OBSERVATION POINTS BACK

Walter and Elise Haas Promenade: Perhaps the most impressive view of Jerusalem is that from the ridge leading from Hebron Road to the former British Government House (today the UN Headquarters) and to the new suburb of East Talpiot. A promenade 600 yards long and six wide has been built here out of golden Jerusalem stone. Special lighting has been installed. From the promenade, you look down across the valley to the walls of the Old City. Mt. Zion and the Arab village of Silwan. In the distance, the Mount of Olives and Mount Scopus can be seen. Leading onwards from the Haas Promenade and sweeping down and around to the Abu Tor neighbourhood is an even newer walkway - the Gabriel Sherover Promenade. This promenade descends through beautifully landscaped and carefully tended gardens, with equally magnificent views over the Old City and the surrounding areas.
(Bus Nos. 8, 48)

Mount of Olives: Spectacular views of the Temple Mount, Kidron Valley and beyond.
(Bus No. 99)

Mount Scopus: Looks towards the Temple Mount and Old City the new suburb of Ma'ale Adumim can also be seen. as well as the 2,000-year-old fortress of Herodion, and the Dead Sea.
(Bus Nos. 4, 9, 26, 28)

Nebi Samuel: The traditional tomb of the Prophet Samuel, near the Ramot neighbourhood. Looks towards western Jerusalem, the Mount of Olives, Mount Scopus and Ramallah.
(Bus No. 36)

City Tower: King George St. Marvellous views of the entire city, old and new, from the restaurant at the top.
(Bus Nos. 4, 9, 14, 32)

Ramparts Walk: (see entry in section ``Places to Visit'') A Selection of Interesting Places Arranged by Area The Old City: Walk along ramparts, see Jewish sites - Western Wall, Temple Mount excavations, Ramban Synagogue, ruins of Hurva synagogue, Sephardi synagogues, Cardo, Burnt House, Old Yishuv Court Museum. Christian sites - Via Dolorosa, St. Anne's Church, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Museum, Armenian Church of St James, Armenian Museum. Moslem sites - Temple Mount, El-Aksa Mosque, Dome of the Rock.

Mount Scopus: Hebrew University, Hadassah Hospital.

Mount of Olives: (viewpoint), Chapel of the Ascension, Jewish cemetery, Dominus Flevit, Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Basilica of the Agony.

Outside the walls: From Mt. Zion - King David's Tomb, Cenaculum (Hall of Last Supper), Church of the Dormition, Yemin Moshe area and Montefiore's windmill.

Mea She'arim: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish area.

Knesset Area: Knesset, the Supreme Court, Wohl Rose Park, Israel Museum, Monastery of the Cross.

To the West: Yad Vashem, Mount Herzl, Second Temple Jerusalem model at Holyland Hotel. Ein Karem, Church of St. John the Baptist, Hadassah Hospital (Chagall windows), Kennedy memorial.