SIGHTS Old City

Several groups offer complete tours of the Old City. Walking Tours Ltd., 26 A«avetz St. (tel. 52 25 68, Sun.-Fri. 8am-8pm) operates David’s “City of David"tours of the four quarters, from the Citadel courtyard outside Jaffa Gate (Sun.-Fri.am and 2pm, 3-3i4hrs., US$7, students US$5), as well as other, more specific tours.or the same price. Zion Walking Tours (tel. 28 78 66 or 71 35 43) leave at 9am,’am, and 2pm from their Jaffa Gate office and include the Ramparts Walk. They offer a tour of the Mount of Olives (Thurs. 9am, US$12, students US$10).^i-cheological Seminars Ltd. (tel. 27 35 15) offers a handful of tours, all preceded 9 3~!ort serninars/slide shows, for US$13. Meet at 34 Habad St., above the Cardo, at sen schedules for the various tour groups, as well as the monthly edule for the free walking tours sponsored by the Jerusalem Municipality. The Jewish Student Information Center, a.k.a. Jeff Seidel (tel. 28 83 38, but no real need to call-he’ll find you), offers regular tours, but prepare for proselytizing; Jeff wants you to love Jerusalem and God and to stay near both. Permanently.

The Holyland Hotel in West Jerusalem (tel. 43 77 77) has a scholarly and dramatic model of Jerusalem in 66 AD, the time of the Second Temple. Scaled to about one-fiftieth of the city’s size, the knee-high model was reconstructed according to historical documents and contains authentic building materials. A step up from the grandeur of Graceland, the model is well done and offers a giant’s eye view of a Jerusalem mostly vanished. Take bus #21 from downtown. (Open Sat.-Thurs. 8am-9pm, Fri. 8am-5:3Opm. Admission NIS15, students N1S10.)