Jerusalem Tourist Traps
Tips and photos of Jerusalem tourist attractions and tourist traps, posted by real travelers and Jerusalem locals.
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on June 26, 2005
Which is it? How do we know for sure whether Jesus walked this path, or maybe it was two alleys down....Is the golgotha rock actually under the Holy Sepulchre or is it right outside the Walled City in a recently excavated quarry that dates back a few thousand years....you enter through a doorway over which is scrawled the words "Peter's Prison"....and you feel a rush of excitement! The next day you visit St. Peter's Church on Mt. Zion and puzzle over the allegations that he was imprisoned there....but wait! Which is it? You nod respectfully to an old monk who guards an underground cavelike prison where Jesus was supposed to have spent the last night of his life, awaiting execution....an hour later, you visit another place where the same thing is believed! Outside of the Old City you visit "The Garden Tomb" - alleged burial place of Jesus Christ. But wait! Didn't you just see the Holy Sepulchre and wasn't THAT the place where he was buried and resurrected?! Which is it? Over in the Galilee area, you dip your foot in the Jordan River and visualize John the Baptist proclaiming the coming of the Messiah....until you're driving down the road to Eilat and you pass by Jericho where, along the side of the road, is a sign that leads to the place where John the Baptist allegedly baptized Jesus Christ, among others....but WAIT! WHICH IS IT???!!!
So my advice to you is to just go with the flow and enjoy the experience of just walking along sand and dirt and rock and earth that dates centuries back to a time when any or all of these things were bound to have happened....somewhere along the way.....
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