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Mahane Yehuda
Continue west along Agrippas
Street
, passing on the right
a passage that leads to top
restaurant Arcadia. This has
traditionally been a poor area
with cheap rents that have
proved attractive to recent
immigrants, hence all the
signs in Cyrillic. Agrippas is
also the southern boundary
of Mahane Yehuda Market
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, the city's colourful prime
source of fresh produce, from
fruit and vegetables to fish
and meat (see p148) .
Exit the market back onto
J affa R oad, now returning
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east. Pass by a building on
your right that has a doorway
flanked by two lions on
pillars - the former residence
of the British Consul, 1863-90
The garden terrace at Ticho House, open daily for lunch
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- before arriving at a major
junction marked by a small
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that has been turned into a
lively cultural centre hosting
art exhibitions and regular
jazz, folk and classical recitals;
it also has a pleasant
garden terrace.
Returning to Ha-
Neviim, take the
next right and
walk straight over
the roundabout;
the end point of
the walk is visible
ahead in the form of
the three Muscovite-
styled domes of the
Cathedral of the
Holy Trinity
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Consecrated in 1872, the
church was built to cater
to Russian pilgrims, who at
the time far outnumbered
pilgrims from any other
country. From here, it's just a
short step back to Jaffa Road
and the start of the walk.
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TIPS FOR WALKERS
Starting point: Jaffa Road.
Length: 2 miles (3 km).
Best time to walk: Any time,
but avoid Friday afternoon and
Saturday, when everything is
closed.
Stopping-off points: In addition
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at No. 58,
and, a
ouse, designed
Thabor Ho
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and once occup
German Conrad
German Conrad Schick, one
of the city's foremost early
architects.
Just past Thabor House, a
pretty, high-walled lane on
the left leads to the Ethiopian
Church
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to the places mentioned in the
walk, there are dozens of food
stalls around Mahane Yehuda
Market, including some selling
“meorav Yerushalmi”, literally
“Jerusalem meats”, a mix of
chopped livers, kidneys, hearts
and beef, fried and served in
pockets of bread. At the end of
the walk, there are two good
cafés at the junction of Heleni
Ha-Malka and Jaffa Road, and
many more cafés and restaurants
in Nakhalat Shiva, which is just
across Jaffa Road.
, a modest basilica
with an interior painted in
nursery blues and pinks, and
filled with glittery, golden
icons and smoky incense.
Return to Ha-Neviim and
cross over to head south
down Ha-Rav Kook Street
looking for the signs for Ticho
House
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(see p123) . This is
an historic Arab residence
A stall in one of the covered lanes
of Mahane Yehuda Market
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