Tour and Explore Jerusalem

Fun for Families | Insights into Contemporary Israel for Individuals and Groups

Touring for Children


childrens-touring-jerusalemTour and Exlpore Jerusalem offers a special program of tours geared specifically to children and families.

Historical information is presented in a compelling, interactive manner, at the level of the children involved. Licensed Tour Guide Nikky Strassman has extensive experience as a creative, informal educator, which complements her tour guide abilities.

  • Interactive family tours especially designed to engage and captivate your children’s interests
  • Tours include creative role playing, hiking, interactive activities and more, all geared to children
  • Your children explore Jerusalem sites and discover historical dilemmas and biblical characters together with you
  • Touring programs will uncover historical dramas, cultural tensions and religious life in Israel
  • Half-day to three-day itineraries paced for families and children with a balance of touring and activities
  • An unforgettable, fun day of sightseeing, learning and activities customized for you and your children

Touring options include:

  • Explore underground tunnels to decipher the biblical mystery of King David’s conquest of Jerusalem and wade through water in Hezekiah’s 2700 year old tunnel
  • Climb the ramparts of Jerusalem’s walls and explore Zedekiah’s cave
  • Discover treasure from ancient Jerusalem while sifting through rubble from the Temple Mount
  • Explore the artificial mountain which King Herod built as his summer palace and tomb
  • Climb through underground tunnels built by Bar Kochba and his soldiers in his attempt to return Jewish life to Jerusalem
  • Climb Massada and meet the Romans, have an adventure hike in the Judean desert and imagine you are the biblical David running away from King Saul

Contact us to discuss a creative tour geared to your children’s ages

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Teen and Group Interactive Programs

Tour and Explore Jerusalem also offers creative, educational teen and group programs such as mock trials with interactive tours of historical sites and related group activities focuings on specific themes such as:

  • Jewish identity
  • Religious pluralism
  • Minority versus majority rights
  • Israeli law and Jewish law
  • Biblical dilemmas connected to a Bar/Bat Mitzvah portion

Popular interactive tour locations include the Supreme Court, the City of David, the Southern Wall Excavations, and the Knesset Menorah – a symbol connected to the past and an inspiration for the future.