Shuttle
Electric cart rides through the lanes of the Jewish Quarter and the Old City. You drop your luggage at the Rova car park, and the cart takes it to your apartment door. For anyone who finds walking hard, for families with small children, and for anyone arriving with suitcases.
Getting to the Rova
The Jewish Quarter has no roads, only lanes and steps. That is part of its beauty, and also the one thing worth planning in advance. Here is what you need to know.
The barrier at Jaffa Gate is closed to private cars every day from 9:00 to 18:00, and on Fridays it opens at 13:00. Our guests get an entry permit from the host, with no limit on the hours. The exception is Chol HaMoed Succos and Chol HaMoed Pesach, when the Rova is closed to cars altogether.
This is the easiest way to arrive with luggage. Drive in as far as the Rova car park, drop off your passengers and your suitcases there, and then carry on to park at the Mount Zion car park outside the walls. The car park inside the walls is for residents only and you cannot leave a car there, but you may stop and unload.
Mount Zion by Zion Gate, Karta by Jaffa Gate, or Givati by the Dung Gate. On Yom Tov and at large events some of the roads around the Old City are closed, and public transport is the better choice. On Shabbat there is a limited option to get a parking permit in the Rova from your host, subject to a space being free. On Yom Tov this is not possible.
The cart waits at the Rova car park, takes the luggage and anyone who finds walking hard, and brings it all to the door. How many steps there are on the way depends on the apartment: two of ours are on the ground floor, with no steps to climb. If that matters to you, write to us and we will tell you exactly what the route looks like.
The well-known descent from the Quarter to the Kotel plaza has about 142 steps. For anyone who cannot manage them there is another way, with no steps at all: 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.
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