Jerusalem Tour from Tel Aviv
Jerusalem tour from Tel Aviv: a US$95 coach day with the Old City and Gethsemane, a US$180 small-group day, and the Old City walk from Jaffa Gate, with times and dates.
A Jerusalem tour from Tel Aviv without Bethlehem costs less and keeps the whole day in the Old City and around it: Bein Harim Israel Tours’ Jerusalem-only day is US$95 per adult with the same 7:15 AM pickup as its Jerusalem and Bethlehem day trip. From Tel Aviv: Jerusalem Full Day Tour is $95 per adult on 3 December 2026 and 20 January 2027, rated 4.3 from 864 reviews (checked November 2026), with hotel pickup, an air-conditioned coach, a guide and the entry fees.
The calendar above is that Jerusalem-only day.
How far is Jerusalem from Tel Aviv?
About 65 km by road from the Dan Panorama hotel on the Tel Aviv seafront to Jaffa Gate, and about 52 km from Ben Gurion Airport to Jaffa Gate (both routed). The coach day allows about an hour each way.
The Jerusalem day, stop by stop
Bein Harim Israel Tours’s Jerusalem Full Day Tour starts with the panorama from Mount Scopus, enters the Old City through the Zion Gate into the Armenian Quarter, walks the Byzantine Cardo in the Jewish Quarter to the Western Wall, follows the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and comes out through the Old City bazaar. After that come the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations, the Kidron Valley, and Mount Zion with the Room of the Last Supper and King David’s Tomb.
One weekly change matters: on Mondays and Thursdays (except during Jewish holidays) the tour visits the Holocaust Museum, Yad Vashem, instead of the Church of All Nations at Gethsemane, King David’s Tomb and the Room of the Last Supper. Children under 10 are not permitted at Yad Vashem, and the tour is not suitable for children under 4 or wheelchair users. Food and drinks are not included, and modest dress is required for the holy sites.
A smaller group, or Jerusalem on foot
Small group by minibus. Amazing Jerusalem Tours’ Jerusalem Boutique Tour from Tel Aviv is $180 per adult on Friday 15 January and Thursday 25 March 2027, at 9:00 AM from central Tel Aviv. It was not on sale on 1 December 2026, on 13 or 14 January 2027 or on 24 March 2027. It walks down from the Mount of Olives past Dominus Flevit to Gethsemane, goes up to the Temple Mount from the Dung Gate (not possible on Fridays, Saturdays and religious holy days), then the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Western Wall. Its guide works from history rather than from one of the holy books, and the tour does not queue to enter the Tomb of Jesus or Golgotha; you can do that, or visit a shop, during lunch. Not for children under 14. Booked after 4:00 PM the day before, you meet at Rothschild Boulevard 22 at 9:30 AM instead.
The Old City on foot. If you reach Jerusalem on your own, Abraham Tlalim Tours LTD’s Jerusalem: Guided Walking Tour of the Old City is $55 per adult, four hours from Jaffa Gate at 10:30 AM, through the quarters to the Western Wall, the Via Dolorosa and inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Temple Mount is closed to visitors every Friday and Saturday and on various Muslim and Jewish holidays; on those days a viewpoint over it replaces the visit. Rated 4.8 from 432 reviews; not suitable for wheelchair users.
Book whichever fits your day:
Jerusalem Full Day Tour
7:15 AM from Tel Aviv hotels, ten hours, entry fees included; Yad Vashem on Mondays and Thursdays.
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A minibus from central Tel Aviv at 9:00 AM, the Temple Mount on the days it is open; no children under 14.
See this tour →Jerusalem and Bethlehem Day Trip
The same 7:15 AM pickup, the Old City in the morning and the Church of the Nativity with a Palestinian guide.
See the day trip →Prices per adult, ratings and review counts checked November 2026, not a quote.
Jerusalem without Bethlehem, or with it?
The Jerusalem-only coach day walks into the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations and goes up Mount Zion; the Jerusalem and Bethlehem day trip views Gethsemane from the Kidron Valley road and does not list Mount Zion. A review of that day trip on 1 November 2026 noticed the difference: guests who had booked Jerusalem only went on to Gethsemane while the Bethlehem group left. If the Church of the Nativity is on your list, the Jerusalem and Bethlehem tour covers both cities for US$121, and which Jerusalem and Bethlehem tour compares every option.
Jerusalem Full Day Tour from Tel Aviv
Bein Harim Israel Tours' Jerusalem-only day: a 7:15 AM pickup in Tel Aviv, the Old City, the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, entry fees included. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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