Ben Gurion Airport 45 min
City of David (19 min) Historical guided tours taking in city's archeological sites & ancient tunnels on foot or segway. Mount Zion (15 min) Hill rising to 2,500 ft., with a Benedictine abbey, Holocaust museum, cemetery & biblical landmarks. Tower of David (11 min) Medieval citadel on the site of forts dating back 2,000 years & a museum of Jerusalem's history. Mount of Olives (17 min) Historic mountain referenced in the Old & New Testaments of the Bible, now a cemetery & sacred spot. Jaffa Gate (13 min) Imposing 1500s stone portal in the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, open to vehicles & pedestrians. Church of Nativity (29 min) Heritage site of a 4th-century church said to be built above a cave in which Jesus was born. Shuk Machane Yehuda (8 min) Iconic street market lined with stalls selling fruits, vegetables, apparel & prepared foods. Dome of the Rock (15 min) Iconic gold-topped Islamic shrine built around 690AD with huge relevance to both Christians & Jews. Western Wall (15 min) Remnant of the ancient wall of the Temple courtyard, a sacred site of Jewish prayer & pilgrimage. Yad Vashem (15 min) Memorial complex to Holocaust victims with guided tours of a museum displaying historical exhibits. Gethsemane (14 min) This olive garden, now adjacent to a Franciscan church, figures prominently into Christian texts. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (9 min) Art & archaeology museum with prehistoric to modern collections, including the Dead Sea Scrolls. Temple Mount (15 min) Hilltop site also called the Noble Sanctuary containing Islamic, Christian & Jewish structures. Church of the Holy Sepulchre (10 min) Basilica dating to the 4th century that is marked by some Christians as the site of Jesus's tomb. Al-Aqsa Mosque (15 min) Domed, Islamic place of worship linked to Muhammad & rebuilt over the 8th to 11th centuries. |