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Jerusalem, city walls
promenade – beauty above and below
When visiting Jerusalem
we don’t bother to plan
ahead, its just not necessary, where ever we put our feet its an
interesting,
historical beautiful or surprising place.
This time we started our
trip at a small parking
lot in front of the mount Zion hotel (on Hebron road) and headed to the
old
city througth Hebron road. On the way we entered a small museum that
holds
the
cable car that used to pass
weapons
across the valley to Zion mountain warriors in the days of Israel
independence war.
The museum tour raises dim memories of school
history classes and a more up to date and amazing view of mount Zion.
We continue along the old
city walls to Jaffa gate,
and just before the gate a small sign leads us to the city walls
promenade. After
paying an entry fee we climb on the walls to the promenade that stretch
from Jaffa gate
to the
western wall yard entrance.
From above the walls we see an amazing scenery of
“Yamin Moshe” neighborhood, the Armenian quarter, Dormitzion monastery
and
more.
Wandering high above the old city houses allows a
view of the houses small yards, and glances to the churche yards
checkered
with graves, wines and decorated windows. We devote special interest to
the
cars maneuvering througth the narrow passageways without any scratch or
damaging the
very close houses.
The promenade ends near the western wall and we
head there for a prayer.
From there we march to
the "David
city national
park", where
after paying an entry fee we go underground for a tour inside
the Shiloah
aqueduct which is carved underground and reaches the village of Siluan.
(Since we didn’t plan ahead we rented water proof
sandals and flashlights at the park store).
The underground trip is
fascinating and wet, and
after an hours walk in the shallow water we amerged to the ground near
a
pool at
the Siluan village. After a bit of wandering among the archeological
diggs we
headed back to the old city under the close eye of dozens of security
cameras.
At the end of a
busy day,
we step back at a slow
paste along
the same walls we have stepped above at the
beginning of our day,
back to the mount Zion parking lot and back home… well at least until
the
next
unplanned trip
trip summary : from Mount zion to
the cable car museum, city walls promenade ,Siloah aquadoct and back.
difficulty
: medium - the hot day and climbs are
exhausting
month of trip : may
conclusion
: A facsinating trip that streches in time
from the near past to ancient
times.
links: jerusalem
municipality
key words:Jerusalm, city wall
promenade, Siloah, Mount Zion cable car
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trips in this web site were
conducted by y-trip team
the trips are only for describing our personal
trip and are not a trip suggestion
he who want to do one of this trips should consult the appropriate
athorities
responsibility on conduting the trips will be on the hiker only.
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