Jerusalem Old and New
Departing From:
Netania 6:30 hours
Hertzlia 7:00 hours
Tel Aviv 7:15 hours
Jerusalem 8:30 hours
Price:
62 – 79$ Per Person (depending on the city of departure)
Pick-up and return at your hotel. Tour can be conducted also in Spanish, French and German
Panoramic overview from the Mount of Olives, overlook Jerusalem-new city and the Temple Mount Esplanade of old city. Travel along the Kidron Valley to view the Garden of Gethsemane and the walls of the city . Via the Armenian Quarter enter The Western (Wailing) Wall square via the local Bazaar to the Christian Quarter, the Stations of the Cross (Via Dolorosa) and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre – the site of the crucifixion.
Walk along the 1700 year old Byzantine main street, the Cardo and the renovated Jewish Quarter. Ascend Mt. Zion – Hall of last supper & David’s tomb. Stop for overview of Bethlehem and Judean Desert. Tour the new city, see Knesset, Menorah and government buildings. Visit Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum.
Suggestions/Tips
Modest dress and comfortable shoes required.
On Saturdays Holocaust Museum is closed. Substituted by visit to Garden of Gethsemane
Half Day Tour Jerusalem
Departing From:
Jerusalem 8:30 hours
Tel Aviv 7:15 hours
Hertzlia 7:00 hours
Netania 6:30 hours
Price:
42 – 49$ Per Person (depending on the city of departure)
On this tour we will visit the next principal sites:
Mount of Olives: Where at the foot of the mountain lies the Garden of Gethsemane. Is first mentioned in connection with David’s flight from Jerusalem through the rebellion of Absalom (2 Samuel 15:30), and is only once again mentioned in the Old Testament, in Zechariah 14:4. It is, however, frequently alluded to (I Kings 11:7; II Kings 23:13; Nehemiah 8:15; Ezekiel 11:23). According to the New Testament, Jesus has also been on the Mount teaching and prophesying to his disciples.
Traditionally, the Old City has been divided into four quarters, the Muslim Quarter, the Christian Quarter, the Jewish Quarter and the Armenian Quarter.
Jewish Quarter: The Old City is home to several sites of key religious importance: the Temple Mount and its Western Wall for Jews.
Christian Quarter: The Stations of the Cross (Via Dolorosa) and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre – the site of the crucifixion. for Christians, and the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque for Muslims in the Muslim Quarter.
Mount Zion: There is located the Dormition Abbey, King David’s Tomb and the Room of the Last Supper. Also there is buried Oskar Schindler, a Righteous Gentile who saved the lives of 1,200 Jews in the Holocaust.
Suggestions/Tips
Modest dress and comfortable shoes required.
Business class – small groups in luxury van / minibus.
Additional $15 – join return from Tel Aviv from Holocaust museum.