{"id":1789,"date":"2021-03-22T19:10:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T19:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b4idielist.com\/?page_id=1789"},"modified":"2022-06-29T20:57:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T20:57:29","slug":"jerusalem-old-city","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/b4idielist.com\/jerusalem-old-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem Old City"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Overview on the Old City Markets in Jerusalem<\/span><\/p>

What can you buy in the Jerusalem shuk?<\/b><\/h2>

The items on sale in the shuk cover a wide range from kitschy tourist souvenirs and authentic locally made textiles to exquisite glassware and ordinary household items that the locals might need. You will also find religious items (Christian, Jewish, and Muslim); ceramics; jewelry; textiles; clothing; hookahs; statues; pots and pans; loofahs; copper and brass goods; luggage; musical instruments; hats; artwork; leather goods and much more.
This is a great place to come to sample the local street food. Get a fruit juice freshly squeezed as you wait; sample the local falafel and hummus or try the shawarma. Most importantly remember to haggle over the prices; ask permission before taking photos of locals; respect local norms and customs plus, as with any market, watch your bags.\u00a0 content from https:\/\/www.beinharimtours.com\/the-suk-the-market-\/<\/span><\/p>

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If you really want to experience the Middle Eastern atmosphere; the hustle and bustle of daily life in Jerusalem and feel like you have stepped back in time then visit Jerusalem\u2019s Old City market. The \u201csuk\u201d (Arabic for market) consists of a network of narrow ancient lanes in Jerusalem\u2019s Old City. The stone streets and stone buildings flanking the narrow pedestrian streets are a thrilling place to people-watch and do some shopping for authentic mementos. Jerusalem\u2019s Old City market has been around in some form or another for hundreds of years. You\u2019ll find the suk sprawled along the streets of the Old City\u2019s Christian and Muslim Quarters. You can access the\u00a0Christian Quarter<\/a><\/span>\u00a0section of the suk from Jaffa Gate or the\u00a0Muslim Quarter<\/a><\/span>\u00a0suk from Damascus Gate. The markets in the Old City are open daily except for early closing on Fridays and closure on religious holidays.
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Different Sections of Jerusalem\u2019s Old City Market<\/b><\/h2>

If you hear about the \u201cThree Markets\u201d it refers to the Butchers\u2019 Market; Spice Market and Goldsmiths\u2019 Market that run above the Cardo in the Muslim Quarter. The three streets run parallel and are connected by narrow alleyways. Here you\u2019ll find a mix of items on sale including electric goods; fresh produce, meat, household items, jewelry, fabric, and clothing. The \u201cArab Shuk\u201d runs along David Street in close proximity to Jaffa Gate.\u00a0<\/p>

The \u201cMuristan Market and Avtimus Market\u201d are in the Christian Quarter near the\u00a0Church of the Holy Sepulchre<\/a>.<\/span> Along this stretch, you can find many eateries, regular shops, and churches. David Street is to the south; the Butchers\u2019 Market to the east and the Christian Quarter Road to the west. This area is where the Roman forum once stood and under the Crusader Knights Hospitallers, a hospital was established here.<\/p>

The present-day Muristan market is named after the Crusader hospital (Muristan is a corruption of the Arabic word, \u201cBimaristan\u201d meaning hospital). Many years later in 1903 when the Greek Orthodox Church owned the land, a market was established here by the Patriarchate Archimandrite Avtimus (now known as the Avtimus Market after the Patriarchate). At the center of Avtimus Market is an Ottoman Era fountain built in honor of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid the Second.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Links from Bein Harim Tours<\/div>\n
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 Garden of Gethsemane<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Byzantine Cardo Jerusalem<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Jewish Quarter<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Western Wall<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Via Dolorosa<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Stations of the Cross<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Church of the Holy Sepulchre<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>King David\u2019s Tomb<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Room of the Last Supper<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Zion Gate<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Sephardi Synagogues<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Dung Gate<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>City of David<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Church of All Nations<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Dominus Flevit Church<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Lions’ Gate<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Church of St. Anne<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Milk Grotto, Bethlehem<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Temple Mount<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Convent of the Sisters of Zion<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Armenian Quarter<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Western Wall Tunnels<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Israel Museum<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Chapel of the Ascension<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Roof of the Austrian Hospice<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Davidson Center<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Kidron Valley<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Mount of Olives<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Mount Zion<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Muslim Quarter<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Church of the Pater Noster<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Ein Kerem<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Pools of Bethesda<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Christian Quarter<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Ein Hemed National Park<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Stalactite Cave<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Herodion Park<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Ein Prat and Wadi Qelt<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Mount Scopus<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Mini Israel<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Museum and Memorial at Latrun – Yad La Shiryon<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Dome of the Rock<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Al-Aqsa Mosque<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Golgotha \/ Calvary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Adam’s Chapel<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Chapel of Saint Helena<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Church of St. Alexander Nevsky<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Damascus Gate<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Church of Saint John the Baptist<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>First Station<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Hecht Synagogue<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Jaffa Gate<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Jerusalem British War Cemetery<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Mahane Yehuda Market<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Mount Herzl<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Rock of Calvary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Golden Gate<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Hurva Synagogue<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Nea Church (New Church of the Theotokos)<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Burnt House Museum<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Ramparts Museum<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Tabachnik National Garden<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Pool of Siloam – Hezekiah’s Tunnel<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Church of Mary Magdalene<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Knesset<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Church of the Visitation<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Tomb of the Virgin Mary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Herod’s gate<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>New Gate<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Ammunition Hill<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Tower of David Museum<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Dormition Abbey<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Mea Shearim Neighborhood<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Israeli Supreme Court Building<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Russian Convent of the Ascension on Mount of Olives<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Ophel Promenade<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Garden Tomb<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Mishkenot Shaananim<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Jerusalem Biblical Zoo<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Israel Defense Forces Cemetery<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Tomb of Mary<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Rockefeller Archaeological Museum<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Bible Lands Museum<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Haas Promenade<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Bethphage<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Monastery of the Cross<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Struthion Pool<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Ecce Homo Arch<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Siebenberg House, Jerusalem<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Montefiore Windmill<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Zedekiah’s Cave<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Time Elevator, Jerusalem<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Broad Wall<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Wohl Museum of Archaeology – Herodian Quarter<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>The Second Temple<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Israel Aquarium<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Cathedral of Saint James, Jerusalem<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Gihon Spring<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Chagall Windows at Hadassah University Medical Center<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Muristan<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Mamilla<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Deir Es-Sultan<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Augusta Victoria Hospital<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Mosque of Omar<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Viri Galilaei Church<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>German Colony, Jerusalem<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Tomb of Absalom<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Tomb of Benei Hezir<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Tomb of Zechariah<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Italian Synagogue, Jerusalem<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Kishle – Turkish prison<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Little Western Wall<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Valley of Hinnom<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Museum on the Seam<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/i>Akeldama and St. Onuphrius Monastery<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Jerusalem Old City Click to Read about my experience Jerusalem Old City I visited here in 1984 and now going back in 2022.\u00a0\u00a0 Click for more general information on this Subject Overview on the Old City Markets in Jerusalem What can you buy in the Jerusalem shuk? The items on sale in the shuk cover […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1789","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/b4idielist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/b4idielist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/b4idielist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b4idielist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b4idielist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1789"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/b4idielist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5241,"href":"https:\/\/b4idielist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1789\/revisions\/5241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/b4idielist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}