- Haifa Port - Pick up at Haifa Port and start driving to Nazareth
- Nazareth - Church of Annunciation.
You will visit the magnificent Church of the Annunciation which stands on what is believed to have been the childhood home of the Virgin Mary.
- St. Joseph’s Church - Explore the 1st-century grotto dwelling under Saint Josephâs Church. According to tradition, Mary, Joseph, and their son Jesus may once have lived here
- Mount Of Beatitudes - The Mount of Beatitudes overlooks the Sea of Galilee and today is crowned with a beautiful church. It was on the slopes of this mount that Jesus is believed to have given the Sermon on the Mount. The church we see today was built in the 1930s and designed by renowned architect Antonio Barhuzzi.
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Sea of Galilee - The tour takes you to the edge of the Sea of Galilee, and the Mount of Beatitudes. Here you can picture Jesus preaching to his followers. Visit the Beatitudes Church that looks out over the Sea of Galilee.
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Tabgha - In Tabgha we tour the Multiplication Church where Jesus miraculously shared five loaves and two fish between thousands of followers.
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Capharnaum the Town of Jesus - Visit Kfar Nachum (Capernaum), once the hometown of Peter, Andrew, John, and James. Here Jesus based himself during his ministry; exorcised demons and healed the slave of a Roman centurion. The main Christian sites in Capernaum today are the excavated Byzantine village; the remains of a 1st-century synagogue and an octagonal church built around the remains of what is believed to have been Saint Peter’s home.
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Yardenit - At the southernmost point of the sea where the River Jordan flows out of the Kinneret is the baptismal site Yardenit. If there is enough time you may be baptized here as Jesus was.
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Haifa Port - Driving back to the port
- All-day guide accompaniment
- Climate-controlled vehicles
- Inclusive of all fees and taxes
- Haifa cruise port pick-up and drop-off service
- Lunch
- Bottled water
We make our entry into Nazareth and stop by the Church of Annunciation. Adjacent to this is the Church of Saint Joseph, constructed at the same spot where the carpentry workshop of Jesus’s father once stood. Leaving Nazareth, we gradually reach the Sea of Galilee, enroute we pass Cana, where Jesus famously transformed water into wine. As we near the Mount of Beatitudes, we make a stop at Capernaum on the shoreline of the Sea of Galilee.
We journey past the city of Tiberius, which bears the name of the Roman emperor, from where we get an astounding view of the Golam Heights.
We continue on to Yardenit, located at the banks of the Jordan River, which flows from the Sea of Galilee. Yardenit is a baptismal site which attracts over half a million visitors and pilgrims every year who come to soak in the spiritual ambiance and picturesque beauty of the waters of the River Jordan, where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist.
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