{"id":3556,"date":"2019-01-17T13:16:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T11:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/?p=3556"},"modified":"2021-01-13T17:36:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:36:25","slug":"first-time-in-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/first-time-in-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"First Time in Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"mtwpb_elements_wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The must list for the first-time visitor<\/p>\n<p>Scour the globe it\u2019s hard to match Jerusalem for history, culture, and significance! So rich in sites and activities, it\u2019s difficult to know where to begin. Here are a few suggestions\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Jerusalem is the nexus of three of the world\u2019s great faiths. As such, you might want to consider religious, spiritual, or historical locations that will be meaningful to you.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=\"3549\" img_size=\"full\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Almost any itinerary will include <strong>Old City<\/strong>. Famous as the home of the <strong>Western Wall<\/strong>, and the<strong> Church of the Holy Sepulcher<\/strong>, you could spend days exploring its <strong>four quarters<\/strong> \u2013 Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Armenian \u2013 and only see but a small part of its many treasures. Make sure to download the free <strong>Audio Tours of Jerusalem<\/strong> app, which offers dozens of walking routes, GPS maps, and geo-location alerts as you approach each site.<\/p>\n<p>Just outside the Old City, walk the ancient pathways in the City of David. Later, take in the spectacular vistas of Jerusalem atop the <strong>Mount of Olives<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Jerusalem certainly boasts an impressive variety of museums, but two of its most visited are<strong> Yad Vashem<\/strong> and the <strong>Israel Museum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For a unique shopping experience, go to the <strong>Machane Yehuda market<\/strong>. And while you\u2019re in the neighborhood, think about a day trip to the world-famous sites of Dead <strong>Sea<\/strong> and <strong>Masada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Interesting experiences are abound in Jerusalem, but for a first-time visit to the city \u2013 theses recommendations guarantee an amazing experience and a memory to last a lifetime.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The must list for the first-time visitor Scour the globe it\u2019s hard to match Jerusalem for history, culture, and significance! So rich in sites and activities, it\u2019s difficult to know where to begin. Here are a few suggestions\u2026 Jerusalem is the nexus of three of the world\u2019s great faiths. As such, you might want to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jerusalem","category-things-to-do"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3556"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6957,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3556\/revisions\/6957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}