Christian Pilgrimage
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Christian Pilgrimage: Day 1: Gateway to the Holy Land • Ancient Jaffa: Follow the footsteps of Jonah, St. Peter, Richard the Lionheart, Napoleon and Mark Twain Day 2: Ascent to Jerusalem • Latrun Monastery and its ancient wine industry • Abu Ghosh: Crusader Church of Emmaus and some of the world’s best hummus • Ein Kerem, the birthplace of John the Baptist • Dusk viewpoint over Jerusalem. Day 3: Old City Jerusalem • Final footsteps of Jesus’s life on the Via Dolorosa • Temple Mount • Western Wall • Four quarters of the Old City Day 4: Holy Week • Palm Sunday Road and the Mount of Olives • Site of the Last Supper on Mount Zion • Archeology of the Jewish Temple in the Western Wall Tunnels Day 5: West Bank • Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem • The ancient city of Jericho, including the Monastery of the Temptation Day 6: Judean Desert • The site of the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran • The desert fortress of Masada • The Dead Sea Day 7: Jordan Valley • The Crusader fortress of Belvoir • The Roman city of Beit She’an • Boat ride on the Sea of Galilee Day 8: Ministry of Jesus on the Sea of Galilee • The ruins of ancient Capernaum • Church of Loaves and Fish • Church of the Supremacy of Peter • Mount of Beatitudes • Excavated fisherman’s boat from 2,000 years ago • Baptism site in the Jordan River Day 9: Mountains of the Galilee • Nazareth, including the Church of the Annunciation and Mount Precipice • Site of the first miracle at Cana’s Wedding Church • Church of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor • Tel Megiddo, the location of Armageddon in the end of days Day 10: Mediterranean Coast • Haifa, including the Bahai Gardens • The ruins of Caesarea .