Jerusalem travel guides & articles
All 7 in-depth pieces we’ve published on Jerusalem — newest first.
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Walking Jerusalem's Old City Quarter by Quarter
A half day on foot inside the walls: what to book before you fly, what costs nothing, and the hours and dress rules that decide whether you get in.
The Tram That Crosses Jerusalem's Fault Line
Jerusalem's only light rail line runs the length of the city's oldest arguments in under an hour, and riding it end to end is the calmest, cheapest way to actually see the whole place.
The Garden Where Mandate Jerusalem Argued Over Coffee
A walled garden behind an ophthalmologist's clinic once gathered the painters, poets and officials who shaped Mandate-era Jerusalem — and the houses, bars, cafés and archives nearby still trace that circle today.
One Square Kilometre, Four Worlds: Walking Jerusalem's Old City Quarters
A calm, hour-by-hour guide to walking the Old City's Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Armenian quarters — with honest door policies, prayer-time realities and what actually suits couples versus groups in 2026.
The Shared Stone: Inside Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre and the City's Oldest Contest
A calm, early-rising walk through the holiest few hundred metres on earth — where six denominations, three faiths and three thousand years share the same worn limestone, and how to see it with respect and good timing.
Jerusalem From Above: The Rooftops That Explain the City
Ten terraces, bars and café roofs — from a ₪5 Old City parapet to a Waldorf cocktail deck — and exactly how to time, book and read each one.
Two Markets, One Lane: Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda by Day and After Dark
How the same covered lanes of Jerusalem's great shuk shift from Iraqi kubbeh at noon to craft beer and Sephardic hookah by midnight — and exactly where to eat, drink, and book.