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Step-free

A Jewish Quarter apartment with no steps

The Rova is built of lanes, slopes and steps, and you cannot always reach a door with a suitcase or a walker. We have two ground-floor apartments you reach without climbing steps, and there is also a way down to the Kotel with no steps on it. Here is exactly what to expect on the way.

  • Two ground-floor apartments
  • No steps to climb
  • Sleeps up to 12
  • Step-free route to the Kotel

What is really on the way

Why everyone in the Rova talks about steps

The Quarter was built centuries ago, with no roads and no lifts. Most of the apartments are beautiful, but you reach them through a lane with steps. It is worth knowing in advance, rather than finding out with a suitcase in hand.

The descent to the Kotel

The well-known descent from the Quarter to the Kotel plaza has about 142 steps. It is the short way, and it does not suit everyone.

The lanes themselves

Inside the Rova there are slopes and steps between the lanes. The distances are short, but the way is not always level.

The door of the apartment

Some apartments have steps up to the door. Two of ours are on the ground floor: the Hurva Square house you walk into straight from the street, and the Courtyard house has its own entrance off the lane.

The way to the Kotel

You can reach the Kotel with no steps at all

Anyone who cannot manage the 142 steps does not have to give up the Kotel. From the Quarter you come out onto the road by the car park, and about a seven-minute walk brings you to the Dung Gate, which opens straight onto the plaza. The plaza itself is level, and you can cross it with a stroller or a chair. Our cart takes the same route.

What else helps

Things that save walking

  • You can drive in as far as the Rova car park, drop off the luggage and the passengers there, and carry on to park at Mount Zion
  • The cart waits at the Rova car park and takes the luggage to the apartment door
  • Shabbos food is brought to the apartment door, so you do not need to go shopping
  • The main shuls of the Quarter are a short, level walk away
  • If you need to know exactly how many steps lead to a particular apartment, write to us and we will tell you

The apartment

The two ground-floor apartments

Both are on one level, with no steps to climb inside. Write to us and we will tell you exactly what the route to each one looks like.

The living room with its Jerusalem arch The Hurva Square House A large house you enter straight from the street, with no stairs. A huge living room and 12 beds, right by Hurva Square. No stairs12 bedsBy Hurva Square Details and photos The green courtyard with a table and seating The Courtyard House A ground-floor home with a private entrance, a green courtyard, and a swing for the kids. 5 min to the KotelSleeps 9, plus a crib4 rooms Details and photos

Check what fits

Tell us what you need

Write to us with who is coming, when, and what matters to you on the way. We will tell you which apartment fits and exactly what the route looks like.