Itinerary

1. Bethlehem Tour

   • Start the tour by walking through the Old City of Bethlehem, and its quarters known as 'Star Street'. 

   • Visit Bethlehem Icon Center, located in Hosh Abu Jarour, one of the old Hoshies of Bethlehem. 

   • Discover the old entrance of Bethlehem City and visit another type of Hosh called the Syrian Quarter. 

   • Proceed to visit Al Bad Museum for Olive Oil Production, also called 'Bad Jackman', situated in the Old City of Bethlehem. The building which houses the museum dates back as far as the 19th century. It houses many ethnographic and archaeological artefacts featuring the entire process of oil production.

   • Continue to Manger Square and have some coffee before entering the Nativity Church.

   • Visit the marvellous Nativity Church, built by Justinian in 530 AD.

   • Enter the Byzantine basilica through the main entrance, also known as 'The door of humility and see the original floor of the first church of Constantine from 326 AD.

   • Take steps to get down to the grotto, the spot where Jesus was born from the Virgin Mary.

   • Visit Saint Catherine Church.

   • Head to Saint Jerome’s Caves to see the place where Jesus translated the Bible in the fifth century.
   • Have lunch.

   • Walk through the Milk Grotto street towards the Church of Milk Grotto. It is believed, according to tradition, that while Virgin Mary was feeding baby Jesus, a drop of milk hit the ground and turned all of the stones white. 

   • Take a taxi to Beit Sahour, a historic town whose name means 'Place of the Night Watch, about the Shepherds who keep watch over their flock by night.

   • Visit the Shepherd’s Field, located in the town of Beit Sahour east of Bethlehem; this is the site where the angel of the Lord is said to have appeared before shepherds, bringing them good tidings of the birth of Jesus.  

   • Drive back to Bethlehem-Jerusalem check-point for departure.