Feb 13th, 2012 at 3:00PM: While Jerusalem, Israel, is well known for its religious traditions and sacred sites, there is actually a lot more for tourists to experience. In fact, this spring the celebration of Passover isn't the only reason to visit the city, as Jerusalem will be hosting their first ever International Ice Festival.
The festival will take place at the Old Train Station Plaza from March 3-April 4, 2012, ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Jerusalem to host their first International Ice Festival this spring
Feb 13th, 2012 at 3:00PM: While Jerusalem, Israel, is well known for its religious traditions and sacred sites, there is actually a lot more for tourists to experience. In fact, this spring the celebration of Passover isn't the only reason to visit the city, as Jerusalem will be hosting their first ever International Ice Festival.
The festival will take place at the Old Train Station Plaza from March 3-April 4, 2012, ...Photo of the Day: Pomegranates in Jerusalem
Feb 10th, 2012 at 5:30PM:
Sometimes, the most hidden corners of a city are its most interesting. Take this sliver of Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter, where a small pomegranate stand, a chair, a door, a mirror, some electrical wires, and graffiti compose one of the most visually striking images in the Gadling Group Pool on Flickr. Plus, this Photo of the Day was taken with an iPhone! Flickr user Better Nothing Than ...Herod may not have completed Jerusalem's Western Wall, archaeologists discover
Nov 23rd, 2011 at 11:00AM:
It is one of the holiest spots in one of the holiest cities in the world. The Western Wall attracts Jews and Christians alike, and is on the limits of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, a Muslim holy site.
It's always been believed to have been built by King Herod, the king of Judea and a vassal of the Roman Empire who reigned from 37-4 BC. Herod expanded the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the Western Wall ...Airbnb: Six awesome experiences
Jun 7th, 2011 at 12:00PM: Last autumn, after having tracked the Airbnb buzz for a while, I finally took the plunge and reserved rooms through the site in Panama City and Bogotá for my two-stop December jaunt.
About a half-hour into my first pit stop, it was already clear to me that the service was a perfect fit for budget-conscious travelers. (For the record, I'm not the only Airbnb fan at Gadling. Check out my ...Ancient Jerusalem tunnel causes friction between Israelis and Palestinians
Jan 26th, 2011 at 10:00AM:
Here's a big surprise--the Israelis and Palestinians are squabbling over land rights in Jerusalem again.
Archaeologists have cleared an ancient passageway they believe was a drainage tunnel leading away from the Second Temple, the Jewish holy spot destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. The Canadian Press reports the tunnel runs from the Temple Mount, now the site of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, 2,000 feet ...Archaeologists discover Roman swimming pool in Jerusalem
Nov 24th, 2010 at 11:00AM:
Roman soldiers liked a good swim, especially after a hard day's work suppressing rebellions.
Archaeologists digging in Jerusalem have discovered the remains of a Roman swimming pool. Some roof tiles at the site bear the inscription "LEG X FR", which stands for Tenth Legion Fretensis ("of the sea strait", referring to one of the legion's early victories). This legion was responsible for ...Weekending: Sarajevo
Sep 15th, 2010 at 11:00AM:
Istanbul's unique position straddling two continents affords a lot of travel opportunities, with quick direct flights throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. As an American living in Turkey, I try to explore as often as I can, particularly to less-traveled destinations. While my last weekend trip was to Prague, for this trip, I ventured to another Eastern European capital with far fewer ...Photo of the Day (4.13.10)
Apr 13th, 2010 at 10:00PM:
This is what travel photography is all about. If I decided to omit any sort of caption from this image, you'd probably still be able to guess quite a few things about where it's taken and what's happening in the picture.
But since it's not my job to make you guess, I'll reveal that this is a shot taken near the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. It was captured by Flickr user and ...12 underground tours around the world
Dec 4th, 2009 at 2:30PM: Sometimes there's more to a city that what you see above ground. Several cities around the world sit above underground labyrinths just waiting to be explored. Budget Travel has put together a list of some of the best underground tours around the world.
In Paris, you can tour the sewer system, in Berlin, check out a hidden world of bunkers and tunnels used during World War II and the Cold War, ...Clash at Jerusalem sacred site
Sep 28th, 2009 at 1:30PM: Police and Palestinian protesters have clashed at the entrance to Al-Aqsa mosque, part of the Temple Mount, Jerusalem's holy spot for both Jews and Muslims. Details are unclear. Palestinian sources say the protesters threw rocks at a Jewish prayer group trying to enter the area in defiance to Israeli law, which reserves the top of the Temple Mount for Muslims. Jews are supposed to pray at the ...Everglades to be put back on U.N. endangered list?
Jul 1st, 2009 at 10:00AM: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is meeting with a task force charged with overseeing the restoration of the Florida Everglades this week. He intends to tell them that the Obama administration will ask the United Nations World Heritage Committee to put the national park back on its endangered list when the committee meet in Spain this week. Two years ago, in what has been viewed as a ...Two tours, two Jerusalems
Jun 3rd, 2009 at 9:30AM: BBC's Tim Franks has written a fascinating article about taking two very different tours to the same place. His guides showed him the same sights and talked about the same things, but their interpretations were entirely different. It was like they weren't talking about the same place at all.
That place, of course, is Jerusalem.
Franks went to the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Noble ...Tourist returns ancient piece of Jerusalem
Jun 2nd, 2009 at 1:30PM: The Israel Antiquities Authority got an interesting package from the U.S. recently, Archaeology News reported. It contained a piece of early medieval stonework and came with a note.
The note said that the sender, who apparently remained anonymous, had been an archaeology student 12 years ago and stole the stone from the excavation he was on so that he would have a memento with which to "pray for ...Jesus travel: Eating in the land of milk and honey
Jun 30th, 2008 at 9:00PM: Right after I posted about the Jesus Trail in Israel that meanders for 40 miles through the land where Jesus walked, I received my daily missive from Intelligent Travel. There was the post "What would Jesus eat?" Now, that's a pairing combo--eating and walking.
Travel writer, Andrew Evans just returned from Israel armed with details on food that have a biblical basis. While you're walking along ...Big in Israel: Why Jerusalem is holier than thou
Apr 30th, 2008 at 10:00AM: This week, Big in Japan is on vacation in the Middle East, and will be bringing you travel news and happenings from around this often misunderstood region. Few places in the world can rest on their laurels quite like Jerusalem, the Holy City of the Promised Land that is home to some of the most sacred sites in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Not unlike that really, really hot girl you bump into ...Photo of the Day (11/14/07)
Nov 14th, 2007 at 1:00PM:
This shot of Jerusalem by Jordan Chark sums up time in a way. Here's humanity's experience in one vista. The skyscrapers and the crane in the distance--all still forging ahead with the new. And, in the center, one of the holiest places in the world resides. Even in the sea of change, there are places that stay firmly in place. The tones of the photo have a certain flatness which heightens the ...Holy Ethiopian City Harar Hopes to Become Tourist Hub
Sep 28th, 2007 at 10:18AM: I've never heard of Harar, Ethiopia, but maybe I should have because it's the fourth holiest city in Islam, behind Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. More importantly, it's possibly the birthplace of coffee. Last year, the city was named a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the regional government is hoping to attract hordes of tourists soon. But the town has some work to do; currently, Harar has only a ...Jesus' Bones Tour
Feb 28th, 2007 at 11:24AM: If you missed the press conference at the New York Public Library, where filmmaker James Cameron announced his new Discovery Channel movie, you might want to read up and do a little digging yourself.
If you hadn't heard the hype, Cameron's movie The Lost Tomb of Jesus, airs this Sunday. In it, he apparently argues that a couple of caskets, ossuaries actually, once contained the bones of Jesus and ...
