How to get to Bethlehem

From Jerusalem (bus, or bus + taxi)

If you get off the bus at the checkpoint

  • 30 mins by bus no.21 from the bus station in front of Damascus Gate: 5.2 NIS (2012) From the checkpoint to the center by cab: NIS 15-20
Arab bus station in front of Damasqus gate, Jerusalem
Arab Bus Station in front of Damascus Gate. Buses for Ramallah depart from another station.

If you go directly to city center via checkpoint

  • 1 hour by bus no.21 from the bus station in front of Damascus Gate, arrive at the bus stop on Hebron Road: 7.3 NIS (2012)

From Ramallah (shared taxi)

  • 1 hour by shared taxi from the central bus station: 20 NIS (2012)
Ramallah Central Bus Station
Central Bus Station in Ramallah. The stand is on the 2nd floor (= 1st floor in Europe).

From Hebron (bus)

  • 30 mins by bus from the bus stop in the new city: 5 NIS (2010)

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