The Hospice The Franciscan Order established the “Custodia di Terra Santa” – the “Guardianship of the Holy Land” and built this hospice as hostel for Catholic pilgrims from Europe. It was ...
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Lod’s Tourist Potential
Lod has all the potential to become a tourist center in Israel, however the future of tourism and pilgrimage in Lod is not optimistic. The municipal government and the Ministry ...
Read More »Arches Pool
The roofed underground Arches Pool reservoir, was built in 789, is the most significant Abbasid building in Israel. It is called the Pool of St. Helena who ordered it to be dug. ...
Read More »Nabi Sabalan
This site is the second most holy site of the Druze in Israel. Some believe Sabalan is supposed to be Zebulun, the son of Jacob. Others believe He was one of the ...
Read More »Bar’am
Your tour guide will tell you that remains of ancient Kfar Bar’am prove a continued Jewish presence in the Galilee long after The Great Revolt (66-70 C.E.) and The ...
Read More »Jesus Christ Superstar
Did you ever wonder where Judas’ suicide scene in the classic film Jesus Christ Superstar was produced? The answer to this trivia question is Tel Beit She’an. Judas’ Hanging Tree in ...
Read More »Peki’in
Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbi) in Peki’in Rashbi, said to be the author of the mystical “Zohar”, hid in this cave in Peki’in with his son both buried up to ...
Read More »Herzliya Beach
Herzliya Beach has about 7 km of clean beaches with plenty of conveniences such as a marina, restaurants, hotels, a mall and lots of fun amenities. Just look at those ...
Read More »Karaite Community of Ramle
A tour of the The Universal Karaite Judaism Center in Ramle is like “travel in time” or digging up a time capsule from the Middle Ages. At one point in history, ...
Read More »Church of St George, Lod
A previous Byzantine basilica was build here in the 15th Century C.E. The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem received permission from the Ottoman authorities at the end of the nineteenth century to build ...
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