Location: Jerusalem
Top Things to do in Jerusalem
Things to do in Jerusalem, Jerusalem District: The Best Cemeteries
Religious pilgrims have been traveling to Jerusalem for centuries, yet you don’t have to share their zeal in order to appreciate this city’s profound cultural and historical significance. Plan on seeing the major sights, but also leave plenty of time to walk through the streets and simply immerse yourself in the daily life of such an ancient and revered place.
Restaurants in Jerusalem
1. Tomb of Simeon the Just
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
2. Mount Herzl National Cemetery
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4.5 based on 422 reviews
This memorial park and cemetery is the final resting place of Theodor Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, and other noted leaders including Golda Meir, Levi Eshkol and Yitzhak Rabin.
Reviewed By bmiller357 - South Burlington, United States
If you like seeing monumental spaces, this is a good one. Top of a hill in Jerusalem, great views of the city, many burial sites of great Israeli leaders with good commentary on why each one was important in Israel's history - lovely visit
3. Mamilla Cemetery & Mamilla Pool Reservoir
4. The Jewish Cemetery
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4.5 based on 404 reviews
Reviewed By ECLadines - Paranaque, Philippines
Though this must also be the most expensive cemetery in the world, they could also be the luckiest souls when you are located on the holiest land while also overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem.
5. Alliance Church International Cemetery
6. Sanhedrin Tombs
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4.0 based on 7 reviews
The ancient high court of the Jews, the Sanhedrin, was comprised of a group of esteemed male sages, many of whom are buried in these cave tombs.
7. Independence Park
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4.0 based on 40 reviews
Reviewed By 249ewar - Jerusalem, Israel
With its pines and green lawns, with water runnng here and there under your feet and between huges blocks of rocks, the park has to offer quietude, serenity and rest to anyone who needs to escape the centre of town's turmoil! there are benches everywhere, but the best is just to sit under a tree, shut your eyes closed, breethe in the scents of the pines, listen to birds' singing, enjoy the frsh ess of the shadows and the beauty of the Jerusalem sky...
8. King David's Tomb
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4.0 based on 371 reviews
Reviewed By chucklazer - Herzliya, Israel
this is a holy place for the jewish people- you can access the tomb behind the dormition church. there is a separation between boys and girls, and only boys can feeely access the tomb. this a place of prayer- and a feeling of holiness surrounds it.
9. Tomb of Pharaoh's Daughter
10. Tombs of the Kings
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1.5 based on 7 reviews
Located 18 feet below street level, these grand tombs were built in 45 C.E. by Queen Helena of Adiabene, Mesopotamia, after she and her sons settled in Jerusalem and converted to Judaism.
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