Discover the Christian Galilee Tour, a one-day pilgrimage from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, or Herzliya to the very landscapes where Jesus lived, taught, and performed his first miracle. Walk through the recently excavated 1st-century synagogue at Magdala where Mary Magdalene once worshipped. Stand on the Mount of Beatitudes where the Sermon on the Mount was delivered to crowds of followers. The tour ends at the Cana Wedding Church, site of the water-into-wine miracle.
This one-day pilgrimage leaves the coastal plain and travels north through the rolling farmland of lower Galilee. Your licensed guide narrates Jesus’ three-year Galilean ministry as you visit the actual locations described in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Highlights include the Duc in Altum chapel at Magdala, the octagonal church on the Mount of Beatitudes designed by Antonio Barluzzi in 1939, and the Franciscan Wedding Church in Cana built in 1879. See the 2,000-year-old Jesus Boat preserved at the Yigal Allon Museum in Ginosar.
The Christian Galilee Tour begins with hotel pickup at 06:00 from Jerusalem, 07:00 from Herzliya, or 07:15 from Tel Aviv. Transport is in an air-conditioned vehicle. All entrance fees are included. Pair this Christian Galilee Tour with our Christian Jerusalem Tour for a fuller Holy Land pilgrimage, or our Jericho and Dead Sea Tour to walk the Jordan River. The tour operates Thursdays only with an English-speaking guide. Modest dress is required at all holy sites: shoulders and knees covered.
