The Jerusalem Skyline
Two rooftops with a stunning Jerusalem view

From here, you get a stunning 180 degree Jerusalem view. You're facing the Temple Mount, the Muslim Quarter is to your left and you can see Mt. Scopus and the Mt. of Olives in the distance, along with Gethsemane. The village of Silwan is to your right.

The roof has tables and benches, so it's a lovely place to rest and enjoy. It also boasts a model of the Temple, so you can visualize what the Temple Mount looked like 2000 years ago.


St. Mark's Street Rooftop

This rooftop observation point is located approximately where the Jewish, Muslim and Christian quarters meet, right in the heart of the Old City.

The best time to go is dawn or late afternoon to watch the sunset. The place is no longer a well-kept secret and group tours frequently come here during the middle of the day. The city even has plans to turn it into a proper esplanade with paving, benches, lights and the works. Fortunately, that hasn’t happened yet. You can still get lucky and find yourself alone, sit on the ground and experience being part of everything around you.

To get there:

At the intersection of Khabad and St. Mark streets, you’ll find a narrow metal staircase that leads up to the roof of a building. Go on up - don’t be shy. Above, you’ll find that the roofs of many buildings spread together like a blanket from which you can get a 360 degree view of the Old City.

This is not the highest or most panoramic Jerusalem view point in the city, but there is something about sitting on a rooftop at dawn, or sunset, with flowers blooming between the cracks, completely surrounded by holy sites, monuments to millennia of history, dreams and aspirations that makes it all uniquely yours and you a part of it.



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