Day 1 - Arrive Holy Land
Morning check in at your airport for Marian
Pilgrimages direct charter flight to Tel Aviv. On
arrival in Tel Aviv we meet our coach and guide
and transfer to Bethlehem. Check into your Hotel
inBethlehemfor 4nightswithdinner &breakfast.
Day 2 - Bethlehem
Our first stop on our programme is to the little
town of Bethlehem. Morning visit to the church
of the Nativity and see the birthplace of Jesus,
and the Holy Manger. Celebrate Mass in the
church of St Jerome. After, we see the chapel
of St. Joseph and
the chapel of the
Innocents. Visit the
Milk Grotto and the
Shepherds Fields.
In
the
remote
picturesque village of
Ein Karem we visit the Church of St. John the
Baptist. See the high altar dedicated to St. John,
the altar of St. John’s mother, Elizabeth and a
grotto said to be the birthplace of St. John.
We also visit the church of the visitation. This
church is said to be built over the house where
the Virgin Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth
while pregnant. Return to the hotel for dinner.
Day 3 - Jerusalem
Drive to Jerusalem, the jewel in the crown that
is the Holy Land. On the Mount of Olives, take
a group photo, and
view the Old City.
Visit the Ascension
Dome, Pater Noster
church, Dominus
Flevit, Assumption
church and Grotto, and
the Garden of Gethsemane. This afternoon visit
the church of St Peter in Gallicantu – church
of the Cock-Crow - and celebrate Mass. See
the dungeon where Jesus was held on Holy
Thursday night. Visit Yad Vashem Holocaust
Memorial. Dinner at hotel.
Day 4 - Old City of Jerusalem
Morning in the Old
City of Jerusalem.
Visit the church
of St Anne, a 12
th
century
church
that is traditionally
known as the site of the
home of Jesus’ maternal grandparents. Nearby
we see the Pool of Bethesda, the site of one of
Jesus’ miracles where He healed a man who had
been paralysed for nearly 40 years. Walk the Via
Dolorosa, also known as the Path of Sorrow,
to the church of the Holy Sepulchre for Mass
and see the Rock of
Calvary. Visit the
Western Wall also.
This afternoon take
a walk on Mount
Zion to visit the
We will follow in the footsteps of Jesus and discover this unique and spiritual land with
visits to Tiberias, Nazareth, Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Marian Pilgrimages have numerous
different Holy Land trips available in 2017 for 7, 8 & 9 night durations.
Please see a sample itinerary below for 4 days in Bethlehem and 4 days in Tiberias, and
remember to give our office a call, or log onto
, as we have the ability
to tailor make our Holy Land trips should you wish to visit a particular place not listed below.
Bethlehem & Tiberias Sample Itinerary
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