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1Day 1 Milano
Meals included: none
Arriving at Milan airport and loading luggage onto private bus. Transfer to the hotel, accommodation in rooms and overnight.
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2Day 2 Milano
Meals included: breakfast
After a breakfast in the hotel, going to visit the city with the guide passing by Alla Scala Theatre, Vittorio Emanuele Gallery and Duomo Square. There, after visiting the gothic Cathedral and up to the roof, by walk or by elevator (traveller can choose). Free time for lunch. During the afternoon sightseeing tour passing by Sforza Castle, St. Holy Mary of Graces Basilica, the new districts of the city and the Darsena, the ancient harbor of Milan. Return to the hotel, free time for dinner and overnight.
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3Day 3 Lago di Como
Meals included: breakfast
After breakfast in the hotel, direction Como and visit the most impressive villages along the lake banks: Varenna, Bellagio, Mandello, Dervio. In the evening, return to the hotel and overnight. Free time for lunch and dinner at your disposal.
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4Day 4 Milano / Firenze
Meals included: breakfast
After a breakfast in the hotel, loading luggage onto the private bus and next destination is Florence. There, you will meet the guide and start a walking tour around the city center: Signoria square, Ponte Vecchio bridge, the Cathedral with the well-known Brunelleschi’s dome and the Giotto’s bell-tower. Going to check-in at the hotel, have free time for dinner and overnight. Free time for lunch is planned during visits.
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5Day 5 Firenze
Meals included: breakfast
After a breakfast in the hotel, going to spend the entire morning visiting the Uffizi Gallery, a treasure chest of priceless masterpieces. Free time for lunch is planned. During the afternoon, continue the visits discovering S. Maria Novella and S. Croce churches. Then, return to the hotel, have free time for dinner and overnight.
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6Day 6 Firenze / Siena / Roma
Meals included: breakfast
After a breakfast in the hotel, loading your luggage onto the private bus and move to Siena, the city of the Palio. You are going to meet the guide and visit Campo square, the Cathedral and San Domenico church. Free time for lunch and then moving to Rome. Arriving in the evening, check-in at the hotel and overnight. Free time for dinner is planned.
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7Day 7 Roma
Meals included: breakfast
After a breakfast in the hotel, meeting with the guide and visit the “eternal city”. First of all, a stop to St. Peter’s Basilica, the emblem of Christianity: the Basilica has been built upon a previous Constantinian temple, on the same place where the first Apostle Peter is told to have been buried after his crucifixion. There, you could admire the famous “Pietà” by Michelangelo, the Berninis’s canopy and tombs of the major popes. Among them are that of St. Jean Paul II and that of St. Peter. Free time to go up to the dome and for lunch. In the afternoon, visit Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel. Return to the hotel, have free time for dinner and overnight.
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8Day 8 Roma
Meals included: breakfast
After a breakfast in the hotel, meeting with the guide, sightseeing tour of Rome: Gianicolo Belvedere, Sisto bridge upon Tevere river, Massimo Circus, Colosseum (externally), Romano court, Venezia Square and the Patria Altar. Then have some free time for lunch and in the afternoon visit the mundane center of the city, passing by Navona Square, Trevi fountain, governmental palaces and the Pantheon. Return to the hotel, have free time for dinner and overnight.
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9Day 9 Roma / Tel Aviv / Nazareth
Meals included: breakfast
After a breakfast in the hotel, loading your luggage onto the private bus and be transferred to Fiumicino airport. There, you should deal with customs checks and then boarding on a flight to Israel. When landed in Tel Aviv, meeting the local guide who will assist you for the entire stay. Going to reach Nazareth and check-in at the hotel. Free time for dinner and overnight is planned.
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10Day 10 Nazareth
Meals included: breakfast
After a breakfast in the hotel, visit the major meaningful sites of Galilee: Beatitudini mount, Tabga, where Jesus multiplied breads, and the church of Peter’s Primato; Cafarnao and its excavations with ruins of Peter’s house, the sixteenth-century Synagogue. In the afternoon, taking a taxi in small groups and reach Tabor Mount, the mount of transfiguration of Christ. Return to the hotel and overnight. Free time for lunch and dinner at your disposal during visits.
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11Day 11 Nazareth / Bethlehem
Meals included: breakfast
After a breakfast in the hotel, visit the village of Nazareth passing by Annunciation Basilica, Saint Joseph church, the souk and the Virgin fountain. During the morning, visit Cana to celebrate the marriage miracle. In the afternoon, moving to Judea across the Jordan Valley with a stop along the river to renew baptismal promises. Going to reach Bethlehem in the evening, check-in at the hotel and overnight. Free time for lunch and dinner is planned during visits.
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12Day 12 Jerusalem
Meals included: breakfast
After a breakfast in the hotel, moving to Jerusalem and admire Omar and El Aqsa Mosque, passing by the Wailing Wall and the Jewish district. In the afternoon, Via Crucis through the souk ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Return to the hotel in Bethlehem and overnight. Some free time for lunch and dinner is planned during visits.
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13Day 13 Jerusalem
Meals included: breakfast
After a breakfast in the hotel, come back to Jerusalem to visit the Mount of Olives passing by the Ascension niche, Paternoster cave, Dominus Flevit, the Getzemani Basilica and garden, the Virgin Mary’s grave. During the afternoon, visiting the Christian Sion with Saint Peter in Gallicantu, Cenaculum and the Dormition of the Virgin. Return to the hotel in Bethlehem, have free time for dinner and overnight.
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14Day 14 Bethlehem
Meals included: breakfast
After a breakfast in the hotel, next destination Judas’ desert, see the Monastery of Saint George of Koziba from a distance. During the trip, stop in Jericho and then Qumran, along the Dead Sea banks, where the ancient Bible’s roll had been discovered and nowadays preserved at the Books Museum. Later on, return to Bethlehem and visit the Church of the Nativity and the Shepherds’ Field. Return to the hotel and overnight. Some free time for lunch and dinner is planned during visits.
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15Day 15 Bethlehem / Tel Aviv
Meals included: breakfast
After a breakfast in the hotel, loading your luggage onto the private bus and transfer to Tel Aviv airport, where you will take off for your city of origin.
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