One day – Jerusalem – old and modern

Jewish emphasis

We will start our tour with an amazing panoramic view of the Temple Mount from Mount of Olives including overview of valley of Kidron and tombstones from the Second Temple era.

Then visit Mt. Zion and King David’s Tomb.

Enter the Old City through the Zion Gate and walk through the Jewish Quarter, the Crusader shops, the Byzantine Cardo.

Visit the Herodian house or the Burnt house and from there on to the Western Wall (wailing wall) the last remnant of the ancient Jewish Temple that stood here over 2000 years ago, and the holiest place for Jews. Above and to the east of the Western Wall is the magnificent Dome of the Rock – the third holiest place in Islam. We will explore the southern excavation at the Davidson center.

Travel through the neighborhoods of early and modern Jerusalem, drive by the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, and stop to see the unique Menorah with the biblical emblems. passed the Supreme Court and the Government offices and visit Yad Vashem –Museum with a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, with impressive architecture and memorial halls.

Pilgrims

We will start our tour with an amazing panoramic view of the Temple Mount from Mount of Olives, where Jesus overlooked the city two thousand years ago.

Then to the Garden of Gethsemane, where he was betrayed by Judas.

Enter the Old City to visit the holy sight for the Jews, the Western Wall, where Jews over the centuries have wept for the Temple which was destroyed by the Romans.

Continue to the Via Dolorosa, which commemorates the path which Jesus walked bearing the cross, ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where according to the tradition Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected.

Continue along the main Byzantine street, the Cardo, and exit the Old City through the Zion Gate.

Visit the traditional site of the King David’s Tomb, the Room of the Last Supper and the Dormition abbey. Continue to the modern city to visit Yad VaShem, the Holocaust Museum, then to the village Ein Karem where John the Baptist was born