For the following group tours contact Travel Gallery
at 1-800-858-6999 or john@travelgallery.com
* Israel Pentecost tour
* Canada/New England Cruise
* Celtic Britain Bus Tour
* England Bus Tour
All itineraries listed on this page are subject to change.
Sunday, June 4: Depart New York area for Tel Aviv, Israel.
Monday, June 5: Arrive Ben Gurion Airport. Transfer to hotel in Tel Aviv.
Tuesday, June 6: Drive along coast to Caesarea. See excavations of Roman statues, Aqueduct, Amphitheater. Go to Megiddo to see excavations of King Solomon's stables and 20 layers of civilization. Drive to Nazareth. Continue to Tiberias.
Wednesday, June 7: Boat trip on Sea of Galilee. Visit Capernaum and synagogue. See where Jesus fed 5,000, visit Church of the Multiplication with fourth century mosaic floor. Drive to Mount of Beatitudes, site of the Sermon on the Mount. Proceed to Caesarea Philippi and sources of Jordan River. Back to Tiberias for overnight.
Thursday, June 8: Depart Tiberias for Beit Shean. Drive through Jordan Valley, to Jericho, oldest city in the world. Continue to Dead Sea for Bedouin feast and overnight. Swim in Dead Sea.
Friday, June 9: Buses to Masada. Ascend mountain by cable car and tour mountain fortress. Drive to Qumran, home of the Essenes, and see caves where Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Overnight in Jerusalem.
Saturday, June 10: Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane and Pater Noster Church. Enter Old City of Jerusalem. Visit pool of Bethesda and Church of St. Anne. Walk to Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Then the room of the Last Supper, Western Wall, Temple Mount, Dome of the Rock and the Al Aksa Mosque.
Sunday, June 11: Pentecost service at hotel. Drive to Bethlehem.
View shepherds field and visit Church of the Nativity and Manger Square. Back to Jerusalem to Ein Kerem, home of John the Baptist. On to Yad Vashem, Holocaust memorial. On to model of Jerusalem during second temple period. Visit Shrine of the Book, where the Dead Sea Scrolls are displayed.
Monday, June 12: Ben Gurion Airport for departing flight.
Wednesday, Oct. 11: Depart United States from your gateway city.
Thursday, Oct: 12: Arrive London, transfer to hotel. Join fellow travelers for welcome dinner.
Friday, Oct. 13: London: British Museum.
Saturday, Oct. 14: London: morning services. Evening free.
Sunday, Oct. 15: London: morning services. Then Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, Big Ben, Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Changing of the Guard. Later, a theatre performance.
Monday, Oct. 16: Morning services. Bus to Oxford. After dinner, home of C.S. Lewis and his Eagle and Child pub.
Tuesday, Oct 17: Morning services. Grave of Winston Churchill. After lunch travel to Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral. Continue on to Paignton.
Wednesday, Oct. 18: Paignton. Services with members attending festival in Paignton. Lunch and social with members. Afternoon free for touring and shopping.
Thursday, Oct. 19: Morning services. Then board bus to travel through villages and countryside of the Cotswolds. Pass cities of Bath and Stratford-upon-Avon. Medieval dinner at Warwick Castle.
Friday, Oct. 20: Depart Warwick. Itinerary to be announced.
Saturday, Oct. 21: York: morning services. Buses to London. Route passes through Nottingham en route to airport hotel in London.
Sunday, Oct. 22: Depart for United States.
Wednesday, Oct: 11: Depart United States from your gateway city.
Thursday, Oct 12: Arrive Glasgow. Drive to Edinburgh. Transfer to hotel. Join fellow travelers for a welcome dinner.
Friday, Oct. 13: Visit Edinburgh castle, home of the Scottish crown jewels and the palace of Holyrood House, once home of Mary Queen of Scots. Drive to Oban.
Saturday, Oct. 14: Morning services. Rest of day free.
Sunday, Oct. 15: Ferry to Isle of Mull, burial place of Scottish, Irish and Norwegian kings. Services at Iona Abbey where Celtic church was established. Ferry back to Oban.
Monday, Oct 16: Morning service. Bus to Stranraer. Ferry across North Channel to Larne, and on to Belfast.
Tuesday, Oct. 17: Morning service. Tour Belfast. Bus to Dublin. Visit Trinity College and then see church where Handel's Messiah was first performed.
Wednesday, Oct. 18: Morning service. Bus tour across the heart of Ireland. Arrive in Kenmare.
Thursday, Oct. 19: Morning service. Afternoon and evening free.
Friday, Oct. 20: Morning service. Bus tour of the Ring of Kerry.
Saturday, Oct. 21: Morning service in Kenmare.
Sunday, Oct. 22: Early departure for Shannon Airport to catch plane to London and flight home to the United States.
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