Getting Here

Taking the bus from Ben Gurion Airport to Jerusalem is cheap but slow. Board the Egged shuttle (line 5, fare NIS 5.30) for a 10-minute ride to the Ben Gurion Airport El Al Junction, and wait for the Egged bus (line 947, fare NIS 23). It runs to Jerusalem's Central Bus Station. As an easier but often tediously long alternative, 10-seat sherut taxis (limo-vans) depart from Ben Gurion Airport when they fill up, and drop passengers at any Jerusalem address for NIS 50. By car, Route 1 is the chief route to Jerusalem from both the west and the east.