Footsteps of Christ
& Athens Greece Tour

Departure on your way to Israel the Land of the Bible.

Welcome to Israel. On arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport, our representatives meet and assist you. Transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv — Israel’s largest modern city. Hotel is conveniently close to the Mediterranean shore. Time permitting, visit the artistic neighborhood of Neve Tzedek.

• Airport transfer from Ben Gurion to your Tel Aviv hotel
• Dinner at your hotel
• 5★ Deluxe or 4★ First Class hotel accommodations

Morning visit to Old Jaffa, oldest port city in the world, where cedars arrived to build Solomon’s Temple (2 Chr 2:16) and where Peter raised Tabitha from the dead (Acts 9:36-43). Drive north to Caesarea Maritima (Acts 9:30; 10:24-48), Roman capital of Judea. Visit excavations, Roman theatre and aqueduct. Stop at Mount Carmel where Elijah challenged the False Prophets (1 Kings 18:16-24). Continue to Megiddo / Armageddon (Revelation 16) and the archaeological excavations. Drive through the Jezreel Valley to Nazareth, view from Mt. Precipice (Luke 4:29-30), visit the Basilica of the Annunciation, and Cana of Galilee (John 2). Arrive at the Sea of Galilee, Tiberias.

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Certified guide, all entrance fees & attractions
• Dinner & overnight Sea of Galilee

Special visit to Magdala (Matt 15:39), home of Mary Magdalene, with the oldest excavated synagogue in the Galilee. Board a wooden boat and sail the Sea of Galilee as the disciples did. Dock at Kibbutz Nof Ginosar and visit the Ancient Jesus Boat — a 2,000-year-old vessel from the time of Jesus. Drive to the Golan Heights and Banias / Caesarea Philippi (Matt 16:18) — “On this rock I will build my Church.” Continue to Yardenit on the Jordan River, baptismal site of Jesus (Matt 3:13-17).

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Certified guide, all entrance fees & attractions
• Special St. Peter Fish Lunch in the Galilee
• Dinner & overnight Sea of Galilee

Visit the Mount of Beatitudes (Matt 5-8) and the Church of the Beatitudes chapel. Visit Tabgha — site of the Feeding of the 5,000 and Church of Multiplication with its 4th-century mosaic floor. Continue to Capernaum (Matt 4:13) — Jesus’ ministry center, where Peter’s mother-in-law was healed (Luke 4:38-40). Drive through Beit She’an Valley (Mark 5:20) and view the archaeological site. Continue through the Jordan Valley to the Dead Sea. Check in at the Enjoy Dead Sea Hotel and receive in-room spa gift products.

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Dead Sea spa gift products (mineral mud & salt pack) courtesy of Enjoy Dead Sea Hotel
• Certified guide, all entrance fees & attractions
• Dinner & overnight Dead Sea

Ascend by cable car to Masada — 1,300-ft mountaintop fortress, last stronghold of the Jewish rebellion. Discover the first-century Synagogue and King Herod’s Bathhouse. Continue to Ein Gedi where David hid from Saul (1 Sam 23), then to Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Continue to the Golden City of Jerusalem. Panoramic view from Mount Scopus and a moment for prayer. Check in at your hotel, within walking distance of the Old City.

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Certified guide, all entrance fees & attractions
• Dinner & overnight Jerusalem

From the top of the Mount of Olives (Acts 1) view across the Kidron Valley to the Eastern Gate (Ezekiel 43). Visit Dominus Flevit (Luke 19:41-44). Descend Palm Sunday Road to Gethsemane (Mark 14:32) where 2,000-year-old olive trees stand. Visit the Western Wall and Western Wall Tunnels. Continue to St. Anne Church and Pool of Bethesda (John 5). Walk all 14 Stations of the Cross along the Via Dolorosa, concluding at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Matt 27). Afternoon free for the bazaars. Shabbat dinner at the hotel.

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Certified guide, all entrance fees & attractions
• Shabbat Dinner at your hotel

Begin at Mount Zion — the Upper Room (Luke 22), Lord’s Supper site, King David’s Tomb, and the Jewish Quarter. Drive past the Knesset to Ein Kerem, birthplace of John the Baptist (Luke 1:57-80), and the Church of the Visitation (Luke 1:39-56). Continue to Bethlehem and the Church of the Nativity (Matt 2:1-5) and the Shepherd’s Field (Luke 2:8-20). In the afternoon visit The Garden Tomb for prayer and celebration of the Resurrection (1 Cor 15). Farewell dinner at the hotel.

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Certified guide, all entrance fees & attractions
• Farewell dinner at your hotel

Enjoy a free morning in Jerusalem. After breakfast, check out by noon and store luggage. Visit Yad Vashem, the Israel Museum, Ben Yehuda Street, or Machane Yehuda market at your own pace. Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport for your flight to Athens.

Welcome to Greece! Upon arrival at Athens International Airport, our representatives meet and assist you. Transfer to your hotel. Enjoy a free afternoon to begin discovering Athens — one of the oldest cities in the world with over 3,400 years of recorded history.

• Breakfast at your Jerusalem hotel
• Transfer from Jerusalem hotel to Ben Gurion International Airport
• Transfer from Athens International Airport to your Athens hotel
• 5★ Deluxe or 4★ First Class hotel in Athens

Begin the Athens half-day guided city tour. Stop at the Panathenaic Stadium — the only stadium in the world built entirely of white marble, site of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Pass the Zappeion, Temple of Olympian Zeus, University of Athens, Academy of Athens, National Library, National Garden, Hadrian’s Arc, Parliament, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Constitution Square, and the Russian Orthodox Church.

Tour the famous Acropolis — a UNESCO World Heritage Site. See the Propylae, Temple of Athena Nike, Parthenon, and the Erechtheion with its Porch of Maidens. A short walk to the New Acropolis Museum features votives, archaic statues, Caryatids, and the Parthenon hall with Metopes, pediments, and the frieze.

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Professional Athens guide; Acropolis & Acropolis Museum entrance fees
• Overnight Athens

Travel through the fertile plain of Beotia, crossing the towns of Thebes (known for the tragedy of King Oedipus), Levadia, and Arachova. Arrive at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Delphi — the “Navel of the Earth” and center of the ancient world. On the slopes of Mount Parnassus, in a landscape of unparalleled beauty, lie the ruins of the Sanctuary of Apollo Pythios. Visit the Treasury of the Athenians, the Temple of Apollo, and the famous Delphi Archaeological Museum — home to the bronze Charioteer and other masterpieces of Ancient Greek sculpture. Lunch in the village of Delphi. Return to Athens in the early evening.

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Professional Athens guide; all Delphi site & museum entrance fees
• Lunch in Delphi village included
• Overnight Athens

A day of leisure to discover more of Athens at your own pace. Walk the narrow streets of the Plaka neighborhood, visit the Promontory atop Mount Lycabettus for spectacular views of the city, explore local markets and restaurants, or simply relax.

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Overnight Athens

Enjoy a final morning in Athens. After breakfast, transfer to Athens International Airport for your international flight home or to your next destination.

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Transfer from your Athens hotel to Athens International Airport

Arrive home and start planning your next memorable journey to the Holy Land with Israel Tourism Consultants. If your flight departs in the morning you arrive the same day; if it departs at night, you arrive the following day.