Israel and You Spaces and Places in Israel Take advice from an old tourist guide, if you don’t have time to see all of Israel, see a good portion of it, at least in miniature, at Mini Israel. This ...
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Attractions
Darejat – Arab Cave Dwellers in the Negev
The village of Darejat was established over 200 years ago when its residents (Fellahin, or peasant-farmers from Mount Hevron) purchased the land from local Bedouins in the area and created their ...
Read More »Underground Prisoners Museum
The Jewish Resistance Fighters Museum features an innovative display run by the Ministry of Defense describing the resistance fighters’ imprisonment, their life in prison, the Acre prison break and the story ...
Read More »The Templars’ Tunnel
The Templars were a military-monastic order who aided pilgrims and the ailing coming from Europe to visit the holy sites of the Land of Israel. The Templars first settled in ...
Read More »The Hospitaller Fortress, Acre
Knights’ Halls The most significant historic site that have survived in the old city of Acre are either Crusader or Ottoman. That is what you can see and they are ...
Read More »Tel Gezer
Situated on the crossroads near the International Coastal Highway and also guarding the primary route into the Israelite hill country, Gezer was one of the most strategic cities in the ...
Read More »The Crusader Castle at Caesaria
Caesarea National Park Caesarea National Park is one of, if not Israel’s, most impressive archaeological site. Caesarea is a dream attraction because there is a unique Caesaria for visitors ...
Read More »Spelunking at Hirbat Midras
Hirbat Midras About 15miles south of Bet Shemesh in Park Adulam in the heart of the Shfela, Midras had a significant population during the Second Temple period destroyed in the Bar Kochba ...
Read More »Dig for a Day
Archaeological Seminars Institute You could have knocked me over with a feather when I saw these tourists digging with a trowel in a cave at Tel Maresha in the Beit ...
Read More »Caesaria Roman Theater
Do you want to know what a “Vomitorium” is? It is not what you think. It is the term for the crowded exit of a Caesaria Roman Theater. You can ...
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