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October 1: Depart from USA. Arrival next day. azza Navona. Red and white wine included. Casual Dress October 2: Arrive in Tel Aviv at Ben Gurion Airport. Meet Hotels throughout the day. Overnight in Rome. your fellow pilgrims and tour guides, and transfer to the ho- October 11: En route to Florence stop in Assisi. See the tel by deluxe motor coach. We will have a brief orientation We only make reservations at 4 or 5 star hotels tombs of St. Francis and St. Clare; enjoy a peaceful walk on meeting, and acclimate to our new surroundings. Dinner with the streets of Assisi. Dinner in Tuscany. Overnight in Flor- wine, and overnight in Galilee. ence. Cross ending inside the of the Holy Sepulcher. After lunch we shall visit the last standing remnant of October 12: Tour of Florence in the region of Tuscany. Tour the ancient Temple at the Western (Wailing) Wall. Next and drive to Ein Karem, home of St. Elizabeth, and mother of John the Baptist to visit of the visitation and the church of St. John the Baptist. Jerusalem with a drive to , from which October 7: Fly to Rome. Check-in at your hotel. Have a ascended to heaven after his resurrection. So, leisurely afternoon. our first visit is the church of the Ascension next the October 8: Start around 9:00am. Visit the Colosseum, church of Pater Noster commemorating Jesus teaching the symbol of the city of Rome; a great building that his disciples the Lord's . Walk down the 'Palm has been standing since 80 A.D. Enjoy a tour of St Pe- Sunday road,' and visit the chapel of Dominus Flevit, ter's in Chains. Then visit St. John Lateran, the first Ba- here Jesus wept over the city of Jerusalem. Then pro- silica ever to be built in the Roman Empire. In the af- ceed to the garden of , and see the church ternoon, go to the breathtaking Catacombs where of Mary Magdalene, and visit the Church of all Nations. October 3: We begin this day with a boat ride across the Sea 500,000 people were buried. After the Catacombs our of Galilee to visit the ruins of Capernaum. Next we visit the Drive to Mount Zion and visit the upper room where private bus will take us to dinner and free time around of the Ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, the Uffizzi, Michel- Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes and the Jesus had his last supper. Next visit the Dormition Ab- the area of the hotel. Overnight in Rome. angelo's masterpiece, The David, Flea Market, Duomo Chapel of the Primacy at Tabgha. Proceed to visit the Mount bey where the Virgin Mary assumed into heaven body (Cathedral), and the Baptistery. Tour Guide will show to of Beatitudes, which commemorates the Sermon on the and soul. Before lunch we visit the church of St. Peter October 9: Start the day around 9:30 am, by visiting those interested the location of the Basilica of San Lorenzo Mount (Mathew 5:1-12). After lunch visit Cana in Galilee in Galicantu, which built over the site of the house of and the Medici Chapel (where the Medici family was buried), where Jesus turned water into wine during a wedding feast, the high priest Caiaphas and the dungeon where our and Basilica della Santa Croce (where Michelangelo and 15 and we end our tour for the day at the Church of the Annunci- Lord was imprisoned before his trial. It is also here other glorious Italian artists and thinkers were buried). Din- ation in Nazareth. Dinner with wine and overnight in Galilee. that Peter denied knowing Jesus thrice. After lunch we will visit Bethlehem starting the Basilica of the Nativi- ner in Florence. Red and white wine included. Casual dress October 4: After breakfast we drive down through the Jor- throughout the day. Overnight in Florence. dan Valley to the place of baptism for a visit and for renewal ty and the Grotto, venerated as the birthplace of Jesus October 13: Tour of Venice: an amazing city built on water. of baptismal vows if desired. Our next stop will be to the old- (Luke 2:1-7). We will also visit the church of St Cathe- Leave for Venice in the morning on our private bus. Estimat- est city in the world, Jericho, and a view of the Mount of rine, the Crusaders' Cloister, the Chapel of St Jerome ed time of arrival is 12:00 noon. Visit St. Mark's plaza. Option- Temptation on which our Lord was tempted 40 days and 40 and the Grotto of the Holy Innocents. Finally, we will al: Gondola ride and shopping. Long pants if you intend to go nights. Take a swim in the Dead Sea. We shall also view Zac- visit the shepherd's fields before returning to our ho- the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel, the inside St. Mark's. Casual dress if you intend to go on a Gondo- chaeus' tree, then proceed to Qumran where the Dead Sea tel, for dinner with wine and overnight in Jerusalem. Pope's Private chapel. Tour of St. Peter's in the Vatican, la ride or spend time shopping and visiting the beautiful Scrolls were discovered. We continue our drive on up the largest Basilica in the world. Take some time for streets and bridges of Venice. Dinner and overnight in Venice. through the Judean Wilderness to Jerusalem, and take a first devotion to pray in front of the tomb of St Peter below October 14: Our private bus brings us to the airport in Ven- glimpse of the city from the heights of Mt. Scopus before the alter in the Vatican. Long pants, capris, or skirts ice to fly back to USA. checking into our hotel. Dinner with wine, and overnight in below the knee, shoulders covered. Time to rest before Jerusalem. dinner in the area of the hotel. Dinner and overnight in Please note: We do our best to ensure that all sites listed in this October 5: After breakfast we shall start our pilgrimage in Rome. itinerary will be seen. However, due to scheduling conflicts, or oth- er circumstances beyond our control, sites may be visited on a dif- October 10: We will have an early start as our private ferent day than listed. If this happens it will also necessitate a bus leaves around 7:00 am to the Vatican to experience change in the restaurant for dinner. However, we will never sacri- About Proximo Travel the 10:00 am Audience with the Pope. We will see the fice the quality of the meal, all restaurants will meet Proximo Trav- Pope very closely; sometimes we even shake his hand. el's very high standards. Since we have several different trip config- Hundreds of people who traveled with us would be hap- There will be time for lunch in the area of the Vatican. urations touring at the same time, it is likely that groups on differ- ent tours will be combined when their itineraries overlap in certain py to speak with you about your trip. Safety is our prior- October 6: After breakfast we will drive to St. Ste- Before we visit the Spanish Steps. This is the place where the Romans hung out. From there we will walk areas. In addition, because of Jewish holidays and/or when the ity. Proximo Travel hosts Vacation Tours to Italy, Ire- ven's Gate where we shall enter the old city and start group is small, we may be able to add a few sites that are not on the our morning tour at the Crusader's church of St. Anne to Trevi Fountain, and have time for shopping. Fol- land, Greece, the Holy Land, , , Portugal, itinerary. In order to do that, in some cases we might add one night and the pool of the Bethesda. Continue to the tower of lowed by a walk to the Pantheon, the oldest functional in a certain hotel and take away a night from the other one. Scotland, and many other countries: Antonia where Jesus was tried and the church of the building in the world, and then to the great artistic No Rush, No Pressure, Lots of fun! flagellation from where we follow the Stations of the place of Piazza Navona around 4:30 pm. Dinner at Pi-