1
- Arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport
- Note: Due to late check-in times on the Sabbath, you may visit a site with your guide and/or have free time to swim in the Mediterranean Sea until your rooms are prepared.
Overnight & Dinner: Mediterranean Sea
2
- Explore Caesarea Maritime: Herod’s Port City
- Visit the Muhraka Monastery where Elijah battled the prophets of Baal
- Stop by Tel Megiddo in the valley of Armageddon (Revelation 16:16).
- Visit Mt. Precipice (‘The Brow of the Hill’) and look out over Nazareth.
- Check-in to the Gallelujah Festival
Overnight & Dinner: Sea of Galilee
3
IMPORTANT: The 3-day Gallelujah Festival includes 2 touring days (lunch included!) plus access to a wide range of workshops, lectures and special activities (at extra cost where applicable) upon return to the festival grounds. In addition, every participant at Gallelujah will enjoy a FULL FREE DAY (lunch included) with a vast range of activities including: a bumpy jeep or motorbike tour, excavating in an archaeological dig, rafting on the Jordan River and much more, offered both on and off site (some at extra cost).
- Behold the 1st century Galilean boat with your own eyes and set sail on the Sea of Galilee with a fabulous boat ride.
- Explore the pre-70 synagogue at Magdala.
- Delve into the early archaeological remains of Capernaum
- Stand on the Galilee’s shores, at the Church of the Primacy of Peter (John 21).
- Pray and enjoy the beauty of the Mount of Beatitudes.
- Experience a full St. Peter’s Fish style lunch (included). Other options available.
- Return to the Gallelujah Festival, where you can relax, swim or choose from a variety of extra activities, workshops and special lectures.
Overnight & Dinner: Sea of Galilee
#1
18:00 - 20:00
Festive dinner
20:00 - 20:45
Main Stage: A Musical Journey of Israel
22:30 - 00:00
DJ sets in the Lounge area
4
- Tour Tel Dan
- Visit Banias (‘Caesarea Philippi’)
- Enjoy a local Druze lunch (included!) with special activities and speakers in the Golan Heights
- Lookout over the Road to Damascus from an ancient volcano: Mt. Bental
- Return to the Gallelujah Festival, where you can relax, swim or choose from a variety of extra activities, workshops and special lectures
Overnight & Dinner: Sea of Galilee
#2
18:00 - 20:00
Festive dinner
20:00 - 20:45
Main Stage: A Musical Journey of Israel
22:00 - 00:00
DJ sets in the Lounge area
5
Today is your free day! It’s a fantastic opportunity to create your own unique Galilean day with a variety of activities, workshops, listening to local musicians, swimming in the Sea of Galilee, lectures, devotion and prayer areas, plus so much more for all ages and interests.
Click here to see all of Gallelujah’s unique activities.
If today is your FREE DAY, and your hotel is off-site, you’ll be transferred to the main site venue Ginosar where you can relax, swim, enjoy free special lectures, workshops and activities.
#3
18:00 - 20:00
Festive dinner
20:00 - 20:45
Main Stage: A Musical Journey of Israel
22:30-00:00
DJ sets in the Lounge area
6
- Depart the Galilee and drive down the Jordan Valley
- See the capital of the Decapolis, Tel Beth Shean, and enjoy views of Mt. Gilboa
- Visit Qasr el Yahud, the place of John’s baptism and the ascension of Elijah
- Have lunch and a tour of Tel Jericho
- Lookout over the Mount of Temptation.
- Visit Ein Gedi where David hid from Saul
- Float in the Dead Sea and/or enjoy the hotel’s pool, spa and amenities.
Overnight & Dinner: Dead Sea
7
- Explore Masada, Herod the Great’s desert fortress
- Visit Qumran, the home of the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Lookout from the Mount of Olives with views of the Temple Mount
- Walk the Palm Sunday journey down the Mt. of Olives
- Stop by Dominus Flevit, where Jesus wept.
- Visit the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of all Nations
- Visit the Western Wall (‘Wailing Wall’) for a unique Sabbath experience
Overnight & Dinner: Jerusalem
8
- Visit St. Peter in Gallicantu (‘House of Caiaphas’), where Peter denied Christ
- Visit Bethlehem, the Church of the Nativity and Shepherds’ Fields
- Enjoy lunch and bazaar shopping time in Bethlehem.
- Explore the Israel Museum’s 2nd Temple Model and the Shrine of the Book
- After-dinner Optional: Western Wall Tunnel Tour OR the Tower of David Sound & Light show (must Pre-Register)
Overnight & Dinner: Jerusalem
9
- Enter the Jewish Quarter to see Hezekiah’s Broad Wall and the Cardo
- Walk the first century pavements at the Southern Wall Excavations (Davidson Center)
- Explore the excavations in the City of David, wade through Hezekiah’s tunnel and stand in the Pool of Siloam. Reminder: Bring water sandals and flashlight.
- Have lunch and some shopping time on your own in the Jewish Quarter
- After-dinner Optional: Western Wall Tunnel Tour (must Pre-Register)
Overnight & Dinner: Jerusalem
10
- Enjoy a walking tour through the gates, streets and alleyways to the Old City
- Visit the Pools of Bethesda
- Walk the Via Dolorosa
- Visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Christian Quarter
- Visit the Garden Tomb (‘Gordon’s Calvary’)
- Depart Jerusalem for Old Jaffa (‘Joppa’)
- Have a farewell dinner in Jaffa
- Transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport
Note: All Gallelujah participants will have the option to:
- return as scheduled, or
- add an extra overnight in Tel Aviv and transfer to the airport, or
- choose an extension package, such as to Petra, Jordan, Greece, Egypt or more touring or relaxing days in Israel.
