Bethlehem Attractions:

As the Birth Place of Christ, the ancient town of Bethlehem holds a connection with Christians from all around the World. While small in size and population, the Town of Bethlehem and its surroundings have lots to offer to any visitor or tourists. Below is list of the main attractions:

1- Church of Nativity: The traditional place where Jesus was born.

2-     The Shepherds Field: One of the most sacred places to Christians; the Shepherds' Field; is found, identified as the scene where the Angel of the Lord visited the shepherds and informed them of Jesus' birth

3-     Bethlehem University: A Catholic Christian co-educational institution of higher learning founded in 1973

4-     Rachel Tomb: An ancient structure believed to be the burial place of the biblical matriarch Rachel. The tomb is located just south of Jerusalem, on the outskirts of Bethlehem, West Bank.

5-     King Salmon Pools:  situated 5km southwest of Bethlehem, a turn off to the east on the road to Hebron leads to an Ottoman Fort and a three large water reservoirs, partly excavated from the rock and partly built, which were used to collect spring and rain water from the surrounding valleys to be channelled to Jerusalem

6-     Herodion (Harod) Mountain: is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Jerusalem, near the city of Bethlehem. Herod the Great built a fortress and palace on the top of Herodion, and may have been buried there.
Herodion is 758 meters (2,487 ft) above sea level

7-     Milk Grotto: This grotto, with a Franciscan chapel built above it, is considered sacred because tradition has it that the Holy Family took refuge here during the Slaughter of the Innocents, before their flight into Egypt.

8-      Old City: approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Jerusalem,
With a population of about 30,000 people. The town is inhabited by one of the
Oldest Christian communities in the world, though the size of the community has
Shrunk due to emigration.

9- Mar-Saba Monastery: The Greek Orthodox Mar-Saba Monastery in the Judean Desert east of Bethlehem seems to hang precariously from the walls of the Kidron Valley. But it is as sturdy as the faith it represents: it was built some 1,500 years ago, and is one of the oldest still-inhabited monasteries in the world.