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to Ein Karem, the birthplace of John the       Last Supper, King David’s Tomb and            Tuesday: Departure
Baptist. A slow and uphill climb to the        the Church of Dormition, where the            After breakfast transfer to airport for your
Church of the Visitation where Mary went       Blessed Virgin Mary fell into eternal         departure flight to Ben Gurion Airport to
to see her cousin Elizabeth who greeted        sleep. Continue on to the Church of St.       connect to your flight home.
the future mother of Jesus with the words      Peter in Gallicantu, built on the site of
“blessed art thou among women”. Mary           the house of high priest Caiaphas. It         OPTION 2: CAIRO
responded with the “Magnificat”, a song        is on this site that Peter denied Jesus       Sunday: Tel Aviv, Cairo
of praise to the Lord. On to the Old City      three times. CELEBRATE MASS IN                After breakfast transfer to airport for
of Jerusalem to visit the holiest site of the  JERUSALEM. Visit the Israel Museum            your flight to Cairo. Arrive Cairo where
Jewish nation, the Western Wall. Drive         to see the Jerusalem Model as well as         you will be met by our representative
back to the hotel for dinner and overnight.    the Dead Sea scrolls. On to Emmaus            and transfer to hotel in Cairo. Evening
                                               in Abu Gosh, where you will find a tiny       Dinner Cruise on the river Nile. Return to
Friday: Mount of Olives, Old City of           Romanesque Crusader city built in 1142        hotel for overnight .
Jerusalem                                      atop three Roman cisterns. Continue to
After breakfast we drive up the Mount          Tel Aviv for dinner and overnight.            Monday: Cairo
of Olives stopping at the Church of the                                                      After breakfast visit the Egyptian
Ascension then the Church of Pater             Sunday: Departure                             museum with its many wonderful
Noster where we will see different             After breakfast transfer to airport for your  artifacts. Continue to visit the Pyramids
translations of the Lord’s Prayer. Walk        departure flight..                            of Giza and the Sphinx. Stroll through
along the Palm Sunday Road passing by                                                        the Khan el Khalili bazaar. Dinner and
the Franciscan Church of the Dominus           OPTION 1: PETRA, JORDAN                       overnight in Cairo.
Flevit, where the Lord wept and shed           Sunday: Tel Aviv, Eilat
a tear for the city of Jerusalem. We           After breakfast transfer to airport for your  Tuesday: Departure
continue on the Palm Sunday Road               flight to Eilat. Pick up at Eilat Airport     After breakfast transfer to the airport
ending at the Garden of Gethsemane             and transfer to hotel – rest of the day at    for your departure flight to Ben Gurion
and the Church of All Nations. In the          leisure in Eilat - dinner and overnight.      Airport to connect to your flight home.
afternoon, enter the old city of Jerusalem
stopping first at the Church of St. Anne       Monday: Eilat, Petra, Eilat
and the pool of Bethesda. Continue             After breakfast transfer to Arava border
walking along the Via Dolorosa, also           crossing into Jordan where the Jordanian
called the “Way of the Cross”. There are       Agent will wait for you and take you to
fourteen stations along the route each         the wonderful "Red Rose City" of Petra,
commemorating an event along Jesus’            which was inhabited by the Nabateans
route to crucifixion. End up at the Church     from 300 BC. Enjoy lunch in Petra and
of the Holy Sepulchre. Drive back to the       walk through the dramatic "Ciq" Canyon.
hotel for dinner and overnight.                See the Treasury, carved in pink stone
                                               and continue past the Roman Theatre,
Saturday: Mt. Zion, Israel Museum,             the Corinthian Tomb and the Palace
Emmaus, Tel Aviv                               Tomb to the Roman Road. Return to
After breakfast visit the room of the          Eilat for dinner and overnight.

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