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Miracles and Heroism in the Jewish Quarter - Hanukkah Tour 2025

Miracles and Heroism in the Jewish Quarter - Hanukkah Tour 2025

|About two and a half hours
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Certified Tour Guide
Approx. 2 Hours
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Join a unique Hanukkah tour through the Jewish Quarter’s magical alleys. Enjoy glowing menorahs, stories of miracles and heroism, and end with festive candle lighting at the Davidson Archaeological Garden, accompanied by music and a hot drink.

In the upcoming Hanukkah, we invite you to experience Jerusalem in a different light - an experiential, exciting and inspiring Hanukkah tour through the alleys of the Jewish Quarter, in an atmosphere of miracles, heroism and light.

The tour will begin at the Jaffa Gate (inside the gate in the covered area), from there we will walk through the magical streets of the Jewish quarter,old town see menorahs lit in the windows of the houses and meet the Jerusalem families lighting candles and spreading light in the heart of the old city.
We will tell about miracles and heroism from the Hasmonean days to the present day - stories of courage, faith and resurrection that echo among the stones of ancient Jerusalem.

We will end the tour in a festive and bright atmosphere at the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden - Davidson Center.
At the unique site, located at the foot of the Southern Wall and displaying magnificent layers from the First and Second Temples, we will light Hanukkah candles together, accompany the lighting with holiday songs accompanied by a musician and raise a glass of hot drink to the light of the candles and the pulsating night lighting of the archaeological garden.

The tour includes: professional guidance throughout the Jewish quarter, entry to the archaeological garden-Jerusalem, celebratory candle lighting accompanied by a musician and a hot drink.

Ways of getting there

  • By car - you can find parking in the Karta parking lot (for a fee) and then enter the district on foot - Shaar Jaffa, the starting point of the tour.
  • Public transportation - lines 2, 38, 83. For tours starting at the Jaffa Gate, get off at the Kishala / Armenian Patriarchate station.
  • The most recommended way - take the light rail to the municipality and from there walk to the Jaffa Gate.

Prices and important points:

  •  NIS 60 per participant
  • Child up to 5 years old - free of charge
  • The tour that takes place on 15.12.25 at 16:00 is for English speakers

dates & times

  • Sunday
    14/12/2516:00-18:30
  • Sunday
    14/12/2516:30-19:00
  • Monday
    15/12/2516:00-18:30
  • Monday
    15/12/2516:30-19:00
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