Dead Sea Things to Do

The smell of roasted coffee beans as you walk in and pictures of framed coffee beans on the wall are hints that this is a place for serious coffee enthusiasts. There is coffee paraphernalia for sale and 59 varieties of coffee t... more

Entrance to this museum is included in the combined entry ticket to Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. The museum, which consists of two buildings, contains many wonderful religious relics from the Near and Far East. Arti... more

This is one of the few galleries in Jerusalem with its finger on the pulse of Palestinian contemporary art. Founded in 1992 by artist Jack Persekian, the shop-converted space holds mainly solo shows by Palestinian and internati... more

This doubles as a bakery and cafe. Customers can buy gateaux or biscuits by weight to take away or can enjoy them, with a drink, in the cafe's landscaped patio area. Customers include shoppers taking a rest and locals catching... more

Only two years old, Hilel has become a Jerusalem institution. It is named after the road it is in; Hilel Street; although a second branch opened this summer on Helene Hamalka Street. It specializes in coffees and sandwiches and... more

This small office is a hive of activity, located a few footsteps inside the Old City by the Jaffa Gate entrance. Its services include a bureau de change (no commission charged) and a travel agency which can arrange both local t... more

Built in 1961, this complex was used for the trial of Nazi War Criminal Adolf Eichmann. Following the trial, the Behar family, who lost their son, Gerard, in the Holocaust, provided the money to establish an arts centre here in... more

The Botanical Garden was established during the British Mandate at the edge of the Hebrew University campus. Go through the security entrance and walk up the path leading to the upper part of the campus and to the garden. Signs... more

Near the top of the Mount of Olives just off the paved road leading down the mountain, one finds the tombs said to be those of the biblical prophets Haggai, Becharia ben Berechia, and Malachi. The burial chambers consist of two... more

Situated in the Customs and VAT Department building, this one room museum (one of two tax museums in the world) opened in 1964 to educate the public about the tax process in Israel and around the Jewish world. The wall exhibiti... more