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The city of Ramallah is one of the most vibrant ones in the West Bank. In Ramallah, a few historic and religious sites are present. However, the downtown streets are a must see during the day, as the city is often really congested.In the old city, several churches and mosques can be found that may be of interest to visitors. Ramallah is generally considered the most affluent and cultural, as well as the most liberal, of all Palestinian cities,and is home to a number of popular Palestinian activists, poets, artists, and musicians. During the annual "Saturday of Light" religious festival (which occurs on the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday to commemorate the light that tradition holds shone from the tomb of Jesus), the scouts hold a parade through the city streets to receive the flame from Jerusalem. (The flame is ignited in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre and is passed on through candles and lanterns to regional churches.) A variety of mosques and churches of different denominations dot the landscape. International music and dance troupes occasionally make a stop in Ramallah, . The Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, founded in 1996, is a popular venue for such events. The Al-Kasaba Theatre is a venue for plays and movies. In 2004, the state-of-the art Ramallah Cultural Palace opened in the city. The only cultural center of its kind in the Palestinian territories, it houses a 736-seat auditorium, as well as , exhibit halls, and movie-screening rooms, Grand park Hotel is located in the middle of all those important sites and especially the holly city of Jerusalem which is only 15 km distance away from the Hotel. the only nearby passenger airports are Ben Gurion in Tel Aviv and Queen Alia in Amman. if You are in jerusalem and you want to access RAmallah by car Heading north from Jerusalem on road 60#, you will arrive to Ramallah very fast. You will have to pass two Israeli checkpoints on the way: A-Ram and Kalandia. by bus the best connection from Jerusalem to Ramallah is the arabic bus. It departs close from Damascus Gate at the arabic bus station |
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