Khirbet al-Mafjar, commonly known as Hisham’s Palace, is the most important Islamic-period monument in the Jericho area. It was built as a hunting lodge and winter resort in the eighth century during the Umayyad dynasty. The place is named after Caliph Hisham bin Abdul Malek (724–743 AD), who was mistakenly thought to have ordered the [...]
Most of the travellers arrive to Bethlehem via Jerusalem. Bethlehem is administered by the Palestinian Authority and Israeli military checkpoint stands on the road connecting the two locations. Take a bus: The buses run every 30 minutes approximately, from 6 am till 6 pm in the winter time and until 9 pm in the summer time. However, there is [...]
Christmas in Bethlehem is a unique experience. Here is the list of Christmas events in 2016 that will take place in Bethlehem. Check also this calendar for more events in other cities: http://visitpalestine.ps/events/ Friday, 16th of December 15.00 - Santa’s Village is a space that offers a great place to live the spirit of Christmas and enjoy time with [...]
Shrines in Palestine - Palestine is home to many sacred sites and very special landmarks. This place has witnessed the birth of Judaism and Christianity and plays a very important role for Muslims as well, with Jerusalem being regarded as the spot visited by Prophet Mohammed. Billions of people see Palestine as the land of [...]
VisitPalestine.ps would like to encourage registration of flora and fauna species observed in Palestine. For that purpose, there has been created an international and user friendly website and mobile device application "Observation.org" that is already extensively used by the Palestine Wildlife Society. Volunteers, researchers and scientists do a lot of fauna and flora field observations. [...]
About Visit Palestine Center Visit Palestine Center, located in a beautifully renovated 200 year old building, is an offspring of the startup www.visitpalestine.ps that brought Palestine to the world wide web. It hosts a Tourist Information Center that works to promote and support the tourism industry in Palestine and offers travel information, tourism services and walking tours [...]
Get Busy in Beit Sahour - Beit Sahour, located next to Bethlehem, is a perfect place for those looking for a heady mix of history, Palestinian cultural experience, and modern life. To the east, the town overlooks the dry hills of Jerusalem’s wilderness and a truncated volcano-like hill – Herodion, the ruins of one of the [...]
Qalandiya International is a collaboration between the most prominent cultural institutions in Palestine focusing on Contemporary Art. This unique art coalition is an attempt to pool resources and work collectively towards showcasing and promoting contemporary culture in Palestine both locally and internationally. This is Palestine’s most daring and most promising cultural statement on the global [...]
About the Convention >> PROGRAM OF THE CONVENTION << >> CHECK UPCOMING TOURS FROM BETHLEHEM IN THE TIME OF THE CONVENTION << As decades have passed older generations of Palestinian émigrés have slowly lost their memory and identity as Palestinians. Their children have embraced new cultures in their host countries, growing up with little knowledge of their historic Palestinian [...]
Palestinian Circus School is pleased to announce Palestine Circus Festival! 10 years now, the Palestinian Circus School has been contributing to this dream. And we love to celebrate this anniversary with all. Palestine Circus Festival will take place between October 6 and 14, 2016 with the participation of many international and local circus artists. We will bring [...]
