Along the ancient city walls
You can get lost in the narrow streets of the Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, passing from the Arabic to the Christian quarter, from Jewish to Armenian without even realizing it. But if you really want to understand Jerusalem you must take a walk along the walkways that run around the ancient city. It starts from the Jaffa Gate, to the west, where stones dating back to 1538, put there by the Ottoman Turks in the time of Suleiman the Magnificent, are trampled. The circumference of the city measures only 4 kilometers, so it is a feasible tour. You will touch the eight ancient gates of Jerusalem, including what remains of the Roman gate under today’s Damascus Gate and Golden Gate, closed in the 7th century awaiting the arrival of the Messiah.
