What Should Be Taken into Account
When Visiting The Western Wall
Timing
Depending how you plan on arriving at the Kotel Plaza.
- Walking.
- By Light Rail - 5-7 minute walk from the City Hall station to Jaffa Gate. From Jaffa or Zion Gate it is a 15-20 minute walk Here’s a Google Street Map with directions from both gates.
- Parking Lots- Anywhere between a 10–20-minute walk.
- Public Transportation/Taxi drop off: 5 minute walk.
Visits during the different seasons
- Spring/Summer- Don’t forget your hat, sunglasses & sunscreen- The Kotel Plaza is an open site, the sun can be very bright and reflecting from the stones. There’s no shade in the area of the Plaza. Near the public bathrooms, there are stairs to a rooftop with shade, overlooking the Kotel Plaza
- *Fall/Winter- It is recommended to bring an umbrella, as the plaza is an open site
Required Accessories
- Bottle of Water. There are no places to purchase drinks or food at the Kotel Plaza. In the Plaza there are water fountains for drinking and refilling cold water bottles.
- Walking/comfortable shoes. Walking to the Kotel through the Old City or from the parking lots, will require comfortable walking shoes
- Wheelchair Accessibility only from Dung Gate.
- Siddurim (Prayer Books) and Paper Notes (to place between the Holy Stones) - are distributed for free at the entrance to the Kotel Plaza
- WIFI and Cell Phone signal. There is reception in the Kotel Plaza but not inside the Western Wall Tunnels
