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THE LAND OF ISRAEL / MARCH 10-21, 2020
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THE LAND OF ISRAEL
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MARCH 10-21, 2020Tour Host: Dr. Kenneth Cuffey
THE LAND OF ISRAEL / MARCH 10-21, 2020
Tour Itinerary:
Megiddo
MARCH 10-21, 2020
THE LAND OF ISRAEL
March 10 Tue Leave Champaign via Peoria Charter Bus Depart O’Hare—TK 006 at 10:30 PM
March 11 Wed Arrive in Tel Aviv, Israel (Ben Gurion Airport) at 7:15 PM - Hotel Metropolitan (Tel Aviv)
March 12 Thu Northwest/By the Coast: Caesarea Maritima—port of Herod the Great; Paul’s prison; Carmel—Elijah’s contest; Nazareth—Mary and Joseph, Jesus’ childhood home; Arbel—overview of geography of Galilee- Kinar Galil Hotel (NE shore of Sea of Galilee)
March 13 Fri Galilee & Sea of Galilee: Jesus’ Ministry Capernaum—Jesus’ home base; Magdala—Mary Magdalene’s hometown; Gin(n)osar—1st century boat and boat ride on Lake; Mt of Beatitudes; Tabgha—feeding of 5,000 and John 21 meeting disciples for breakfast on beach; Bethsaida—1st century fishing village & 10th century BC palace (Maacah’s home)
March 14 Sat The North Hazor—Joshua, Deborah and Barak fighting; Caesarea Philippi—Peter’s confession of Jesus as Messiah; Tel Dan—site of Jeroboam I’s golden calf altar; Mt. Bental—overlook of N and into Syria
March 15 Sun The Center: Plain of Megiddo & Harod Valley, Jericho Megiddo—contested crossroads through history—Canaanites and Israelites; Beth Shan—Philistines & Canaanites; NT city of Scythopolis; Harod Spring—Gideon’s men drinking water from spring; (Tzipori [Sepphoris]—prominent 1st century Galilean city);
March 16 Mon Beit Shean , Jericho , Jerusalem—Mt of Olives & Western Wall Beit Shean Herods City , Jericho—Canaanites, Joshua and the walls, Mount of Olives—Palm Sunday & Garden of Gethsemane; Western Wall; Western Wall Tunnel tour; Jerusalem Ramada Hotel (Jerusalem)
March 17 Tue
Jerusalem: Old City/City of David East side of Temple Mount to Stephen’s Gate/Lion’s Gate; Pools of Bethesda—Jesus’s healing of man in John 5; Church of St. Anne; Old City—Via Dolorosa, Roman Cardo, Hezekiah’s Wall; City of David—David’s Palace (Large Stone Structure), Stepped Stone Structure, Ahiel’s House, Water system (Warren’s Shaft, Gihon Spring, Canaanite tunnel, Hezekiah’s tunnel, Pool of Siloam) Temple Mount—the site of the Temple (today’s Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque);
March 18 Wed Dead Sea Masada—fortress in desert, Herod’s palace, last stand of rebels (AD 73); En Gedi—oasis where David hid from Saul; Qumran—Essene community at turn of era, producing and hiding scrolls; Dead Sea—visit to beach
March 19 Thu The Southwest: Shephelah of Judah Lachish—important fort city in Judah, featured in invasions of Sennacherib in 701 BC and Nebuchadnezzar in 587 BC; Elah Valley—David kills Goliath; Beersheba—southern outpost in Negev; (Tell Halif—excavations of daily life in Israel); (Moresheth-Gath—hometown of prophet Micah)
March 20 Fri Jerusalem: Israel Museum & Passion/Resurrection Israel Museum—Model of Jerusalem in AD 66, Shrine of the Book, Artifacts; Old City shopping; Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Gordon’s Calvary & the Garden Tomb—Cross and resurrection of Jesus, end with communion at the Garden Tomb
March 21 Sat Depart Tel Aviv—TK 811 at 7:20 AM
UR B ANATH EO LOG I C A L
S EM I N A R Y
Tour Host: Dr. Kenneth Cuffey
THE LAND OF ISRAEL / MARCH 10-21, 2020
$4,350 Per Person in Double Occupancy
$980 Single Room Supplement
• Roundtrip international air fare between Chicago – Tel Aviv
• 1 Night at Metropolitan Hotel in Tel Aviv
• 4 Nights at Kinar Sea of Galilee
• 5 Nights at Ramada Jerusalem
• Daily open buffet breakfasts at the hotels
• 9 Dinners at the hotels
• Airport assistance upon arrival and departure
• Touring as per itinerary in deluxe motor coach vehicle
• Certified guide on touring days and transfers
• Entrance fees to sites along the itinerary
• St Peters fish Lunch in the Sea of Galilee
• Personal headsets
• Service charges and local taxes
• TUTKU bag, welcome brochure
• Tips to tour guide and driver
• Expenses of personal nature, lunches and all drinks
• Insurances of any kind
• TK 006 10MAR ORDIST 2230 1645
• TK 788 11MAR ISTTLV 1815 1915
• TK 811 21MAR TLVIST 0720 1040
• TK 005 21MAR ISTORD 1500 1855
• $200 per person Deposit : September 13, 2019
• Full Payment : December 6, 2019
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Cancellation Penalty:
• 90-60 days prior to departure: No Penalty
• 59-30 days prior to departure: 25%
• 29-15 days prior to departure: 50%
• 14-7 days prior to departure: No refund
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Holy Sepulchre Church
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Jerusalem
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Betlehem
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Megiddo
Qumran
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Kadesh
Herodium
Kalat NimrodDan
Arad
Haifa
Yarkon
Beth Gubrin
Appollonia
Ein Karem
Judyn
Tyre
Beer Sheva
Rosh Hanikra
Mukhraka
Jacob’s Well
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Emmaus
Acre
Baram
Hebron
Caeserea Philippi
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Hamat Gader
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Antipatrus
Bethel
Ashkelon
Archiv Safed
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Ramla
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Dor
Modiin
Pella
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