Places to See in Israel
Entrance Fees (per person): L = up to $3; M = $4 to $7; H = over $8
| AREA CODE (See the map) | |
|
A - Golan Heights B - Northern & Southern Galilee C - Western Galilee & Haifa D - Jordan Valley & Dead Sea Area E - The Coast & Tel Aviv |
F - Jerusalem & Bethlehem G - South Judean Plain H - Negev Desert I - Eilat Area J - Judean & Samarian Mountains |
| Area | Interesting Worth A Journey Highlight
|
Name of Place | Description | Time Needed (hours) | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | |
Banias (Caesarea Philippi) |
Nature reserve, springs, Roman era spa | 1 | M |
| A | |
Bethsaida park | Excavations of fishing town condemned by Jesus. Recreation. Rafting. | 1 | M |
| A | |
Gamla | 2000 year-old town & battle site with Romans | 1-3 | M |
| A | |
Golan Heights (car drive, vistas and visits) | Peace outlook, Mounts Bental & Tel Hasi outlooks, OZ-77 War memorial, volcanoes, Syrian border, Mt. Hermon, Ram pool, Druze villages, Katserin sights | 4 | ? |
| A | |
Hamat Gader | Modern & Roman era spa | 3 | H |
| A | |
Katserin | Good winery | 1.5 | M |
| A | |
Katserin | 2000 year-old synagogue, village and museum | 1.5 | M |
| A | |
Katserin | Mineral water factory, Olive oil factory exhibition, Beer brewery | 1 | L |
| A | |
Kursi | Gergesa "swine miracle" monastery ruins | 0.5 | L |
| A | |
Moshav Eli-Ad | Chateau Golan winery | 0.5 | ? |
| A | |
Natur | Ancient synagogue | 0.5 | L |
| A | |
Nimrod's Fortress | Crusader era fort | 1 | M |
| A | |
Odem | Mt. Odem winery | 0.5 | ? |
| B | |
Alon Hagalil | Yifach-El winery | 0.5 | ? |
| B | |
Beit Alfa | Mosaic floor of 1700 year-old synagogue | 0.5 | L |
| B | |
Beit Shean | Roman city center, baths, theater, fountain temple | 2.5 | M |
| B | |
Belvoir | Crusader fort | 1 | M |
| B | |
Cana | Churches - wine Miracle | 0.5 | ? |
| B | |
Dalton | Dalton winery | 1 | L |
| B | |
Hatzor | 5000-7000 year-old city | 1 | M |
| B | |
Hula | Nature reserve - marsh | 1 | M |
| B | |
Kerem Ben-Zimra | Rimon pomegranate "wine" & health products | 1 | ? |
| B | |
Kerem Ben-Zimra | Miles boutique winery | 0.5 | ? |
| B | |
Kibbutz Yiron | Galilee Mountain winery | 1 | L |
| B | |
Kiryat Shemona / Manara Cliffs | Rappelling, vista, cable car (kids' attraction) | 2 | H |
| B | |
Korazim | Ancient "black" synagogue | 0.5 | L |
| B | |
Kfar Tavor | Tavor winery | 0.5 | ? |
| B | |
Maayan - Baruch | Pre-historical man museum | 1 | L |
| B | |
Megiddo (Armageddon) |
Armageddon - Israelite city, 1500-700 BCE | 2 | M |
| B | |
Metula | Lebanese border sights and spring | 0.5 | ? |
| B | |
Mount Tabor | Transfiguration Church & vista | 1 | ? |
| B | |
Nazareth | Mary's Well church; Annunciation Basillica | 2-3 | ? |
| B | |
Nazareth Village | Life in a village 2000 years ago | 2 | H |
| B | |
North Shore of Sea of Galilee (Christian sights) | Mt. of Beatitudes, Church of Loaves & Fish, Capernum village, Ancient synagogue, Mensa Christi Chapel, Ancient fishing boat, Jordan River | 2-4 | L |
| B | |
Safed (Tsfat) | Jewish holy & mystic town, art galleries, synagogues, beautiful vista | 2 | ? |
| B | |
Safed (Tsfat) area | Graves of Jewish sages | ? | ? |
| B | |
Sipporis (Tsipori) | Roman time Jewish capital. Mosaic floors, water works, theater | 1.5 | M |
| B | |
Tel Dan | Nature reserve, ancient Israelite city, springs (kids' attraction) | 1.5 | M |
| B | |
Tel Hadar | Site of the Second Feeding of the Multitude | 0.5 | ? |
| B | |
Tiberius | Ancient synagogue, Maimondas tomb | 0.5 | L |
| B | |
Yardenit | Traditional Baptismal site | 0.5 | ? |
| B | |
Yesud Hamaala | "Agamon" - Hula swamp refill (migratory birds and nature) | 3 | M |
| C | |
Acre (Akko) | Crusader castle, fort, port, Muslim city, Etsel Martyr's museum, Ethnographical museum | 2-3 | M |
| C | |
Atlit | Illegal immigration conservation & museum | 1 | M |
| C | |
Daliat El Carmel (near Haifa) | Druze village, local colour & market | 1 | ? |
| C | |
Ein Shemer | Conservation of an early kibbutz and the modern one | 1 | L |
| C | |
Ghetto Fighters Kibbutz | Holocaust museum (OK for kids) | 1-3 | L |
| C | |
Haifa | Baha'i shrine & gardens, beautiful view of bay, Kasra art pavillion & mall, Bible-dolls museum | 3 | ? |
| C | |
Haifa | Naval and Illegal Immigration museum | 1.5 | M |
| C | |
Hadera | Early town conservation | 1 | L |
| C | |
Rosh Hanikra | Sea grotto and cable car | 1 | H |
| D | |
Almog | Dead Sea Scrolls display, Tabernacle in the Desert | 1 | L |
| D | |
Dead Sea | Swim in sea & mud baths at beaches or hotel spas | 2-3 | M/H |
| D | |
Ein Gedi | Nature reserve, animals, ancient synagogue (kids' attraction) | 1-3 | L/M |
| D | |
Jericho | 3000-7000 year-old city | 1 | M |
| D | |
Jericho | Mount of Temptation monastery, vista and cable car | 2 | H |
| D | |
Kasr El Yahud | Original baptismal site | 1 | H |
| D | |
Kumran | Site of Dead Sea Scrolls | 1 | M |
| D | |
Massada | King Herod's desert fort, palace, baths, synagogue (Cable car ascent) | 2.5 | H |
| D | |
Sachne | Spring & pools - recreation | 2-3 | M |
| E | |
Appolonia / Hertzeliya | Crusader fortress | 1 | L |
| E | |
Carmel Caves | Pre-historical man site | 1 | M |
| E | |
Cesearea (Maritima) | Roman-era city & port | 1.5 | M |
| E | |
Dor/Nachsholim | Undersea archaelogical museum, city and port | 1-2 | L |
| E | |
Emek Hefer | Recanati winery | 1 | M |
| E | |
Kibbutz Magal - "Utopia" | Unique agricultural/environmental experience with very modern technology | 1-3 | H |
| E | |
Kibbutz Sdot Yam | Hanna Senesh museum | 1 | L |
| E | |
Tel Aviv | Diaspora museum | 1.5 | M |
| E | |
Tel Aviv | Eretz Yisrael museum | 2 | M |
| E | |
Tel Aviv | Old Jaffa - art quarter | 1 | ? |
| E | |
Tel Aviv | Palmach museum - "live exhibit" | 2 | M |
| E | |
Tel Aviv | Diamond museum | 0.5 | L |
| E | |
Tel Aviv - Malchai Yisrael square | Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's memorial site | 0.5 | ? |
| E | |
Tel Aviv - Nachalat Benyamin St. | Tuesday & Friday art & crafts market | 1 | ? |
| E | |
Zichron Yaakov | Tishbi winery | 0.5 | H |
| E | |
Zichron Yaakov | First Aliya museum, Ramat Hanadiv park, Aharonson house & Nili Underground museum | 2-3 | M |
| F | |
Jerusalem and Bethlehem | See Separate Page | 2-3 DAYS | ? |
| G | |
Absalom Cave | Sorek Stalagmite cave | 1.5 | M |
| G | |
Agur | Agur winery | 0.5 | ? |
| G | |
Ashdod | Philistine museum | 1 | M |
| G | |
Ayalon Institute ("The Bakery") | Secret 1947/48 ammunition factory | 1 | M |
| G | |
Givati | Givati battalion museum | 1 | L |
| G | |
Kibutz Tsora | Tsora winery | 0.5 | ? |
| G | |
Lachish | Ancient Israelite town conquered in 702 BC | 1 | ? |
| G | |
Laterun | Park Mini-Israel - more than 350 models of buildings and sights in Israel | 2-3 | H |
| G | |
Laterun | Byzantine-era church of Emmaus | 0.5 | ? |
| G | |
Laterun | Armored Corps memorial & museum (kids' attraction) | 1 | L |
| G | |
Maresha & Beit Guvrin | Greek/Roman cave city - industry, burial, mine (kids' attraction) | 3 | M |
| G | |
Ramat Raziel | Kastel winery | 1 | ? |
| G | |
Revadim | Philistine lifestyle musem | 1 | L |
| G | |
Yad Mordechai | Holocaust museum, 1948 battle site | 1 | L |
| H | |
Arad | 1000 BCE Israeli town | 1 | L |
| H | |
Arad | Desert visitors' center | 0.5 | L |
| H | |
Arad | Yattir winery | 0.5 | L |
| H | |
Avdat | 2000 year-old Nabathean town | 1 | M |
| H | |
Avdat | Nature trek & waterfall | 3 | L |
| H | |
Beer-Sheba (Tel Sheva) | 1000 BCE Israelite town | 0.5 | L |
| H | |
Beer-Sheba (Lahav) | Joe Alon Bedouin heritage center | 1-3 | M/H |
| H | |
Beer-Sheba | Air Force museum (kids' attraction) | 1 | M |
| H | |
Mamshit / Kornov | 2000 year-old Nabathean town, camel trek | 0.5-4 | M/H |
| H | |
Mitspe Ramon | Ramon Machtesh sites & camel trail | 1-5 | M/H |
| H | |
Mitspe Ramon | Alpaca animal farm (kids' attraction) | 1 | M |
| H | |
North Negev | Mountain trail drive, flowers, desert sites | 3-6 | ? |
| H | |
North Negev | Large & small Machtesh geology, sandstone erosion patterns | 2-4 | ? |
| H | |
Revivim | 1948 war site & early Kibbutz reconstruction | 1 | L |
| H | |
Revivim | Camel farm and ride | 1 | M |
| H | |
Sde Boker | Ben Gurion's home & grave | 0.5 | ? |
| I | |
Eilat | Aquarium | 2-3 | H |
| I | |
Eilat Beaches | Water sports, sailing, diving | ALL DAY | M/H |
| I | |
Eilat Dolphin Reef | Dive & swim with dolphins | 2 | H |
| I | |
Hai Bar | Day & night animals park | 1 | M |
| I | |
Kibbutz Neot-Semadar | A unique desert experience of lifestyle, architecture, agriculture and art | 1-2 | M |
| I | |
Red Canyon | Nature & fun hike | 1-3 | ? |
| I | |
Shacharut | Camel trek | 4-8 | H |
| I | |
Timna | King Solomon's mines park - archeology, nature | 1-4 | M |
| I | |
Uvda Valley | Desert & archeological drive | 2-4 | ? |
| J | |
Gush Etzion | Heroic site of settlement | 1 | M |
| J | |
Hebron | Tomb of the Patriarchs | 2 | ? |
| J | |
Herodium | A desert retreat of Herod | 1 | M |
| J | |
Maale Adumim | 200 CE monastery - mosaics | 0.5 | L |
| J | |
Maale Adumim | Good Samaritan Inn museum | 1 | M |
| J | |
Sebastia | Roman city center | 2 | M |
| J | |
Shiloh | Early place of Holy Ark | 1 | M |
| J | |
Susia | 300 CE town & synagogue | 1 | M |