How many poppy seeds are there in one flower?/Colin Stark
Agnesi poppy carpets flood the Kidron Valley these days.
The Temple Mount and the corner of Ofel/Arnon Bosani
In the heart of ancient Jerusalem - a red bloom:
these days, red carpets of Agnesi poppies flood the Kidron Valley at the foot of the City of David National Park, which wore a red cloak that covered the slopes of the ancient valley.
A short walk from the Gate of the Magi and the Western Wall, in the gorge of the Kidron River between the City of David and the Mount of Olives, stretches the Kidron Valley, where olive trees are green, the walls of the old city towering in the background and the sound of bells coming from afar - which creates a great atmosphere for a short and not difficult trip.
The Silwan neighborhood in the background of the carpets of blossoms/Arnon Bosani
The Tomb of the Pigs/Arnon Bosani
Yad Avshalom/Arnon Busani
Zechariah's tomb in the Kidron Valley, one of the largest tombstones in the complex/Arnon Busani
"Petra of Jerusalem"
The ancient river channel, which was once full of water, forms the eastern border of the branch of the narrow City of David and it preserves quite a few discoveries and episodes of history from the distant and recent past.
In the northern part of the Kidron Valley, near the Mount of Olives cemetery, there are burial caves and ancient stone tombstones.
It is interesting to know that the Mount of Olives itself was buried master figures such as Henrietta Sold, SH Agnon, Menachem Begin, Pinchas Rotenberg, Rabbi Kook and more.
During your visit to the valley you can be impressed by the huge and magnificent stone tombstones from the time of the Second Temple, known as Kid Absalom, Zechariah's Tomb and Bnei Ham's Tomb. The three The magnificent monuments were carved into the rock of the mountain more than two thousand years ago and earned the nickname "Petra of Jerusalem".
The beautiful carpets of blossoms, which cover the slopes of the mountains, serve as a wonderful background not only for a blossom walk or a picnic, but also for extraordinary blossom photographs that attract photographers who come to photograph the Red Cauldron Among the flowers that fill the valley every year in the spring season: Hyacinth hyacinth, spring savion, cat's claw, mountain lupine, bull's tongue, honeysuckle, crimson clover, eretz Israeli loofah, and a host of anemones and sedums. You
can combine your visit to Emek HaForah with a tour of the garden The City of David national park and the Western Wall are a short walk from the Kidron. If you want to refresh yourself a little in the cool waters of the Shiloh dam and walk by lantern light in the bowels of the earth, you can do so for a nominal fee.
The beautiful carpets of blossoms that cover the slopes of the mountains serve as a wonderful backdrop for blossom photographs/Arnon Bosani
Nahal Kidron in Jerusalem/Arnon Bosani
In the valley of Nahal Kidron there are huge and magnificent stone tombstones from the times of the Second Temple/Arnon Bosani
How to get there?
From the first station complex and the IDF Square:
Lines 83, A83 - get off at the "Mount of Olives" station (get off at the Mount of Olives information center, at the first stop on Derech Jericho) From the city center and Jaffa Street: get on line 1 or line 3 towards the Kotel. Get off at the station Derech Jericho/Derech Ofel. (Three stops before the Western Wall) (Proceed towards the traffic light, cross the road and continue straight on Derech Jericho. After 250 meters you reach the Mount of Olives information center, a one-story building under a huge pergola. From the
Shabbat and Geula square:
Line 51. Get off at the station "Mount of Olives" (get off at the Mount of Olives Information Center, at the first stop on Derech Jericho)
For those coming by private vehicle:
regulated parking on the sides of the road in the area of the Mount of Olives Information Center, 52 Jericho Road Jerusalem, or type "Mount of Olives Information Center" in WAZE.
For more information : 6033*
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