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Cost: 195 shekels
Length of tour: 3 hours
Departing at: 10.00am (10.00)
Returning at: 1.00pm (13.00)
Departing from: Ambassador Hotel
Special Tours - 4th Annual OKTOBERFEST
11th & 12th October
The Taybeh Brewery was established by two brothers in 1995 in the Christian village of Taybeh about 15 kilometers north-east of Jerusalem.
The tour will begin with a short briefing at the Ambassador Hotel in East Jerusalem, then the bus will travel up the 'seam line' road past French Hill, Israel's first settlement to be built after the 1967 war. Traveling on the settler road NE of Jerusalem, the group will see the Palestinian neighborhoods of Shuafat and Beit Hanina, and the the settlement of Pizgat Ze'ev. The route exits Israel into Area 'C' at the Pizgat Ze'ev Checkpoint and takes the Ramallah by-pass road to Taybeh seeing sections of the Separation Barrier and Palestinian villages. During the trip your guide will discuss the political geography of the terrain and the ramifications for the proposed future Palestinian State.
The bus will enter Taybeh and visit the brewery where complementary beer may be sampled and purchased. One of the owners of the brewery will be on hand to discuss the development of the brewery and life in the village, one of the few Christian enclaves in the Ramallah area.Taybeh has developed a local reputation among beer connoisseurs from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. Unfortunately due to the ongoing occupation it is not widely available except in East Jerusalem and a few select bars in Israel. This trip gives visitors in interesting way to see small business development in the West Bank, and to sample some fine beer.
The return trip to Jerusalem will visit the second largest settlement in the West Bank, Ma'ale Adumim, and see the dual road system around Jerusalem which segregates Jews and Arabs on different roads.
The Taybeh Brewery and the entire village will celebrate the Oktoberfest on the 11th & 12th October, 2008. You are all invited and there will be special tours each day to the festival.
