Close to the old city and the holy sites, Olive Tree Boutique Hotel, located in Jerusalem’s American Colony neighborhood, offers warm and welcoming first-class accommodations. Opened in 2000, the hotel was built around an ancient olive tree that legend has it provided shade for caravans of pilgrims just before entering the holy city. They say that to this very day when you close your eyes in the hotel’s Olive Tree Garden, you can still hear the strains of King David’s harp serenading pilgrims. Olive Tree Hotel, the first themed hotel in the city, is just a short walking distance away from the Garden Tomb, approximately a half hour drive to the Ben Gurion International Airport and approximately one hour to Tel Aviv. The 8-story Olive Tree Hotel offers 304 guest rooms ranging from very comfortable to spacious.