Green Olive Tours in Jerusalem

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  gemma Bellhouse

  :: 30 April 2018 12:18:04

  Absolutely wonderful tour to Ramallah and Bethlehem in April 2018. Definitely recommend.

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  Lexi Lator

  :: 20 March 2018 09:14:39

  The Ramallah-Hebron-Tour offered a lot of insight in the everydaylife of palestinians and the current situation of the occupation. Amro was a cognizant and funny guide, King Solomon a safe driver. I highly recommend this tour and would definitely book Green Olive again.

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  Patrick Patrick

  :: 26 February 2018 10:19:22

  Me and my girlfriend took the three-day-westbank-package including Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nablus. The tours were interesting and what we expected: An Palestinian view on the conflict with Israel and some insight in how this country runs. The home stay was great as well. The accomodation was neat, the food fantastic and the host family very nice. But a thing I really have to complain about ist the price of the package. Usually you would expect any benefits from booking a package. A coherent tour and/or financial benefits. In this case you have to pay a lot more and the only benefit is that they will provide a tour for sure. I have to admit it was my fault as well because all prices are on the website. But I didnt and had to find out that every one else in the bus was paying much less. We were there in the beginning of January shortly after Trump declaration (definitly off-season) and there were always more than enough people doing the tour. Dont be as stupid as I was and dont book the package!! For those who are into calculations: - Jerusalem All-Day = $93 - Bethlehem Tour = ~$90 - Nablus Tour - Central West Bank = ~$125 - Accomodation including breakfast & dinner = $65 * 3 = $195 = $503 The package price is more than $700 per person. So my girlfriend and I had about $400 of additional costs together.

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  M.Simão Duque

  :: 04 January 2018 11:18:52

  Muhannad e uma grande guia com bastante conhecimento, uma tour inesquecivel

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  Nora Achrati

  :: 31 August 2017 17:51:29

  This tour was really an exceptional experience. Yamen, our tour guide, exposed us to as much current culture (food, music, art, politics) as he did deep history, and he did it with enthusiasm and unabashed love for his work. Yamen met us at a drop-off with a view of Har Homa, an enormous illegal settlement between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, and drove us through a nearby Palestinian village and out to Mar Saba, site of a 5th-century Orthodox monastery with a breathtaking view of cliffs, caves, and a valley below. On the way, we stopped for cardamom-laced coffee and a clear view of Jerusalem, including the wall that divides East from West, and Yamen pointed to features we might have overlooked otherwise -- like the barrels of water on every Palestinian rooftop, used for storing water to be used during the regularly occurring periods when the Israeli government decides to restrict its flow. We drove to Bethlehem City from there, listening to Muhammad Assaf tracks (Assaf is a Palestinian winner of Arab Idol; some of his hits are mad infectious), and got an up-close and personal view of the Separation Wall and some famous works of graffiti (including two new fantastic and terrible Trump murals). We stopped at Banksy's Walled-Off hotel, which had a free gallery of Palestinian artists' works (gorgeous and moving) and a 15-shekel museum (WELL worth it) dedicated to the history of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and the Separation Wall. Yamen brought us to his family store to browse for souvenirs (there was no pressure to buy anything, though if you want to buy Palestinian-made products, this is the place), and then drove to Aida Refugee Camp. There, we visited the Al-Rowwad Cultural Center, where Palestinian women learn life skills and children get involved in all kinds of art, from dancing to theater to photography to videomaking. Lunch was maqluba --a rice/chicken/cauliflower dish from heaven -- at a downtown Bethlehem restaurant, followed by a tour of the Church of the Nativity and St. Catherine's (we were passed off to a registered Nativity tour guide here whose knowledge of the place was incredible) and a half hour of roaming the streets of downtown Bethlehem on our own. Bring water, money for lunch (~40 NIS), the Wall museum (15 NIS) and souvenir shopping, and wear comfortable shoes.