Entrance Fees (per person): L / $ = up to $3; M / $$ = $4 to $7; H / $$$ = over $8
Rating: Interesting = | Worth A Journey =
| Highlight =
Area | Interesting | Name of Place | Description | Time Needed (hours) | Price |
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A | ![]() | Bethsaida park | Excavations of fishing town condemned by Jesus. Recreation. Rafting. | 1 | $$ |
A | ![]() | Katserin | Mineral water factory, Olive oil factory exhibition, Beer brewery | 1 | $ |
A | ![]() | Golan Heights (car drive, vistas and visits) | Peace outlook, Mounts Bental & Tel Hasi outlooks, OZ-77 War memorial, volcanoes, Syrian border, Mt. Hermon, Ram pool, Druze villages, Katserin sights | 4 | |
A | ![]() | Moshav Eli-Ad | Chateau Golan winery | 0.5 | |
A | ![]() | Odem | Mt. Odem winery | 0.5 | |
A | ![]() | Nimrod's Fortress | Crusader era fort | 1 | $$ |
A | ![]() | Kursi | Gergesa "swine miracle" monastery ruins | 0.5 | $ |
A | ![]() | Natur | Ancient synagogue | 0.5 | $ |
A | ![]() | Hamat Gader | Modern & Roman era spa | 3 | $$$ |
A | ![]() | Katserin | 2000 year-old synagogue, village and museum | 1.5 | $$ |
A | ![]() | Gamla | 2000 year-old town & battle site with Romans | 1-3 | M |
A | ![]() | Banias | Nature reserve, springs, Roman era spa | 1 | M |
A | ![]() | Katserin | Good winery | 1.5 | 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 - Israelite city, 1500-700 BCE | 2 | M |
B | ![]() | Beit Alfa | Mosaic floor of 1700 year-old synagogue | 0.5 | L |
B | ![]() | Metula | Lebanese border sights and spring | 0.5 | ? |
B | ![]() | Alon Hagalil | Yifach-El winery | 0.5 | ? |
B | ![]() | Nazareth | Mary's Well church; Annunciation Basillica | 2-3 | ? |
B | ![]() | Tel Dan | Nature reserve, ancient Israelite city, springs (kids' attraction) | 1.5 | M |
B | ![]() | Beit Shean | Roman city center, baths, theater, fountain temple | 2.5 | M |
B | ![]() | Cana | Churches - wine Miracle | 0.5 | ? |
B | ![]() | Dalton | Dalton winery | 1 | L |
B | ![]() | Hatzor | 5000-7000 year-old city | 1 | M |
B | ![]() | Belvoir | Crusader fort | 1 | 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 |
B | ![]() | Mount Tabor | Transfiguration Church & vista | 1 | ? |
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 |
C | ![]() | Ein Shemer | Conservation of an early kibbutz and the modern one | 1 | L |
C | ![]() | Hadera | Early town conservation | 1 | L |
C | ![]() | Haifa | Baha'i shrine & gardens, beautiful view of bay, Kasra art pavillion & mall, Bible-dolls museum | 3 | ? |
C | ![]() | Atlit | Illegal immigration conservation & museum | 1 | M |
C | ![]() | Daliat El Carmel (near Haifa) | Druze village, local colour & market | 1 | ? |
C | ![]() | Rosh Hanikra | Sea grotto and cable car | 1 | H |
C | ![]() | Acre (Akko) | Crusader castle, fort, port, Muslim city, Etsel Martyr's museum, Ethnographical museum | 2-3 | M |
C | ![]() | Ghetto Fighters Kibbutz | Holocaust museum (OK for kids) | 1-3 | L |
C | ![]() | Haifa | Naval and Illegal Immigration museum | 1.5 | M |
D | ![]() | Dead Sea | Swim in sea & mud baths at beaches or hotel spas | 2-3 | M/H |
D | ![]() | Sachne | Spring & pools - recreation | 2-3 | M |
D | ![]() | Jericho | Mount of Temptation monastery, vista and cable car | 2 | H |
D | ![]() | Kumran | Site of Dead Sea Scrolls | 1 | M |
D | ![]() | Ein Gedi | Nature reserve, animals, ancient synagogue (kids' attraction) | 1-3 | L/M |
D | ![]() | Massada | King Herod's desert fort, palace, baths, synagogue (Cable car ascent) | 2.5 | H |
D | ![]() | Kasr El Yahud | Original baptismal site | 1 | H |
D | ![]() | Jericho | 3000-7000 year-old city | 1 | M |
D | ![]() | Almog | Dead Sea Scrolls display, Tabernacle in the Desert | 1 | L |
E | ![]() | Appolonia / Arsuf / 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 | ![]() | Kibutz Tsora | Tsora winery | 0.5 | ? |
G | ![]() | Absalom Cave | Sorek Stalagmite cave | 1.5 | M |
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 | ![]() | Maresha & Beit Guvrin | Greek/Roman cave city - industry, burial, mine (kids' attraction) | 3 | M |
G | ![]() | Agur | Agur winery | 0.5 | ? |
G | ![]() | Laterun | Park Mini-Israel - more than 350 models of buildings and sights in Israel | 2-3 | H |
G | ![]() | Lachish | Ancient Israelite town conquered in 702 BC | 1 | ? |
G | ![]() | Laterun | Byzantine-era church of Emmaus | 0.5 | ? |
G | ![]() | Laterun | Armored Corps memorial & museum (kids' attraction) | 1 | L |
G | ![]() | Ramat Raziel | Kastel winery | 1 | ? |
G | ![]() | Revadim | Philistine lifestyle musem | 1 | L |
G | ![]() | Yad Mordechai | Holocaust museum, 1948 battle site | 1 | L |
H | ![]() | Beer-Sheba (Lahav) | Joe Alon Bedouin heritage center | 1-3 | M/H |
H | ![]() | Avdat | 2000 year-old Nabathean town | 1 | M |
H | ![]() | Arad | 1000 BCE Israeli town | 1 | L |
H | ![]() | Arad | Desert visitors' center | 0.5 | L |
H | ![]() | Revivim | Camel farm and ride | 1 | M |
H | ![]() | Arad | Yattir winery | 0.5 | L |
H | ![]() | Avdat | Nature trek & waterfall | 3 | L |
H | ![]() | Beer-Sheba (Tel Sheva) | 1000 BCE Israelite town | 0.5 | L |
H | ![]() | Sde Boker | Ben Gurion's home & grave | 0.5 | ? |
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 |
I | ![]() | Eilat Dolphin Reef | Dive & swim with dolphins | 2 | H |
I | ![]() | Shacharut | Camel trek | 4-8 | H |
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 | ![]() | Eilat Beaches | Water sports, sailing, diving | ALL DAY | M/H |
I | ![]() | Timna | King Solomon's mines park - archeology, nature | 1-4 | M |
I | ![]() | Uvda Valley | Desert & archeological drive | 2-4 | ? |
I | ![]() | Eilat / Elat | Aquarium | 2-3 | H |
I | ![]() | Hai Bar | Day & night animals park | 1 | M |
J | ![]() | Herodium | A desert retreat of Herod | 1 | M |
J | ![]() | Hebron | Tomb of the Patriarchs | 2 | ? |
J | ![]() | Shiloh | Early place of Holy Ark | 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 | ![]() | Gush Etzion | Heroic site of settlement | 1 | M |
J | ![]() | Susia | 300 CE town & synagogue | 1 | M |
B | ![]() | Metzudat Koah | HaReut Museum of the Northern battles of the War of Independance | 1 | L |
B | ![]() | Migdal / Magdala | Ancient fishing village of Maria Magdalena | 0.5 | $$ |
C | ![]() | Kiryat Tivon - Tulip winery | Great winery supporting a villkage with special-need people | 1 | $$ |
E | ![]() | Kibbutz Palmachim | Beit Miriam - archaeological museum of tel Yavneh-Yam | 1 | $ |