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Places to See in Jersalem and Bethlehem

(This list is more than can be done in 2-3 days.)
Entrance Fees (per person): L = up to $3; M = $4 to $7; H = more than $8

Christian Oreinted

  • Via Dolorosa & Stations (L)
  • Church of Holy Sepulcher (Calvary & Golgotha)
  • Mount of Olives outlook
  • Church of Gethsemane
  • Cenaculum - Room of Last Supper
  • St. Peter in Gallicantu Church (L)
  • Dormition Church (of Mary)
  • The Garden Tomb
  • Church of St. Anna and Bethesda Pools (L)
  • Lutheran Church of Redeemer
  • Cave & Church of Lazerus in Bethany (L)
  • Ein Karen- Church of St. John & Church of Visitation
  • Ein Karem - Biblical Pilgrim Village

Jewish Orientated

  • Yad Vashem - Holocaust Museum
  • Western Wailing Wall
  • Western Wall Tunnel (H)
  • Tomb of King David
  • Tomb of Prime Minister Rabin
  • Tomb of Hertzl
  • Tomb of Rachel (near Bethlehem)
  • Sefaradic Synagogues in Jewish Quarter
  • Old Yishuv Court Museum - Life in the Previous Century (M)
  • The Temple Institute

Muslim Orientated

  • Dome of the Rock & El Aksa Mosque (H)
  • Islamic Art Museum - Art Over the Centuries (M)

Archeological & Historical

  • David's Citadel Museum of the History of Jerusalem
  • Cardo - Roman Street (100-300 CE)
  • Walls and Towers of First Temple (800 BCE)
  • Herodian Quarter - 2000 Year-Old Houses of the Priests (M)
  • Holyland Second Temple Model of Jerusalem (Israel Museum) - 40 BCE - 70 CE (M)
  • The Ofel - Museum and Excavations on South Wall of Temple Mount (L)
  • Shrine of the Book - The Dead See Scrolls from 100 BCE (Israel Museum)
  • The Burnt House of Kathros - 70 CE (M)
  • Israel Museum (H)
  • Walls and Gates of the Ancient City
  • Damascus Gate Complex (100-300 CE) (L)
  • King David's City (M)
  • Samuel the Judge's Tomb
  • The Bible Lands Museum (H)
  • Skirball Archeological Museum
  • The Jersalem Elevator - a history show in "Disney Style" (H)
  • Siloam Pool and Hezekiah's Tunnel (M)

General Interest

  • New Supreme Court Building
  • Central Pedestrian Mall - Ben Yehuda & Nachalat Shivah Streets
  • The Knesset - Our Parliament
  • Chagall Windows in Synagogue at Ein Karem Hospital
  • Local Oriental Market
  • Elvis Cafe- A Tribute to the King (at nearby Abu-Gosh Village)
  • De-Haas Promenade and Outlook

Bethlehem

  • Church of Nativity
  • Sheperd's Field
 Last Updated: April 2009