This guide to Jerusalem provides coverage of its historical, religious and archaeological sites, and practical advice on places to stay and eat for all budgets. Walking tours around the Old City, East Jerusalem and the New City are covered, and there is also a helpful language section.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Prejudice with misinformation to boot,
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Jerusalem (Paperback)
This book is so biased against anything Jewish in Jerusalem that it borders on an anti-semitic screed. It waxes hysterical about ultra-orthodox Jews and neighborhoods. In real life, these are the safest places in the city, and offer some of the most interesting sights and shops. Beautiful churches and mosques are described in detail, but the one decorative Jewish place of worship, the Great Synagogue, is dismissed with a single statement: that its construction was a waste of money!The relentless axe-grinding leads to some dubious advice. Readers are told to patronize Arab taxis and hotels to make up for their loss of business during the intifada. That's an awful lot like the Jews of Germany being billed for the cleanup after Kristallnacht. Ordinary misinformation makes this guide next to useless. The Botanical Gardens are not free, entrance is about $10--and well worth it. Descriptions of Jewish ritual are skewed and include some real howlers. I wonder if their source was pulling their leg. In addition, while I'd always thought that it's impossible to take a bad picture in the Holy City, this guide is peppered with the most boring photography I've ever seen. Any kid with a disposable camera could have done better.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Get the Israel LPG instead,
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Jerusalem (Paperback)
The information in this slim volume is taken directly from the Lonely Planet Guide to Israel, and the coverage in the latter guide is better for the day trips North and South that you'll want to take. Buying both is a complete waste of money, and I'd really recommend getting the LPG Israel even if you don't plan to stray far from Jerusalem.
2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A perfect city guide,
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Jerusalem: A City Guide (Paperback)
This guide gives you all the informations you need. It contains all nessesary information the backpacker need for a holiday in Jerusalem. Buy it and you would not be dissapointet.
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