Free walking tours on Saturday-2010

Free walking tours on Saturdays

Municipality of Jerusalem, Tourism Authority, walking Tours in Jerusalem.
* The tours are free and without Sabbath desecration.
* For English speakers
* Duration - up to 3 hours

* Licensed Guides

* The tours take place in all weather condition

* Meet 10 a.m. at Safra Square, 24-26 Jaffa Rd
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* Changes may occur in the routes.
* For more details: 02-5314600.
DateTourDescriptionRoute
January 2010
2.1.10MOUNT ZION: Three religions meet on this holy mountain. We will visit the Dormition Abbey, the Cenaculum – scene of the Last Supper, and David’s Tomb.Jaffa Gate, Old City Walls Park, Zion Gate, Mount Zion
9.1.10THE CHRISTIAN QUARTER: For whom did the New Gate open? The heart of the Christian world in Jerusalem. The diversity of sects, and Christianity’s most holiest of places.The New Gate, the San Salvatore Mission, the Greek Patriarchate, Christian’s St., the Holy Sepulcher.
16.1.10THE GERMAN COLONY: The German Templers and the amazing story of their settlement in Jerusalem. We will solve the riddle of why they came here? When and where did they disappear to?King David St. to Yemin Moshe Park, Emek Refaim St., Lloyd Gorge St., Smuts St.
23.1.10THE JEWISH QUARTER: Jewish Quarter sites over the city’s history, the Roman Cardo, the First Temple period Wide Wall, synagogues and the Mahaseh Homes Square.Jaffa Gate, the Tower of David to the Jewish Quarter.
30.1.10King George St.  
February 2010
6.2.10Yemin Moshe & Mishkenot Sha'ananim  
13.2.10THE MAMLUKES PERIOD: One of history’s vaguest periods is exposed along the streets of the Old City. Beautiful buildings combining amazing art using vivid colors, schools and more.Jaffa Gate to King David St, Hashalshelet St. to Hagai St. and to the Cotton Market.
20.2.10NAHLAOT:The neighborhoods at the city’s center were constructed over a one-hundred year period. Stories in Ladino, Yiddish, the Hebrew of the Yeshivas, the water cisterns and even Moses Montefiore will make his appearance.St., Even Yisrael, Ohel Moshe, Mazkeret Moshe, Mahane Yehuda.
27.2.10HA-GUY ST: A major road in the Roman era, markets, churches and a small village.Jaffa Gate to King David St., Ha-Shalshelet St., Ha-Guy St., and up to the Holy Sepulcher
March 2010
6.3.10HANEVI’IM ST: Prophets, consuls, hospitals, churches, offices, doctors, artists.Along Prophets St. to the Davidka Square
13.3.10SHIVTEI YISRAEL ST: The stories behind the stately and beautiful mansions that line the road.Along Shivtei Yisrael St.
20.3.10THE SOUTHERN WALLS: Who built Jerusalem’s southern walls, and when? Sites along the wall. The Old City Walls Park and the amazing panorama that spreads out from its western edge.Jaffa Gate, Old City Walls Park, Zion Gate, Dung Gate, Hulda Steps.
27.3.10VIA DOLOROSSA: The most famous path in the world – the last footsteps of Jesus. Churches, stations and Christian communities along the way.Along the Via Dolorosa to the Holy Sepulcher
April 2010
3.4.2010REHAVIA: National institutions, a large and beautiful monastery, a high school and a presiden. A garden neighborhood with some very important residents.Jaffa St., Keren Hayesod St., Keren Kayemet le Israel st., Abarbanel st. to Yad Ben Zvi, Ussishkin St., Rambam St., Ramban St.
10.4.2010CITY OF DAVID: King David’s city is hidden away in a corner north of today’s Old City. We will try to understand why David selected the Yebos for his capital, and realize that actual size of the ancient town.Jaffa Gate, Old City Walls Park , Zion Gate, Dung Gate, City of David.
17.4.2010THE MOUNT OF OLIVES: The highest mountain in Jerusalem, traditions of Jesus and Mohamed, and what is expected in the Armageddon. We will visit churches – Byzantine and modern.: Jaffa Gate, the Jewish Quarter, the Dung Gate, the City Walls, to the Mount of Olives, the Church of All Nations, the Maria Magdalena Church, up to the Dominus Flavit Church.
24.4.2010Zichron Moshe  
May 2010
1.5.2010THE KIDRON VALLEY: Tombas along the valley. Who is actually buried in them? Why were such splendid tombs actually built? And what are the beliefs related to them?Jaffa Gate, the Jewish Quarter, the Dung Gate, the Kidron Valley, Yad Avshalom, the Tomb of Zechariya, the Tombs of Bnei Hazir.
8.5.2010THE NORTHERN WALLS: Along the northern wall, its gates, sentinels and parks.The New Gate, Damascus Gate, the Flowers Gate, the Garden Tomb.
15.5.2010TALBIEH: One of Jerusalem’s most exclusive neighborhoods. Who lives in the villas? Who built them and why? Where did the original owners disappear to?Gan Ha’atzmaut, Terra Sancta, Balfour St., Salame Square, D'Israeli St., up to the Jerusalem Theatre
22.5.2010ABU TOR: A mixed neighborhood in the middle of Jerusalem. The municipal line that once dissected the city. Tales of front-line Israel and Jordanian positions, no-man’s land and demilitarized zones.King David St. to Yemin Moshe, the Cinemateque Bridge, the Mount Zion Hotel, Ein Rogel St., Yishay St., Naomi St., Assa’el St.
29.5.2010HINOM VALLEY: What is the gateway to Hell? Where – during the First Temple Period – was death a tangible neighbor? Secrets from the past and the present. King David St. to Shamai St., the Sultan’s Pool, Hinom Valley.
June 2010
12.6.2010Musrara neighborhood  
19.6.2010THE GERMAN COLONY: The German Templers and the amazing story of their settlement in Jerusalem. We will solve the riddle of why they came here? When and where did they disappear to?King David St. to Yemin Moshe Park, Emek Refaim St., Lloyd Gorge St., Smuts St.
26.6.2010THE MOUNT OF OLIVES: The highest mountain in Jerusalem, traditions of Jesus and Mohamed, and what is expected in the Armageddon. We will visit churches – Byzantine and modern.Jaffa Gate, the Jewish Quarter, the Dung Gate, the City Walls, to the Mount of Olives, the Church of All Nations, the Maria Magdalena Church, up to the Dominus Flavit Church.
July 2010
3.7.2010THE JEWISH QUARTER: Jewish Quarter sites over the city’s history, the Roman Cardo, the First Temple period Wide Wall, synagogues and the Mahaseh Homes Square.Jaffa Gate, the Tower of David to the Jewish Quarter.
10.7.2010NAHLAOT:The neighborhoods at the city’s center were constructed over a one-hundred year period. Stories in Ladino, Yiddish, the Hebrew of the Yeshivas, the water cisterns and even Moses Montefiore will make his appearance.St., Even Yisrael, Ohel Moshe, Mazkeret Moshe, Mahane Yehuda.
17.7.2010HA-GUY ST: A major road in the Roman era, markets, churches and a small village.Jaffa Gate to King David St., Ha-Shalshelet St., Ha-Guy St., and up to the Holy Sepulcher
24.7.2010SHIVTEI YISRAEL ST: The stories behind the stately and beautiful mansions that line the road.Along Shivtei Yisrael St.
31.7.2010MOUNT ZION: Three religions meet on this holy mountain. We will visit the Dormition Abbey, the Cenaculum – scene of the Last Supper, and David’s Tomb.Jaffa Gate, Old City Walls Park, Zion Gate, Mount Zion
August 2010
7.8.2010Yemin Moshe & Mishkenot Sha'ananim  
14.8.2010ABU TOR: A mixed neighborhood in the middle of Jerusalem. The municipal line that once dissected the city. Tales of front-line Israel and Jordanian positions, no-man’s land and demilitarized zones.King David St. to Yemin Moshe, the Cinemateque Bridge, the Mount Zion Hotel, Ein Rogel St., Yishay St., Naomi St., Assa’el St.
21.8.2010THE SOUTHERN WALLS: Who built Jerusalem’s southern walls, and when? Sites along the wall. The Old City Walls Park and the amazing panorama that spreads out from its western edge.Jaffa Gate, Old City Walls Park, Zion Gate, Dung Gate, Hulda Steps.
28.8.2010THE MAMLUKES PERIOD: One of history’s vaguest periods is exposed along the streets of the Old City. Beautiful buildings combining amazing art using vivid colors, schools and more.Jaffa Gate to King David St, Hashalshelet St. to Hagai St. and to the Cotton Market.
September 2010
4.9.2010JAFFA ST: Jerusalem’s main street from the end of the 18th century and up till the present. The stories behind the buildings and the people. Peddlers and merchants. Jaffa St, from Safra Square to the Mahane Yehuda Market
11.9.2010THE CHRISTIAN QUARTER: For whom did the New Gate open? The heart of the Christian world in Jerusalem. The diversity of sects, and Christianity’s most holiest of places.The New Gate, the San Salvatore Mission, the Greek Patriarchate, Christian’s St., the Holy Sepulcher
18.9.2010Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)  
25.9.2010REHAVIA: National institutions, a large and beautiful monastery, a high school and a presiden. A garden neighborhood with some very important residents.Jaffa St., Keren Hayesod St., Keren Kayemet le Israel st., Abarbanel st. to Yad Ben Zvi, Ussishkin St., Rambam St., Ramban St.
October 2010
2.10.2010CITY OF DAVID: King David’s city is hidden away in a corner north of today’s Old City. We will try to understand why David selected the Yebos for his capital, and realize that actual size of the ancient town.Jaffa Gate, Old City Walls Park , Zion Gate, Dung Gate, City of David.
9.10.2010Zichron Moshe  
16.10.2010VIA DOLOROSSA: The most famous path in the world – the last footsteps of Jesus. Churches, stations and Christian communities along the way.Along the Via Dolorosa to the Holy Sepulcher
23.10.2010THE MOUNT OF OLIVES: The highest mountain in Jerusalem, traditions of Jesus and Mohamed, and what is expected in the Armageddon. We will visit churches – Byzantine and modern.: Jaffa Gate, the Jewish Quarter, the Dung Gate, the City Walls, to the Mount of Olives, the Church of All Nations, the Maria Magdalena Church, up to the Dominus Flavit Church.
30.10.2010THE JEWISH QUARTER: Jewish Quarter sites over the city’s history, the Roman Cardo, the First Temple period Wide Wall, synagogues and the Mahaseh Homes Square.Jaffa Gate, the Tower of David to the Jewish Quarter.
November 2010
6.11.2010JAFFA ST: Jerusalem’s main street from the end of the 18th century and up till the present. The stories behind the buildings and the people. Peddlers and merchants. Jaffa St, from Safra Square to the Mahane Yehuda Market
13.11.2010TALBIEH: One of Jerusalem’s most exclusive neighborhoods. Who lives in the villas? Who built them and why? Where did the original owners disappear to?Gan Ha’atzmaut, Terra Sancta, Balfour St., Salame Square, D'Israeli St., up to the Jerusalem Theatre
20.11.2010DAMASCUS GATE: The main road that led to Jerusalem until the end of the 19th century, it developed gradually and beautifully. At its end – a hidden garden.Safra Square, along Shivtei Yisrael St. to Damascus Road, the Anglican Church, the Garden Tomb.
27.11.2010HINOM VALLEY: What is the gateway to Hell? Where – during the First Temple Period – was death a tangible neighbor? Secrets from the past and the present. King David St. to Shamai St., the Sultan’s Pool, Hinom Valley.
December 2010
4.12.2010HANEVI’IM ST: Prophets, consuls, hospitals, churches, offices, doctors, artists.Along Prophets St. to the Davidka Square
11.12.2010THE SOUTHERN WALLS: Who built Jerusalem’s southern walls, and when? Sites along the wall. The Old City Walls Park and the amazing panorama that spreads out from its western edge.Jaffa Gate, Old City Walls Park, Zion Gate, Dung Gate, Hulda Steps.
18.12.2010MOUNT ZION: Three religions meet on this holy mountain. We will visit the Dormition Abbey, the Cenaculum – scene of the Last Supper, and David’s Tomb.Jaffa Gate, Old City Walls Park, Zion Gate, Mount Zion
25.12.2010HINOM VALLEY: What is the gateway to Hell? Where – during the First Temple Period – was death a tangible neighbor? Secrets from the past and the present. King David St. to Shamai St., the Sultan’s Pool, Hinom Valley.