Many of Ramallahs restaurants offer special Christmas menus. My favorite is the garden restaurant Zarour, tel: 295 6767. For fancier folk, theres the typically Levantine Darna . I also like Values , which serves fabulous Gazan cuisine, and the artists eatery Ziryab, tel: 295 9093. All sell alcohol.
Raed Saadeh, owner of the Jerusalem Hotel, East Jerusalem
There are three Christmases in JerusalemCatholic, Orthodox and Armenianall celebrated on different dates. For me, Christmas is a symbol of a new dawn: both an end and a beginning, and a reflection on the successes and mishaps of the previous year.
Although Bethlehem is the main focus of Christmas, we in Jerusalem arrange Christmas activities too. On Dec. 24. many hotels and restaurants, such as my own , organize special lunches and dinners, and then we like to stay up to watch the midnight Mass from Bethlehem on TV.
But as well as these dedicated Christmas activities, I recommend tourists visit Sabastiya, where John the Baptist was beheaded, or take a hike in the hills around Jericho, near the Dead Sea. The climate there is especially pleasant this time of year, with rich vegetation, abundant birdlife and delicious citrus fruits.
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