Journey through the Holy Land - 2009:
Start in Tel Aviv and travel to Caesarea with visits to the Roman Amphitheater and the impressive Crusader fortress, to the ancient fortified city of Megiddo, to Muhraqa, and to Haifa, a city with a long history dating back to biblical times. Here you will visit the Baha'i Shrine. In Acre, tour the excavated part of the immense underground Crusader city.

On to Nazareth in Galilee, where you will visit St. Joseph's Church; Cana—site of the miracle where Jesus changed water into wine at a wedding; and Lake Tiberias. Arrive at Kibbutz Ginosar and enjoy an evening lecture on kibbutz life. On the way to Jerusalem, stop at important biblical sites such as Bet She'an with its fine Roman and Byzantine relics, and enjoy a cruise on the Sea of Galilee.

In Jerusalem, included excursions to Ein Karem and Bethlehem, to Masada and the Dead Sea, and a walking tour through the Old City show you the highlights. Visit the Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane, Via Doloroso, the Wailing Wall, and more. A full day at leisure to relax or to join an optional excursion that includes visits to the Israel Museum with the Shrine of the Book and the Dead Sea Scrolls, to the Holocaust Memorial in Yad Vashem, and more. Stop in the Valley of Elah, Latrun, and Jaffa on your way back to Tel Aviv, and enjoy a farewell dinner.

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Footsteps of Apostle Paul - 2009:
Start in Athens and enjoy a welcome dinner and guided sightseeing featuring visits to the Acropolis and Areopagus, where Paul delivered his famous sermon about the identity of "the Unknown God."

Continue to Corinth and visit the excavations.
In Piraeus, board your 3-day Greece and Turkey cruise with visits to the islands of Mykonos and Rhodes.

An optional excursion to charming Lindos, with its Acropolis and imposing Knight's Castle, is also available. Visit Patmos before returning to Piraeus. Disembark and journey north to Thessalonika.

Enjoy guided sightseeing of this city, named after Alexander the Great's sister, and an excursion along the ancient route of Apostle Paul to Amphipolis, ancient Philippi and Kavala, ancient port of Neapolis. Continue to Veria, and visit the Bema of Apostle Paul, and then another highlight of your trip: visit Varlaam and St. Stephen's monasteries in Meteora. Return to Athens and enjoy a farewell dinner.

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Jordan and Egypt in the Bible - 2009:
This vacation begins with three nights by the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth. Enjoy excursions to Amman and its Archaeological Museum, as well as to Jerash, Um Quais, and John the Baptist's Baptismal Archaeological Park in Bethany Beyond-the-Jordan, where Jesus was immersed in the baptismal springs.

Next, travel to Moses' Mount Nebo, the Madaba Archaeological Museum, and Mukawir, where Salome danced and John the Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded.

Continue via Wadi Mujib and the Crusader Castle of Kerak to Petra, where a full day of guided sightseeing in the "rose-red city" is included.

In Lawrence of Arabia's Wadi Rum, enjoy a Jeep tour, then return to the Dead Sea. Fly from Amman to Cairo and meet your Egyptologist for a spectacular day of guided sightseeing: visit the Egyptian Museum, Memphis, Sakkara's "Stairway to the Sky" (the oldest of the pyramids), and Giza's Sphinx and the Great Pyramids.

Also visit the "Hanging Church," St. Sergius Church, the Coptic Museum, and the St. Mercurius Church, and enjoy a farewell dinner.

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And also:

Irish Faith & History >>
Legacy of Pope John Paul II >>
Lourdes & Shrines of France >>
Marian Shrines of Europe >>
The Vatican, Assisi & Southern Italy >>
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