Country Info
- Jerusalem
- Capital
- New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
- Currency
- 5,938,093
- Population
- IL
- Country Code
Jerusalem Slideshow
Top Hotels in Jerusalem
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Grand Court Jerusalem
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Jerusalem Gate
118 reviews
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Novotel Jerusalem
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The King David Jerusalem
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Olive Tree- Royal Plaza Jerusalem
123 reviews
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Regency Jerusalem Hotel, Ltd.
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Golden Tulip Inbal Jerusalem
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Kedem Towers Jerusalem
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Prima Kings Jerusalem
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Dan Panorama Hotel Jerusalem
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Park Hotel Jerusalem
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Ma'ale Hachamisha Hotel Jerusalem
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Gold Hotel Ltd Jerusalem
174 reviews
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Caesar Jerusalem
52 reviews
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Crowne Plaza Jerusalem
146 reviews
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David Citadel Jerusalem
276 reviews
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Shalom Hotel Jerusalem
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Sheraton Jerusalem Plaza
166 reviews
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Mamilla Hotel Jerusalem
210 reviews
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Prima Royale Jerusalem
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Shalom Plaza Neve Ilan Jerusalem
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Hotel 7 Arches Jerusalem
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Lev Yerushalayim All Suite Hotel Jerusalem
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Ramat Rachel Hotel Jerusalem
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Tower Jerusalem
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Mount Zion Jerusalem
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Ariel Jerusalem
312 reviews
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King Solomon Jerusalem
54 reviews
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Tulip Inn Jerusalem Hotel
58 reviews
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Prima Royal Hotel Jerusalem
48 reviews
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The American Colony Hotel Jerusalem
202 reviews
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Holy Land Hotel Jerusalem
32 reviews
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Mount Of Olives Jerusalem
24 reviews
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Jerusalem Panorama Hotel
53 reviews
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Ambassador Hotel Jerusalem
36 reviews
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Harmony Jerusalem
604 reviews
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Montefiore Jerusalem
107 reviews
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Belmont Jerusalem
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Shalom Plaza Hacienda Jerusalem
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Capitol Hotel Jerusalem
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Jerusalem
Travel Blogs from Jerusalem, Israel
The old city
This is a top pick! Tanks...bombs...bloodshed. That's Israel in the media. I lived in Jerusalem for a year. And only two years after the Yom Kippur War. Never saw any of that. Neither did anybody I knew. Or anybody that they ...
Surroundings
This is a top pick! ... guns. I got pressed against a few on crowded Israeli buses. I spent 7th grade at a British international school in West Jerusalem. One project was to write a report about a historical figure. A related art project was making a figurine ...
Afterward Part 1: Changes to Make Back at Home
This is a top pick! ... ; Read about Chagall, the Isaiah scroll, kabbalah. Follow current events by reading the Jerusalem Post. · Format the journal and photos on the web so that future ...
Day 27: Private walking tour of Jerusalem
This is a top pick! ... Mark Twain, one of Harvey's favorite writers! Madeleine read excerpts from "An Innocent Abroad" in which Twain described Jerusalem in a very negative manner. They discuss "Letters From The Earth", which was not published until 50 years after ...
Day 26: Yad Vashem
This is a top pick! ... here a few times during our stay. At dinner, I bring out my touchstone list to help decide if we should go to the Jerusalem of Gold concert tonight at the YMCA. Before leaving home, I did one of the exercises in the "The Mindful Traveler", by ...
Photography Tips for Israel
This is a top pick! ... , shoot with aperture of f/8 or f/11 DEEP SHADE OR INSIDE BUILDINGS Examples: Rosh HaNiqra grottoes, Marketplace in Jerusalem, Western Wall Tunnel Tour, Megiddo Tunnel, submarine in Haifa · ...
Day 30: Rest day!
This is a top pick! ... our terrace, we talk about how much we needed to stop the world and get off today. As we watch the lights of Jerusalem, we hear the mosque call to prayers. Later, we hear church bells peeling. Before going to sleep, we watch one of our favorite ...
Gettin' Ready...
This is a top pick! My room looks like a backpacker war zone. All equipment for my upcoming trip is sprawled out on the floor and examined daily. Trying on my rain jacket and hiking shoes have become part of my regular morning routine along with coffee and a shower (Not at ...
Day 29: Ticho House, Mahaneh Yehuda Market
This is a top pick! ... years, toasting the occasion several times. We enjoy the delicious food and excellent service. We have a nice relaxing stroll back to the Mt Zion Hotel. All in all, a beautiful anniversary day in Jerusalem! Click here for today's photos! ...
Day 33: German Colony, Generations Center, Concert
This is a top pick! ... more comfortable at the Mount Zion Hotel. Over breakfast, the big question for the day is "What to do on our last day in Jerusalem and Israel?" We are both quiet. We are all toured out. We are looking forward to our Eyal Golan ...
Shalom from the centre of world religion!
This is a top pick! ... within the Old City that contains some of the most important religious sites in the world. Although in Israeli controlled Jerusalem, the Temple Mount is managed by an Islamic council. The dress code is the strictest we came across ensuring ...
Reflections
This is a top pick! ... to also make the trip! It's not only about visiting sites that you have heard about since you were a child. Israel is an extremely interesting country, one that gets under your skin and touches your heart and soul. It may be a ...
Masada and the Dead Sea
This is a top pick! ... the night, our last of the trip. We have some quality team time in between discussions about how we can return to Israel on different programs. Yael teaches us a new game called Pinnochio, which is entirely way to fun for such a simple ...
Lessons Learned Part 1: Trip Planning
This is a top pick! ... events: 1) the candlelight tour and concert in Petra offered only on Monday and Thursday nights and 2) The Israel Music Festival in Jerusalem offered every year sometime in May/June. We planned our itinerary to be able to attend these ...
Lessons Learned Part 2: "On The Trip"
This is a top pick! ... fun and useful. Don't over do your practice. PUT YOURSELF IN SITUATIONS WHERE YOU WILL EXPAND YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON ISRAEL. I had my favorite question that I liked to ask: "why can't people be tolerant of one another and why ...
Afterward Part 2: Personal Themes and Takeaways
This is a top pick! "Every traveler brings back a different lesson. And every traveler brings back the same lesson, which is self-discovery." By Joseph Dispenza, The Way of the Traveler "One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of ...
Palm Sunday
This is a top pick! ... overhead. Palestinian Chistian Scouts led the procession from the Mount of Olives to Bethany, where the Patriarch of Jerusalem spoke of peace between Israel and Palestine, echoing what the Pope said of the violence in Iraq: "Enough!" In the morning, I ...
Day 28: Knesset, Supreme Court, Israel Museum
This is a top pick! ... with the Dead Sea Scrolls! We didn't expect it to be such a full long day! But that's how things go here in Jerusalem. You go to a place, get interested in what you are seeing and time just flies by! Harvey is playing his guitar. ...
Jerusalem: The Land of Milk and Honey
This is a top pick! ... hours of sleep as my bed covers no more than 83% of my body while the bed itself reaches mid-way down my calf at best. Jerusalem! Today we did a walking tour of the old city. While we didn't quite cover as much ground as we did when I ...
Easter Sunday
This is a top pick! ... to a service at an Episcopal Church with one of the folks from the Palm Hostel. Turns out later he developed the Jerusalem Complex, writing "I am the Messiah" on walls. A fellow hosteller tried to convince him otherwise, but to no avail as he ...
Day 24: To Jerusalem
This is a top pick! ... that you can look to the left and see the walls of the old city, and look to the right and see the barrier dividing Jerusalem from the West Bank. Harvey is uncomfortable, and doesn't like the vibes and wants to get out. Really I think he has had ...
Purim!
This is a top pick! ... Book of Esther recounts the tale of a beautiful woman, Esther, who becomes the queen of King Ahasuerus of Babylon, after Jerusalem fell. Esther's cousin Mordecai was growing in importance in the royal court. This stirred the thoughts of Haman, ...
Day 32: Archaelogical Park, Western Wall Tunnel
This is a top pick! ... , so we go about trying to find a resolution. I ask for someone to speak with and the attendant suggests we call the Jerusalem Municipality Information Office. I speak with Edith who is very sympathetic, but the only thing she can do is give me the ...
Day 31: Archaelogical Dig at Beit Guvrin
This is a top pick! ... http://www.touryoav.org.il which does have English pages. For us, that will have to wait for a return trip to Israel. Back in Jerusalem, we take a quick shower and walk over to the Tower of David. What a place to be at sunset! And ...
Stations of the Cross
This is a top pick! ... Sepulchre, where all the Catholic and Orthodox churches share space. This isn't always peaceful: while we were in Jerusalem, the Armenians stormed Jesus' tomb and locked themselves inside, apparently wanting more rights to use the tomb. Station ...
Dead Sea Mud Princess
This is a top pick! There is so much I've experienced over the past three weeks that I'll have to let most of the pictures speak for themselves. I'll also share some of my thoughts on the more complicated angles of life next week. In the meantime, two of my ...
Israeli hiker's body found in Yunnan
This is a top pick! ... He slipped into a very rough river," his father said. Kidron served in an elite army unit and was planning to begin a degree in psychology and humanities at Hebrew University in Jerusalem this year. ...
Beyond the Headlines
This is a top pick! Jerusalem was the place I was most excited about visiting, but it was also the most challenging. I didn't have a lot of outward expectations prior to arrival. However, I've been surprised by my reactions on an inner ...
YOU SAY YOU SELL STORIES??
This is a top pick! ... ; (Boy, I haven't used that phrase in years. But, I needed it now.) I pressed on and hitchhiked towards Jerusalem. Forty-something Igal, in a trimmed beard, quickly picked me up. Wearing a trimmed beard, he wasn't religious. He ...