From the Damascus Gate  take either a shared taxi (sherut) or a bus 42 or 75 to get to the Seven Arches Hotel.
You cannot walk from the gate to the hotel, it is a long distance. 
mnli hypothesis: You cannot walk from the gate to the hotel, it is a long distance.  premise: From the Damascus Gate  take either a shared taxi (sherut) or a bus 42 or 75 to get to the Seven Arches Hotel.