Travel Guide of Jerusalem in Israel by Influencers and Travelers

Jerusalem is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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1 - Dome of the Rock

The Dome of the Rock is an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It was initially completed in 691–92 CE at the order of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik during the Second Fitna on the site of the Second Jewish Temple, destroyed during the Roman Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE.

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2 - Western Wall

The Western Wall, Wailing Wall, Kosel or Kotel, known in Islam as the Buraq Wall, is an ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.

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3 - Tours & Sightseeing | Church of the Nativity

   7 km away

See a host of iconic locations in one day with this roundtrip highlights tour from Tel Aviv. Explore Jerusalem's four quarters as your guide regales you with the religious and cultural importance of the Holy City. Continue on to Bethlehem to visit the supposed birthplace of Christ in the Church of the Nativity. Next, head to Earth's lowest land point, the Dead Sea. Take a rejuvenating mud bath, like Cleopatra once did, and soak up the sea's salty buoyancy before returning to Tel Aviv.

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4 - Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is a church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The church contains, according to traditions dating back to at least the fourth century, the two holiest sites in Christianity: the site where Jesus was crucified, at a place known as Calvary or Golgotha, and Jesus's empty tomb, where he was buried and resurrected.

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5 - Chords Bridge

The Chords Bridge, also called the Bridge of Strings or Jerusalem Light Rail Bridge, is a side-spar cable-stayed bridge in Jerusalem, Israel.

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6 - Al-Aqsa Mosque

Al-Aqsa Mosque, located in the Old City of Jerusalem, is the third holiest site in Islam. The mosque was built on top of the Temple Mount, known as the Al Aqsa Compound or Haram esh-Sharif in Islam.

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7 - Old City

The Old City is a 0.9-square-kilometer walled area within the modern city of Jerusalem. The history of the Old City has been documented in significant detail, notably in old maps of Jerusalem over the last 1,500 years.

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8 - Mount of Olives

The Mount of Olives or Mount Olivet is a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to Jerusalem's Old City. It is named for the olive groves that once covered its slopes.

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9 - Yad Vashem

Yad Vashem is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the dead; honoring Jews who fought against their Nazi oppressors and Gentiles who selflessly aided Jews in need; and researching the phenomenon of the Holocaust in particular and genocide in general, with the aim of avoiding such events in the future.

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10 - Tower of David

The Tower of David, also known as the Citadel, is an ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. The citadel that stands today dates to the Mamluk and Ottoman periods.

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11 - Temple Mount

The Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Haram esh-Sharif and the Al Aqsa Compound, is a hill located in the Old City of Jerusalem that for thousands of years has been venerated as a holy site in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alike.

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12 - Judaean Desert

   12 km away

The Judaean Desert or Judean Desert is a desert in Israel and the West Bank that lies east of Jerusalem and descends to the Dead Sea. It stretches from the northeastern Negev to the east of Beit El, and is marked by natural terraces with escarpments. It ends in a steep escarpment dropping to the Dead Sea and the Jordan Valley.

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13 - Cave of the Patriarchs

   30 km away

The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews as the Cave of Machpelah and to Muslims as the Sanctuary of Abraham, is a series of caves located in the heart of the Old City of Hebron in the southern West Bank.

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14 - Arugot Nature Reserve

   38 km away
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15 - Ein Gedi

   39 km away

Ein Gedi is a kibbutz on the western shore of the Dead Sea in Israel. Located on the edge of the Judean desert at the site of historic Ein Gedi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Tamar Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 610.

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16 - Yeruham

   42 km away

Yeruham is a town in the Southern District of Israel, in the Negev desert. It covers 38,584 dunams, and had a population of 10,294 in 2019. It is named after the Biblical Jeroham.

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17 - Beit Hanan

   45 km away

Beit Hanan is a moshav in central Israel. Located around two kilometers west of Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council. In 2019 its population was 542.

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18 - Petah Tikva

   47 km away

Petah Tikva, also known as Em HaMoshavot, is a city in the Central District of Israel, 10.6 km east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Jews of the Old Yishuv, and became a permanent settlement in 1883 with the financial help of Baron Edmond de Rothschild.

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19 - Ramat Gan

   50 km away

Ramat Gan is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and many high-tech industries. Ramat Gan was established in 1921 as a moshav, a communal farming settlement. In 2019 it had a population of 163,480. The mayor of Ramat Gan is Carmel Shama.

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Welcome to the spiritual center of the world! Tomb of Christ and place of the return of the Messiah for Judaism, as well as third holy city for Muslims, Jerusalem embodies the crossroads of the three great monotheistic religions. Although the ancient city, perched at an altitude of 850 meters in the heart of the arid Judean mountains, is only an hour's drive from the Israeli coastline and the Red Sea, daily life there is totally different from the rest of the country.

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