Footsteps of Christ
& Rome, Italy

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

Welcome to Israel. Our representatives meet and assist you at Ben Gurion International Airport. Transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv near the Mediterranean shore. Check in, dinner, and overnight rest. Time permitting, visit the artistic neighborhood of Neve Tzedek.

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

Visit Old Jaffa — where Peter raised Tabitha (Acts 9:36-43) and stayed at Simon the Tanner’s house. Drive to Caesarea Maritima (Acts 10:24-48), the Roman theater and aqueduct — where Paul made his defense before Festus and King Agrippa. Stop at Mount Carmel where Elijah challenged the False Prophets (1 Kings 18). Continue to Megiddo / Armageddon (Rev 16). Drive to Nazareth, view from Mount Precipice, the Basilica of 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 — explore a 1st-century Jewish city and the oldest excavated synagogue in the Galilee from the time of Jesus. Board a wooden boat and sail the Sea of Galilee as the disciples did 2,000 years ago. Dock at Kibbutz Nof Ginosar — visit the Ancient Jesus Boat (2,000-year-old). Drive to the Golan Heights and Banias / Caesarea Philippi (Matt 16:13) — “On this rock I will build my Church.” Return to Yardenit on the Jordan River for the baptismal experience (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. Tabgha — Church of Multiplication with its 4th-century mosaic floor (Feeding of 5,000). Capernaum (Matt 4:13) — Jesus’ home and center of his ministry, where Peter’s mother-in-law was healed (Luke 4:38-40). Drive through Beit She’an (Mark 5:20). Continue through the Jordan Valley to the Dead Sea. Check in at Enjoy Dead Sea Hotel — receive complimentary spa gift products; enjoy optional spa treatments and float on the salty water.

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

Ascend by cable car to Masada — the 1,500 ft mountaintop fortress, last stronghold of the Jewish rebellion against the Romans. Visit the 1st-century Synagogue and King Herod’s Bathhouse. Continue to the oasis of Ein Gedi where David hid from Saul (1 Sam 23). Visit Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Arrive in the Golden City of Jerusalem — panoramic view from Mount Scopus.

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

From the Mount of Olives (Acts 1) view across the Kidron Valley to the Eastern Gate. Visit Dominus Flevit — “The Lord wept” (Luke 19:41-44). Down Palm Sunday Road to Gethsemane (Mark 14:32) with its 2,000-year-old olive trees. The Western Wall and Western Wall Tunnels. St. Anne Church and the Pool of Bethesda (John 5). Walk all 14 Stations of the Cross along the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Matt 27). Afternoon in the colorful bazaars. Shabbat dinner at the hotel.

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

Mount Zion — the Upper Room (Luke 22), Lord’s Supper; King David’s Tomb; the Jewish Quarter. Drive 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 — the Church of the Nativity (Matt 2:1-5) and Shepherd’s Field (Luke 2:8-20). Afternoon at The Garden Tomb (1 Cor 15) for prayer. Farewell Israel dinner at the hotel.

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

After breakfast, check out by noon — store luggage at the hotel. Enjoy a free day in Jerusalem: revisit holy sites, colorful bazaars, Yad Vashem, Ben Yehuda Street, Mahaneh Yehuda market, or the Israel Museum. Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport 4 hours before your flight to Rome.

Welcome to the Eternal City of Rome! On arrival at Rome Fiumicino International Airport our representatives meet and transfer you to your hotel in the heart of Rome. Enjoy an afternoon of leisure — the 2,000-year-old Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona.

• Breakfast at your Jerusalem hotel
• Transfer Jerusalem hotel → Ben Gurion Airport
• Transfer Rome Fiumicino Airport → Rome hotel

After breakfast, gather at Via Giovanni Amendola, 32 for your half-day tour of the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel. Enjoy skip-the-line access. Your expert guide leads you through one of the world’s most incredible art collections — the stunning Spiral Staircase, Gallery of Tapestries and Geographical Maps, and the famous Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo’s masterpiece ceiling (1508–1512). Conclude at St. Peter’s Basilica — the world’s largest church. Afternoon and evening free.

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Expert Rome guide, skip-the-line Vatican & all entrance fees
• Overnight Rome

After breakfast, half-day tour of Rome’s major Roman ruins. Tour the iconic Colosseum (built 70 A.D.) — where many believe early Christians met their fate; this ancient stadium hosted gladiator fights and events for over four centuries. Visit the splendid Arch of Constantine — erected to commemorate Constantine I’s victory at the Battle of Milvian Bridge (312 A.D.). Climb Palatine Hill — one of the Seven Hills of Rome standing 40 metres above the Roman Forum. Walk the legendary Via Sacra — the main street of ancient Rome. Afternoon and evening free.

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Expert Rome guide, all entrance fees per itinerary
• Overnight Rome

Enjoy your last breakfast in Rome. Check out by noon — store luggage at the hotel. Return to Rome’s Historic Center (UNESCO World Heritage Site), the Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona, and hundreds of other easily accessible sites. Transfer to Rome Fiumicino International Airport 4 hours before departure.

• Breakfast at your hotel
• Transfer to Rome Fiumicino International Airport

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