Jerusalem Guest Houses - Reviews and Rates

I stayed last night on the roof of the Citadel hostel near the Jaffa Gate and Tower of David at the southwest end of Jerusalem, which I'd passed by on the way to the Armenian Quarter my previous visit into town.

From atop the roof you get an incredible view of the city, and the back alley by the hostel leads to stairs taking you up to the...

I awoke at about 4:20 this morning and got dressed for the day-my last day in the Holy Land. I called the night watch here at Christ Church to let me out of the compound at 4:45 and made my way through the dark and quiet streets toward the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. I'm guessing there were more police and military out than normal because of t...

On Friday morning, we headed out toward Yardenit, the approximate place on the Jordan River where Jesus was baptized by John. The area was very pretty - calm and serene - although I was surprised that there wasn't a lot of water flow. Come to find out, they have a dam upstream that regulates the flow. Oh well. We saw a couple of groups get bapti...

I have returned. Take it easy, not in that Zionist sense! I've just come back for a second visit. I arrived bright and early this morning at Ben-Gurion Airport outside of Tel Aviv, took a shuttle to Jerusalem, where I'll be staying for at least tonight, and spent the day catching up on sleep (note: 2 overnight flights in a row is never a good id...

It was very nice to sleep in this morning. I wasn't even worried about missing breakfast, I was so happy to get some rest. Physically, I felt GREAT! I had been eating healthy and hiking all over Israel. My pants were looser and I definitely felt a sense of well being - both mentally and physically. Several of us in the group wanted to go back to...

Dear Friends and Family, We have not written in a few days as we had to get ready to leave the apartment and go to Tiberias. We are now in Tiberias at the Royal Plaza Hotel ( the same one that the group is coming to). Our last week in Jerusalem was busy with saying goodbye to many people that we have come to know (especially the man at our favor...

Le 10 juin: après un rapide petit déjeuner et sommes allés prendre le bus pour la première fois: toute une aventure mais nous nous en sommes bien sortis. Normal à vrai dire puisque Sahar nous avait envoyé un mail explicatif long comme le bras la veille au soir de peur qu'on se perde. Donc, nous sommes allés à la gare routière où nous avons été r...

At the end of this week, I depart Jerusalem for Haifa. The powers that be have decided that it is safe enough to go back to northern Israel to complete the rest of my August Ulpan. Throughout the course of the last few weeks, I have discovered that I am truly a Jerusalemite. I can totally see myself moving here one day... but don't worry, mom an...

Monday morning we started by going to the Mount of Olives where we had a good view of the city, including the Dome of the Rock. After some time on the Mt. of Olives and reading a few biblical accounts of these places we walked down the hill to the Garden of Gethsemane. There was just part of the garden left that had been fenced off and a church ...

Dear friends and family, I hope you are all doing well. I am completely copying my friend Neal Gottlieb in using this site, and need to clearly reward him with early adopter status. By using this site, I will no longer need to bother you with emails. Rather, you can check out this url and see if I have posted anything new. I will try to post mor...