other amenities include a communal kitchen, a cool lounge and a terrace. guest laundry facilities are complimentary. featuring colorful wall art, the streamlined mixed-gender and female-only dorms provide free wi-fi, lockers and en suite, shower-only bathrooms, plus bunk beds. close to restaurants and cafes, this modern hostel is a 9-minute walk from the iconic mahane yehuda market, and 2 km from both the jerusalem yitzhak navon train station and the 4th-century church of the holy sepulchre. continental breakfast and parking are available. some private rooms sleep up to 4. check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am Ben Gurion Airport 47 min
Jaffa Gate (15 min) Imposing 1500s stone portal in the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, open to vehicles & pedestrians. Yad Vashem (18 min) Memorial complex to Holocaust victims with guided tours of a museum displaying historical exhibits. Mount Zion (15 min) Hill rising to 2,500 ft., with a Benedictine abbey, Holocaust museum, cemetery & biblical landmarks. Mount of Olives (15 min) Historic mountain referenced in the Old & New Testaments of the Bible, now a cemetery & sacred spot. Tower of David (18 min) Medieval citadel on the site of forts dating back 2,000 years & a museum of Jerusalem's history. City of David (18 min) Historical guided tours taking in city's archeological sites & ancient tunnels on foot or segway. Dome of the Rock (14 min) Iconic gold-topped Islamic shrine built around 690AD with huge relevance to both Christians & Jews. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (11 min) Art & archaeology museum with prehistoric to modern collections, including the Dead Sea Scrolls. Temple Mount (14 min) Hilltop site also called the Noble Sanctuary containing Islamic, Christian & Jewish structures. Church of Nativity (28 min) Heritage site of a 4th-century church said to be built above a cave in which Jesus was born. Al-Aqsa Mosque (14 min) Domed, Islamic place of worship linked to Muhammad & rebuilt over the 8th to 11th centuries. Gethsemane (13 min) This olive garden, now adjacent to a Franciscan church, figures prominently into Christian texts. Shuk Machane Yehuda (5 min) Iconic street market lined with stalls selling fruits, vegetables, apparel & prepared foods. Western Wall (14 min) Remnant of the ancient wall of the Temple courtyard, a sacred site of Jewish prayer & pilgrimage. Church of the Holy Sepulchre (14 min) Basilica dating to the 4th century that is marked by some Christians as the site of Jesus's tomb. |