The Orson Hyde Memorial Gardens

Quiet garden contrasts sharply with the tourist bustle at 'Gethsemane,' a few hundred feet down the street. If you're looking for a quieter, more reflective moment on the Mount of Olives, this is the place. Come in a group and during daytime.

Beautiful gardens. Free entry and open to anyone. Lots of benches and areas to pray and ponder. If you walk from the top of the gardens to the exit gate at the bottom of the hill, the Church of All Nations (Gethsemane) is a three minute walk.

Great view of the Old City and a place to feel a bit out of the noise of the city. For Christian pilgrims it can be a more inviting setting to contemplate the Garden of Gethsemane as it is outside of the much more congested Church of All Nations. It can be a nice place to walk, but it is better to stick to the morning, or afternoon, after dark it can sometimes feel a bit dangerous. Overall, a nice park.

Very nice park especially in morning hours. But in the evening not recommended. There are Arabs who like to come there drink alcohol and do drugs. As for a National Park, it should be lights at night and more security control.

We walked down the trail starting at the end of the road by the BYU Jerusalem Center. The trail signs are well marked. Just don't turn off the road/path until you see a sign. At the sign that shows turning to Gethsemane, there is a steep, rutted road leading to the back gate of the park. We were there in the day time. It was a peaceful, beautiful place to contemplate the view of the old city.

Our bus dropped us off at the top of the Orson Hyde Memorial Garden in May of 2019. It would have been a hard walk up from the Garden of Gethsemane, but coming down the other way was truly delightful. The elegant native plants, the glimpses of the Old City, the meandering stone walkway, and some rare time to contemplate Jesus’s Atonement and nearby suffering made this hour my favorite of all the Holy Land experiences. Somewhere near the bottom of the memorial garden our beloved Savior prayed and bled for us all. I came to realize that even I had spiritual real estate in this divine place. It was a striking thought of pinnacle importance to me.

Wonderful garden quiet and with a great view

Strolling down the serpentine pathway in this attractive garden while enjoying the view of the Temple Mount was an enthralling reflective experience. Shortly after exiting the garden, we walked to the nearby Garden of Gethsemane.

Beautiful garden! Peaceful place and beautiful view of the valley and the Old City. There can be some dangerous people around, however, so be sure to go in a group.

Es un jardin estupendo, donde poder caminar, donde poder contemplar la ciudad antigua de Jerusalen, mirar sus murallas, mirar la cupula de la roca, y estar en medio de la naturaleza, un jardin que esta muy cerca del getsemaní, tiene cerca un prqueño estacionamiento gratis, un lugar para estar solo pero tambien para estar en compañia, hay unos especios para sentarse, platicar y ver la ciudad santa de Jerusalen

Really nice views of the old Al Aqsa mosque in and out of the trees, as you gently wind your way up/down the Hill of Olives, through the rosemary gardens.

Ein ruhiger Ort abseits des Autolärmes. Hier kommt man auf sehr schönem Wege zum Mount of Olives.

Mooie tuin op steenworp afstand van Gethsemane. Deze tuin geeft veel meer een idee hoe Gethsemane eruit moet hebben gezien.

Zachód słońca tylko w Jerozolimie

Man hat einen sehr schönen Ausblick auf die Altstadt von Jerusalem. Die Geschichte des Ortes läßt auf große Ereignisse hoffen

Such a peaceful, powerful experience overlooking Gethsemane and pondering what happened there.

Dobry skrót. Wieczorami ścieżka niewiele oświetlona...... samotny spacer nie należy do przyjemnych.

Beautiful, quiet, peaceful garden. Well maintained.

Quiet peaceful place to reflect on the significance of Jerusalem.

Peaceful. Nice to walk through and great view of the Old City.