This Essence of Israel Tour allows you to discover the roots of your faith as you explore the land of the bible. Specifically designed for believers the Essence of Israel Tour will take you to some of the most notable biblical sites in the Holy Land: Jaffa, House of the High Priest Caiaphas, Temple Mount, Caesarea Philippi, Mt. Carmel, Western Wall, Garden of Gethsemane, Ein Gedi, Megiddo, Sea of Galilee and many more. Overnight flight from USA to Tel-Aviv Upon arrival at Ben Gurion airport a Coral Travel & Tours representative will be there to greet you. You will also meet your guide and drive to Jaffa. Jaffa is known in the bible as Joppa and is considered the world’s oldest port and the place where the prophet Jonah set sail for Tarshish. Jaffa is also associated with the deeds of Peter. Dinner and overnight: Hotel in Tel Aviv. After our Israel breakfast travel via the Sharon plain to Caesarea. Caesarea was the seat of the Roman Procurator of Judea in the time of Christ and the place Peter converted the centurion Cornelius (Acts 10:24). Explore the Roman Theater and aqueduct and view the ruins of Roman, Byzantine and Crusader times. Continue to Mt. Carmel, to the “Mukhraka,” the site where Elijah challenged and defeated the 450 prophets of Baal (King 18:20). Continue to Meggido, the fortress city of King Solomon, later built upon by King Ahab. The books of Daniel and Revelation will come alive as you study about the final Battle of Armageddon (Revelation 16: 14-19). Drive through Nazareth, the home of Joseph and Mary and through the city of Cana of Galilee, where Jesus performed his first miracle (John 2: 1-11): turning jars of water into wine. Drive to Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee. Dinner and overnight: Hotel in Tiberias. The day starts with a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. At Kibbutz Ginosar view the “ancient boat” believed to be from Jesus’ time. Continue on to the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus delivered his Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-12). Visit Tabgha and St. Peter’s Primacy. Continue to Capernaum, the town Jesus made his home after leaving Nazareth. Capernaum is the place where Jesus recruited the first of His disciples (Matthew 4:13, Luke 4:31-37, Matthew 8:14-17, Mark 2:1-12, Matthew 8:5-13, Mark 5:21-43, Matthew 11:23-24). Visit the excavation of the ancient synagogue and Peter's house. For lunch you'll have an opportunity to sample the St. Peter fish. You will also visit Gadera. End the day at the Jordan River with an opportunity to be baptized (optional). Dinner and overnight: Hotel in Tiberias. After breakfast drive to Tel Dan an important biblical city and a breathtaking nature reserve. The bible mentions the city few times: "From Dan to Beer Sheba". Continue to Banias, site of the ancient Caesarea Philippi. It is here that Peter made his confession of faith in Jesus (Matthew 16:13). Enjoy a panoramic view of the Golan Heights from Mt. Bental. Continue on to Gamla. Drive around the city of Qatzrin. Return to Tiberias. Dinner and overnight: Hotel in Tiberias. After breakfast depart the Sea of Galilee and drive to Bet She’an where 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. Drive to Ein Harod (Gideon's Spring), the site of Judge Gideon (Judges 7: 1-25). The tour continues through the Jordan Valley. Stop at Kaser El Yahud, the place where Jesus was baptized. Pass Jericho, believed to be the world’s oldest walled city. This was the first city taken by Joshua when the Hebrews returned from Egypt - ‘and the walls fell down.’ It was also the site of the Mount of Temptation (Mark 1:13). Drive to Jerusalem. Pass the traditional site of the Inn of the Good Samaritan. Enter the city of Jerusalem in the traditional way and view the city from Mt. Scopus. End the day enjoying lively Jewish folk dancing. Dinner and overnight: Hotel in Jerusalem. After breakfast drive to Mt. Moriah (Luke 2:46-48, John, 8:1-11, Mark 13:1-2, Matthew 27:51). Walk up to the Temple place and view the Dome of the Rock and the El Aqsa Mosque. Visit St. Anne’s Church, which is a fine example of Crusader architecture, and the Pools of Bethesda. Walk through the Christian Quarter to the Jewish Quarter and visit the Herodian Mansion and the Burnt House. Continue to the Western Wall, one of last remnants of the second Jewish Temple. You will also visit the Rabbinical Tunnel, the Davidson Center, the Southern Wall steps, the City of David and the Pool of Siloam. At the western side of the city visit Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum. Dinner and overnight: Hotel in Jerusalem. After breakfast depart from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea and visit Masada. Ascend Masada by cable car. Masada is the site of the most dramatic act in Jewish History. Explore the ancient excavation of Herod’s Palaces, the bathhouse, the storerooms, the Ramp, and the oldest Synagogue in the world. Continue to Ein Gedi, an oasis on the Dead Sea shore. Near the 200-meter-high waterfall is a cave where David had his famous meeting with King Saul (First Samuel 24: 1-23). A walk around the reservation confirms that Ein Gedi is one of the most beautiful reservations in the world. Visit Qumran, where the 2000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Continue to the Dead Sea shore for an afternoon “float” at the sea. Return to Jerusalem. Dinner and overnight Hotel in Jerusalem. After breakfast you'll ascend the Mount of Olives (Matthew 24:3, Luke 21:37) for a breathtaking panoramic view of the old city of Jerusalem. Walk along the Palm Sunday Way to the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-46, Luke 22:39-45, Mark 14:32-42) where Jesus spent the last night before he was arrested. Visit the Church of All the Nations. Drive along the “last way” to Mt. Zion. Cross the Kidron Valley and see the Tombs of Absalom, Zachary and James. Drive to Mount Zion and visit the house of the high priest Caiaphas. Visit the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu (Matthew 26:31-35). This is the place where Peter denied the Lord three times. Continue on to The Last Supper Room (Matthew 26: 17-25) and King David’s Tomb. You will also visit the Israel Museum, the Shrine of the Book (where some of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Bar Kochba letters are exhibited) and the Holy Land Model. End your visit with a service at the Garden Tomb. Farewell dinner. Overnight Hotel in Jerusalem. Join this Essence of Israel Tour for a faith elevating adventure in Israel! Walk in the steps of Jesus and experience the bible come alive. Jaffa, Caesarea, Sea of Galilee, Mount of Olives, Jordan River, Old City of Jerusalem, Mount of Beatitudes, Garden of Gethsemane, Capernaum, Masada, Ein Gedi, Qumran, Dead Sea and many more. Among other amazing sites, visit the Davidson Center, Yad Vashem, Garden Tomb, the 1st Century boat at Kibbutz Ginossar, St. Anne’s Church, Jordan River, the Israel Museum and the house of the High Priest Caiaphas. For additional details and tour pricing please click on this link to send us a request for more information. Or call 866.267.2511. A deposit of $350.00 per person, along with a completed registration form, is required to ensure your space on this tour. Bring 20 people and get two frees! A deposit of $350.00 is required with each reservation to guarantee booking. The balance is due 60 days prior to departure. All checks should be made payable to Coral Travel & Tours, Ltd. Air – Air arrangements are included in most group tours. Air is available to individual travelers upon request. Land – All packages including overnight hotel stays are quoted based upon double occupancy sharing a twin or double room with private facilities. Coral Travel & Tours, Ltd. does not arrange sharing for individual travelers. Single rooms are available at additional cost. Coral Travel & Tours, Ltd. reserves the right to substitute hotels based upon availability when necessary. Sightseeing and entrance fees are included as per itinerary. Individual passengers and passengers arriving independently from a scheduled group are responsible for their own transfers. Gratuities, airport taxes and transfers (unless specifically included in certain group tours), optional tours, charges for passports, vaccinations and inoculations, excess baggage charges, accident, trip cancellation and baggage insurance, telephone and cable charges, laundry, meals not specified in the itinerary, liquor, items of a personal nature and any items not specifically listed as included. All cancellations must be in writing You will be required to provide Coral Travel & Tours with a copy of your passport with final payment. Please Note: The State of Israel requires that your passport have an expiration date not less than 6 months after your date of arrival in Israel. There is no visa requirement for citizens of the United States traveling to Israel. Other nationals should contact their consulate for visa information. For other destinations please contact Coral Travel & Tours, Ltd. Coral Travel & Tours does NOT process visa applications. No inoculations are currently required for travel to Israel. Please contact public health authorities for further information or other destinations. Please note fuel surcharges are set by the airline and Coral Travel & Tours has no control over nor receives advance notice of changes. Due to fluctuating global oil prices, the fee may change. The airline will only guarantee the fee at time of ticketing. If the airline imposes an increase, the difference will be the responsibility of each traveler and will be collected prior to departure. Travel Insurance is Highly recommended, See attached information. The Exclusion for Pre – Existing Condition will be waived i9f premium is received at the time of orwithin 14 days of the initial deposit/payment for the trip. See Travel Insurance Certificate for complete details. Travel Insurance Benefits are administered by :Trip Mate, Inc. (in CA, dba Trip Mate Insurance Agency). 9225 Ward Parkway, Suite 200, Kansas City, MO, 6411, 1-800-888-7292, To review full plan details go to: www.tripmate.com/wpF418C Suitcases: 1 per person, not to exceed 50 lbs. for 1 bag. Each can measure up to 62 linear inches (length + height + width). Carry On Luggage: 1 per person, not to exceed 11 lbs. Each can measure up to 45 linear inches (length + height + width). Any change in the basic program will result in the charge of $150 per change per person plus any additional charges that may apply for revised air or land arrangements. CORAL TRAVEL & TOURS LTD. (CORAL), and/or its agents and their representatives abroad, act only as agents for the tour participants in making arrangements for hotels, transportation, touring, restaurants, or any other services in connection with the itinerary. They will exercise reasonable care in making such arrangements. However, they do not assume any liability whatsoever for any injury, damage, loss, accident, delay or irregularity to person or property because of any act or default of any hotel, carrier, restaurant, company, or person rendering any of the services included in the tours. The tickets, coupons, tariffs, rules or contracts currently in use by any carrier, hotel, restaurant, or other contractor rendering services shall constitute the sole contract between such contractor and the tour participants. CORAL, and/or its agents and their representatives abroad, accept no responsibility for any damage, delay, or injury due to sickness, pilferage, labor disputes, machinery breakdown, government restraints, hostile acts, terrorism, weather, acts of God, or any other cause beyond their personal control. CORAL, and/or its agents and their representatives abroad are not responsible for loss of or damage to your luggage, accidents en route, or ill health which may require travelers to miss parts of the tour or to return home without the group. No carrier shall be responsible for any act, omission, or event during the time tour participants are not on board its own conveyance. The tour programs are planned in advance. If between planning time and the actual tour operation, circumstances beyond control require changes, CORAL, and/or its agents and their representatives abroad reserve the right to vary itineraries and substitute components of tour programs. In the event it becomes necessary or advisable for any reason whatsoever to alter the arrangements of the itinerary, such alterations may be made without penalty to the operators. The right is reserved to accept or refuse any person as a member of the tour. Contact us to request information.Day 1
USA / TEL AVIV
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ARRIVAL / JAFFA / TEL AVIV
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CAESAREA / MT. CARMEL / MEGIDDO / SEA OF GALILEE
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SEA OF GALILEE
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GOLAN HEIGHTS
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BET SHE'AN / GIDEON'S SPRING / JERUSALEM
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JERUSALEM
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MASADA / EIN GEDI / DEAD SEA / QUMRAN
DAY 9
JERUSALEM
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JERUSALEM / TEL AVIV / USA
Transfer to the airport for your flight back to the USA. Arrive the same day. *Subject to change*
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