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Day 1
Group meet at the Bandaranaike International Airport
Group met at the Departure Lounge by Company Director
Depart to Jordan
Arrive in Jordan in the afternoon (Amman is the Capital of Jordan,
known in Biblical times as Rabbath Amman)
Group met at airport, refreshments will be served and
Transfer to hotel.
Dinner and overnight in Jordan |
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Day 2
Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast depart to Israel.
Morning tour of Tiberias and then take a boat ride across the Sea of
Galilee (as taken by Jesus and his disciples) to Capernaum (second
home of Jesus) see the ancient Synagogue and the site of St Peter's
House. Visit the Church of Primacy, the Church of Multiplication
(the place where Jesus blessed the fishes and the loaves) and the
Mount of Beatitudes (Venue of Jesus' sermon on the Mount)
Lunch en-route at a luxury restaurant
Afternoon, visit Cana of Galilee (first miracle of water into wine)
Visit Nazareth and visit the Church of Annunciation (where Angel
Gabriel appeared to our Lady) and the Church of St Joseph (where St
Joseph had his carpentry shop).
Return to hotel for dinner and overnight stay. |
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Day 3
Breakfast at hotel
Morning visit Jordan River (the special Baptismal for all pilgrims)
Drive to Mount Tabor - the Mount of Transfiguration - ascend the
mount
Depart Tiberias to Haifa to Mount Carmel Stella Maris and visit the
cave of Elijah the Prophet
Lunch en-route at a luxury restaurant. Afternoon, drive to
Jerusalem. Visit the Church of Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant…
(The place where the Ark of the Covenant rested until David took it
to Jerusalem) Visit Emmaus-Abu Ghosh (the place where Jesus Christ
had a meal with his disciples before his ascension)
Dinner and overnight stay at hotel. |
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Day 4
Breakfast at hotel
Morning tour of Bethlehem and visit the Church of the Nativity
(birthplace of Jesus Christ) / Church of St Catherine (The Catholic
Church in the Church of the Nativity where Christmas Midnight Mass
is celebrated). Also visit Shepherd Field and the Milk Grotto.
Thereafter visit the Western Wall (the Wailing Wall which is the
most sacred place for the Jewish people) the Golden Gate (as
tradition says… where Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem
on Palm Sunday) and also view the Temple Mount… Dome of the Rock
(where tradition says was the rock where Abraham prepared to
sacrifice his son)
Visit Ein Karem and see the Birth Place and Church of the St John
the Baptist and the Basilica of the Visitation (where Mary visited
her cousin Elizabeth) also visit Mary’s Spring. Afternoon visit
Children’s Memorial at the Holocaust Museum.
Return to hotel for dinner and overnight stay |
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Day 5
Breakfast at hotel
Morning enjoy a panoramic view of the Old City from Mount of Olives.
Visit the Pater Noster (Church of the Lord's Prayer) then visit the
place where Jesus Christ ascended to heaven and you could see his
footprints on the rock. Next visit the Church of Dominus Flevit (the
place where Jesus wept over Jerusalem) the Basilica of the Agony in
the Garden of Gethsamane (where Jesus spent the night before his
betrayal) - Church of All Nations… here Superlink provides you some
time in the Garden for meditation.
Lunch en-route at a luxury restaurant
After lunch visit Mount Zion and the Room of the Last Supper- then
visit the Church of the Domition (where the statue of Virgin Mary
lies in the peaceful slumber of death). Afternoon visit the Church
of St Peter in Galicantu (the place where Peter wept when the cock
crowed for the third time marking his denial of Jesus Christ.)
Thereafter, visit the Dungeon where, as tradition says, Jesus was
kept before he was taken to trial;
Return to hotel
Dinner and overnight at hotel
Day 6
Breakfast at hotel
Visit St Stephen's Gate (where St. Stephen was stoned). Visit the
Pool of Bethesda (where the crippled man was healed after 38 years)
and the Church of St Anne (dedicated to the mother of the Virgin
Mary/ site of the birth place of Virgin Mary)
Walk along the Via Dolorosa (Way of the Cross) with stops at every
station.
Then visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Tomb of Jesus and the
Rolling Stone) / Calvary (Place where Jesus Christ was crucified).
Lunch at a luxury restaurant.
In the afternoon visit the Dead Sea/ Lowest place in the world
/Saltiest Sea… so dense you do not sink but float on the surface.
View Jericho - Mount of Temptation.
Return to hotel.
Dinner and overnight stay at hotel
Day 7
Breakfast at hotel
Departure to Jordan. Visit Mt. Nebo/Madaba (Thirty kilometers south
of Amman is Madaba where you see some of the finest Byzantine mosaic
in the world. Most famous is the 06th century mosaic Map Palestine,
possibly the oldest map of the Holy Land in existence.) Nearby, is
the historic Mount Nebo which is believed to be the Tomb of Moses…
it is a lonely, windswept hill with a remarkable view of the Jordan
Valley, the Dead Sea and the spires of Jerusalem in the distance.
Lunch and then proceed to airport for flight
Day
8
Arrive in Colombo |
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