Traveler PhotosThe Underground Jerusalem
during our tour of the underground tunnels Jerusalem, Israel
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Jerusalem
... late was because Michal booked for us the Western Wall Tunnels tour for a specific time (and latecomers are not admitted to the underground tunnels without a guide)...but we were already so close to the Old City!... luckily we found a place ...
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City of David and the Western Wall
... have revealed the foundations of the city dating from Biblical time in the Kidron Valley. We visited the site and the underground foundations and passageways. We had quite the experience when we walked down the water passageway that supplied the ...
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Day 14 - Jerusalem, part II
... the enclosure around the wall (you can borrow a kepi (round cap), but baseball cap is fine, too) and entered the underground part of the wall. That's quite spectacular: there's a giant library, lots of Jews in black reciting their scriptures in a ...
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King David City and the Dead Sea
... you pretty much can explore the fairly well restored ruins. The highlight of the trip is the exploration of the underground tunnels that the ancient Jews dug in order to access spring water at the base of the hill without exposing themselves to the ...
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WrestleMania Israel
... it was the Acre festival so many sights were closed but we did get to visit a few. Harvey was keen to check out the underground tunnels that were discovered recently. This would have to rate as the least value for money sight I have ever been to. ...
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Jerusalem histories upon histories
... Wall it takes you down into the ongoing excavations of the city that was continually built upon. They have now excavated enough of the underground area next to the wall that you can visit three or four stories beneath the city and view another three ...
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Amatzia
... had class and then we went on another tiyul. We went to a place called Amatzia in the Judean Hills. We visited the underground caves built for the Jews to hide from the Romans. They were very cool and like an underground ...
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Ankle Steve
... dinner we return to the old city to the western wall of the temple (the wailing wall) followed by a fascinating tour of the underground excavation which has revealed almost the full length of the retaining wall which Herod built to create a platform the ...
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Adam and Even
... to the Kotel (I put on tefillin) , saw loads of amazing archeological sites (many from the Roman era) and walked through the underground shopping areas. It was all very Middle Eastern. The highlight of the tour I was obviously the Kotel, but coming in ...
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Couchsurfing, The Old City, Dead Sea, and Wineries
... ) So total, that McD's run cost us US$140...ouch!! Later in the afternoon, Jacqui and I went and did the underground tour of the Western Wall. It takes you underneath the Muslim Quarter and lets you see the full length of the Western ...
The Underground Map
- Blue Hole Pub
- Distant Mosque (Al-Aqsa)
- Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Museum
- Jaffa Gate (Bab al-Khalil)
- Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
- Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art
- Saint George's Cathedral
- The Great Synagogue
- Wohl Rose Garden
- Broad Wall
- Dome of the Rock (al-Haram al-Sharif)
- Jerusalem Baptist Church
- L. A. Mayer Memorial Museum of Islamic Art
- Notre Dame (Jersualem)
- Sanhedrin Tombs
- The Supreme Court of Israel
- Wolfson Museum
- Dominus Flevit
- Jerusalem International YMCA
- Mea Shearim
