Jerusalem District Travel Forum

Hello,
I am in dire need of help ASAP. I either need a great road map of Jerusalem and the surrounding area, or the knowledge of people of live there.

I need to know how far it is from Yad Vashem from the Old City of Jerusalem. And how far it is from Yad Vashem to the Avshalom Reserve, Latrun and Abu Ghosh.

I need the distance and approximate time it would take to drive there.

Travelling there soon and need to know as soon as possible.

Thank you so much for your help.
-Nico

Sorry I don't drive, but from Yad Vashem to the Old City should take about 1/2 an hour in normal traffic - a *lot* more during rush hours.
The Avshalom Reserve I am not familair with. Latrun is outside the city o the way to Tel Aviv and is approximately a 20 minute drive during the day. Abu Ghosh is also on the main highway to Tel Aviv, but very close to Jerusalem, maybe 10 minutes on the highway.

A couple of maps that may help.

ttp://www.templebuilders.com/maps/maphtm.htm

http://info.jpost.com/C006/Supplements/MapOfIsrael/ (interactive)

Welcome and have fun!

Hi! I do drive. The first answer is correct 30 minutes when there is normal traffic--but i am not sure when that is. I would put Latrun at closer to 30 minutes and Abu Ghosh at 15. The Avsholom Reserve--and by that I guess you mean the Soreq cave is also around 30 minutes. The cave and Latrun are around 15 minutes from each other. I assume you are renting a vehicle. I regularly rent from Eldan and they give you a fantastic map. The other agencies also give maps--but I do not know what type.

Thank you both, these were PERFECT!

Avshalom is the Soreq Cave ?!? Good to know :-)

I see you've already got your answers. I'll just add you can get driving instructions and times, both in cities and between cities at: http://www.emap.co.il. They have an English section you can use.

I used Streetwise Jerusalem or Flexi map jerusalem

If you need a real printed map of Jerusalem. You can buy the Carta map of Jerusalem. They have an English version of their Jerusalem map. So, it's not a map for tourists, but a full map of the city. They also have a map for the old city, if you want better scale and not interested in the newer parts. You can see the map at: http://www.amazon.com/Jerusalem-Cartas-Map/dp/0841608776/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201811345&sr=8-4. It's unavailable there right now (and it's the 2004 version which is not the newest) but you can buy one at any book store when you get here.

Basically, the two leading map manufacturers here are "Mapa" and "Carta". While personally I prefer the "Mapa" maps, the English version of Carta is better.