The Jesus Trail — Attraction in Nazareth

First, the distances we were given were not accurate. We were told 14 km for the first day, but it was 14 miles. I believe our tour may have mixed up their units of measure. All of the days were most probably in miles not km.

If, like me, you are just barely able to meet that 10 mile requirement, plan accordingly (know where bus stops are, where you can take short cuts, and which days to skip if needed).

Speaking of planning, really know where your water points are and don't assume they will be present. Have a bail out plan. Know where the bus stops are, know where there are no options (after you leave Nazareth on day 1, there are no water points unless you stop at Tsippori, which we somehow missed completely. There are no busses and there are no taxi's). Know your body. Don't learn the hard way that you should be carrying 5 liters instead of three. I ran out of water halfway into the hike on day 1 (at 7 miles), carrying the recommended 3 liters. At this point, there were no water points, no taxi's, nothing. It was hot and things could have gone very badly had I been alone.

The places we stayed were all really nice (part of the Abraham Tours Jesus Trail package, which includes luggage transfer). My favorites were Kibbutz Lavi and Arbel Holiday Homes.

Be prepared for changing plans and improvising. The trail changes. On day 1, we had to scale a concrete wall to get off the road in Nazareth onto the dirt road we were supposed to follow. The whole time an Arab man was screaming no at me from his car. I guess ladies don't scale concrete walls.

The garbage on day 2, coming out of Cana is pretty bad. The new route out of Nazareth on day 1 wasn't bad.

On day 3, we couldn't reach Na'yab Shueb because they put up a fence (just follow the trail markers after horns of Hattin until you reach the road - the GPS is garbage and outdated here).

Overall, I loved this and I plan to do it again. Just expect the unexpected and carry toilet paper, blister bandaids, and way more water than you think...

Did this trail last week, and we're disappointed at different topics. First how bad the trail was marked. The marks were nearly visible, especially the first part of the trail. The paint was almost fade away, and need to be painted again on short term. Marks were also placed close to the ground what makes them not visible because weed was growing over it. Because we had to take care so much time to find the marks, we missed a lot of view onto the landscape. Second was that we're booked at the Fauzi Azar inn and that the staff didn't mention about changing of the route at some points and the conditions of the trail( lost of garbage on different legs of the trail) Luckly we found a map with description and pictures of these chances by our selves and took pictures of it. These pictures in combination with the guide of the trail made that we get not lost. Less important but not nice was that they also didn't mentioned about the Jesus Trail passport...

Reading these experiences tells me that I should not go because it looks too dangerous and quite frankly the harsh conditions is extremely unappealing. I have no interest in visiting a war torn country who is intolerant to other people and their cultures- granted it is Nazareth I still don't want a man yelling at me telling me what not to do because I am a woman and that is extremely...