Our Familirization trips (Fam Trips) are operated by Coral Travel & Tours.
Fam Trips are unique opportunities for leaders of the Christian Community to study the land of Israel, its history, its people and its culture.
We subsidize these tours as much as 50% of the regular tour price.
These tours are available exclusively for pastors and priests that have the potential of organizing their own Holy Land tours. The general public cannot participate.
After experiencing the quality of services we provide, you will be in an ideal position to bring your group to the Holy Land with confidence. Also, you will be able to convey this to your congregation from your own personal experience.
Our chief Israeli guide will review all possible options with the group, suggest itineraries and introduce you to the Holy Land - including new sites for those who have been there before.
Day 1:JFK/Tel Aviv
Depart on a non-stop, overnight flight to Tel Aviv.
Day 2:Tel Aviv – Caesarea – Megiddo - Tiberias
Upon arrival at the airport meeting and assistance by Coral
Travel representative. Drive along the Sharon Plane to
Caesarea, the seat of the Roman Procurator of Judea at the
time of the Christ, and the site where Peter converted the centurion
Cornelius. This fortified harbor city harbor city was built
2000 years ago by King Herod the Great. View the ruins of the
Roman, Byzantine and Crusader times. Explore the Roman Theater
and the Aqueducts. Ascend Mt. Carmel and visit the site
where Elijah challenged and defeated 450 prophets of the Baal.
Proceed to Megiddo, the Fortress City of King Solomon, later
built by King Ahab. The book of Daniel and Revelation will come
alive as we discuss the final Battle of Armageddon, while
viewing the plains of Jezreel. Drive to our kibbutz guest house.
Dinner and overnight: Kibbutz Ein Gev Guest House
Day 3:Sea of Galilee—Golan Heights - Caesarea
Philippi
Morning drive to the Mt.of Beatitudes, site of the Sermon on
the Mount. Drive along the Hula Valley to Tel Dan and visit the
remains of the city. On to Caesarea Philippi, where Peter made
his confession of faith to Jesus. Via a ride through the Golan
Heights we return to the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee,
the area where Jesus spent his years of ministry. See the ruins
of Capernaum, the town where Jesus made his home after
leaving Nazareth. View the remains of the ancient synagogue in
which he may have preached and the house of Peter. After a
boat ride on the Sea of Galilee continue to Tabgha where the
miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fish took place.
We'll end our day at Yardenit, the baptismal site. Dinner and
overnight: Kibbutz Ein Gev Guest House
Day 4:Beit She’an – Qumran – Bethlehem –
Jerusalem
After breakfast visit Beit She’an. Recent excavations have
disclosed the impressive ruins of the country’s largest city in
the Roman and Byzantine periods, which was destroyed by an
earthquake in 749 CE. Continue along the Jordan Valley and
along the shores of the Dead Sea, to Qumran, where the Dead
Sea Scrolls where found . Time to "float" on the Dead Sea. We'll ascend to Jerusalem and pass the traditional site of the
Inn of the Good Samaritan. In the afternoon visit Bethlehem,
The Church of Nativity and Shepherds Field. Enter the city of
Jerusalem in the traditional way. Dinner and overnight: Novotel
hotel, Jerusalem
Day 5:Jerusalem
Morning ascend Mt. of Olives for a breathtaking panoramic
view of the old city of Jerusalem. Walk along the Palm Sunday
Way. Descend to the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus
spent the last night before he was arrested. Visit the Church
of All Nations. Walk along the "Last Way" to Mt.Zion. Cross
the Kidron Valley and see the Tombs of Absalom, Zachary and
James. Drive to Mt. Zion and visit the House of the High Priest
Caiphas. Visit the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu, the place
where St. Peter denied his Lord 3 times. On to the Last Supper
Room and King David’s Tomb. Visit the Israel Museum where
the Dead Sea Scrolls are kept in the Shrine of the Book and the
Holy Land model of Jerusalem as it was in the Second Temple
period (the time of Jesus). Dinner and overnight: Novotel hotel,
Jerusalem
Day 6:Jerusalem
Morning drive to St, Stephen's Gate; Enter the Old City and
visit the Church of St. Anne to see the Pools of Bethesda.
Walk along the Via Dolorosa onto Ethiopian Church pass by the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Drive to the western part of
the city to see the Menorah next to the Knesset building, End
our visit at the Garden Tomb. Dinner and overnight: Novotel
hotel, Jerusalem
Day 7:Jerusalem – Tel Aviv
Today we'll visit the City of David and the Southern Wall excavation
and view the City of David (Davidson Center). Walk
through the Jewish Quarter to the Western Wall. End the day
at Yad Vashem the Holocaust Museum and a visit to Martin
Luther King Memorial. Farewell dinner. Transfer to the airport
for your flight back to the USA
Day 8:Tel Aviv/JFK
After midnight flight to the USA. Arrive the same day.
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