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Israel

Via  Dolorosa
Via Dolorosa
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The Holyland Tourism

Christians from all over the world dream of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, to walk where Jesus walked.

Tensions in the Middle-East have, at times, restricted commercial tourism in Israel. However, in spite of what you see on TV during escalations, Israel is relatively safe place to travel.  With good planning and commonsense, you can follow the trail of Jesus.

Here is a collection of maps and geographic data for planning your trek to the Holy Land.

GPS Points of Interest Data

Garmin®-compatible GPS Map

Vladimir Kondratiev has produced a Garmin-compatible map of Israel, which represents one of the best available digital tourism maps of the country - and best of all: its free! As long as you have necessary software, you can download the binary file and transfer to your GPS. Simply follow the links from the cGPSmapper web site at

Get it on SD

For the price of the media, postage and handling, get this map without the hassle of downloads and additional software. Just plug the Secure Digital memory card into your compatible Garmin GPS and you're good to go.

Buy one 1- Gig SD card pre-loaded with free, Garmin-compatible, Israel Tourism map.

Details: The Israel Tourism Map by Vladimir Kondratiev includes major and minor roads, railways and stations, campsites, with particular attention to detail near the cities of BeerSheba, Eilat, Kineret, Hermon, Haifa, and Arad

Other Resources

The Jesus Trail (jesustrail.com) documents 22 points of interest along 40-miles of trail in northern Israel from the Mount of Beatitudes to Nazareth. The trail passes through: Zippori, Cana, Arbel, Tabgha, Capernaum, Tiberias, Tabor, and Mount Precipice. Following the route detailed, the trail can be walked in four days.

The Jesus Trail documentation includes downloadable GPS waypoints, Google Earth files, narrative text, and multi-media files. An excellent GPS map can be created by overlaying the Jesus Trail data on the Israel Tourism Map.

Screenshots

Screenshots from the Israel Tourism Map with Holyland point of interest overlay.

gps map sea of galilee
Click image to enlarge screenshot showing vicinity surrounding Mount of Beatitudes.

GPS Map Israel
Click image to enlarge screenshot of Jordan River vicinity.

GPS Map Jerusalem
Click image to enlarge screenshot of Mount of Olives near Jerusalem

gps map tel aviv
Click image to enlarge screenshot of street detail in Tel Aviv.

GPS Jesus Tour Map
Click image to enlarge screenshot of POI details.

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