Walking through the Old City of Jerusalem is an exhilarating but overwhelming experience. Hurried teens pushing tiny wooden carts filled to the brim with dates and nuts, local shoppers, tourists, priests, rabbis, imams, and merchants throng the streets. Visitors and Jerusalemites alike often search for a place to cool off and escape the noise and crowd. One of the best places to do so is at the Austrian Hospice.
Though the name may sound rather grim, the Austrian Hospice is actually a 19th-century guesthouse that originally catered to Austrian and German visitors in Jerusalem. Unassuming from the outside, the building’s charming interior is the perfect place for a short siesta from exploring the area’s myriad historical and religious sites. Better yet, its roof offers what is arguably the best view of the Old City.
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Sites
| Name | Since | Distance | |||
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Jerusalem Old City Highlights en  | 0.6km | site_izi | |||
| Jerusalem Attraction en | 0.4km | site_izi | |||
| J-Life Israel Tour 2020 en | 0.7km | site_izi | |||
| Orson Hyde Memorial Garden | 2019 | 0.9km | site_ao | ||
| Water Sculptures | 2019 | 1.2km | site_ao | ||
| Church of the Pater Noster | 2019 | 1.3km | site_ao | ||
| The Mysterious Ancient Tunnel Built for Jerusalem’s Western Wall | 2017 | 0.5km | site_ao | ||
| Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem | 2018 | 0.7km | site_ao | ||
| President’s Room | 2018 | 1km | site_ao | ||
| Why Trump’s Palestine map is important | 2020 | 0.4km | post |
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