When King Solomon constructed his first Temple in Jerusalem, the hillside on which he did so became the most important cultic site of the monotheistic world, and is still reverenced by Jews and Muslims today.

The Dome of the Rock, the magnificent octagon that dominates the city, is a shrine for Islam’s third most holy site and is the place where Abraham tried to sacrifice Ishmael.

Pool of Bethesda is the site of the miraculous healing of a paralyzed man by Jesus, as recounted solely in the gospel of John, and also of the birth of Mary's mother, "Anne".

The Western Wall Tunnel is a treat for archaeology and history buffs, who are astounded to discover that as massive as the open-air portion of the Western Wall is, most of its nearly 1,700-foot original length lies beneath today’s Old City.

The Western Wall was part of the most magnificent building Jerusalem had ever seen, built by Herod the Great as part of the plaza on which the Temple stood. Today, the Western Wall is an inseparable part of the Jewish People.

The Western Wall is a popular choice as a venue for Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebrations since it symbolizes Jewish spirit and heritage. Bar Mitzvah services are held on Monday and Thursday mornings when Torah portions are traditionally read.

The Kidron Valley is one of Jerusalem’s most sacred locales, due to its location between the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives.

The Ariel Museum offers an audiovisual presentation and a permanent exhibit of the day to day life in 701 BCE Jerusalem and during the Assyrian siege.

The Burnt House is the house that used to belong to the Katros family, a priestly family mentioned in the Talmud. The house was burnt when Jerusalem was captured by the Romans.

The Via Dolorosa is the road Jesus walked from the place of Pontius Pilate’s sentencing to Golgotha. The name literaly means “way of sorrows.”

The Davidson Center, which is built in the basement of an eighth-century building, offers to take you back through the ages where you’ll meet colorful figures of Jerusalem’s exploration in days gone by.

The City of David is the birthplace of the city of Jerusalem, the place where King David established his kingdom, and where the history of the People of Israel was written.

Every step you take in the Jewish Quarter brings you closer to discovering tangible remains of a dramatic chapter in Jewish history, especially of the period of its greatest grandeur: the time of the Second Temple.

Dung Gate’s unusual name derives from the refuse dumped here in antiquity, where the prevailing winds would carry odors away. This gate leads directly to the Western Wall.

The Cardo is a typical Roman street built in the 6th century, consisting of stores situated between two rows of columns. The remains of the tall columns, arches, and stone floor can still be seen in the Cardo.

Warrens Shaft is the name of the underground waterworks system dating from the age of the kings of Judea.

A visit to the Rockefeller Museum leaves archaeology buffs wondering what fascinated them more – this magnificently eclectic complex or the exhibits it houses.

Hezekiah’s Tunnel, or the Siloam Tunnel, is one of the greatest adventures of a Jerusalem tour. It is a highlight of the visit to the City of David, where visitors experience an amazing engineering feat: the 1,500-foot-long-tunnel created by King Hezekiah in 701 BCE.

The Christian quarter has more than 40 churches, monasteries, and hostels that were built for Christian pilgrims, including the Church of Holy Sepulchre, or the Church of the Ressurection.

The impressive Church of All Nations is known also as the Basilica of Agony, where Jesus endured his agony before his arrest, in the Garden of Gethsemane, on Mount of Olives.

Easily the most celebrated, yet most contentious, church in Christianity, Church of the  Holy Sepulchre contains the traditional sites of the crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus under one roof.

Visitors to of the Garden of Gethsemane are amazed when they learn that the gnarled olive trees they see could have been young saplings when Jesus came here with the disciples on that fateful night after the Last Supper.

The view from the Mount of Olives is wondrous: The densely packed walled city of Jerusalem embraced by the Hinnom and Kidron valleys, the Golden Gate to Mount Moriah, the Temple Mount, Mount Zion, David’s City and more, bring alive both prophecy and Psalms.

This beautiful teardrop chapel, the Dominus Flevit, commemorates the occasion of Jesus looking at the city of Jerusalem and, when realising that it was going to destroy itself by violence, weeping bitterly.

At the Tower of David Museum, not only do the captivating exhibits deepen your understanding of Jerusalem, its very stones are part of this city’s living history.

St. Peter in Gallicantu is believed to be the location of Caiaphas' house, the setting for Peter's denial of his connection with Jesus on the night of his trial and the shedding of his self-recriminatory tears.

Located east of Jerusalem’s Old City and separating it from the Judean Desert, the Mount of Olives is one of the most prominent sites in Jerusalem.

The Ramparts Walk is a promenade situated along the walls of the Old City, from which there is a view of large portions of the Old City and of western Jerusalem. The promenade starts at the Tower of David and ends at the Jewish Quarter or at the Kotel.

Bearing Jerusalem’s earliest biblical name in Hebrew and English, Zion Gate’s Arabic name is the Gate of the Prophet David, as the Tomb of King David, on adjacent Mount Zion, is only a few steps away.

The Garden Tomb is an alternative site for the burial and Resurrection of Jesus, and despite questions of veracity is well worth a visit for the atmosphere of peace and the beauty of the gardens.

The Yemin Moshe neighborhood, named after the philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore, is built on narrow stone lanes with rural houses. The old flour mill now houses an exhibition on the philanthropist's activity. Montefiore's reconstructed carriage stands in a display-window next to the flour mill.

A thousand-year-old building houses the Tomb of King David, Israel’s famous king and ancestor of the Messiah. Some come here to pray and pay homage to him, while others pour over sacred texts all day long in the anteroom next to the tomb.

The Coenaculum is the traditional place for the "upper room" where the Last Supper was held. It is also associated with the room belonging to John Mark's mother in which the disciples were baptised in the Holy Spirit.

The marvelous Church of the Dormition is a landmark of the city, and is the site where the Virgin Mary is said to have died, or fell into 'eternal sleep'. Its Latin name is "Dormition Sanctae Mariae" (Sleep of St. Mary).

The Knesset is the House of Representatives of the State of Israel. The complex includes a plenary, conference rooms, works of art and a hall for State receptions. Visitors may join guided tours.

You can behold the Dead Sea Scrolls themselves at the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book. Its landmark dome gleams white against the adjacent black wall

The Model of Second Temple Jerusalem occupies 21,500 square feet next to the Shrine of the Book. Ancient Jerusalem’s palaces, homes and more are depicted in intricate detail, crowned by the Temple, the spiritual center of the Jewish People. 

The Israel Museum, the largest museum in Israel, includes an Art Wing, the Shrine of the Book, a Youth Wing, Archeology department and Judaica and Jewish Ethnography. The Art Wing includes permanent exhibits and temporary exhibits of Israeli artists and art from all over the world.

The first thing one notice as one walks into the entrance foyer of the Supreme Court building, is the narrow staircase leading -as it were - into the sky.

The Bible Lands Museum's every exhibit, large or small, keeps visitors anchored to one great theme – biblical heritage and the Bible lands. You will come away enriched with greater understanding of the Bible’s influence on Western civilization and world events.

A walk through the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Meah She’arim is a rare opportunity for immersion in a fascinating religious and cultural experience that contrasts sharply surrounding modernity.

Yad Vashem, Israel’s main Holocaust memorial museum and holocaust archive, is situated on the green slopes of Har HaZikaron, the Memorial Mountain (Mount of Remembrance) in Jerusalem.

Spreading over 62 acres, Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo centers on a vast man-made lake complete with waterfalls and side pools. The park includes a wildlife savannah with free-roaming animals and a visitor's train that provides transportation throughout the park.

Ein Kerem has had a long Association with John the Baptist, being the reported town of his birth. The Church of the Visitation honors the visit paid by Mary, Jesus' mother, to Elizabeth, John's mother.

Nestled in the terraced hills southwest of Jerusalem is the village of Ein Karem, where picturesque lanes lead you to the traditional spot where Elizabeth “felt life” when she met her kinswoman Mary, and where John the Baptist was born and raised.

The charming hillside paths, linking chapel to church to cottage to dining hall on the grounds of the Russian Orthodox Gorney Convent in Ein Karem, may best reveal themselves as the “village in the hill country of Judea” where Mary came to visit Elizabeth

Herodium is the most outstanding among King Herod’s building projects. This is the only site that carries his name and the site where he chose to be buried and to memorialize himself, all of this with the integration of a huge, unique palace at the fringe of the desert.