AmazingJerusalem Boutique Tour $150

Yes, because we had requests to see a passport from security personnel for going up the Temple Mount.
Technically you need to have legal ID with you at all times.

The dress code for visiting holy places:
Women: shoulders and head covered (with scarf), legs must be completely covered, no leggings (otherwise you get a loan dress and or scarf at the Temple Mount).
Men: shoulders covered, long pants.
Shoe advice: shoes with a rubber sole. Flip flops are not recommended.

This tour has pick ups only in Tel Aviv.

In Jerusalem you can meet the group at the view point in front of the Seven Arches Hotel
This meeting point is on top of the Mount of Olives, at the entrance to the toilets.
There is usually a camel sitting there.
You can take a taxi to come to this location and you will receive a Youtube link with the history that the guide speaks about during the bus ride from Tel Aviv.

Tell the Taxi driver Seven Arches Hotel if he need directions. But on top of the Mountain, our meeting point, the toilets, is about a 100 meters in front of the Seven Arches Hotel, the viewpoint looking over the Old City.

Location on the map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1h2CfUsAjFa018OYki6FxrQCDPDx_LcI&usp=sharing

Please take care of traffic so leave early. If you walk. please realize you have to walk up, which means a slower pace, so leave on time as well.

We send you an update the evening before with the expected time of arrival, which is usually around 10.40am and the contact details of the guide. (NOTE: if you book via a platform like Tripadvisor we do NOT automatically receive your email address, YOU have to send it to us).

If you book directly via our website we refund $25 for the taxi, there is no discount since we have to keep your seat for transportation within Jerusalem, from Gethsemane to the Old City.

The official name of the view point is the Rekhav'am Observation Point

Luggage policy
You can come with your small carry-on luggage, one per person, to a pick up point in both Tel Aviv or Jerusalem.
Do NOT bring more or larger pieces unannounced, you need permission.
If you receive a positive confirmation to bring more, you pay NIS 100 per piece in cash to the driver .

The luggage will be in the bus with the driver all day.
At the end of the day you can take your luggage from the bus.
We end the tour either at Jaffa Gate, Dung Gate or Mount Zion.
You can take a taxi from there though you might have to walk upwards for about 100 meters (that depends on where we meet the bus).

The minibus has a print of Amazing Jerusalem at the window and the guide will step out of the bus to meet you.

Expect to be back at or close to your drop off location between 6.00 and 7.00pm

Yes, this bus passes Ben Gurion Airport on the way back from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.
Extra cost is NIS 100 per booking, to be paid to the guide.
Expected time of drop off at departure hall of Terminal 3 is between 17.45 and 18.30pm.

Food and drinks are not included, if you want to join lunch, it costs NIS 60 (about $17,50) for a drink and shared table with pita bread, humus, falafel and many salads, which all will be refilled when empty.

Yes. We use transportation to get from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
There we walk down the Mount of Olives and at the bottom we use the bus again to bring us up to the Old City.
We walk in a relaxed pace but we walk all day, so travelers must have a moderate physical fitness level.

We use Paypal as the payment provider. This does NOT mean that you need a Paypal account.
After you click the pay button, you can add your credit card details for a secure payment.

We DO NOT accept phone bookings with credit card, you have to book online.

Yes, you can.
We use the bus to drive from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. After walking down the Mount of Olives (Palm Sunday Road), the bus brings us to the other side of the valley to the Old City for a walking tour. Around 5 o'clock you get back to the bus again.
The bus driver will be with his bus all day.

NO, we do not wait in line to visit inside the Tomb.
You can leave the group and wait in line inside the Church on your own responsibility of finding the group again or meet them at the departure point. The group will not wait though, to have a relax experience we suggest you to stay in Jerusalem after the tour to visit the Church alone and go back to Tel Aviv by train or taxi.

If you come with a car we suggest you to come to the starting point, which is HaTachana, The Old Train Station. We leave there at 8.50am sharp. There is a large parking place and several cafe's to sit with a coffee before we leave.

If you come with a taxi from Herzliya we suggest you to come to Leonardo Beach Hotel, HaYarkon Street 156.
The bus leaves there at 9.09am

If you come by train you can exit on station HaShalom or Ha'Haganah and come to Rothschild Boulevard 22.
Apps to check departure and arrival times:
https://www.google.co.il/maps/
https://moovitapp.com/israel-1/poi/en

Take the northern exit of the station (the side where you come from) other wise you have to cross a very wide street to get to the taxis'.

Station exit for HaShalom: north for both bus and taxi
Station exit for Ha'Hagana: north for bus and south for taxi

If you use public transportation we suggest you to come to Rothschild Boulevard 22 where the bus leaves at 9.30am. There is a café (Golda) or you can sit inside the (public) lobby of Hotel 22.
The guide will come out of the bus to meet you.

Please be aware that traffic can be very slow in Tel Aviv, leave and arrive early so you will not miss the trip.

Back in Tel Aviv you can choose between drop off at the NYX hotel to take a taxi from there or at the corner of Rothschild Boulevard and Allenby Street to take a bus or light rail. We do not pass a train station.
Please note: on Friday evening there is no public transportation.

You find all pick up and drop off options on /pick-up-locations-in-tel-aviv/

This tour only passes the last stations of the Via Dolorosa which are located inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

No, this tour does not visit the Western Wall tunnels or the tunnels under the City of David.

The tomb of the Virgin Mary on the Mount of Olives is not guaranteed.
If the guide tells you there is no time, you can decide to visit it instead of the Church of All Nations (Basilica of the Agony) or instead of the coffee break which we have at Gethsemane.

The tomb of Mary on Mount Zion (Dormition Abbey) is only visited when the Temple Mount is closed.

Yes, that is possible, a visit to the Western Wall is on the itinerary of this tour.

Yes we also go to Jerusalem with rain, but walking down the Mount of Olives is skipped if it rains, that is too dangerous.

There is a large parking at the start of the tour, it is also cheaper then almost any other parking in Tel Aviv.
It is called Kaufmann Street Parking, next to HaTachana, aka The (Old) Train Station.
Location is: https://goo.gl/maps/6qQYR8njx83NfL5V6

At 8.50am the bus leaves from there.
Please note that traffic can be slow, please leave on time, there is a coffee shop next to Tash and Tasha Café (the meeting point).
The bus leaves at 8.50am, if you miss it, you have to take a taxi to Rothschild Boulevard 22, the bus leaves at 9.30am from there.

No, this takes too much time from the guide to meet you at one of the sites during the tour.

If you arrive in Ashdod, which is called Jerusalem by some cruise lines, it takes about an hour by taxi to reach Tel Aviv. You have to be at our starting point at 8.50am, the time the bus leaves, at HaTachana, the Old Train Station in Tel Aviv. If you see that you will be late because of traffic, a detour with the taxi to our last station, Rothschild Boulevard 22 is possible, the bus leaves at 9.30am from there.

If you arrive in Haifa, which is called Tel Aviv some most cruise lines, we advise you NOT to take the risk.
We leave on time, at 9.30 from Rothschild Boulevard 22 in Tel Aviv, and traffic is slow.
Please note: if you arrive at 5am, it can still take a long time before you can disembark.

On this tour you walk through the Christian, Muslim and Jewish Quarter . We do not go through the Armenian Quarter.

Yes, it is part of the itinerary but please NOTE: it is NOT possible to visit the Temple Mount on Fridays and Saturdays and on Jewish and Muslim Holidays. We also do not visit the Temple Mount during the month of Ramadan.
On days that we do not visit the Temple Mount, we visit Mount Zion and the Room of the Last Supper (Cenacle) instead.

Some services for tourists, like hotels and tours, are exempted from paying VAT.
We need passport number for VAT exemption, without passport number you pay 17% extra

You can cancel up to 24 hours before the tour start and receive a full refund

The sites that we visit do not have entrance fees.