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Overview
Jerusalem and Dead sea Frist we will pick you up from David Citadel or your hotel or nearest point to your hotel the we will start visiting Jerusalem old city and around and they we will Drive though the Judaean Desert Passing from the Sea Level Sign going to Dead sea for Swimming
Highlights
Description
This tour starts on Mount Scopus with panoramic views across Jerusalem. We can see beyond the Old City walls to Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock. We pass the Garden of Gethsemane, Church of All Nations and Kidron Valley then come into the Old City by way of the Zion Gate. In the Jewish Quarter, we see the excavated Byzantine Cardo and visit the iconic Wailing Wall. We walk the Via Dolorosa as Jesus did on his way to Calvary. We arrive at the sacred Church of the Holy Sepulchre and see where Christ was crucified and laid to rest. After lunch in the Old City, we walk through the Old City market and depart Jerusalem. We descend below sea level to the Dead Sea. Relax on a beautiful Dead Sea beach, float in the salty water and give yourself a natural facial with black Dead Sea mud.
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Itinerary
This Jerusalem and Dead Sea tour starts on Mount Scopus where we enjoy an incredible view across the rooftops of Jerusalem. Your guide will point out highlights on Mount Scopus like the Garden of Gethsemane, Church of All Nations, and Kidron Valley below. Driving through the stunning Jerusalem scenery the tour reaches the Old City and enters by way of the Zion Gate.
Within the 500-year-old Old City walls, we see the Armenian Quarter and head for the ancient Jewish Quarter. See the excavated 1,500 year old Byzantine Cardo, an ancient street lined with tall columns. The Jerusalem tour visits the sacred Western Wall, a remnant of the Second Holy Temple’s outer retaining walls. This wall survived the Temple’s destruction in 70AD and is now a holy Jewish landmark.
The tour traces Jesus’s route to his crucifixion from the 5th Station of the Cross along the sacred Via Dolorosa. Bearing his cross Jesus reached Calvary which is now encompassed by the massive Church of the Holy Sepulcher. We enter this iconic Christian landmark and see many chapels and Biblical sites like the Stone of Unction and Christ’s burial tomb.
Before leaving the Old City we take a lunch break and then make our way through the Old City bazaar. Driving through the stunning desert scenery we can see Jericho in the distance. The tour pauses briefly at the sign indicating “sea level” then we descend lower and lower until we reach the Dead Sea at 430m below sea level.
The tour takes you to a Dead Sea beaches where you can relax on the sand, soak up the sun and float in the water. The Dead Sea environment is known to have natural health and beauty benefits. While here you can lather your skin with mineral-rich Dead Sea mud. Get a classic photo floating in the Dead Sea where the high saline c
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