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Our representative will meet you at the exit from the clean area and escort you to a comfortable car (minibus), which for 30 minutes will take you to your hotel in Tel Aviv.
In the evening - dinner in the Old Port - a favorite place for the boardwalk residents of Tel Aviv, and the center of the best city restaurants.

After breakfast, we will go to the business capital of Israel Tel Aviv («Hill of spring»). Lonely Planet included Tel Aviv in the list of «10 best cities for travel». Rich cultural life, unique architecture, world famous nightlife, friendly informal atmosphere and excellent beaches are waiting for you.

Visit the ancient port of Jaffa, founded about 4000 years ago (according to legend - son of Noah, Jaffet), and operating until 1965. These walls still remember Perseus, who saved here Andromeda, with the cunning and severed head of the Medusa-Gorgon, the Old Testament prophets, the ships of Solomon or the stern conquerors of the world - Alexander the Great, Richard the Lionheart and Napoleon...
For the record, gourmets - Jaffa is also proud of the beautiful fish restaurants, located right in the port, and offering with a knife the freshest seafood, caught at dawn by fishermen.
In Tel Aviv, many secluded corners for walks, for example - go to Neve Tzedek - Tel Aviv island of the 30s, a kind of local Montmartre, with cafes and restaurants, art galleries. Also worthy of note is a spacious and renovated promenade with 13 unique beaches. On the promenade you can just walk or ride along the «green» path along the sea on a bike. Walk in the center of the city - July 3, 2003 UNESCO added the center of Tel Aviv - the so-called «White City» - in the list of architectural monuments. There is the world’s highest concentration of houses built in the "bauhaus" style (4000). In addition, in Tel Aviv, there are unique buildings in the styles of Arabeska and Art Deco (times 1918-30), as well as in the International Style (30s and early 40s), which defined in due time the ultramodern look of the city.

In the evening - a free program, which we will make together with you. You will find an unprecedented amount of entertainment for every taste. Opera and ballet performances at the Tel-Aviv Opera House, classical music concerts, as well as performances of international and Russian pop stars in the hall «Gehal a-Tarbut», theatrical meetings at the theater «Gesher» and dance festivals at the Art Center «Susan Dalal». In addition, Tel Aviv is not only a hub of finance, fashion, industry and trade in Israel, but also an entertainment center with an unimaginable number of cafes and restaurants per square meter sidewalk, and clubs open until dawn... It is no coincidence that the newspaper "New York Times" proclaimed Tel Aviv "the capital of the Mediterranean high» ....

Driving through the Valley of Armageddon (Hebrew - Megiddo Mountain) - the scene of the last battle of angels and demons at the end of time, we will find ourselves in the Arab village of Kfar Kanna, where Jesus created his first miracle: «... And they filled them up to the top. And he says to them, Now draw and bring to the steward of the feast. And they have borne. When the steward tasted water, there was wine...». (John 2:7-8)
Descending to the north shore of the Sea of Galilee, we will arrive at the spiritual center of Giardenite, the place of baptism, where masses of pilgrim’s flock to communion themselves in the sacred water of the Jordan. «Then Jesus comes from Galilee to Jordan to be baptized by John» (Matthew 3:13). We will see the place of Transfiguration of the Lord - Mount Tavor, and located in 9 km northwest Nazareth - the city where, according to the Gospel, the Annunciation was made and passed the childhood and adolescence of Jesus Christ (hence - «Nazareth» or «Ha-Nopri», that is «resident of the city Nazeret»). Visit the Church of the Annunciation - the largest in the Middle East. Here Archangel Michael informed Virgin Mary of the impending birth of Joshua (Luke 1:26-31).
On the way to the northern edge of the lake, we will have dinner with the fish of St. Peter, or tilapia (the future apostle was a fisherman by profession). The next stop after lunch will be the ruins of Capernaum (in Hebrew - Kfar Naum, «the village of Naum») - home of the first disciples of Christ - apostles Andrew, James, John, as well as the publican (tax inspector) Matthew - the future author of one of the Gospels. «And came to Capernaum, the city of Galilee». (Luke 4:31) There is an Orthodox church of 12 apostles.
And the quiet lagoon of Tabha, lying nearby, served as the stage for many gospel stories, including the miracle of multiplying bread and fish. «He took five loaves and two fish and looked up to heaven, blessed them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to give to the people» (Luke 9:16). It was at Capernaum that Jesus preached his teachings, living in the house of Peter, now the seat of the Benedictine Monastery (St. Peter’s Church).

To someone sweet sound «Yerushalaim» will remind the novels of Bulgakov or Lazarchuk, someone will hear a song from «Assa» in his head, or a picture of praying at the Wall of Lament of Hasid will appear... It is impossible to understand the significance of Jerusalem without having lived here for years, but the attraction of the Eternal City, bordering on the miracle, is felt from the first steps of the pilgrim.

In our program - visits to the famous Jerusalem temples - the church of Ascension with the bell tower in the name of John the Baptist, («Russian Candle»), and the Russian Orthodox Orthodox Olive Monastery, as well as the church of Holy Equal Apostles Mary Magdalene, with characteristic Moscow maces and kokoshniks. Next to it, in the rock, at the entrance of the Gethsemane Garden, there is the greatest Christian shrine - the underground tomb of the Virgin Mary - the Dormition Church of the Blessed Virgin, and the Russian Gethsemane Convent.
On the Mount of Olives (Mount of Olives), Christ liked to gather with his disciples, so that almost the entire western slope of the Mount of Olives is occupied with Christian relics. The Temple of the Passion of Christ (Church of All Nations) in the Garden of Gethsemane is the place of Prayer for the Cup and the Arrest of Christ. «They came to a village called Gethsemane, and He said to His disciples, Sit here while I pray». (Mark 14:32). According to legend, the ancient olives standing in the monastery garden are witnesses to these events. Here begins the Via Dolorosa (The Way of the Cross) «And dressed Him in His clothes and led Him to the Crucifixion» (Matthew 27:31). We will pass through the Armenian quarter and the Arab market to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher - to the Frontal Place (Golgotha).
Then we will examine the Wailing Wall - a sacred place for any Jew. Right above it - Kubbat as- Sahra, the golden dome of the Rock, built on the ruins of the Temple of Tsar Solomon. Inside the dome is a ledge of rock from which, according to legend, the prophet Muhammad made a mirage - an ascension to heaven to meet the Supreme. Be sure to look at the Russian Compound - in one of the oldest districts in the center of Jerusalem, near the Old City. Moscow Square appeared on the map of Jerusalem in the mid-1990s. And, of course, its main decoration - Trinity Cathedral. Further our way lies in Ein Karem - a picturesque place, which stretches at the foot of Mount Ora in the Judean Mountains on the western slopes of Jerusalem, where above the place of birth of John the Baptist there is a Russian Orthodox Goren monastery.
Will complete (optional) the Jerusalem program, the trip to the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem (Hebrew: Bethlehem - «Bethlehem» - «House of Bread»), where the midnight Christmas service takes place. The Basilica was built in the 6th century above the birthplace of Jesus, and is the oldest functioning Orthodox Church in the Holy Land.

Having said goodbye to Jerusalem, we will begin to descend from the Jerusalem Mountains on the Negev desert to the lowest place on the planet.

On the funicular we shall rise in the ancient fortress of Masada (palace of tsar Herod), last stronghold of zealots who rebelled against Roman legions, whose siege is described by Joseph Flavius in «Judean war».

Crossing the Judean Desert, on the endless paths of which Moses led his people in biblical times for 40 years, we will reach the mark «0 meters» above sea level and see the panorama of the monastery of Sv. George (who gave rise to Christian monasticism).  
Down to the center of the Earth - and we are in Qumran - the center of the Essean community, where the most important archaeological find of mankind, the so-called Dead Sea Scrolls or Cumran Manuscripts, was made.

 And by nightfall, having rounded the salt pillars of Sodom and Gomorrah, we will be in the lowest place of the Earth’s land (416 m below sea level)...

The Dead Sea once served as a sanctuary for King David. Later, near the winter palace of Herod the Great, the first resort in history was built here, and it was here, in biblical times, mined the basics of balms for the mummification of the Egyptian pharaohs.
Low humidity, high temperature, no pollen and other allergens, glorified sulfide mud with a high content of iodine and hormone-like substances, rich in organic and mineral sea water, Thermo-mineral springs - this amazing cocktail has a beneficial effect on health and makes the Dead Sea unique.
According to the decoded papyri, the clay extracts brought from the area are part of Cleopatra’s beauty secret.
At the same time, the oxygen-enriched air, which has an increased bromine content, restores the loose nervous system and gives the body additional strength.
Sunlight, overcoming the additional distance to the lowest point of the planet, lose the harmful spectrum of ultraviolet, so you can safely sunbathe all you want without harm to the body. Thanks to its special microclimate, filled with mineral evaporation, it is one of the few places on earth where it is impossible to burn in the sun.

And although every year the sea level falls an average of 1 meter, which means that after some time this lifelike source of beauty and health threatens to disappear - while the sea steadfastly repels the attacks of time...

Today you can dedicate to shopping or spend it in a relaxing setting of brunch on the beach. You can also take advantage of being in the country with the highest level of medicine and pass a full medical examination - check-up. At 10:00 a.m., accompanied by our staff, you will arrive at the medical center. By 14:00 You will be free, and before the flight you will have time to admire the sea, the sun, make a walk on one of the Tel Aviv embankments or run through the shops.

Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport. Return.