Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Jerusalem, Israel

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 12.4 km
Ascend 297 m
Descend 286 m

Experience Jerusalem in Israel in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in JerusalemIndividual Sights in Jerusalem

Sight 1: Herod's Gate

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Herod's Gate is one of the seven open Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It connects the Muslim Quarter inside of the old city to the eponymic Palestinian neighbourhood of Bab az-Zahra, situated just outside. It is a short distance to the east of the Damascus Gate. Its elevation is 755 meters above sea level.

Wikipedia: Herod's Gate (EN)

950 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 2: The Garden Tomb

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The Garden Tomb

The Garden Tomb is a Christian pilgrimage site in Jerusalem that contains an ancient tomb, also named the Garden Tomb, considered by some Protestants to be the empty tomb whence Jesus of Nazareth resurrected. This belief contrasts with an older tradition according to which the death and resurrection of Jesus occurred at a site known as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Garden Tomb is adjacent to a rocky knoll known as Skull Hill. In the mid-nineteenth century, some Christian scholars proposed that Skull Hill is Golgotha, where the Romans crucified Jesus. Accordingly, the Garden Tomb draws hundreds of thousands of annual visitors, especially Evangelicals and other Protestants.

Wikipedia: The Garden Tomb (EN), Website

1051 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 3: חוט של חסד

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Hotet Shel Chesed Institutions is an organization that manages a number of Breslavic yeshivas for the repentant in Jerusalem, as well as projects to disseminate the teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, and to organize trips to the graves of the righteous in Israel and Eastern Europe.

Wikipedia: מוסדות חוט של חסד (HE)

515 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: תולדות אברהם יצחק

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Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok is a Hasidic group located in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood. It is an offshoot of the Hasidic group Toldos Aharon, which is in turn an offshoot of Shomer Emunim. It is led by its Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Kohn.

Wikipedia: Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok (EN)

165 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: שטיבלך מאה שערים

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שטיבלך מאה שעריםמשתמש:כיכר השבת ויקיפדיה / שימוש חופשי

Stieblech Mea Shearim is a Stieblach prayer house complex located in the heart of the market in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Wikipedia: שטיבלך מאה שערים (HE)

737 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 6: שטיבלאך זכרון משה

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The Memorial Moshe Synagogue, or that Moash Moisha is the common nickname of the Central Synagogue "Ahli Yaakov" in the Zichron Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Wikipedia: בית הכנסת זיכרון משה (HE)

754 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 7: Ticho House

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Ticho House

Ticho House is a historical home in Jerusalem, now a memorial house administered as part of the Israel Museum and also hosting temporary exhibitions, which also houses an Italian café. It was one of the first homes built outside the Old City walls in the 19th century.

Wikipedia: Ticho House (EN), Website

925 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 8: Chapelle Saint Vincent de Paul

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Chapelle Saint Vincent de Paul ד"ר אבישי טייכר / CC BY 2.5

The St. Vincent de Paul Chapel is a Catholic chapel that serves the Hospice of St. Vincent de Paul in Jerusalem. It is dedicated to the founder of the Daughters of Charity who also run a hospital and an adjoining nursery. This is one of the largest Catholic churches in the city. The sisters are present in the Holy Land since 1884.

Wikipedia: Chapel of Saint Vincent de Paul, Jerusalem (EN)

624 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: Mamilla Pool

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Mamilla Pool

Mamilla Pool is one of several ancient reservoirs that supplied water to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. It is located outside the walls of the Old City about 650 metres (710 yd) northwest of Jaffa Gate in the centre of the Mamilla Cemetery. With a capacity of 30,000 cubic metres, it is connected by an underground channel to Hezekiah's Pool in the Christian Quarter of the Old City. It was thought as possible that it has received water via the so-called Upper or High-Level Aqueduct from Solomon's Pools, but 2010 excavations have discovered the aqueduct's final segment at a much lower elevation near the Jaffa Gate, making it impossible to function as a feeding source for the Mamilla Pool.

Wikipedia: Mamilla Pool (EN)

713 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 10: Ratisbonne Monastery

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Ratisbonne Monastery is a monastery in the Rehavia neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel, established by Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne, a French convert from Judaism. Work on the building, designed by the French architect M. Daumat, began in 1874 on a barren hill, now in the center of West Jerusalem.

Wikipedia: Ratisbonne Monastery (EN)

756 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 11: Ades Synagogue

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Ades Synagogue

The Ades Synagogue, also known as the Great Synagogue Ades of the Glorious Aleppo Community, located in Jerusalem's Nachlaot neighborhood, was established by Syrian immigrants in 1901. It is considered to be the center of Syrian Hazzanut in Israel.

Wikipedia: Ades Synagogue (EN)

786 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 12: אנדרטת נר הזיכרון (ירושלים)

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The Memorial Candle Monument is a monument to the defenders of Leningrad during the siege of Leningrad, which is located in Sacher Park in Jerusalem

Wikipedia: אנדרטת נר הזיכרון (ירושלים) (HE)

681 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 13: Knesset Menorah

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The Knesset Menorah is a bronze menorah that is 4.30 meters high and 3.5 meters wide and weighs 4 tons. It is located at the edge of Wohl Rose Park opposite the Knesset in Jerusalem. It was designed by Benno Elkan (1877–1960), a Jewish sculptor who escaped from his native Germany to the United Kingdom. It was presented to the Knesset as a gift from the British Parliament on April 15, 1956, in honour of the eighth anniversary of Israeli independence.

Wikipedia: Knesset Menorah (EN)

810 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 14: Shrine of the Book

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The Shrine of the Book is a wing of the Israel Museum in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem that houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Aleppo Codex, among others.

Wikipedia: Shrine of the Book (EN), Website

325 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: Holyland Model of Jerusalem

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Holyland Model of Jerusalem

The Holyland Model of Jerusalem, also known as Model of Jerusalem at the end of the Second Temple period is a 1:50 scale model of the city of Jerusalem in the late Second Temple period. The model, designed by Michael Avi-Yonah, was moved from its original location at the Holyland Hotel in Bayit VeGan, Jerusalem, to a new site at the Israel Museum in June 2006.

Wikipedia: Holyland Model of Jerusalem (EN), Website

1095 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 16: Monastery of the Cross

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The Monastery of the Cross is an Eastern Orthodox monastery near the Nayot neighborhood of Jerusalem. It is located in the Valley of the Cross, below the Israel Museum and the Knesset.

Wikipedia: Monastery of the Cross (EN)

1551 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 17: אמפיתאטרון גבעת רם

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The Mona Bronfman-Shakman Givat Ram Amphitheater is the main amphitheater of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on the Edmond J. Safra campus. It is located in the center of the campus and next to Givat Ram Stadium with views of the Knesset and the Israel Museum.

Wikipedia: אמפיתיאטרון גבעת רם (HE)

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