For the traveler who wants to be near the Old City of Jerusalem without sacrificing quality lodging, the Olive Tree Hotel is hard to beat: a large and modern four-star hotel with all the expected amenities only a short walk away from the Damascus Gate.

An access alleyway running parallel to Route 1, which was the border between Israel and Jordan until 1967, St. George St., part of the American Colony neighborhood, was built as a row of hotels in anticipation of the millennium tourist boom.

The Olive Tree Hotel is among the finest of this crop of modern-day American Colony hotels. Completed in 2000, the eight-story hotel boasts 304 rooms, ranging from single rooms to luxurious executive suites. The hotel lies about halfway between Damascus Gate and French Hill (roughly a ten minute walk to each), as well as quite near to the Orthodox enclaves of Meah Shearim and Maalot Dafna.

There's no pool, but the Olive Tree Hotel does offer free wireless internet access and a safe in every room. The hotel offers dining options (including daily Israeli breakfast) in both the main dining room and the pleasant garden courtyard, and a fully-equipped bar for guests.

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Olive Tree is the hotel for you if...

• You want to be within easy walking distance of the Old City
  
• You want to be close to Meah She'arim Ultra-Orthodox enclave and the artsy Musrara neighborhood
• You want free hotel-wide wireless Internet
  

Top attractions near the Olive Tree Hotel

• The many historic and religious sites within the Old City
• The Night Spectacular sound and light show at the Tower of David
• Damascus Gate
• Mount Scopus
• Ammunition Hill (Givat HaTachmoshet)
• The Museum on the Seam
• The Jerusalem Print Workshop

Top restaurants near the Olive Tree Hotel

• Arabesque
• Tony's Between the Arches
• Askadinya
  
• Abu Shukri
  
• Lina
  
• Jaffar's Sweets
  

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