Location: Jerusalem
Top Things to do in Jerusalem
Top 10 Ancient Ruins in Jerusalem, Jerusalem District
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.
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1. The Davidson Center
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By airport2015 - Tel Aviv District, Israel
Next to the Western Wall on the corner of the Southern wall an excellent exhibit of the MODEL Of this days Jerusalem as wekll as Virtual exhibits of the Temple and old Jerusalem Dont miss
2. Western Wall
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4.5 based on 11,159 reviews
The remains of the Second Temple of Jerusalem and a place of prayer sacred to the Jewish people.
Reviewed By PeterWJr46 - Poughkeepsie, United States
It was hard to believe that part of the temple that existed when Our Lord walked the earth, is still there. The West Wall is sacred to the Jewish faith and a testament to the life of Our Savior and His teaching in this very temple. The wall, itself, is divided by a separation for men and for women. It was interesting to see how this divide is so prevalent in this religious atmosphere. Security was ever present around the entrances and within the courtyard leading to the West Wall. It is a holy site and should be treated as such.
3. Herodian Quarter/Wohl Archaeological Museum
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4.5 based on 39 reviews
This excavated complex preserves a 385-foot section of the Upper City near the Temple Mount dating back 2,000 years, which also contains a complex of ritual baths or mikvaot.
4. Ophel Archaeological Garden (Yitzhak Ben Youssef Levy Garden)
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4.5 based on 40 reviews
This complex of archaeological excavations features the administrative complex erected on the Ophel Hill in the First Temple period, structures dating back to the days of King Solomon, Jewish ritual baths and sections of “Robinson’s Arch” from the Second Temple period.
5. Herodyon National Park
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4.5 based on 342 reviews
Reviewed By 722vital - Chicago, United States
Guide Helen Cohn with IsraelDaysOut picked us up at our hotel and guided us through Herodyon, pointing out West Bank and Territories sites en route. The depth and breadth of her knowledge about Herodyon as well as the current political situation was most enlightening.
6. Pools of Bethesda
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4.5 based on 101 reviews
Reviewed By F5102ELbarbarar - Erie, United States
From the fifth chapter of the Gospel of John, Jesus miraculously heals a paralyzed man. It is described in the Bible as being near Sheep Gate. It is associated with the site of a pool in the current Muslim quarter near what is now called the Lion's Gate or St Stephen's Gate and the church of St. Anne, that was excavated in late 19th century. BETHESTA, in Hebrew means "house of mercy" Definitely worth seeing!
7. The Little Western Wall (HaKotel HaKatan)
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4.5 based on 16 reviews
Reviewed By ArielRuffian - Singapore, null
It's a little hard to find this wall - it's in the Muslim quarter, as you walk towards the Western Wall, turn left into Bab El-Hadid Road, walking along it until you seen an opening leading to a light and a gate with a small police post - it's to the left of the police post - there's a sign as well. This is a quiet residential area, hardly any people when I went there; as it is not a an open air synagogue like the Western Wall, there is no gender segregation; if you are a person of faith, you can come here to pray , breathe in the relative quiet, disrupted only by the flapping wings of doves and imagine what it was like before 1967, when residential houses were built right up against the Wall. It's a modest sacred place, but ostentation does not indicate spirituality; God is found in the august, the pedestrian, the quotidian and this placed is soaked with history, mystery, the familiar and very present. It's a gem and worth the (minor) hunt.
8. Mount Zion
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4.5 based on 42 reviews
Reviewed By IlyaNJ - Marlboro, United States
The complex of Mount Zion is one of the most visually eye-catching from the distance in Jerusalem. It is also among the most interesting, comprising of the Tomb of King David, the Room of the Last Supper, and the church and the crypt of Dormition Abbey as the main components.
9. Broad Wall
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4.0 based on 32 reviews
This ancient ruin is a 23-foot-thick foundation of an Old Testament city wall that was built in 701 BC by Hezekiah, King of Judah.
Reviewed By dr-jth
You might almost miss this site. It is tucked away near the Hurva Synagogue and the Cardo. look for it. There are explanations of the dating and extensiveness of the Braod wall, which dates back 800 years before Christ during the time of King Hezekiah. It was the fortified wall that was spoken of by Isaiah in Isaiah 22:10. Worth a short visit, while you are in the Jewish Quarter.
10. Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue
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4.0 based on 4 reviews
Remainsof an historic synagogue destroyed in Israel's War of Independence.
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