Bring your gift of sacred music to the Holy Land! Lift your voices in the land where “the Word became flesh.” Experience the joy of singing in the Basilica of the Annunciation, the Church of the Visitation, on the Mount of the Beatitudes, and Dormition Abbey. Sing a spontaneous verse of Silent Night in Shepherd’s Field or the Grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem. As you walk in the Footsteps of Jesus, in His land, Gospel stories seem to come alive. Old songs seem new, as you visit, pray, and reflect at the places held most sacred to Christians. A Choir tour to the Holy Land invites you to be the gift and give the gift. The gift is your united voice in song. The gift you give yourself will be a deep sense of peace that only the Prince of Peace can give. An extension to Jordan or Egypt can be arranged! (See information on optional 3-day Jordan extension within the itinerary.)

Package Includes:

• Round-trip airfare from New York. (Please inquire about airfares from other cities in the U.S. or Canada)
• Eight (8) nights’ accommodations in tourist class hotels with private facilities.
• Hotel upgrades are available upon request.
• Breakfast and dinner daily.
• Meeting and assistance upon arrival and departure overseas.
• Transportation in private motor-coach including airport transfers.
• Sightseeing as per itinerary with a professional licensed English-speaking guide.
• Porterage at hotels.
• Entrance fees to all sites on itinerary.
• Services of a Peter’s Way Tour Manager/Guide from arrival to departure in the Holy Land.
• Coordination of all Venues, including concert promotion; printed programs and posters.
• Portfolio of travel documents, including a Peter’s Way Flight Packet.

One FREE package for group leader for every 25 participants (based on a minimum of 40 participants)

10-Day Performance Tour priced from $2,195
	from New York, double occupancy + departure taxes/fuel surcharge, November - March For other travel seasons, please inquire. Contact us today for your custom designed choir program and detailed proposal!

Day 1 | Thursday | Depart for Israel

Day 2 | Friday | Arrive in Holy Land

Day 3 | Saturday | Caesarea - Mt. Carmel - Cana - Sea of Galilee

Stop at Caesarea by the Sea and visit the Theatre, newly excavated Palace, Hippodrome and the harbor. Continue to Mt. Carmel—where you will visit Stella Maris, the largest monastery of the Carmelite order—and the Sea of Galilee.  Go to Sepphoris and view recent archeological digs and Cana, where Jesus performed the first of His miracles.

Day 4 | Sunday | Nazareth - Upper Galilee - Jordan River

Choir options include Mass at the Basilica of the Annunciation. Visit the Grotto of the Annunciation, Joseph’s workshop, Mary’s Well and the Church of the Old Synagogue. Head north to explore the upper regions of Israel to the foot of Mount Hermon, overlooking Syria and the Road to Damascus. The day will climax at the River Jordan, where there will be the opportunity for baptisms and renewals of vows.

Day 5 | Monday | Sea of Galilee - Jordan Valley - Jericho - Jerusalem

Enjoy a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee and visit the ancient city of Capernaum, Tabgha and the Mount of the Beatitudes.  Choir options include Mass at the site of the Beatitudes or Church of the Primacy.  Continue along the Jordan Valley and experience a remarkable ride along the dramatic canyon beside the original Jericho road.  This evening, arrive in Jerusalem.

Day 6 | Tuesday | Bethlehem & Shepherd's Field - Ein Karem

Stop at the tomb of Rachel en route to Shepherd’s Field on the way to Bethlehem, where you will visit the traditional place of Our Lord’s Nativity.  Choir options include Mass at the Church of the Nativity or St. Jerome Chapel.  Visit the Seminary in Beit Jala and Ein Karem, where Mary met Elizabeth and the birthplace of St. John.  See the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Israel Museum.

Day 7 | Wednesday | City of David - Temple Mount - Mt. Zion - Mt. of Olives

Explore the City of David and continue to the Western Wall of the Temple Mount. Walk through the alleyways and streets of Jerusalem and go to the newly constructed Jewish Quarter. Visit the Church of St. Peter-in-Gallicantu, the Upper Room, Dormition Abbey, Chapel of the Ascension and Chapel of Dominus Flevit. Follow the Palm Sunday route along Hosanna Road to the Garden of Gethsemane. Choir options include Mass at the Church of the Agony. This evening, present an evening concert at the Dormition Abbey or at St. George Cathedral.

Day 8 | Thursday | Wilderness of Judea - Qumran and Masada

Visit Bethany, Herod’s Palace in Masada, the Dead Sea and Qumran, where the hidden library of the Essenes, the Dead Sea Scrolls, were found in 1947.  Pass by the “Inn of the Good Samaritan.”  Choir options include Mass at the Church of Lazarus.

Day 9 | Friday | Via Dolorosa - Emmaus

Pray the Stations of the Cross as you retrace the footsteps of Jesus down the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.  Choir options include Mass at the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre.  Visit the Crusader Church of  St. Anne, explore the Pool of Bethesda and go to Emmaus, where Jesus first appeared after the Resurrection.

Day 10 | Saturday | Return from the Holy Land

 

OPTIONAL 3-DAY JORDAN EXTENSION FOR AN ADDITIONAL $650

 

Day 10 | Saturday | Jerusalem - Baptismal Site - Mt. Nebo - Madaba - Petra

Leave Jerusalem for Jordan.  Visit Machaerus and continue to the site where the baptism of Jesus took place.  Go to Mt. Nebo and stand where Moses stood and gazed across the Jordan Valley.  Then, visit Madaba and see mosaics depicting Jerusalem and Palestine at the time of Justinian and possibly the oldest existing map of the Holy Land.  Head to Petra, the “Rose-Red City.”

Day 11 | Sunday | Petra - Amman

Walk through the Outer Siq to the ancient Nabatean city of Petra, a city sculptured into the rose pink rock.  See the Street of Façades and the theater—which accommodates 7,000 and is carved into the mountain—and view the Royal Tombs.  Later, this afternoon, leave for Amman, the capital city of Jordan.

Day 12 | Monday | Return from the Holy Land