Jesus Trail Voyage Tips and guide

The Jesus Trail, is a 65-km hiking and pilgrimage route in the Galilee region of Israel that connecting many sites from the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. The trail begins in Nazareth, and passes through Sepphoris, Cana, the Horns of Hattin, the Arbel Cliffs, the Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Tabgha, the Mount of Beatitudes, the Jordan River and Mount Tabor.

The Jesus Trail was founded by two young hikers, Maoz Inon and David Landis in 2007, and the trail was marked in 2009. It is managed and promoted largely by the volunteers, and is a non-profit project.

Map of Jesus Trail

Beginning at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, the route winds through the Old City up to the Salesian Church and continues on to Zippori National Park, Mash'had and Cana for the first day. The trail is blazed with white/orange/white painted stripes, and more information can be found on the trail's official website, linked at the top of the page.

• 32.70194435.3033331 Nazareth - home of Joseph and Mary and childhood home of Jesus
• 32.7021435.297691 Basilica of the Annunciation - where angel Gabriel appeared to Mary
• 32.706935.29472 Basilica of Jesus the Adolescent (The Salesian Church) - church overlooking Nazareth where Jesus spent early life
• 32.704435.29731 Jesus Trail — beginning of the Jesus Trail
• 32.75305635.2791671MISSING WIKILINK Zippori National Park (Sepphoris)
• 32.746535.27792 Zippori (Tzippori)
• 32.73833335.3244443 Mashhad (Mash'had)
• 32.7476335.3389524 Cana (Kafr Kanna)
• 32.78805635.4419445 Lavi — a kibbutz
• 32.81222235.48256 Moshav Arbel — a village (nearby ruins thought to be the ancient site of Arbel)
• 32.79972235.4597227 — twin peaks of an extinct volcano. Besides the Mount of Beatitudes, is considered by a few as the site where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount
• 32.81222235.48258 Arbel
• 32.82435.5071 Mount Arbel
• 32.83907835.4992949 Migdal
• 32.87365835.5489752 Tabgah
• 32.8805635.575373 St. Peter's Church
• 32.88078335.5558193 Mount of Beatitudes — thought to be where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount
• 32.88111135.57510 Capernaum
• 32.82561735.4866782 Mount Nitai
• 32.78972235.5247221 Tiberias — (return via different route)
• 32.889535.61833 Jordan River — Jordan River flows into the Sea of Galilee and the 32.709835.57752 Jordan River continues to flow toward the Dead Sea
• 32.81890635.5900334 Sea of Galilee
• 32.805135.45095 Nabi Shuaib(Nebi Shu’eib) — Druze holy shrine
• 32.6862535.3929173 Mount Tabor — believed to be the site of the Tranfiguration of Christ (via different return route)
• 32.68277835.2986114 Mount Precipice — (via different return route)