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Home > Jerusalem > Day Tour of Jerusalem and Bethlehem
Day Tour of Jerusalem and Bethlehem
USD $104.00

Day Tour of Jerusalem and Bethlehem

Jerusalem, Israel

Discover the roots of different religions and cultures on this inspiring day trip to Jerusalem and Bethlehem. These ancient Holy Land towns will provide you with a fascinating mix of people, views and stories, making this an unmissable Israel day tour!

Departing from Jerusalem in your air-conditioned coach, your first stop is the Mount of Olives for scenic views over Jerusalem. From this vantage point you can see the Dome of the Rock at the Temple Mount Esplanade, where heaven is said to meet earth.

Pass the Garden of Gethsemane before continuing to the walls of the Old City. Here you will enter through the Armenian Quarter, and see the famous Western Wall (Wailing Wall) which functions as an open-air synagogue for thousands of worshipers. Crossing over to the Christian quarter, you can follow the route of the Via Dolorosa. Look out for the 14 Stations of the Cross as you trace Jesus' steps to the site of his crucifixion at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

After a short walk back along the ancient Byzantine main street, your overview of Jerusalem concludes in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City, where your air-conditioned coach will be waiting to take you the short 6-mile journey south to Bethlehem.

The hub of the religious activity in Bethlehem is the Manger Square which is flanked by the Church of the Nativity and also the Mosque of Oman - significant sites of importance for the different people that live in the town. At the Manger Square you can walk on the ground where Jesus was laid down after his birth, and see the places of significance from nativity stories. Visit the Greek and Catholic churches, before an hours drive back to Jersalem.

USD $104.00
Traveler Reviews
Review by:   Arlene S,    May 2018 Review: 1 star rating: I do not recommend this
This was supposed to be an English speaking tour but was actually a combination English and Spanish tour which made every explanation take longer. Our guide in Jerusalem was knowledgeable but not sympatico. Nevertheless, we saw all the Jerusalem sites in a very large group of more than 40. The Bethlehem part was very disappointing since it was Sunday and the church was busy so that we could not go into the caverns below. I do not think this tour should be scheduled on Sunday. The problems were that the tour group was too large and that the scheduling on Sunday was poor for the Bethlehem part.
 

Review by:   Maria Norma T,    February 2018 Review: 3 star rating: Worth doing
The tour is so fast and running out of time. The driver didnt bring us back to the hotel.
 

Review by:   Bessie K,    February 2018 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
We had an amazing experience on this day tour. Our tour guide Norbert was very knowledgeable and entertaining. The bus was very clean and comfortable. I would definitely use Viator for any future tours and highly recommend!
 

Review by:   Ramon V,    January 2018 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Amir was the best guide ever !!! Excellent tour ! He was well knowledge funny and friendly. Highly recommend this tour !!
 

Review by:   ogbomoh,    December 2017 Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
This tour was amazing!
 

Review by:   scarlett v,    December 2017 Review: 1 star rating: I do not recommend this
Our tour guide was horrible. she was scattered and rushed us through everything. One of the people in the group had been to Israel before and he was extremely unhappy with the information she gave us. there were about twelve people on the tour altogether and no happy faces. do not recommend.
 

Review by:   Lane K,    December 2017 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Tour was exactly as advertised. Guide was great and knowledgeable _br/_ Would recommend this tour
 

Review by:   Jena R,    November 2017 Review: 1 star rating: I do not recommend this
I wouldn't wish this trip on my worst enemy. From the beginning, I knew it wasn't going to be great. We got picked up promptly at 8:30am, as promised. However, it took AN HOUR to get everyone in the correct vans and the tour to start. From there it felt very rushed. The guide was giving us information about things very obvious to anybody who knew anything religious I grew up going to church every week but would not say I know much about the bible. However, I pretty much knew most of what she went into detail about - and the things she did not explain when asked about I know the story, but we don't have time. We also back tracked a lot which she explained was for good reason but to me it was more of an annoyance. Lunch was not explained well so us when we got there and were rushed around trying to eat quickly to go. Our guide explained the entire menu to us - but the workers told us we had only 3 options to choose from. We went to 2 different gift shops and many of the people on the tour thought we HAD to purchase something from these stores. Not many people actually wanted to buy anything and I am very upset we spent about 30-45 minutes in the 2 gift shops but only had 15 minutes to tour a church. We also lost 3 of the people from our tour so that look a lot of time to find them. And then it was never explained well but 4 people in the tour just left after lunch and didn't go to Bethlehem with us. Not sure why?? THEN, as if it could get any better, we went to Bethlehem. When we arrived, we were told we were going in different vans than the one we had used all day? Our tour guide didn't go with us - but we got a new tour guide? We also all couldn't fit in one van so we went in two? With two new drivers? None of this was explained why. We went to the oldest church in the world but again - rushed through. He said he wanted to show us other things but it was closed so no. And we didn't even get to see where Jesus was born because it would take to long. By the end of the tour most all seemed annoyed. I am very confused about it still. It was not organized at all and a waste of my day. And money. DO NOT TAKE THIS TOUR.
 

Review by:   Barbara W,    November 2017 Review: 2 star rating: It was OK, but could have been better
Jerusalem tour difficult due to crowd sizes. No headsets, guide hard to hear. Bethlehem bad because we were held at a gift shop for at least 30 min. Finally went to manger site, had to look at it through a pinhole because it was too busy, we were rushed through that. Awkward situation. Guide there very difficult to hear. Had a good time just walking around on our own today, saw lots more on our own.
 

Review by:   Stephan Z,    October 2017 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Amazing tour.
 

Review by:   Daniel D,    March 2017 Review: 1 star rating: I do not recommend this
Guide was bored, jaded and in a rush spent more time talking about himself and anecdotes than guiding us on the tour thru the sites. He even didn't want to remain and do the full tour of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, for a Christian woman on the group who came from halfway around the world for a once in a life time trip!
 

Review by:   art,    March 2017 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
very nice tour and great guide both in Jerusalem and bethlehem a must do tour for everyone who is new to the erea...recommended
 

Review by:   Maryann N,    March 2017 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Very well planned. Guide was highly informative and professional.
 

Review by:   Michael,    January 2017 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Liat and Avi are excellent Tour Guides and Driver. I've had this same team from last year and they didn't disappoint. I took my Mom with me this time and had an amazing time.
 

Review by:   Michael,    January 2017 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Had a great time thanks to Liat and Avi! We'll use them again next year._br/_ I highly recommend the this tour company.
 

Review by:   tim,    December 2016 Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
Very Good Tour, the guide new all the alleyways in the old city, would prefer more time_br/_ in Bethlehem, especially a stop at the wall would have been good._br/_ Good trip and well organised.
 

Review by:   Andrea M,    November 2016 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Great tour with a fantastic guide!
 

Review by:   DUGAL J,    October 2016 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Thank you, it was a great tour very well explained and the tour guide was great, please do thank him as I have lost his details. Going to Bethlehem was so easy and no problem at all crossing the border, dont believe what you see on TV about Israel, the Israel and Palestinian are very nice kind people we met on the tour. We could have had a bit more time to walk around.
 

Review by:   Caspian,    August 2016 Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
Jerusalem tour was great, Bethlehem tour was a bit rushed
 

Review by:   Cecilia T,    August 2016 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
I'm sorry that I forgot our tour guides name but He did a very good job. thank you for the information that you shared.
 

Review by:   Gwen I,    June 2016 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
I thought at first it would be very rushed. However, there was plenty of time for questions and time to take pictures. Our Israeli and Palestinian guides were both very knowledgeable and very easy to understand, We loved it.
 

Review by:   Musata M,    April 2016 Review: 2 star rating: It was OK, but could have been better
The guide was knowledgeable and showed us the main sights in Jerusalem. However, she didn't count us properly and lost me, it took me 30 min of wandering alone through the small streets of Jerusalem to find the group and I was very worried as I did not feel safe alone. In that sense she did her job poorly. I had to phone the agency to get her mobile number and agree a place to meet. Not cool. The ride to Bethlehem was short, we only saw the nativity church and an overpriced souvenir shop.. and the local Bethlehem guide did not speak much about the sights.
 

Review by:   Kevin F,    April 2016 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Great overview of Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The lunch stop was nice and had nice view over the old city.
 

Review by:   Linda G,    December 2015 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Out of the 4 tours that I booked with Viator,this one was the most enjoyable thanks to our guide Yoav. He made it educational, fun and exciting. I highly recommend it. Bethlehem was also a good experience. This is a must do tour if one is in Israel.
 

Review by:   l2k2,    November 2015 Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
Amazing tour of the old city of Jerusalem highly recommend it. Not too pkeased with Bethlehem. Nativity church is under major renovation until 2016 so really took away from the feel and experience.
 

Review by:   russell s,    October 2015 Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
good tour. problems on the highway with the tour bus so it was late and we feel like we lost 1- 1 1/2 hours of tour. guide was good and we saw everything we expected to.
 

Review by:   Rakesh H,    October 2015 Review: 2 star rating: It was OK, but could have been better
Poor tour. This was supposed to be an English language tour. They combined this with French speaking tourists, and this made things terribly boring for everyone. Every thing was repeated again for both parties, and this took twice the time at each site. It was hard to manage the sets of tourists who wanted to do their own thing, instead of waiting for the other language to end.
 

Review by:   KMCCORMACK615,    October 2015 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
This was a great tour! Guide was awesome. Truly enjoyed it.
 

Review by:   Douglas K,    September 2015 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
The tour guide was extremely informative and engaging with the group. This is the best tour I've ever been on. Highly suggest it!
 

Review by:   Ron R,    August 2015 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Amir was a great guide. His passion for teaching guests about Israel is far above every other tour guide I have ever used.
 

Review by:   donjmn,    June 2015 Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
A nice and interesting tour.
 

Review by:   V A C,    May 2015 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Very good! Bethlehem and guide fantastic.
 

Review by:   Kristin C,    April 2015 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Best tour I have had in Israel! I had a great time on this tour and would reccommend it to anyone who wants to learn about the Jerusalem/Israel history in an engaging and fun way. Both guides and drivers were kind, considerate, informative, and professional. Information was comprehensive and stimulating and presented in a great way. Yoav was helpful for all of the tourists and made sure everyone was on track and ended up where they needed to be. Thanks to all!
 

Review by:   Victoria P,    February 2015 Review: 3 star rating: Worth doing
Ok tour but would have been better with the woman guide from same company who I overheard guiding another group.
 

Review by:   Lone H,    February 2015 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Guide Norbert did A fantatic tour, he know so must background and old history of Israel , and made the tour first class._br/_ Thank you .
 

Review by:   Yutah H,    November 2014 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Very informative tour guide. The tour group was small which was a great bonus and we were able to converse with our guide and get more information on the history of and area. Great tour!!!
 

Review by:   Yutah H,    November 2014 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Very informative tour guide. The tour group was small which was a great bonus and we were able to converse with our guide and get more information on the history of and area. Great tour!!!
 

Review by:   Susan Catherine B,    October 2014 Review: 2 star rating: It was OK, but could have been better
The tour covered all the main spots. I didn't like it that the tour guide obviously had a sweet deal with a seller of pomegranite juice, a gift shop and a restaurant and encouraged us to make purchases at those particular places.
 

Review by:   Anthony C,    September 2014 Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
Wonderful and very knowledgeable tour guide, we were delighted to get the chance to see all the sites we were hoping to visit. Only downside is that this tour company brings you to souvenir shops and restaurants (which are often overpriced and poor quality with no alternative) because they're being slipped money by the owners. Don't get caught out, pack your own lunch and only buy if you're sure it really is a bargain.
 

Review by:   Rose M,    August 2014 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Wonderful, what a Joy myan the tour guide was very knowledgeable, friendly and great to my mother, loved it.
 

Review by:   Avelino Z,    July 2014 Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
We appreciate the opportunity to have a feel of the the places despite the charged atmosphere because of the ongoing conflict in Gaza. I now understand why the tour did not include stations 1 to 6. We ventured into those places nevertheless after the tour. We did not regret it.
 

Review by:   Joe,    July 2014 Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
Tour was very good. Guide was extremely knowledgeable and handled the_br/_ group well in the sometimes busy and chaotic bazaar and churches.
 

Review by:   martinroddy,    July 2014 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
This was the best tour we went on during our stay in Israel._br/_ The guide Yoav Malachi was superb. He was so knowledgeable and friendly and his enthusiasm made the tour special. I would highly recomend this tour with Yoav._br/_ Yoav goes the extra mile to ensure the experience is memorable. Huge Thanks.
 

Review by:   Alan B,    June 2014 Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
Very good guide for Jerusalem, knowledgable, sense of humour. Bethlehem was in the afternoon with a different guide and there was a long wait to get a brief glimpse of the birth place, but that wasn't the guide's fault.
 

Review by:   Jose R,    June 2014 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Very nice tour the entyrance to the Old City is Spectacular, the guide is very good
 

Review by:   Dennis D,    May 2014 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
awesome. worth it
 

Review by:   Joanne B,    April 2014 Review: 1 star rating: I do not recommend this
This was a very bad experience as we were sent to Bethlehem with a driver and no guide. We were dropped off in Bethlehem with a Palestinian guide who rushed us to the Church of the Nativity, told us there was no time to go into the actual grottos ( which is the focus of the tour), asked is we would pay extra to jump the queue, directed to go in the exit where we were greeted with distain by thosewho waited in the real queue, dumped at a souvenir shop for ages, finally told to go in a car with a man from the shop who left us at the crossing, and left to find our way through security with Israeli guards yelling at us in Hebrew! one of our tour group was called aside before being allowed to re enter Israeli territory. Shame Ben Hareim Tours for putting us through this ordeal! As We have had good experiences with Viator elsewhere maybe you should disassociate yourself from this provider.
 

Review by:   Joanne B,    January 2014 Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
I went on this trip on Christmas Day - the morning started with stunning views from the mount of olives - there was still some snow on the ground from the previous week which made it more spectacular then it was down to the old city of Jerusalem visiting the Jewish and Christian quarters. As you can imagine it was very busy in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre but you did manage to see the stations of Christ and the holy stone. In the afternoon it was off to Bethlehem and a visit to the Church of the Nativity. Again it was very busy but you still saw the spot where Jesus was born. I felt the tour was a bit rushed but it was probably due to the amount of people visiting the church and the manger square but all in all it was a very good trip
 

Review by:   Deepak E,    January 2014 Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
We enjoyed the tour very much and our guide was wonderful.
 

Review by:   Elliot D,    January 2014 Review: 1 star rating: I do not recommend this
not advertised as a tour for Chriistians. Very not what I wanted Was a wate for me.
 

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