WHY in Jerusalem - find answers with your local guide

There are many WHYs about Jerusalem. Many, much more than in any other cities, as Jerusalem dates back 3000 years, during which it was controlled by many and different rulers of different origin and religion. It has many historic, religious and architectural knots, which I will present to you with the goal to complicate things more than they already are. And then, slowly but gradually we will untangle these knots together so that you come out of Jerusalem understanding it, knowing it and feeling about it much different than when you entered it several hours earlier. I am a third generation born Israeli, my mother was in the old city when the Jewish Quarter fell in the 1948 war, and can answer these WHYs with some personal family stories alongside the general known story. On this Private Tour we will walk the 4 quarters, visit churches, synagogues and mosques (provided we're allowed in), use all of our senses to see the buildings, hear the bells, smell the spices, taste the humus and touch the stones.

Prior to meeting we will discuss the route in details to customize it to interests and physical abilities and limitations. These will include: - Meet at Hotel or Jaffa Gate - Walk parts of the Old City to visit the following places as much as time will permit. - Armenian Quarter (Armenian art shops, St. James Cathedral, Armenian Holocaust Monument) - Jewish quarter (the Hurva Synagogue, the Roman Cardo, The wide wall of Hezekiah, the Wailing Wall) - Moslem quarter (Cotton market, Haram El Sharif, ) - Christian quarter (parts of Via Dolorosa, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Church of the Redeemer) - On the way we will visit the 250 year old Tehina factory, taste various meats, humus, spices, and sweets. As the list above may be too much, the entire tour can be customized to your requests and interests and adjusted accordingly. For example if you wish to focus on one historic period, one religion or on markets and most important, your physical capacity. Feel free to contact me with your inquiries