You never travel to Israel in the present. You are there always in the past, in history. The Holy Land has markers at every step, each place mentioned in the Bible or other religious writing.

On the blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea, just a little bit North of Tel Aviv is the old Roman town of Caesarea. A bit to the North, Haifa welcomes you with spectacular views from the top of the Baha’i Temple Gardens overlooking the sea. Just a short ride to the North is Akko or Accra or Acre, depending on who wrote about the coveted fortress occupied by Jews, Romans, Crusaders, Mamluks, and Ottomans. 

If you turn a little bit East, you start following Jesus’ path in Nazareth, in the Cathedral of Annunciation, to Khana, and to Tiberias on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus met his first disciples. Following the beautiful lakeshore, you may stop in Tabgha at the Church of Heptapegon and the Church of Beatitudes ending in Capernaum.

Jerusalem is the city of the cities. The coveted trophy of the crusaders, the Ottomans, and the Jews, the city is the holiest for all three religions. Jesus’ tomb in the Church of Holy Sepulcher is as revered by the Christians as the Western wall is for the Jews, and as is Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third most crucial pilgrimage place after Mecca and Medina for the Muslims.