Jerusalem and Bethlehem tour from Jerusalem
A driver will pick you up from your hotel and you will start the drive along the Kidron Valley with views of the Garden of Gethsemane, the Mount of Olives and the Church of all Nations. Enter the Zion Gate, and tour the Byzantine Cardo. Continue to the Western Wall by way of the Jewish Quarter. The Western Wall is the remaining wall of the Second Temple. You will walk along to join the pilgrims on the Via Dolorosa to follow the Stations of the Cross before arriving at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Next you will visit the Old City market before departing for Bethlehem.
Arriving in Bethlehem you will walk along Manger Square to arrive at the Church of Nativity. The first church was built in 339 A.D. and destroyed by fire., and the second church was built in 565 A.D. The church was constructed over the site where Jesus was said to have been born.
