Up to now we have been talking specifically about making a pilgrimage. Here I am going to broaden the horizon a little, in order to mention places you could visit during your stay in Israel and Palestine. As in other countries, everything can be found here. 

Below is a short list of places or activities that you can find here:

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I.     JERUSALEM AND ENVIRONS

  A.    Religious sites:

TheHolySepulchre Gethsemane - Grotto of the Betrayal Mount of Olives Church of Dominus Flevit Via Dolorosa - Third Station The Cenacle Dormition Abbey The Church of Saint Anne The Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu The Temple Mount (general view) Bethlehem: Basilica of the Nativity Ein Kerem Emmaus The Citadel of David Jericho Qumran Masada Ein Gedi Dead Sea Shore Jaffa Cesarea Maritima Haifa Nazareth Cana of Galilee Mount Tabor Mount of the Beatitudes Capernaum: House of Peter Tabgha Mosaics: the bread and fishes, and birds and plants of the region Magdala: ruins of the ancient city Caesarea Philippi - Banyas The Jordan River Acre: Crusader city. Valley of Jezreel Tel Dan River Beit Shean Belvoir Tiberias Golan Heights and Mount Hermon Nahariya Beaches The sea grottos of Rosh Ha-Nikra Sinai: Cave of Elijah Mount Nebo (Pope John Paul II's visit in 2000) Petra Jerash Eilat Health Spas of the Dead Sea

• The Holy Sepulchre
• Gethsemane
• Mount of Olives
• Via Dolorosa
• The Cenacle
• Dormition Abbey
• The Church of St. Anne
• The Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu
• The Temple Mount
• Bethlehem (The Basilica of the Nativity)
• Ein Kerem
• Emmaus (Abu Ghosh), etc...

B.    Historical Sites:

• The Citadel of David
• Yad Vashem (Holocaust Memorial)
• Jericho
• Qumran
• Masada

C.    Tourist Sites: 

• Israel Museum
• Ein Gedi
• Dead Sea

II.     NORTH OF ISRAEL

        AND THE

        MEDITERRANEAN

        COAST        

  A.    Religious sites:

          (the most popular) 

• Jaffa: where St. Peter brought Tabitha  back to life.
• Cesarea Maritima: where St. Peter baptized the first pagan, Cornelius.
• Haifa, in particular Mount Carmel.
• Nazareth: the Basilica of the Annunciation, the Fountain of Mary, and the Synagogue.
• Cana of Galilee: where Jesus turned water into wine, made manifest His Glory, and started his public ministry.
• Mount Tabor: the place of the Transfiguration.
• Mount of the Beatitudes.
• Capernaum: the house of St. Peter and the town where Jesus lived.
• Tabgha: the sanctuaries of the Primacy of Peter,
  

  and of the multiplication of the fish and the loaves.

• Magdala: ruins of the ancient city and
  

  home-town of Mary Magdalene.

• Caesarea Philippi (Banyas): where St. Peter
  

  confessed the divinity of Jesus Christ.

• The Jordan River: commemorating the
  

  baptism of Jesus.

  B.    Historical Sites

• Acre: Crusader city.
• Tel Megiddo and the Valley of Jezreel
• Tel Dan
• Beit Shean (ruins from the Roman and
  

  Byzantine eras)

• Belvoir (Crusader castle)

  C.    Tourist Sites:

• City of Tiberias
• The Golan Heights and Mount Hermon
• Nahariya Beaches
• The sea grottos of Rosh Ha-Nikra

III.   OTHER AREAS IN THE

        HOLY LAND OR

        NEIGHBORING

        COUNTRIES

  A.    Religious sites:

• Sinai (Egypt)
• Mount Nebo (Jordan)

  B.    Historical Sites:

• Petra (Jordan)
• Jerash (Jordan) 

  C.    Tourist sites.

• Eilat and the Red Sea
  

  (maritime aquarium)

• Health Spas of the Dead Sea.