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Guide to Jerusalem

WHERE TO EAT:

Brunch/Lunch

  • Tmol Shilshom Yoel Moshe Salomon 5
  • Café Kadosh Slomtzion Street 6
  • Nocturno Bezalel 7
  • Café Nadi Shmuel HaNagid 5
  • Café de Paris Sderot Ben Maimon 1
  • Azura HaEshkol 4 (A must-go-to for lunch!)

Friday Brunch Buffet:

  • Café Rimon Lunz 4
  • Piccolino Yoel Moshe Salomon 12

Vegan:

  • Village Green Yoel Moshe Salomon Street 5 (Try the vegan shakshuka!)
  • Gela In the closed market in Machane Yehuda (Vegan ice cream!)

Dinner:

  • Machneyuda Beit Ya’akov Street 10
  • Crave HaShikma Street 1
  • Adom David Remez 4 (Inside the First Station)
  • Argento Machane Yehuda Market 6
  • Jachnun Bar Hillel 28, HaEgoz 30
  • Ishtabach HaShikma 1
  • Pasta Basta Ha-Tut 8
  • Iwo’s Meatburger Hillel 28
  • Bardak Pizza Keren HaYesod 38, Beit Ya’akov 4

Falafel/Schwarma:

  • Pinati King George 13
  • Moshiko Ben Yehuda 5 (only takes cash)
  • Maoz Falafel King George 19

Hummus:

  • Hummus Ben Sira Ben Sira 3
  • Hummus Abu Shukri El Wad ha-Gai Street 63 (Muslim Quarter)

Dessert:

  • Mousseline Ice Cream 6 Haeshkol

 

WHERE TO DRINK:
  • Zabotinsky Shimon Ben Shatakh 1 (Order a cocktail named after Israeli leaders!)
  • Freddy Lemon’s Etz Hayyim 19 (Machane Yehuda at night!)
  • Gatsby Cocktail Room Hillel 18 (Hidden next to Aroma, make sure to make a reservation!)
  • HaTaklit Heleni ha-Malka 7 (1+1 happy hour)
  • Piccadilly Heleni ha-Malka 9

 

WHERE TO SIGHTSEE:
  • Old City
    • Jewish Sites: Western Wall, Western Wall Tunnels, Cardo, Jewish Quarter, Hurva Synagogue
    • Christian Sites: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Garden Tomb, Garden of Gesthsemane, Via Dolorosa, Room of the Last Supper
    • Dome of the Rock/Al Aqsa Mosque/Temple Mount (Jewish and Muslim holy site): Check online for days of the week and times for non-Muslim visitors.  Please dress modestly.

 

WHERE TO SEE A MOVIE:
  • YES Planet Noami 4
  • Cinema City Sderot Yishak Rabin 10

 

WHERE TO WALK/RUN/BIKE:
  • First Station David Remez Street 4 (paved path goes for 10k until you reach Malcha)
  • Gan Sacher Park Ben Tzvi 1 (views of the Knesset, Supreme Court, Hebrew University G’vat Ram)

 

HIDDEN GEMS:
  • Nachlaot (walk this neighborhood and enjoy the street art, cute archways, small sidestreets and hip young people living there)
  • Ein Kerem (go to brunch at a restaurant or cafe in this quiet and secluded area from the city)
  • Oscar Schindler’s Grave (located in the Protestant Cemetery on Ma’ale HaShalom Street outside of the Zion Gate)

 

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