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Old and New Jerusalem Full-Day Tour
126
Bus Tours
from $73.00 per adult
Day Tour to Jerusalem and Bethlehem from Tel Aviv
208
Bus Tours
from $121.00 per adult
Masada and the Dead Sea Day Trip from Jerusalem
195
Bus Tours
from $111.00 per adult
Old and New Jerusalem Day Trip from Tel Aviv
137
Bus Tours
from $94.00 per adult
Nazareth, Tiberias, and the Sea of Galilee Day Trip from Jerusalem
5
Bus Tours
from $100.00 per adult
Ashdod Shore Excursion: Jerusalem and Dead Sea Day Trip
24
Full-day Tours
from $115.00 per adult
Jerusalem Walking Tour
Walking Tours
from $49.99 per adult
5-Day- Israel, Jordan and Egypt From Tel Aviv
Bus Tours
from $1,315.00 per adult
Bethlehem, Jericho & Jordan River Tour from Jerusalem
53
Bus Tours
from $89.00 per adult (price varies by group size)
Full Day Jerusalem Tour: In Jesus' Steps
16
Full-day Tours
from $545.00 per group (up to 6)

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Top Attractions in Jerusalem

1. Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

History Museums

Givat Ram

Admission tickets from $11.00

Yad Vashem is the institution that perpetuates the Holocaust, the largest Holocaust memorial museum.

2. Old City of Jerusalem

Historic Sites • Neighborhoods

Givat Ram

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Old City Jerusalem is the convergence of 4000 years of history, the major world religions, and the focus of a good…

3. Israel Museum

Speciality Museums • Art Museums

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Presented in a modern building which stretches over and embraces the upper slope of a pine forested area not too far…

4. Western Wall

Historic Sites • Ancient Ruins

It is the only remains of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, held to be uniquely holy by the ancient Jews.

5. Monte das Oliveiras

Historic Sites

of Olives is the resting place of thousands of Jews - including prophets, sages, Talmudic personalities – since…

6. Église du Saint-Sépulcre

Historic Sites • Points of Interest & Landmarks

A testament of Christian faith, this sacred attraction in the Holy Land hosts to hundreds of thousands of pilgrims…

7. The Western Wall Tunnels

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Religious Sites

The newly excavated Tunnels provide much of the Jewish history that has been hidden for centuries.

8. Mahane Yehuda Market

Flea & Street Markets

Waking through the Mahane Yehuda Jerusalem Market, you become an explorer of a small world of vibrant colors and smells.

9. The Garden Tomb

Historic Sites • Religious Sites

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The Garden Tomb was discovered in 1867 and us in the heart of historic Jerusalem.

10. Garden of Gethsemane

Historic Sites • Gardens

Multi-secular olive trees have intertwined their foliage for millennia in this garden that was already a place of…

11. Hezekiah's Tunnel - Siloam Tunnel

Historic Sites

The tour is part of an active archeological site that continues to uncover what is believed to be the City of David.

12. City of David National Park

Visitor Centers

It is an ongoing archeological site that reveals the very beginnings of Jerusalem when King David established this…

13. Tower of David Museum of the History of Jerusalem

Architectural Buildings • Observation Decks & Towers

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The walls are intact and surround partially restored ruins that evoke the 5,000 year old history of the site.

14. Temple Mount

Historic Sites • Religious Sites

Givat Ram

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The Dome of the Rock is the oldest Islamic building surviving in the modern world.

15. The Way of the Cross - Via Dolorosa

Historic Sites • Points of Interest & Landmarks

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In the core of the Old city, the core of the history of Christianity.

16. Tisch Family Zoological Gardens (Biblical Zoo)

Zoos

The present park inagurated 1993,The focus is on animals of the holy land,but it became a collection of world animals…

17. Church of All Nations (Basilica of the Agony)

Religious Sites

This extraordinary Basilica houses the place where Jesus kneeled down and prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane before…

18. Jewish Quarter

Historic Sites • Points of Interest & Landmarks

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The Burnt House tells the story of the burning of Jerusalem and the Temple by the Romans, the four Sephardic synagogues…

19. Church of Saint Anne

Architectural Buildings • Religious Sites

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The pool at which Jesus healed the crippled man has been built over and upon for centuries.

20. Christ's Tomb

Historic Sites • Religious Sites

Givat Ram

For over 2000 years, this site is venerated by Christians as the place of the crucifixion, burial and resurrection of…

21. Mamilla Mall

Shopping Malls

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Even though this mall opened only about 4 years ago, it is now a well-know and well-established famous outdoor shopping…

22. Ben Yehuda Street

Points of Interest & Landmarks

The pedestrian street changes character form busy festive meeting grounds of generations and cultures, to a deserted…

23. Dome of the Rock

Historic Sites • Religious Sites

The Dome of the Rock is an iconic structure built over what is believed to be the foundation stone on the Temple Mount…

24. Al Masjid Al Aqsa

Religious Sites

The Noble Sanctuary is holy to three great monotheistic religions.

25. The Cardo

Points of Interest & Landmarks

This area of the Jewish Quarter reveals the remaining artifacts of the Roman influence in Jerusalem from 2000 years ago.

26. The First Station Jerusalem

Theaters

Open now

This venue, which is of historical meaning to Jerusalem, was originally the train station of the city; hence its name.

27. Jaffa Gate

Historic Sites • Points of Interest & Landmarks

An imposing stone structure serves as a proper transition from modern Jerusalem to the city within the walls.

28. Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu

Architectural Buildings • Religious Sites

This Church commemorates several significant occurrences including Jesus’ questioning and imprisonment.

29. The Friends of Zion Museum

History Museums

The 1 hour multimedia tour tells the untold story of the founding of the country of Israel.

30. Hurva Synagogue

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Religious Sites

A monumental arch was reconstructed as a symbol of the regeneration of the Jewish Quarter and, rising like a phoenix…

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