This stop marks the end of the current bike trail, which leads to the Hadassah Medical Center (הָמֶרְכָּז הָרְפוּאִי הֲדַסָּה) Ein Kerem University hospital. The hospital was founded in 1934 by the Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America, which continues to underwrite a large part of its budget today. The Medical Center ranks as the sixth-largest hospital complex in Israel. Across its two campuses, Hadassah Medical Center has over 1,300 beds, 31 operating theaters and nine special intensive care units, and runs five schools of medical professions.
Jerusalem has had the good fortune to be the first city in Israel to be encompassed by green parks as part of the plan to improve the city's quality of life and to protect its natural surroundings. The Jerusalem Ring is a new metropolitan park that extends over some 1,500 hectares (3700 acres), surrounding the capital to the north, west, and south. The park will preserve ancient landscapes while offering a variety of leisure and recreation opportunities, including footpaths, bicycle trails and picnic sites.
The path starts from The First Station. You can rent some bike also there.
More links:
- The Jerusalem Ring: A Green Park for the Golden City
- Jerusalem Park
- The Jerusalem Metropolitan Park: A green park for a Golden City
- Cycling on New Trails in Jerusalem Park
- New Bike Trail Inaugurated in Jerusalem Metropolitan Park
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