Israel Day 3 - Sea of Galilee, Mount of Beatitudes, Tadgha, River Jordan

Sea of Galilee

On the morning of the third day we took a boat ride from our hotel in Tiberias to the "Jesus Boat" site. At that site they found the remains of a wooden boat that was dated to the 1st century. The boats used by Jesus and the disciples would have been very similar to this one. Sorry, no pics of the historic boat. The boat ride itself was quite nice, gorgeous scenery and perfect weather.

We took a ride on a boat just like this one

Mount of Beatitudes

We visited the "traditional" site of the Sermon on the Mount. If not the actual location, it may have easily happened nearby. At the site is a Catholic chapel and built in 1939 with some beautiful gardens.

Franciscan chapel at Mount of Beatitudes

Tabgha

Tabgha is two miles west of Capernum. There is lots of evidence that this location was used by Galilean fisherman for thousands of years. Therefore it is the traditional site of a number of Gospel events including the calling of the disciples, the resurrection breakfast and the loaves and fishes.
For lunch we ate a restaurant on the Sea of Galilee that served "St Peter's fish" (tilapia).

Having fun with our meal

River Jordan Baptisms

That afternoon we traveled Yardenit at the southern end of the Sea of Galilee. Here there are facilities for baptism in the Jordan River. Most of our tour group was baptized here and I think I have pictures of everyone. (If you were on the tour and want copies of my pictures of you contact me here and I'll get them to you.)

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