This Week in Palestine - Guided Tours
Issue no. 17 - September 1999
Guided Tours (15 Sept. - 30 Sept.)
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)
-
Sunday 19 September: Sebastia Highlights: The Tel,
Hippodrome, Roman Tombs, Nabi Yehia mosque, The modern village of Sebastia.
Cost: NIS 80
-
Sunday 26 September: Solomon's Pools -Wadi Khreitoun
Highlights: A walking tour in the area of Bethlehem starting from Solomon's
Pools continuing to the Herodion and ending at Wadi Khreitoun. Trip from
Ramallah to Bethlehem and back is by bus. Cost: NIS 70
Alternative Tours: regular tours to the
West Bank
Leaving from the Jerusalem Hotel, Jerusalem
Minimum number of participants is 5.
For inquiries call (052) 864205 Or the Jerusalem
hotel at (02)6277216
Jerusalem:
3 hrs. Walking tour through the four quarters of the Old City. See
the sights and learn about the situation of the Palestinians in the city.
Leaves daily at 10:00 Price: NIS 40 N.B. Tours focusing on the Israeli
settlement policy in and around Jerusalem can be arranged upon request.
Bethlehem: 3 hrs. Visit the old city market, Church
of the Nativity and the Milk Grotto. Leaves several days a week at 10:00
or 15:00 Price: NIS 40 rs.
Hebron: 6 hrs.
Visit the Ibrahimi Mosque, the Arab market & the old city as well
as glass and pottery factories. Leaves Sundays and Wednesdays at 10:00
Price: NIS 60
Nablus, Ramallah
and surroundings: 1 day See the old city of Nablus (Al-Kasabah) and
Joseph's Tomb. Explore the Turkish Bath and visit traditional soap factories.
Lastly tour the village of Jifna and visit a refugee camp. Leaves Tuesdays
at 10:00 (trips to both cities can be arranged separately) Price: NIS 90
Refugee camp: 3 hrs. A visit to a West bank refugee
camp: meet with families and learn about the camp life and background of
the Palestinian refugees. Leaves Mondays and Thursdays at 15:00 Price:
NIS 35
Jericho and
Environs: 1/2 day Enjoy Tel Jericho, Nabi Musa, Hishams' Palace, Mount
of Temptation and St. George's Monastery in the Wadi Qelt. Leaves Mondays
and Thursdays at 9:30 Price: NIS 60
Gaza (via Eretz
checkpoint): 1 day See Gaza City including a visit to a Palestinian
NGO.
Learn about Israeli settlements and the problem
they cause. Visit refugee camps and Al- Omari Mosque. Leaves Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8:00 Price: NIS 130
Other Trips
Nazareth and Tiberias: 1 day
Masada and the Dead Sea (sunrise tour): 11
hrs.
Please ask for additional Dead Sea daytime
trips
Summer Nights in Artas (south of Bethlehem)
Artas Folklore Center telefax: 02-2744046 http://event.palnet.com/artas
01 August - 26 September
For groups of 10 - 25 persons
Artas may be a small village near Bethlehem,
but its rich history and wonderful natural scenery affords it a special
status in the region.
Schedule for August
16:30 - 17:40 Gathering at Artas restaurant
located next to Al Burak Castle, an optional soft drink, coffee and tea.
17:40 - 19:40 walking tour of Al Burak
Castle, Solomon's polls, Attan Spring, Khirbet Al Khourkh, Artas Monastery,
Ein Artas, Wadi Artas, Artas folkore center exhibition, Palestinian Ethnographic
Museum.
19:40 - 21:00 Palestinian traditional
dinner
21:00 - 22:00 Live folkore night show
with Arabic coffee
Costs (per person)
10-14 persons $30 (NIS 120)
15-19 persons $26 (NIS 104)
20-25 persons$22 (NIS 88)
[Back
to contents]
Jerusalem Media & Communication Centre (JMCC),
PO Box 25047, East Jerusalem, Palestine
Tel. 972-2-5819777, Fax. 972-2-5829534
E-mail: ptw@jmcc.org
