Places to Explore

• Center City

  West Jerusalem's downtown and near-downtown areas, just west of the Old City, are a mix of old neighborhoods, new limestone edifices, monuments, and markets. There are plenty of hotels and restaurants here... (more)

• City of David

  Indiana Jones would have loved this archaeological adventure. Plunge underground to sense Jerusalem's primal pulse—the Spring of Gihon, the life-blood of the ancient city and the primary reason for... (more)

• Jewish Quarter

  This is at once the Old City's oldest quarter and its newest neighborhood. The Quarter, abandoned for a generation, was restored and resettled after the 1967 Six-Day War, and the subsequent archaeological... (more)

• Old City

  Drink in the very essence of Jerusalem as you explore the city's primary religious sites in the Muslim and Christian Quarters, and at the Western Wall, and touch the different cultures that share it. The... (more)

• Tower of David and Mt. Zion

  When you've "done" the main sights, take a leisurely few hours to dip into lesser-known gems on the periphery of the Old City. Most of the city walls were built in the 16th century by the Ottoman sultan... (more)

• West Jerusalem

  Visitors tend to focus, naturally enough, on the historical and religious sights on the eastern side of town, especially in the Old City; but West Jerusalem houses the nation's institutions, is the repository... (more)