Guide to Jerusalem - 07/26/2018
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.
- Israel Museum Derech Ruppin 11
- Tours of the Supreme Court Sha’are Mishpat (visit http://elyon1.court.gov.il/eng/siyur/index.html for times)
- Tours of the Knesset The Knesset (visit https://knesset.gov.il/tour/eng/evisit.htm for times)
- Mount of Olives Har HaZetim Lookout/Seven Arches Hotel
- City of David Ma’alot Ir David St (wear clothes that can get wet)
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)