Zion Gate leads to the Jewish and Armenian neighborhoods of the old city. In 1948, the Jewish population of the old town met a fatal threat. Traces of bullets at the gates remind of these events. Jordanian troops captured the city, and the Jewish community was exiled. For nineteen years, Jews could not live in the old town of Jerusalem and could not pray at the Wailing Wall.
The tour begins in the car park near the Zion gate. This parking lot is the most convenient for wheelchairs and most close to the old city. The route runs along the flat part of the city completely avoiding steps and steep climbs or descents. The path to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher passes through the Jewish and Christian quarters, the ancient Cardo street and the markets of the Christian part of the city.