Bethlehem - Milk Grotto

From the square in front of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem a street runs southeast between houses and the Greek monastery and its associated buildings. This leads after a five minutes' walk to the Milk Grotto, a cave converted into a chapel (5m/16ft by 3m/10ft by 2.6m/8.5ft) in which the Holy Family are said to have hidden before the flight into Egypt. According to the legend a drop of Mary's milk fell on the floor of the cave and whitened the stone.