The Imperial Hotel, initially called the Grand New Hotel, was built at the end of the 19th century on the square Umar ibn al Khattab - the Muslim conqueror of Jerusalem. It was a grand hotel, where rich and distinguished people stayed, and it was the first hotel in the city, with running water and electric lighting. However, this was not always the case. Water supply began only six years after construction and supplied electricity only in 1911. Moreover, the hotel was empty of guests for the first three years. For such a luxury - there was no demand. Only after a visit to the hotel of German Kaiser Wilhelm II, fame and recognition came to the hotel. That's what celebrities can do.
The trip takes us from the Jaffa Gate through the Christian Quarter to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. After that, we will visit Golgotha, the stone of anointing, burial, and resurrection, St. Helena Chapel - the site where the Holy cross was found. Further, the route passes through Muristan to the Jewish Quarter, Kardo Street, excavations of the walls of Jerusalem from the time of Jesus, the mosaic of Madaba, the Hurva Synagogue, the Menorah, the panorama of the Olive and Temple Mountains, the Wailing Wall. Finally, we return to the Jaffa Gate through the Muslim Quarter, the monuments of the Mamluk architecture, and the street of David.
