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| Jericho | ||
| area | West Bank | |
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| Residents | 23.220 (2016) | |
| height | −275 m | |
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Jericho is a city in Palestine. The city with around 25,000 inhabitants is also the oldest city in the world and also the deepest city.
background
getting there
By plane
By train
In the street
By boat
mobility
Map of Jericho
Tourist Attractions
- Tell it-Sultan. Excavations of the old city.
- Sarandarion Monastery. The monastery is built into the rock. Here Jesus is said to have fasted 40 days and nights.
- Zacchaeus tree. According to the Bible, Zacchaeus is said to have sat here.
- Winter Palace of Ibn Abd el Malik
activities
- Cable car. You can take the cable car (June 2010: 55 NIS) up the mountain to the monastery. The cable car only runs when it is busy, so you have to wait a few minutes before you can get on.
shop
This is a popular souvenir Rose of Jericho. This costs $ 15 to $ 18 in the city, so it's better to buy it elsewhere.
kitchen
Jericho is known for its plantations of sweet finger bananas, which according to local opinion are the best in the whole of the West Bank and are also exported.
nightlife
accommodation
health
Practical advice
trips
- 1 Inn of the Good Samaritan, Near Road 1, Kfar Adummim. Tel.: 972-2-5006261. Open: April-Sept. 8 am-5pm, Oct-March 8 am-4pm.Price: 22.00 / 10.00 NIS, combined ticket with Euthymius Monastery 28.00 / 13.00 NIS., archaeological site with ruins of a Byzantine church with cisterns and a beautifully preserved mosaic floor; The Mosaics Museum has brought together mosaics from various excavations of synagogues and church buildings in Judaea, Samaria and Gaza.
- In the industrial area of the settlement Ma'ale Adumim / Ma'aleh Adummim lie the ruins of the 2 Euthymius Monastery, Ma'aleh Adummim, Industrial Area. Tel.: 972-2-5006261. Open: April-Sept. 8 am-5pm, Oct-March 8 am-4pm.Price: 22.00 / 10.00 NIS, combined ticket with Inn of the Good Samaritan / Museum 28.00 / 13.00 NIS.; Visits to the "Inn of the Good Samarian National Park" by appointment only.
- in Ma'aleh Adumim lie the ruins of the , Visits by appointment only in the "Inn of the Good Samarian National Park".
Baptismal site Qaser el Yahud, from the Israel. Seen from the side
- the Baptismal site of Qasr el Yahud was reopened after 44 years (due to its location directly on the Jordan on the border with Jordan, a restricted military area) in 2010, the site was no longer accessible from 1967 due to mine locks on the banks of the Jordan and is now under the care of the Israeli National Parks Authority. The baptismal font is easily accessible on a dead straight road, lined with protective fences on both sides, as it is located in the restricted military area; On site changing rooms, toilets, shop selling drinks and souvenirs.
- Nearby are ruins of churches and monasteries from the Crusader era, such as a walled Greek Orthodox church.
- 4 Baptismal Site of Qaser El-Yahud, West bank of the Jordan, 10 km north of Jericho. Tel.: 972-2-650-4844, Fax: 972-2-6504853, Email: [email protected]. Open: winter 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., summer 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- As a competition, the baptismal site "Bethany beyond the Jordan" is right on the other bank of the river on the Jordanian side of the border, the visit of several popes there suggests that the biblical baptismal site of Jesus was more likely "beyond" the Jordan ...
- Another competition is the beautifully prepared baptismal font of upstream Jardenit, which was set up in Israel after 1967, because here the Jordan flows into Israeli territory when the Jordan flows out of the Sea of Galilee and therefore there was less threat potential for the visitors.
