Tour Cancellation Notice
Due to the current conflict in Israel, services in the region have been rendered inoperable and the decision has been made to suspend the tour. Refunds, less any ACH or credit card fees will be processed and mailed to passengers as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience as we are working through many tour group cancellations at this time. It may take up to 30 days from the date of this notice (4/23/24).
16-Day Journey to Greece and Israel
September 23 – October 8, 2024
Hosted By: Pastors Rich Johnson & Angie Stafford
Glad Tidings Church Hanford
Tour Code: Johnson Greece – RJ0924
Join us as we embark on a life changing journey to Greece & Israel to gain a deeper understanding of God’s Word. This customized Holy Land tour includes:
- Round trip airfare from Los Angeles (LAX)
- 14 nights hotel accommodations
- Airport transfers (within destinations)
- 13 full days of sightseeing
- Full breakfast and dinner daily
- Licensed Greek & Israeli tour guides
- Deluxe motor coach and driver
- Tips to driver, guide, and hotel staff
- 3-day Cruise: Mykonos, Patmos, Crete, Santorini
- All meals on cruise ship
- 3 shore excursions: Ephesus, Patmos, Knossos
- Cruise port taxes & tips
- All entrance fees on itinerary, and much more!
Come enjoy this once in a lifetime opportunity as we walk where Jesus did. Register online today to reserve your space!
Tour Itinerary
Day 1 (September 23)
- Depart Los Angeles (LAX)
Day 2 (September 24)
- Arrive
- Overnight Athens
Day 3 (September 25)
- Full Day tour of Athens
- Overnight Athens
Day 4 (September 26)
- Corinth
- Free time in late afternoon
- Overnight Athens
Day 5 (September 27)
- Embark on 3-day Greek Island Tour
- Mykonos
- Overnight Cruise
Day 6 (September 28)
- Kusadasi (Ephesus)
- Patmos
- Overnight Cruise
Day 7 (September 29)
- Crete
- Santorini
- Overnight Cruise
Day 8 (September 30)
- Disembark cruise ship
- Transfer to the airport for departure
- Overnight Tel Aviv
Day 9 (October 1)
- Caesarea Maritima (by the Sea)
- Mt. Carmel
- Megiddo
- Nazareth Precipice
- Overnight Tiberias
Day 10 (October 2)
- Boat Ride on the Sea of Galilee
- Ancient Boat
- Capernaum
- St. Peter’s Primacy
- St Peter’s Fish Lunch
- Mt. Beatitudes
- Magdala
- Yardenit Baptismal Site
- Overnight Tiberias
Day 11 (October 3)
- Caesarea Philippi
- Dan Nature Reserve
- Mt. Bental, Golan Heights
- Overnight Tiberias
Day 12 (October 4)
- Gideon’s Spring
- Beit She’an
- Qasr El Yahud (Baptismal site)
- Drive to Jerusalem
- Mt. Scopus
- Overnight Jerusalem
Day 13 (October 5)
- Mt. Olives
- Palm Sunday Road
- Gethsemane
- Pools of Bethesda
- Via Dolorosa
- Church of Holy Sepulchre
- Caiaphas House
- Bethlehem, Church of Nativity & Shepherd’s Field
- Overnight Jerusalem
Day 14 (October 6)
- Jewish Quarter
- Roman Cardo
- Hezekiah’s Wall
- Western Wall
- Western Wall Tunnel
- Davidson Center and Southern Steps
- City of David with Pool of Siloam
- Garden Tomb
- Overnight Jerusalem
Day 15 (October 7)
- Dead Sea
- Qumran
- Masada
- Ein Gedi
- Dead Sea swim
- Overnight Jerusalem
Day 16 (October 8)
- Transfer to the airport in Tel Aviv for departure
- Arrive in LAX
Tour Details
- 3 night at the Wyndham Grand Athens in Athens
- 3 nights on a Celestyal Cruise - Mykonos, Patmos, Crete, Santorini
- 1 night at the Dan Panorama in Tel Aviv
- 3 nights at the Magdala Hotel in Migdal
- 4 nights at the Dan Hotel in Jerusalem
Hotels subject to change.
via Turkish Airlines
- Sep. 23: Depart Los Angeles at 6:35 PM, arrive in Istanbul at 5:35 PM (Sep. 24). Depart Istanbul at 6:50 PM and arrive in Athens at 8:15 PM.
- Oct. 8: Depart Tel Aviv at 12:50 AM, arrive in Istanbul at 3:05 AM. Depart Istanbul at 8:15 AM and arrive in Los Angeles at 12:15 PM.
Athens to Tel Aviv flight TBD. Flights subject to change.
Tour Price: $6830
Single room supplement: $1950
Cruise Exterior Room (window/porthole): $200
Payment Plan:
- $500 payment due at registration to reserve your space
- $2000 payment due March 27, 2024
- Remaining balance due June 25, 2024
Travel Insurance
Israel Travel Insurance Update - October 2023
Due to the current escalated conflict, travel insurance for trips to Israel will not be available for purchase after October 17th, 2023. We hope for a swift resolution to these distressing events.
Travel insurance can be purchased through Travelex. Visit our travel insurance page for more information.
Please make checks payable to: Madison Tours and Travel Inc.
16541 Gothard Street Suite 112 Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Make sure to include your tour code in the ‘memo’ line of the check.
