Holy Land & Jordan with Petra Pilgrimage Tour

Your pilgrimage begins by meeting at the airport and boarding your flight to Amman.

Upon arrival in Amman, meet the local Jordanian guide and transfer by private motorcoach to the hotel.  Dinner and overnight. 

Departure for Petra, stopping in Kerak, a city from the Crusader era along the way.  The whole day is dedicated to visiting the Nabatean city of Petra, entirely carved out of rock. Lunch at the archaeological site. Dinner and overnight in Petra.

Breakfast at the hotel and departure for Mount Nebo from which Moses saw the Promised Land. Continuation to Madaba, a city famous for its Byzantine mosaics, for a visit to the Church of San Giorgio where the ancient map of the Holy Lande is kept. Lunch. Visit the site where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist along the Jordan River for the renewal of the baptismal promises. Free time for bathing in the Dead Sea. Dinner and overnight along the Dead Sea.

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure for Gerasa. Visit the best preserved Hellenistic-Roman city in the whole Middle East. Lunch in the restaurant. In the afternoon entrance into Israel. Visit Cana with the renewal of wedding promises. Overnight in Nazareth.

Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning visit Nazareth: Fountain of the Virgin, Basilica of the Annunciation, Church of San Giuseppe, Ancient Village, and Synagogue.  Mass in the Basilica of the Annunciation. Lunch. In the afternoon climb Mount Tabor. Visit the sanctuary of the Transfiguration. Return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.

Full day spent around the lake of Tiberias: Capernaum, Tabgha, Magdala, Mount of Beatitudes, boat ride on the lake. Lunch in a restaurant around the lake. Overnight in Nazareth.

Transfer to Bethlehem to visit the Church of Nativity, the Milk Grotto, Sheperds field. Lunch in Bethlehem. In the afternoon, visit of the “Yad Vashem in Jerusalem,” the memorial to the holocaust. Overnight in Bethlehem.

Breakfast at the hotel. Morning dedicated to visits to Mount Sion: S. Pietro in Gallicantu, Dormition and Last Supper. Lunch. In the afternoon, visit to the Mount of Olives: Aedicule of the Ascension, Church and Grotto of the Pater Noster, Basilica of Gethsemane, Garden of Olives and Tomb of the Madonna. Overnight in Bethlehem.

An entire day spent in the old city: Western Wall of the Temple, Temple Mount, Church of S.Anna, Probatic Pool, Church of the Flagellation, Litostroto. The pious practice of the Via Crucis with arrival at the Church or the Holy Sepulchre. Return to the hotel in Bethlehem. Dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure for Jaffa and visit of the ancient Port and the church of Saint Peter with an overview with Farewell Dinner in Tel Aviv. Transfer to the airport for overnight return flights to the USA.