How to get to Bethlehem
From Jerusalem
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 (’12)
From the checkpoint, take a taxi to the city center (15 – 20 NIS in ’12).

If you go directly to city center via checkpoint
1 hour by bus no.21 from the bus station in front of Damascus Gate, arrival at the bus stop on the Hebron Road: 7.3 NIS (’12)
From Ramallah
1 hour by shared taxi from the central bus station: 20 NIS (’12)

From Hebron
30 mins by bus from the bus stop in the new city: 5 NIS (’10)