What you can do in 5 minutes from SpaceArt
From the door of the hotel to the Old City, Mahane Yehuda, the light rail, and seven of the best coffee bars in central Jerusalem — without breaking a sweat.
SpaceArt sits on HaHavatselet Street — a quiet, pedestrian-priority lane one block off Jaffa Road. Most guests are surprised by how little they end up using a car, a bus, or even a map. Here is what is genuinely within reach the moment you step out the door.
The first sixty seconds
Turn out of the hotel and you are on Ben Yehuda Street in about a minute — the long pedestrian promenade that runs through the heart of downtown. Street musicians, cafes with outdoor seating, ice cream, bookshops. It is the easiest possible orientation point: if you can find Ben Yehuda, you can find your way back to us.
Within a five-minute walk
Five minutes in almost any direction covers a remarkable amount of Jerusalem. The light rail stop on HaNevi'im is 450 metres away — one straight line that reaches toward the Old City in one direction and the Central Bus Station in the other. Jaffa Road, with its constant flow of trams and shops, is essentially next door. Zion Square, the Friends of Zion Museum, and a dozen restaurants all sit inside that radius.
The shuk — eight minutes
Mahane Yehuda Market — the shuk — is an eight-minute walk along Jaffa Road. By day it is produce, spices, bakeries, halva, and cheese stalls; after dark the same lanes turn into bars and small restaurants with music. Go hungry, go twice, go at different hours — it is a different place each time.
Coffee, food, and the small stuff
Within a short stroll there is excellent coffee in every direction — third-wave roasters, old-school Israeli cafes, and the literary Tmol Shilshom tucked into a courtyard a few minutes away. Pharmacies, ATMs, a supermarket, and a laundry are all close enough that you never need to plan around them.
Why a quiet side street wins
The trick of HaHavatselet is that it gives you both things at once: you are in the absolute centre of the city, but the street itself stays calm. You step out into everything, and you come back to quiet. That is the whole idea behind where we are — and once you have stayed here, a hotel ten minutes further out stops making sense.
Plan your stay
Eleven rooms, one quiet street, the centre of Jerusalem.
Book directly with us for the best rate — message the front desk on WhatsApp and we will take care of the rest.
