Megiddo National Park is a tel in the Galilee in Northern Israel, with 26 layers of ruins.
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Hannah Senesh House is a small museum in Kibbutz Sdot Yam.
Aqueducts were first introduced in Caesarea by King Herod in the first century.
The bird mosaic was originally part of a large 6th century mansion.
Rabbi Hillel was a first century Talmudic scholar, buried in Meron.
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, known as the Rashbi, was buried in Meron alongside his son, Rabbi Elazar.
The ancient synagogue in Pekiin dates to 1873.
The cave where Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai lived for 13 years is located in Pekiin.
Peki’in, or Buqei’a in Arabic, is a town in the Upper Galilee in Israel
The Naftali Ridge and Ramin Cliffs are in the Upper Galilee.
The Beit HaShomer museum is located in Kibbutz Kfar Giladi in the Upper Galilee.
Achziv National Park has lagoons for swimming in, next to a Crusader castle.
Caesarea National Park is located in the lower Galilee.
Korazim is a national park in the Galilee.
Rosh Hanikra is the site of many grottoes in the Galilee
Ein Tina, or Ein A-Tina, is a great summer water hike in the Upper Galilee.
Built by the Templar knights in the 12th century
The Daliyot River flows down from the Golan, forming lagoons in the Beth Saida valley. These lagoons are a large freshwater nature reserve, commonly called the Majrassa.
The Tel Dan Nature Reserve is in the Galilee. It is also the site of the ancient city of Dan.
The Tel Hai Memorial was built in memory of the eight guards who were killed while defending the Tel Hai settlement.
The Iyon Nature Reserve is a nature trail along the Iyon Stream passing by 4 waterfalls. It is an easy family hike, along one of the tributaries of the Kineret.
The Hula Valley Nature Reserve was the first nature reserve in Israel. It was first established in 1964, shortly after most of the original swamps were drained. Some of the area was re-flooded in 1994, and birds have returned to the area during their migrations between Europe and Africa.
