Old City Marketplaces – Self-Guided Tour
- Duration
2-3 hours - Starting Point / Ending Point
Jaffa Gate - Jaffa Gate
Overview
This self-guided walking tour takes you to city markets, the places that have always been a point of attraction for local residents, merchants and visitors.
The fusion of flavors, colors and aromas, with the voices of the vendors harking their wares in the background, makes the marketplace a colorful, lively and bustling place that invites fascinating encounters.
The Old City of Jerusalem has numerous bazaars, each one with its own merchandise and characteristics, each one with tales about its goods and its residents.
The markets in the Old City are located close to its holy sites, and the encounter between different cultures and religions adds a certain spice of its own. Thus we are apt to find Christian souvenirs and Muslim prayer rugs sitting on a shelf alongside Chanukah menorahs and Sabbath candelabra…