Private Full Day Return to Zion Jerusalem Tour

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Old City of Jerusalem

  We will enter the Old City of Jerusalem at Jaffa Gate. Built by the Turkish Emperor Suleiman the Magnificent with the walls of Jerusalem

  45 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Tower of David Museum of the History of Jerusalem

  We will the Tower of David fortress dating back 2000 years. Climb Phasael's Tower built by Herod the Great in the year 20 BC for a panoramic view of the Old City of Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives. We will see the Dome of the Rock, The Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the two largest Synagogues in the Jewish Quarter. Great Photo Opportunity.

  1 hour • Admission ticket included
• 3
  Jewish Quarter

  We will walk through the Armenian Quarter and enter the Jewish Quarter. The first thing we will visit is the Cardo, the ancient Roman road created in Jerusalem in 136 CE after the Roman Emperor Hadrian had defeated the rebellion of Bar Kochba, changed the name of Jerusalem to Aelia Capitalina and banned Jews from living in the City.

  1 hour • Admission ticket free
• 4
  Hurva Synagogue

  We visit the Hurva Synagogue and learn about how Ashkenazi Jews returned to Zion in the 18th Century and how this Synagogue became the main Ashkenazi synagogue in the Old City. Learn of its destruction by the Jordanians in 1948 and how it was rebuilt 15 years ago. We will go in the synagogue and walk around its dome.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 5
  The Four Sephardic Synagogues

  We then go to the 4 Sephardi Synagogues and learn about the Return to Zion of the Sephardi community after the Jews were kicked out of Spain in 1492. We will hear about how the Jews were treated in these synagogues up to the 20th Century.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6

  We go back in time 2000 years and see the remains of the Priest's houses that stood at the time of the Second Temple. We will see the amazing drawing of the Temple Menorah and learn about the role the Priest's played in the Temple

  1 hour • Admission ticket included
• 7

  We next visit the Burnt House. The "Burnt House" is a residential building from the Second Temple period discovered during the restoration of the Jewish Quarter after 1967. We see a stone weight engraved with the name Katros, the name of the family of kohanim that we know from the Pesachim of the Talmud. A second stone weight was recently discovered nearby, under the Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue, bearing the name of this family. Alongside the stone weight, you’ll see a spearhead installed by the Jewish rebels while defending themselves against the legions of Romans who had furiously stormed their houses, pottery and tools carved from Jerusalemite stone.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 8
  Jewish Quarter

  We will have lunch in the various cafes and choices in the Jewish Quarter.

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included
• 9
  The Davidson Center

  We will visit the archaelogical site around the Temple Mount. See the Western and Southern Walls of Herod's Temple Mount platform. Learn about how the Romans destroyed the City and threw down the Temple. We will walk along the road used by the pilgrims and see where they would enter the Temple Mount.

  1 hour 15 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 10
  Western Wall

  We then walk to the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism and see the last remnant of the Holy Temple destroyed in the year 70 AD.

  1 hour • Admission ticket free
• 11

  Here we will learn about the War of Independence in 1948, and how the Jewish Quarter was lost and destroyed by the Jordanians. We will visit the memorial to the fallen soldiers who died to defend the quarter. Hear about how the Jews were exiled from the Old City via the Zion Gate.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Specialized infant seats are available
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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