Category
Biblical Sites
Ground the Scriptures actually name.
10 destinations
5/5 SignificanceJerusalem, Israel
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The site venerated since the fourth century as both Golgotha and the empty tomb — six denominations, one roof, no easy peace.
5/5 SignificanceBethlehem, Palestine
Church of the Nativity
The oldest church in continuous daily use in the Christian world, standing over a limestone cave marked by a fourteen-pointed silver star.
5/5 SignificanceTiberias, Israel
Sea of Galilee
A freshwater lake 210 metres below sea level where most of Jesus' public ministry took place — and still recognisably itself.
5/5 SignificanceJerusalem, Israel
Mount of Olives
The ridge east of the Old City where Jesus wept, prayed, was arrested and ascended — and the view every pilgrim photographs.
5/5 SignificanceCapernaum, Israel
Capernaum
Jesus' base of operations — a black basalt fishing village with a synagogue and a house the earliest Christians already treated as Peter's.
5/5 SignificanceSaint Catherine, Egypt
Mount Sinai
The 2,285-metre granite peak that Jewish, Christian and Muslim tradition identifies as the mountain of the Law.
5/5 SignificanceAl-Maghtas, Jordan
Bethany Beyond the Jordan
The east-bank site where John baptised — identified by Byzantine pilgrim accounts, mosaics and the ruins they described.
4/5 SignificanceNazareth, Israel
Basilica of the Annunciation
The largest church in the Middle East, built over a first-century cave-house where an inscription reads Ave Maria.
4/5 SignificanceMadaba, Jordan
Mount Nebo
The ridge from which Moses saw the Promised Land he was not permitted to enter.
4/5 SignificanceJericho, Palestine
Jericho
The oldest continuously inhabited city on earth, with a Neolithic tower older than the pyramids and walls that made it famous.