This restaurant and cafe is center of the downtown area. The house was built in 1880. It became the home of Anna Ticho and her husband, a famous eye Doctor.

The building is now part of theIsrael Museum, with Anna Ticho's permanent painting exhibition and a collection of antique Hanukkah lamps. There is also Friday morning concerts in the building.

Jaffa Road

This is Jerusalem's main street. It was named so since it led from Jaffa Gate in the Old City to the city of Jaffa near Tel-Aviv.

Hanevi'im Street

This street was also known, as "the street of the consulates". In the early 20th century it was one of the largest and most important streets in the city.

The neighborhood was built in the early years of 1900 by seven young men, is one of the earliest neighborhoods built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem.

Today, located in the center of the downtown area, there are cafes, shops and a pedestrian mall onSolomon Street.

The Time Elevator is a tourist attraction in downtown Jerusalem.

This is a 30-minute multimedia Semi-Virtual reality ride, through 2000 years of Jerusalem's history, presented in an auditorium with special chairs and a floor that provides special motion effects. A very nice place to visit with children.

This is a modern office complex of the Jerusalem Municipality. It is located in the downtown area and includes some restored old houses with a spacious square in the middle.

Located in the office complex of the Jerusalem Municipality. This is where you can get city maps, information, and tourist publications.

The Russian Compound are some buildings built in the 19^th - century, that are surrounding the Russian Orthodox Holy Trinity Cathedral.

It is in the downtown area, within 2 minutes walk from Zion Square.

This 19th-century Russian pilgrim's hostel, which is housed in part of the Russian Compound complex, was used in the British Mandate as Jerusalem's Central Prison. Many Jews that fought the British for Jewish immigration to Palestine, and for Jewish State - were held here.

This museum, founded in 1981, contains the transported interior of an 18th-century synagogue of Conegliano Veneto, near Venice.

The collection preserves and displays objects of the Jewish life in Italy - from the Middle Ages through the present.

This is the quarter of the Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox religious community, that dress and behave in traditional ways, live, work, study, pray, and strictly observe the Jewish law.

Mea She'arim was founded in 1875 and was the second area settled by Jews outside the Old City walls.

In the Mea She'arim quarter, there are many shops selling religious artifacts, such as Candelabra, Mezuzot, Yarmulkas (skullcaps), Tallithot (prayer shawls), and Tefillin (phylacteries).

Hungarian Houses

This complex, built in the end of the nineteenth century by the Hungarian Jewish community, is an old ultra-Orthodox neighborhood.

Geulah Street and Open-Air Market

The open Air market is very active every year especially to sell sets of the Four Species, used in the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. In the rest of the year most of the shops and businesses serve the orthodox and religious community.

The Old Market Place Quarter is an outdoor market off Jaffa Road (Jerusalem's main street), with all sorts of foods: fish, meat, vegetables and fruits - and for the best prices. Up the street west of Zion Square.

Ohel Moshe

This neighborhood is a complex of small stone houses surrounding a large square. It was built in 1882 by Sephardic Jews and named after Sir Moses Montefiore who donated the money to build it.

The Great Synagogue

In the synagouge there is a stained glass window with traditional motifs.

Heichal Shlomo is on King George Street adjoining the Great Synagogue. It houses the seat of Israel's Chief Rabbinate, rabbinical courts, a library and a museum of religious items.

A residential neighborhood built by Jews in the early 1920s.

Famous architects designed many of the houses in the neighborhood.

Wolfson Towers

This is a complex of high-rise luxury apartment buildings, in the Rechavia area, with the view of the Israel Museum and Parliament.

This neighborhood is one of the most beautiful residential sections in the city. It is filled with beautiful villas and private homes built mainly by Jerusalem's Arab Christian community in the 1920s and 1930s.

Houses of interest in the area are 'Bet Ha-Nassi', the president's residence, the Prime Minister's residence, and the'Jerusalem Theatre'.

An archaeology collection, of objects discovered atTel Dan in the north of Israel.

David's Village

This is a luxury apartment complex outside the walls of the Old City and near Jaffa Gate.

The YMCA is an outstanding building in the city of Jerusalem. It was built in the early 1930s, in the Byzantine, and Islamic styles. From the 152-foot tower you can watch a beautiful panoramas of the city. In the building there is a swimming pool, restaurant and a hotel.

The first Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls in 1891.

Named for Sir Moses Moshe Montefiore. Yemin Moshe is a small picturesque neighborhood with about 130 houses, facing wall of the Old City.

Built in 1857 by Sir Moses Moshe Montefiore, for grinding grain into flour at a better cost. Today, it is a museum dedicated to the remembrance of Sir Montefiore, who helped Jews to expend beyond the walls of the Old City.

Mishkenot Sha'ananim are a complex of two buildings, completed in 1860, next to the Montefiore Windmill in Yemin Moshe. This was the first Jewish residential neighborhood beyond the walls of the Old City.

Today it is a music center and a guesthouse for visiting musicians, artists and writers.

Liberty Bell Garden

The Liberty Bell Garden is an innovative activity park and an open- air community center offering cultural and other events. The replica of the Liberty Bell was a gift to Jerusalem from the city of Philadelphia.

An international collection of antique Hanukkah menorahs, paper cuts, Kiddush cups, Ketubas (wedding contracts), and Mezzuzot.

The building hosts theater, opera, concerts, dance and many more cultural occasions.

In this museum there is a collection of Islamic art, Islamic carpets, Palestinian costumes and embroidery, Islamic jewelry gallery and an International collection of clocks.

These two Picturesque Jerusalem neighborhoods are only a mile away, south of the downtown area.

Some of the older houses in these neighborhoods were built at the beginning of the century. There are many restaurants and shops in the

There are many restaurants and shops. in the German Colony's main street: Emek Refaim.

The promenade has a great panorama view of the Old City of Jerusalem. It's known for the lovely gardens and accessible walkways.

This museum displays all aspects of taxation and collection in ancient Israel, during the Diaspora and in Israel today; it's one of the few museums dealing with taxation in the world.

This hands-on museum has a special interest to children and young adults.

This is a private collection of Dr. and Mrs. Elie Borowski. The museum was opened in 1992 and it illustrates the cultures of all the peoples mentioned in the Bible - from Egypt eastwards across the Fertil Crescent to Afghanistan, and from Nubia north to the Caucasian mountains.

Across from the Israel Museum is the Israeli Parliament. There are 120 members in the Knesset. Next to it are most of the Israeli government offices.

To visit the Knesset you must have your passport. Once inside, take the tour to the State Hall where tapestries and a mosaic created by Marc Chagall decorate the walls and the floor. Check for visiting hours and days.

Across from the Knesset there is a bronze

menorah (lamp), given to Israel as a gift from the British government in 1956.

The Supreme Court

Close to the Parliament is the new Supreme Court building, built in 1992. With five courtrooms, a library, and chambers for the justices, it is known for it's contemporary architecture.

Giva't Ram Synagogue

The synagogue is on the Giva't Ram Hebrew University Campus and has a special architectural shape.

The bank is Israel's central bank and is responsible for the state's currency policy, and the printing of money.

Theodor Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, is buried in the summit of the mountain, in this memorial park and cemetery, with many other Israeli leaders such as Prime Ministers Golda Meir, Levi Eshkol, and Yitzhak Rabin's who was murdered in 1995.

Also located on this mountain, is theIsrael's principal military cemetery.

Beyond Mount Herzl is the Holocaust museum (Muzeon Ha'Shoah) called 'Yad Vashem' (a Memorial and a Name).

It was established to commemorate the six million Jews that were murdered in the Holocaust.

In the museum there is an archive with more than 50 million documents.

Inside of Yad Vashem, there is the Hall of Remembrance, the Valley of the Communities, the Children's Memorial and The Hall of Names, where there is an effort to collect the names of all the Jews murdered in the Holocaust.

In Yad Vashem there are Memorial Plaques, and trees were planted for non-Jews, like Oskar Schindler or Raoul Wallenberg and many others, who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.

This forest, close to Mount Herzl, is where you can plant trees of your own.

The hotel is close to Mount Herzl and maintains a model of Jerusalem at the time of the Second Temple.

This is an ancient village, in the western edge of Jerusalem. It is traditionally regarded as the birthplace of John the Baptist. Ein Kerem has old Arabic style houses with lovely gardens, and a number of 19th-century European churches, convents, and monasteries. Most important is the Church ofSaint John in the center of the village, marking John the Baptist's birthplace. You will also find theChurch of the Visitation, commemorating the visit of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, a mosque and a Russian Convent, known as theMoscobiyah.

There are restaurants and cafes in the area.

Jerusalem'sBiblical Zoo. A very nice place to visit with children.

This is a modern soccer stadium with seats for 12,000 spectators. It was named in the honor of Teddy Kollek, who was the mayor of Jerusalem during the years 1965-1993.

Not far from Mount Herzl, is the Hadassah Hospital. It is known not just for being one of the best medical and research institutions, but also for the stained glass windows of its synagogue. Marc Chagall, painted 12 windows that represent the 12 tribes of Israel.

The Eastern part of the New City

In these three-story burial catacomb carved in the rock, the judges of the Israel's 'Supreme Court', in the first and second century, were buried. The tombs are in Sanhedria in northeast Jerusalem.