Old Jerusalem Day Trip from Tel Aviv: Explore Ancient Religious Sites
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Jerusalem
Immerse yourself in the ancient religious history of Old Jerusalem on this full-day trip from Tel Aviv. Explore sacred sites, including the Mount of Olives and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, with an expert guide.
Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Monte das Oliveiras - View the Old City from the Mount of Olives

  • Garden of Gethsemane - Pass the Garden of Gethsemane

  • Church of All Nations (Basilica of the Agony) - See the Church of All Nations

  • Kidron Valley - Pass through the Kidron Valley

  • Dormition Abbey - Pass by the Dormition Church

  • The Cenacle - Visit the Room of the Last Supper on Mount Zion

  • King David’s Tomb - Visit King David’s tomb

  • Zion Gate - Pass through the Zion Gate and enter the Old City

  • Old City of Jerusalem - Explore the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem

  • Armenian Quarter - Visit the Armenian Quarter

  • Jewish Quarter - Visit the Jewish quarter and walk in the Byzantine Cardo

  • Western Wall - Visit the Western (Wailing) wall

  • Christian Quarter - Visit the Christian Quarter

  • The Way of the Cross - Via Dolorosa - Visit some of the Stations of the cross (Via Dolorosa)

  • Eglise du Saint-Sepulcre - Visit Church of Holy Sepulchre

  • Muslim Quarter - Visit the Muslim Quarter and explore the Bazaar

What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Entrance fees included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Hotel pickup and drop off
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Experience the ancient religious force of Old Jerusalem on this full-day tour from Tel Aviv. Travel by coach to the 3,000-year-old city to view its hallowed Christian and Jewish sites with an expert guide, and see the Mount of Olives, Garden of Gethsemane and Last Supper Room, where Jesus is said to have dined with his disciples. Then, enter the Old City to marvel at the Western Wall, walk the Via Dolorosa (no. 5-14) and visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. A bit of retail therapy at the Old City’s marketplace completes your day.

  • A moderate dress code is required to enter places of worship and selected museums. Please refrain from wearing shorts. Knees and shoulders must be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements
  • Please note this tour is not suitable for children under the age of 4
Location
Monte das Oliveiras
Mount of Olives Road
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Pedrocj3225li
May 6, 2023
Trip old Jerusalem - Very interesting tour. Visiting the best spots in old Jerusalem. The guide, Yoav, who was extremely knowledgeable, friendly with a great sense of humor made this a great experience for all participants.
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Mon
Mar 21, 2023
A pleasant and educating tour. - A well organized trip, the guide (Frank) is knowledgeable and friendly. Did his best to fulfill the programme by communicating with the driver and other guides on what turned out to be a very busy day with respect to the crowds. The only thing I’d say is we could have a bit more time at the Holy Sepulchre, as the queues were really long, but I guess it wasn’t easy to predict. Overall, a really nice and educating tour.
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144brantp
Aug 11, 2022
Excellent Tour and Tour Guide - Excellent tour of old Jerusalem and incredible knowledge and experience shared by tour guide Hava Dorany.
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Thomas_b
Jul 22, 2022
Great day trip to Jerusalem! - Tomer was a terrific guide. Knowledgeable and friendly. He was detailed in his presentations and entertaining. The sights themselves were fascinating.
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753mariapiam
Jun 12, 2022
Old Jerusalem guided tour with Udi - We had a wonderful time during our tour in Jerusal. Udi was an amazing tour guide. He provide a lot of information and provide also the historical frameworks of the place we visited. I will be very happy to have the opportunity to have again Udi as our guide!
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Ingrid_d
May 28, 2022
The very good guide Eyal... - The very good guide Eyal who did a lot of explaining and listened to his group. The lunch was perfect and didn’t take too much time
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Babealpaca
Mar 12, 2020
Fun trip with Yoav Malachi - It was a pleasant day trip from Jerusalem to Dead Sea with our guide Yoav Malachi, who is a funny and knowledgeable guy. We were able to take beautiful pictures of the stunning view of Jerusalem, and enjoyed our trip with Yoav's jokes all along the road.
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Carrie_b
Mar 19, 2023
Good introduction to the old city. - We enjoyed the trip and our guide was very engaging and knowledgeable. On the downside, we had been on the bus an hour and we’re still sitting in a car park in Tel Aviv waiting for other buses to meet up with us to all shift around customers. It seems there should be a more time efficient way to do this. Then we had the misfortune to be in Jerusalem on the day of the marathon. Much traffic and more waiting at another pick up spot for people running late. However our driver was knowledgeable of the city and did his best in a difficult time. We saw all the sites that were listed. However very little time was spent at each site. Much time was spent outside of each location describing what we were to see which after the delays of the morning was frustrating. Since this is a once in a lifetime trip, we were prepared and knew what each stop was. To have such limited time to see these amazing places after standing and listening to a 10 minute description was disheartening. Also, spending 30 minutes in the “approved” gift shop was not enjoyable. I wish we had been told how long we were to be there because I would have walked around the area and looked in the stalls more. As it was, we didn’t know when we were leaving there so we couldn’t wonder too far. I think it was the place we spent the most time other than lunch. Lunch was good. You don’t order from a menu but cold sandwiches were already prepared which was perfect I think. It was very quick and efficient which I appreciated. The location and view were nice. The drive home was much more efficient. Customers had been sorted by their drop off locations prior to leaving so it was a quick drive back to to Tel Aviv. Also- for those worried, there were frequent toilet stops. Our guide joked that part of his job for the day was to guide us from one loo to the next and he delivered. 😊 All in all, I do recommend this day trip. It’s a good introduction to the old city. I think it’s mostly accessible to everyone who can walk a moderate amount. There was nothing strenuous and the pace was easy. What I do recommend is after you take this trip, plan another day in Jerusalem on your own to more deeply explore the places that there wasn’t enough time for.
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930stacij
Oct 30, 2022
Would I do this one again? No half good half waste of time.(no market time- only a store someone got percent from) - 44 people in group, 90% time could not hear guide sue to number of people in between. Stories 30% of the time didn’t relate to Israel at all . Learned more about China than Jerusalem. Most stops felt “commercial “ more than holy (and visit was on Sabbath) Often stories trailed off into nowhere. Wine drinkers in southern Europe, beer drinkers in north because…. The Easter Europeans were orthodox and western pagan gentiles with days of week named after them. I’m sure this tied somehow to the holy land we were visiting but not only were the facts incoherently put together I have no idea how these related to the places we visited Seemed adhoc
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Julia_k
May 21, 2022
Unsatisfied as the tour guide left me behind - Hello, I I just wanted to provide some feedback on my today’s trip. In the morning I was told that I only have half a day trip and I will have to find my own transportation back to Tel Aviv. When I showed my reservation saying pick up and drop off to the hotel is included they were looking for some explanations and finally told me that I will spend with this group time until lunch and then I will be with another group for another half of the day. After the launch I was added to the group which was half Spanish half English speaking and they successfully lost me in the first 10 minutes in the whole city, nobody was waiting for me and nobody explained they just left without me. Then I spent four hours trying to get out of the city on my own spend a Normas amount of time and effort and money to get back to Tel Aviv . This is not the experience I would want to recommend to anyone else and I would like to ask you to reimburse me for this trip. Best, Julia
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