Jerusalem is the most historically significant city in the world — 3,000 years of recorded history, three religions, dozens of civilizations, and a UNESCO Old City that has been conquered, destroyed and rebuilt more times than any other place on earth.
The last wall of the Second Temple (19 BC–70 AD) at first light — the morning prayer minyan and the silence before the tourist crowds.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe third holiest site in Islam, the first and second holiest in Judaism — the most contested 14 hectares in history. Non-Muslim morning access.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe medieval market from the finest Ottoman gate in the Old City to the Temple Mount entrance — unchanged in its basic layout since the Crusader era.
The 12th-century Crusader cathedral hung with oil lamps and the Museum of the Armenian Genocide — the smallest quarter, the oldest Christian community.
Fresh-ground hummus, warm pita and whole chickpeas at the legendary Abu Shukri on Al-Wad Street — the best hummus in Jerusalem.
The Jewish Quarter rooftops with the lit Dome of the Rock and Western Wall below — the most extraordinary night view in the world.
The route Jesus walked to crucifixion through the Muslim Quarter — from Pilate's praetorium to Golgotha.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideConstantine I's basilica over Golgotha and the Tomb — shared by 6 Christian denominations in an arrangement last updated in 1853.
Roman Cardo (135 AD), 8th century BC Broad Wall and the 2010 reconstruction of the 1948-destroyed Hurva Synagogue — 2,700 years of Jewish Jerusalem in one quarter.
Jerusalem's market transforming into a restaurant strip on Thursday evenings — the most vibrant place in the city.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe creative Israeli kitchen at market restaurants — lamb from the Negev, fish from the Mediterranean, mezze from every tradition.
Moshe Safdie's triangular concrete prism through the Jerusalem mountain — 10 underground chambers documenting the Holocaust, ending in a panorama of the Jerusalem hills.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe 3,000-year-old Jewish cemetery and the finest view of the Old City — the golden Dome of the Rock, the Temple Mount, the city walls, all visible from the opposite ridge.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe grove where Jesus prayed before arrest — olive trees possibly 1,000 years old, the Basilica of the Agony over the rock of prayer.
Golan Heights Yarden or Domaine du Castel wine with the full Israeli mezze spread. Jerusalem farewell.
Walking on the 1538 Ottoman walls with the lit city below — the finest night walk in Jerusalem.