On the way to Jerusalem, there are many monasteries that hide from us in the forests of the Judean mountains. Wonderful fresh air and wonderful views will not leave you indifferent. Riddles and secrets of monasteries will enrich your knowledge. Here you can feel the spirit of peace and quiet. And of course, we will taste wine from the monastery cellars.
- Beit Jamal Monastery
- Deer Rafat Monastery
- Latrun Monastery
- Moni Winery
- Ruins of the ancient city of Emmaus
Important
Thematic excursion on October 1!
Departure days
Departure days depend on your departure city
Info
Conditions for order cancellation:
If a tourist cancels an excursion in less than 2 days, there is a 100% penalty, unless travel insurance has not been purchased. Important:
To visit holy places you must be modestly dressed: hats and long sleeves for everyone, long trousers for men and long clothes for women.
Tourists should arrive at the boarding point 10 minutes before the scheduled departure time.
For those who are late and do not go on the excursion, money will not be returned.
Requests for excursions are not accepted for children under 5 years of age.
The company is not responsible for lost items.
Responsibility for having an individual insurance policy falls on the tourist.
Tourists may have to wait up to 30 minutes for the bus.
Minor possible changing the route.
The company reserves the right to change the departure time for the excursion, which is communicated to the tourist the day before.
There is no indication of seats on the bus. Boarding and disembarking are carried out only at designated places.
Physical activity level: 4/5
We recommend:
Take drinking water, a hat, sunglasses, comfortable shoes with you on the excursion - walk a lot.
The price of the trip does not include paid on the spot:meals.
Attractions
This monastery was founded over 100 years ago by Trappist monks. One of their beliefs is that the name of God cannot be pronounced in the sua. The monks currently residing in the monastery spend their days mainly on physical work done in silence. There are special rooms in the monastery where they can talk, but the monks themselves try to do this as little as possible. At Latrunsky Monastery ptoduced the world-famous production: wine and olive oil and it can be bought in a nearby store.
The church, which is located in the village of Abu Ghosh, still remembers the crusaders - it was built in those days. Besides her, here you can admire the mosque and the monastery. The “Monastery of the Resurrection,” as it is called today, belongs to the Order of the Benedictines.
Beit Jamal is a Catholic monastery founded by Salesian monks in 1919.
The monastery has a small shop that offers olive oil and red wine locally produced.
There is a small concert hall where concerts take place on weekends.
Under the monastery very beautiful Venetian mosaic and ancient graves dating from about the 1st century were found .
The views around the monastery are a stunning panorama of the El Valley and the western slopes of the Judean Mountains.
In Arabic and Hebrew, the place is known as Beit Jamal. The name is translated from Arabic as a "beauty house."
Christian tradition holds that Raban Gamliel, St. the first martyr Stephen and Nicodemus (one of those who removed the body of Jesus from the Cross).
Israel’s first meteorological station was established in Beit Jamal in 1919 and is still working.
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