jordan. Next, we head out to Jericho to visit the very site of Zacchaeus the tax collector and the Sycamore Tree. (Luke 19:1-10). Then we head to the Dead Sea the lowest place on earth (430m below sea level) known for its extreme high salt level and minerals. You must only FLOAT, not swim in the Dead Sea. Drive back to Bethlehem - Group Dinner and overnight.
Saturday - May 2nd- Day 11 - Bethlehem - Jerusalem - Holy Sepulcher - Golgotha - Gethsemane - Mount of Zion - Mary of Magdalene Monastery
After Breakfast, we drive to Jerusalem, visiting the most Holy, Church of the Sepulcher and the upper Chapel of the Golgotha. We visit the Gethsemane Garden, the Church of All Nations (next door we also visit the Tomb of Theotokos) and continue on to the Church of St Peter in Gallicantu - Mt of Zion. Free evening.
Sunday - May 3rd - Day 12 - Nativity Church - The Shepherd’s Field Monastery - The Milk Grotto
Attending the Liturgy at the blessed site of Jesus Nativity Church, we have a short break then we head to The Shepherd's Field Monastery where the Magi from the East stayed on the way to venerate the Birth of the King. We also shall visit the Milk Grotto Chapel, a Holy site where the Virgin is said to have breastfed baby Jesus. Back to Bethlehem for Farewell Group dinner and overnight.
Monday - May 4TH - Day 13 - Bethlehem - Home Departure (or to your next destination)
After Breakfast, check out by Eleven AM, and the “GROUP” bus will be ready to transfer us to the airport.
