The Haas Promenade overlooks the old city of Jerusalem 
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Belvoir National Park, known as Kochav HaYarden, is located on the hills above the Jordan Valley. continue reading…
Ammunition Hill is a museum about the battles for reuniting the city of Jerusalem.
Givat HaTachmoshet Museum
The Ticho House was one of the first houses built in the new city of Jerusalem.
Marc Chagall’s stained glass windows can be viewed at the Hadassah Hospital continue reading…
The Kursi National Park contains the remains of a 5th century Byzantine monastery
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The Bible Lands Museum covers the development of civilization in Israel, Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, and Mesopotamia. continue reading…
Beit Alpha is a kibbutz in the Beit Shean valley with an ancient synagogue from the 5th century.
Nahal Yehudiya takes you into the canyon, down the waterfalls, and along the flowing water. continue reading…
Achziv National Park has lagoons for swimming in, next to a Crusader castle. continue reading…
The Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem is officially known as the Tisch Family Zoological Gardens. continue reading…
Tel Be’er Sheva is the remains of the biblical town of Beer Sheva. continue reading…
The National Park in Ashkelon has a tel and a seaport dating from the Bronze Age. continue reading…
The Museum for Islamic Art explains the beliefs of Islam, and shows artwork from the Islamic world. continue reading…
Ein Yael is a living museum where children can experience life in ancient Israel.
The Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve, in the Negev, is a protected environment for endangered animals. continue reading…
Azeka was a biblical town overlooking the place where David slew Goliath.
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Gan HaShlosha National Park is located by the Gilboa Mountains. continue reading…
The Gamla nature reserve is located in the Golan.
Griffon vulture
Ein Hemed, also known as Aqua Bella, is a national park just outside of Jerusalem. continue reading…
Mamshit National Park is in the Negev. It is a Nabatean village dating from the Nabatean period. continue reading…
The Israel Air Force Museum is located in Beer Sheva. continue reading…
Caesarea National Park is the city built by Herod. It is located in the lower Galilee. continue reading…
Ben Gurion’s Tomb National Park is where David and Paula Ben Gurion are buried.
Paula and Davic Ben Gurion's graves
David Ben-Gurion‘ house in Sde Boker in the Negev is a museum about his life. continue reading…
Korazim is a national park in the Galilee. continue reading…
Abraham’s Well is a biblical well dug by Abraham in Genesis 21. continue reading…
Ben Gurion University is located in the city of Beer Sheva. continue reading…
Atlit detention camp is now a national monument. Illegal Jewish immigrants during the British mandate were detained in Atlit continue reading…
This museum tells the history of the settlements in the area in the years leading up to the war of independence. continue reading…
Rosh Hanikra is the site of many grottoes in the Galilee
Chalk Cliffs at Rosh HaNikra
Ein Tina, or Ein A-Tina, is a great summer water hike in the Upper Galilee. continue reading…
Lifeline for the Old (Yad Le’Kashish in Hebrew) provides employment to poor elderly people in Jerusalem. A shop is located on the premises. continue reading…
The Jerusalem Bird Observatory is the national ringing center. continue reading…
Built by the Templar knights in the 12th century
The Knesset is the government legislature of the state of Israel. continue reading…
The lagoons formed as the Daliyot River Estuary meets the Sea of Galilee are known as the Majrassa.
The Sorek cave, found in 1968, has stalactites and stalagmites. It is located near Beit Shemesh.
The Tel Dan Nature Reserve is in the Galilee. It is also the site of the ancient city of Dan.
Ein Lavan is a spring in Jerusalem.
Ein Lavan Spring
Beit Shean National Park is located in the Jordan Valley. It has excavations from 18 different strata, dating from 5000 BCE. continue reading…
The Ramban Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in Jerusalem which is still in use. continue reading…
The building was finally completed in 2010.
Hurva Synagogue in 2010
The Tel Hai Memorial was built in memory of the eight guards who were killed while defending the Tel Hai settlement. continue reading…
The Old Yishuv Court Museum in the Jerusalem displays artifacts of life in the old city before 1948.
Mamilla was an old neighborhood on the border between Israel and Jordan from 1948-1967.
old Mamilla neighborhood
Masada is a fortress by the Dead Sea, built by King Herod. It was also the site of a mass suicide in 70 CE, when almost 1000 Jews took their own lives rather than become slaves to the Romans. continue reading…
The Herodian Quarter is an archaeological museum in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem.
The Herodium fortress, built by Herod the Great, is now a national park.
The cardo was the main road in Jerusalem under Roman rule.
The Hula Valley Nature Reserve is a reflooded swamp in the Galilee. The swamp is a temporary home to many migrating birds. continue reading…
Einot Tsukim is a nature reserve in Israel, on the dead sea. It is open during the standard hours for parks in Israel. continue reading…
The Banias is a nature reserve in the Golan Heights. At one end is the waterfall, at the other is the Banias spring and the Pan Temples. continue reading…
Beit Guvrin National Park has ancient caves as well as the ancient city of Tel Maresha. continue reading…
