Bethlehem

Meet your private guide driver at Bethlehem 300 Checkpoint and depart to the Old City of Bethlehem. Walk the narrow streets and enjoy the old architecture of the buildings from the Otoman period. Stop by Bethlehem Icon Center, which used to be a local house and today it’s a center teaching Byzantine Iconography. Walk the Star Street— the way that Joseph and Mary took when they came to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. Walk onward through the old city and stop the main old entrance of the city then to Hosh Al Syrian quarter, see the building from inside and stop for a cup of tea or Arabic coffee. Visit an old Olive Press museum and learn about olive harvest and olive oil production, the building which houses the museum dates back as far as the 19th century. It houses many ethnographic and archaeological artifacts featuring the entire process of oil production. Furthermore, the exhibit also shows the many uses for oil, such as lamps, medicine, food, soap, and even cosmetics.

You will have a nice lunch break at Afteem Restaurant for Falafel, Hummus and typical Salad lunch. (own expense).