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• Flights from anywhere in the United States and flights between countries as per your itinerary (all necessary flights on your trip are included).
• Daily Mass will be scheduled.
• Airport Taxes, Security Fees & Fuel Surcharges Saving you an average of $400-$600!
• Transfers as per itinerary.
• Mostly 5-Star Hotels, sometimes 4-Star Hotels.
• Transportation with luxury bus.
• All breakfasts and all dinners.
• All tips to driver, hotel, and tour guide. If you feel that the tour guide did a great job, offering them extra tips is greatly appreciated.
• Guided Tours and Tour Fees ~ Our tour guides are very caring, licensed, and well educated. Many of our guides have their PhD's.
• Luggage handling (1 suitcase and 1 carry-on per person).
• Single Supplement (as long as the passengers is willing to room with someone and allows us to provide them with a roommate. If the passenger wants a guaranteed room to of their own, then they have to pay the $900 single supplement).
• Remember: Our trips are not more expensive during high season ~ Passengers will never be expected to pay extra for anything while on the trip.
• NOTE: If you wish to deepen your knowledge of the Catholic Faith as a preparation for this pilgrimage, we recommend the following book as it is faithful to the teachings of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church (Imprimatur by ARCHBISHOP FELIPE AGUIRRE FRANCO): The Catholic Faith in Easy Terms. Introduction, Nihil Obstat, and Imprimatur by Archbishop Felipe Aguirre Franco.

• Lunch
• Wine
• Covid Testing Costs (time for required Covid tests will be built into the tour).
• Trip Insurance. Work directly with Travel Guard to protect your investment and insure your money. There are different packages to choose from depending on what your travel needs are. Use the above link or the link right below the picture of the Pope on our home page to visit their site.

1. Call us (855) 842-8001 or register online with a credit card and pay your $500 deposit per person to save your spot. The $500 deposit is part of the total price of the trip.
2. A $1,000 Additional Deposit (AD) per person is due one month from the registration. The AD is paid ONLY in the form of Check (personal, money order, or bank check).
3. The balance is due 4 months before the trip departure date. The balance is paid ONLY in the form of Check (personal, money order, or bank check).

Proximo Travel
PO Box 561
Auburn, MA 01501

Day 1: Depart from USA. Arrival next day.

Day 2: Arrive at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport. We will meet our guide and on the way to Galilee visit Caesarea. We will have a brief orientation meeting, enjoy a meal, and acclimate to our new surroundings. Dinner and overnight in Galilee.

Day 3: Visit Magdala on the west shore of the lake. Take a cruise across the Sea of Galilee to Capharnaum. Visit Capharnaum the Town of Jesus where He carried out the major part of His Ministry. Jesus told Peter and Andrew "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men" (Matthew 4:12-22), and here Jesus made the promise of the Eucharist (John 6:22-71). We will visit the excavations and St. Peter's Church before we continue to visit the Church of the Primacy of St. Peter (John 21:1-14) where we will have Mass and spend time; followed by Tabgha, the site where Christ fed the 5,000 with five loaves and two fish (John 6:1-13). Proceed to visit the Mount of Beatitudes which commemorates the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-12). Dinner and overnight in Tiberias, Galilee.

Day 4: After breakfast, drive to Cana of Galilee where we will visit the Franciscan Church of the Wedding Feast. Enjoy a wine tasting in Cana (especially the pomegranate wine.) Continue to Nazareth where the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she was to bear the Son of God (Luke 1:26-38). It was also here that Jesus grew up. Visit and Mass at the Basilica of the Annunciation. After Mass extra time at Basilica 45 minutes – 1 hour. We shall also visit the Chapel of St. Joseph and the Old Synagogue which tradition holds that this simple building stands on the site of the synagogue of Jesus. Dinner and overnight in Tiberias, Galilee.

Day 5: After breakfast we will drive to Mount Tabor, the place where Jesus was transfigured. Ascend by taxis to the summit to visit the Basilica of Transfiguration, and to see the magnificent view across the plain of Jezreel. Mass at Mount Tabor. In the afternoon visit the City Haifa to Mount Carmel to visit the Mother Church of the Carmelite Order and Elijah’s Cave. Dinner and overnight in Galilee.

Day 6: Travel at a slow pace to the Jordan River and to the tourist Place of Baptism for a visit and for renewal of baptismal vows if desired. Visit Nablus and Jacob's Well. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 7: After breakfast, we will have an early start to visit Bethlehem starting with the Basilica of the Nativity and the Grotto, venerated as the birthplace of Jesus (Luke:2-7). Also, visit the Church of St. Catherine, the Crusaders' Cloister, the Chapel of St. Jerome and the Grotto of the Holy Innocents. Continue to visit the Shepherd's Fields (Luke 2:8-20). Time for shopping in Bethlehem. After lunch in Bethlehem we shall drive to Ein Karem, home of St. Elizabeth, and mother of John the Baptist to visit the Church of the Visitation and the Church of St. John the Baptist. In the evening a Holy Hour of adoration in Gethsemane at the Church of all Nations at 8:00 pm (this is optional for pilgrims). Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 8: Today we will begin with a visit and spending time at the House of Lazarus in Bethany.  Continue our drive to Jericho to view the Old City, Zacchaeus’ tree and the Mount of Temptation. Proceed to Qumran - ruins of the ancient Essene settlement in whose nearby caves the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered; and enjoy a relaxing float in the Dead Sea. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 9: After breakfast, we shall begin our journey as Jesus did at Bethpage before we descend by foot and visit the Pater Noster Church commemorating Jesus' teaching His disciples the Lord's Prayer. Then we will walk down to the church of Dominus Flevit; here Jesus wept over the City of Jerusalem and foretold its destruction (Luke 19:41-44). We shall then visit the Garden of the Gethsemane, the scene of Jesus' agony, betrayal and arrest (Luke 22:22-54). Also visit the Church of All Nations containing the rock where Jesus is believed to have prayed before His betrayal and arrest. After lunch, visit the Upper Room, the site of the last supper. Proceed to the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu, where we will spend 45 minute – 1 hour. The Church is built over the site of the house of the High Priest Caiaphas and the dungeon where Our Lord was imprisoned before his trial. It is also here that Peter denied knowing Jesus thrice (Luke 22: 54-62). Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 10: Start very early (5:00 am) at the Church of the Flagellation and follow the Stations Cross where we will then end by entering the Holy Sepulchre. Celebrate Mass on Calvary. Visit and pray at the altar where St. Helena found the true Cross (same Church). Later tour the Crusaders’ Church of St. Anne and the Pool of Bethesda, then shop in Old City Jerusalem. After shopping a visit to the Wailing Wall. We shall have dinner and possible overnight (some flights require midnight departure in order to ensure arrival in USA on designated day). Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 11: Back to USA from the Holy Land.

Please note: This is a PRIVATE TOUR. - We do our best to ensure that all sites listed in this itinerary will be seen. However, due to scheduling conflicts, or other circumstances beyond our control, sites may be visited on a different day than listed. If this happens it will also necessitate a change in the restaurant for dinner. However, we will never sacrifice the quality of the meal, all restaurants will meet Proximo Travel's very high standards. Since we have several different trip configurations touring at the same time, it is likely that groups on different tours will be combined when their itineraries overlap in certain areas. In addition, because of Jewish holidays and/or when the group is small, we may be able to add a few sites that are not on the itinerary. In order to do that, in some cases we might add one night in a certain hotel and take away a night from the other one. Sometimes because of the inconvenience of flight schedule, the group might stay the last night in Tel Aviv or in Haifa in order to avoid getting up way too early to get to the airport on time.

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