Guided Tours (18 Dec. 98 - 8 Jan 99)

The Palestinian Association For Cultural Exchange (PACE) hosts a number of guided bus tours all over Palestine (all trips begin and end in Ramallah) tel: (02-2958825 / 2986854)

• 18 Dec Nablus & Vicinity: Kha Al-Luban, Jacon's Well, Tel-Balata (Schechem), Roman Nablus (including Royal Tombs) Hippodrome and Theater, Old City of Nablus, Oriental market, Grand Mosque, Turkish Bath, soap factory, Kunafa workshop, Al-Qasabah Museum, Mount Gerzim, Mount Ebal, Sebastia (Samaria).
• 20 Dec Jericho & Vicinity: Khan Al-Ahmar (Good Samaritan Inn), Nabi Musa, St. George's Monstery, Tulul Al-Alaieq (Herod's Winter Palace), Jericho City, Tel Jericho, Monastery of Temptation, Na'aran, Hisham's Palace, Khribet Qumran, Dead Sea.
• 24 Dec Ramadan* Evening in Al-Shifa' Turkish Bath in Nablus: Ramadan breakfast (sunset) followed by Oriental music - those who desire can take a bath.
• 26 Dec Musical evening in Ramallah: Live Arabic music and dinner in Ramallah (20:00 - midnight)
• 27 Dec Ain harasheh - Ain Qinia: Walking tour fo the Ramallah area from the Spring of Harasheh to the Spring of Qinia.
• 1 Jan Jerusalem & Bethlehem: Jerusalem: Mt. of Lives, Old City: Lion' Gate, Al-Haram Al-Sharif (Dome of the Rock & Al-Aqsa Mosque), Wailing Wall, The Holy Sepulcher, Citadel, Jaffa Gate. Bethlehem: Nativity, Omar Mosque, Beit Jala, Beit Sahur, Shepherd's Field.
• 3 Jan Monasteries and Maqams of the Jerusalem Wilderness: Khan Al-Ahmar (Good Samaritan INN), Nabi Musa, St. Geroge's Monastery, Monastery of Temptation, Hajlah Mosque, Byzantine Church in Ojah, Khirbet Qumran.
• 8 Jan Bethlehem & Hebron: Church of the Nativity, Solomon's Polls, Shepherd's field, Herodion, Halhul, glass and pottery factories, Haram Al-Rahmeh, Haram Al-Ibrahimi (Tomb of the Patriarchs), Old City, Tel Al-Rumeideh, Russian Church.

* Ramadan: the holy month of Ramadan (begining December 20) celebrates the month long revelation of the holy Koran to the Prohpet Mohammed. Muslims spend the month of Ramadan fasting in order to experience the need of those who must go without. In addition, Muslims must pay alms, increase meditations and prayers, and family members must visit one another, renewing relations and putting aside disagreements. Ramadan is also a time where profanity, war, violence and disagreements are prohibited, and a pervasive sense of community is fostered. Celebrations often last all night (such as the Ramadan Nights celebrations), with traditional sweets and drinks. (by: JMCC)

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