Mt. Hermon is Israel's highest mountain (2,814 meters) and the country's only skiing site. One can ski, ride a cable car up the mountain, race down in extreme sleds or just play in the snow. In early summer there is an abundance of flowers and birds not visible anywhere else in Israel.

According to one Druze tradition, Nebi (prophet) Yafouri was a mystic whose high moral standards are passed down in oral tradition through the generations.

This tranquil, mysterious pool located on the outskirts of the Druze town of Mas’adeh, has given rise to many stories over the centuries. It is aptly named Birket Ram – the “high pool” – due to its location in the northern Golan Heights, surrounded by mountains over 3,000 feet above sea level.

Banias, as well as being a place of great natural beauty, is the site of ancient Caesarea Philippi, where Jesus demanded to know of His disciples who people were saying He was.

Tel Dan is a nature reserve in the north of the Hula Valley that comprises the springs of the Dan River, Tel Dan and the upper Dan River. Along the tributaries is a concentration of trees, creepers and rare plants for which this is the only natural habitat in Israel.

Mount Bental is a dormant volcano in the northern Golan Heights. The western slope has a relatively new crater, created due to a blockage of the main crater at the mountain top. The observation point at the top offers a coffee shop overlooking the landscape.

The Hula valley is a place of miracles and wonders. Heroic people working together with Mother Nature have made the Hula valley into a place filled with abundant green beauty.

The gleaming white cliffs of Rosh Hanikra and the beautiful stretch of beach below are a magnificent sight to behold. But the real excitement begins when you board the cable-car for your two-minute ride down the 210-foot cliff.

The Monfort site features a crusader fortress that towers above the Kziv riverbed. At its feet is a crusader farmhouse that has survived almost completely intact.

A pleasant north wind greets visitors to Katsrin - the capital of the Golan Heights. Founded in 1977, it has become an urban, commercial and tourism center.

Off-road is the way to go if you want an unforgettable challenge. Your all-wheel-drive vehicle will take you to sparkling mountain streams, magnificent canyons and forts and caravansaries along roads that are thousands of years old.

Safed (Tsfat) is a picturesque city of spiritualists and artists, wrapped in mysticism and mystery, and steeped in sacred atmosphere. Visitors to Safed sense the city’s warm embrace as they wander through its alleyways with their artists’ studios and workshops.

The Meiri House Museum was founded by Yehezkel Ha'Meiri, a member of the Meiri family that established the first dairy in pre-state Israel. The exhibits include objects relating to life in the city during various periods: documents, furniture, house ware and more. Portraits of key community members are on display.

One of the oldest moshavot (agricultural communities) in Israel, Rosh Pina has aged gracefully over the past 120 years. Today it is a place of trendy cafés restaurants and guesthouses in a town whose main source of income is upscale tourism.

The ruins of the city of Hazor, “the head of all those kingdoms” (Joshua 11:10), was the scene of Joshua’s great victory over the Canaanites, and has become a symbol of the victory of the weak against the powerful.

Acre (Akko) is a meeting place for East and West, new and old, beauty and ruins, all adding to its uniqueness. The variety of tourism sites makes it a bustling city full of cultural events, and there is another interesting adventure or attraction around every corner.

Korazim is an archaeological site mentioned in the New Testament as a city condemned by Jesus (together with Bethsaida and Capernaum) for rejecting him.

Bethsaida is one of the three towns of the “Evangelical Triangle” of Jesus’ Galilee ministry.

Mount of Beatitudes is the hill upon which Jesus was said to have preached the "Sermon on the Mount". The lie of the land next to the church forms a natural amphitheatre and there is a  beautiful church on its crest.

Gamla has it all: a dramatic saga, rugged landscape and magnificent vistas to match, and a wonderful foray into nature, including a waterfall and great raptors soaring overhead.

Excavations using innovative technology are yielding an array of fascinating finds that have transformed the ruins of the southern Golan Heights synagogue of Umm el-Qanatir into a high-tech adventure into the past.

At Capernaum – known as Jesus’ “own town” (Matt. 9:1) – “walking where Jesus walked” takes on thrilling new meaning.

The quiet cove of Tabha on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee is the scene of many Gospel stories, including the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes.

The Sea of Galilee, or Lake Kineret, is Israel’s largest fresh water reservoir. For this and other reasons, the Kineret has become an important national symbol and is also a first class tourism center.

For Christians, the Galilee Boat is one of the most precious and meaningful archaeological treasures in the world. Dating back 2,000 years, "the Jesus Boat" serves as a powerful visual reminder of the Gospel stories of Jesus and his disciples.

Arbel National Park encompasses part of the Arbel stream, the summits of Mount Arbel and Mount Nita'i, as well as the Arbel ruins. There is an ancient synagogue at the site, a walking trail on the ruins of an Arab fortress, and an observation spot for rare birds.

The Tikotin Museum is dedicated entirely to Japanese art. The museum's collection consists of over 7,000 items, with only a few of them on display at any given time, in keeping with Japanese tradition. The museum has a library that also offers courses in Japanese, flower arranging and meditation.

Beauty, grandeur, and inspired design, combined with the painstaking gardening of generations, create the unique atmosphere of the Bahai Shrine and Gardens in Haifa.

Israel’s third largest city and one of its prettiest, Haifa has a lot to offer visitors. It has the country’s largest port, a particularly active beach and is the home of the World Center of the Bahai Faith.

Tiberias is synonymous with vacations in Israel. Here one can enjoy a variety of activities in a city that offers a wonderful mix of relaxation, nature, history and contemporary attractions, serene quiet, active water sports, and pilgrimage sites.

The Arab village of Kafr Cana in the Lower Galilee is identified in Christian tradition as Cana of the Galilee. Here, according to tradition, Jesus performed the miracle of the wine, when he went to a wedding of a poor couple and turned water into wine.

Tsippori National Park holds the remains of the city of Tsippori, which was the most important city in the Galilee in the days of the Second Temple and the Roman period. Among the remains are a water reservoir, burial caves, the remains of a crusader fortress, an assortment of mosaic floors and more.

Beit She'arim is an ancient site with remnants of an ancient Jewish city, in the middle of which are the remnants of a large synagogue and a graveyard: 100 burial caves are hewn on different levels.

Yardenit is the unique and registered site of baptism for Christian pilgrims, at the place where the Jordan River flows out of the Sea of Galilee and into the Dead Sea.

St. Mary’s Well was almost the sole water source of Nazareth in ancient times, so it's fairly safe to say that Mary used to draw water from there. Recent excavations show that the whole complex was much larger than originally thought, and the part that the Greek Orthodox Church is built over is a small corner of the spring area.

Mount Tabor was an important tribal border in the Hebrew Bible, the place where Deborah routed the enemy, the site of Jesus' transfiguration and the Rabbinic "navel of the world".

The Basilica of the Annunciation is one of the world's most holy Christian Liturgical, built on the traditional site of the annunciation by the Angel Gabriel of the birth of Jesus.

Nazareth is the cradle of Christianity, the city where, according to tradition, Jesus spent his childhood and youth.

Nain is the site of a Byzantine Church that commemorated Jesus' first raising of a human from the dead. In the last century, a new Church was built by the Franciscans.

Daliyat el-Carmel is a Druze village high on the slopes of Mt. Carmel that has an exceptionally unique character. It is a colorful village that offers authentic,warm Druze hospitality.

They say once you’ve read the Bible where its events actually happened, you’ll never be the same. Nowhere is this truer than on Mount Carmel, at Mukhraka.

Nahal Hashofet (Hashofet River) has a year-round flow through the lush green Menashe forest at the foot of the Carmel Mountains. Since the river has not been designated as a nature reserve or a national park, entrance is free and there are plenty of areas suitable for picnics. 

Zikhron Ya’akov is a wonderful town for tourists, both local and foreign, where they can enjoy the many quaint and charming restaurants and coffee shops interspersed between beautifully designed stores that sell local art works and lovely souvenirs.

The Bible, geography and ancient and modern history in the Jezreel Valley are perhaps more closely entwined and visible than anywhere else in the country.

When you stand atop the ancient mound of Megiddo, with the remnants of 25 civilizations beneath your feet, each hill and valley you see tells a biblical tale. The Book of Revelation set the great battle of the End of Days against this backdrop, and called this place Armageddon.

Caesarea National Park exhibits the remains of a pagan temple, a theater, a hippodrome, a bath-house and a sculpture garden.

A tour of Beit She’an is like a walk through time. Among the residential buildings, modern public buildings, and modern shopping centers are ancient buildings that were once public institutions, archaeological sites and impressive ruins.

The International Bird Watching Center of the JordanValley is a bird-watching and bird-ringing center located on the international axis of bird migration. A range of activities and classes are held at the site, and explanations are also provided about the barn owl disinfestation project.

Neot Kedumim is a private landscape reserve situated halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. It is a unique endeavor to re-create the physical setting of the Bible in all its depth and detail, with plants mentioned in the Bible and in the Mishna.

The Latrun Monastery is located on a rise with a fabulous view of the Ayalon Valley where God made the moon stand still (Josh. 10:12). A stop here makes for a peaceful interlude for Christian travelers on their way to or from the Holy City.

The amazing variety that is Israel is nowhere better revealed than at Mini Israel. Along its paths, shaped like a Star of David, over 350 intricate, hand-crafted, true-to-life scale models depict the country’s best known sites and monuments.

The Armored Corps Museum is a memorial set in the British Mandate's Latrun police station. The Museum holds databases about the Corps, and has an amphitheater used for military and national ceremonies. The site is also a national center for tracking migratory birds.

Cycling allows you to travel at “the right speed”, fast enough to get anywhere, and slow enough to smell the flowers, meet the locals and get a true feeling for the land. You will never forget the places in Israel that you reached by bike.

The Israel Trail links together for adventurous hikers the extraordinary variety of Israel’s landscapes, its human mosaic and its religious and cultural monuments; in short – everything that makes this country unique.

Visitors climb Tel Zor’a to see the white-washed, blue-domed traditional tomb of Samson and that of his father Manoah. They also get a wonderful view of the rolling, forested Judean Mountains, with a panoramic sign on hand naming all the sites.

Standing among the 2,000 year-old ruins of Qumran, overlooking the Dead Sea on the edge of the Judean Wilderness, visitors gain deeper appreciation for the Dead Sea Scrolls, containing the oldest Bible ever found, and discovered right here.

The people who lived at Beit Govrin thousands of years ago left behind plentiful testimony to their existence both above and below ground.

Metsoke Deragot is a resort village at the edge of Matzuk Haha’atakim. The resort offers desert challenge sports, such as rappelling hikes, rappelling for beginners, bicycle tours, jeep tours, and hikes through the Judean Desert wadis and to the Dead Sea.

The Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth in any land mass (417 meters below sea level, to be exact). The quantity of water that evaporates from it is greater than that which flows into it, such that this body of water has the highest concentration of salt in the world (340 grams per liter of water).

The living landscape of David’s hideout from Saul is one of the many attractions of the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve on the shore of the Dead Sea, an oasis made all the more entrancing by its contrast with the surrounding desert.  

Kibbutz Ein Gedi is the only botanical garden in the world that people live in. More than 1,000 varieties of flora from all over the world that have been acclimated to Israel and grow wild here, as well as 1,000 varieties of cactus.

A prosperous Jewish settlement at Ein Gedi was destroyed at the time of the rebellion against the Romans. The main finding at the Ein Gedi Antiquities National Park is the ruins of a synagogue from the Byzantine period. Next to it are remains of a settlement, including a pool, part of a street, and several houses.

The New Museum at Massada features archaeological artifacts dug at the site between 1963 and 1965. The artifacts are exhibited in illuminated showcases spread over nine theatrical scenes, focusing around three main themes: Herod, the Rebels, and the Roman Army.

Massada, one of the most exciting places in Israel, is situated on the top of a mountain with steep sides and a flat top overlooking the desert panorama to the west and the Dead Sea to the east.

Arad and its surroundings have been blessed with beautiful landscapes, desert tranquility, and many walking trails nestled amongst untouched desert nooks, which are suitable for any age or style.

The vibrant city of Mamshit, first settled 2,000 years ago, still amazes visitors as they tour the 350-acre Mamshit National Park, located just east of Dimona on the main Negev road to Eilat.

Kibbutz Sde Boker is the realization of the dream envisioned by David Ben Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister and defense minister, who loved the Negev and its expanses and wanted to settle the desert and make it bloom.

Avdat was founded by Nabatean traders as a way station on this Incense Route. Long before, the Israelites had wandered near here through the Wilderness of Zin.

Ein Avdat features the remains of a Nabataean city on the Incense Route which prospered during the Byzantine period. Findings from the Nabataean Incense Route are displayed in the Information Center, as well as remnants of ancient agriculture.

On the edge of the Ramon crater sits the town of Mitspe Ramon. This pleasant, quiet town, built in the landscape of the largest of the Negev craters, between paths and cliffs, mountains and springs, has recently become a thriving tourism town.

The Ramon Crater is the largest crater in the Negev. It is about 40 kilometers long and its maximum width is about 10 kilometers. There are interesting sites inside it, such as Ha-Minsara ("The Saw-Mill") and Nahal Nekarot, for which there are organized excursions for the whole family.

The legendary Incense Route is a 2,000 year old commercial success story. Valuable goods traveled the route, which started in Yemen to the East, crossed Saudi Arabia and Jordan to end in Israel in the Gaza port, where they were loaded onto merchant ships bound for Europe.

The Hai Bar is a nature reserve dedicated to reintroducing extinct species mentioned in the Bible to the wild. The animals can be seen in hourly guided tours in vehicle caravans. Near Hai Bar there is also a predator's center and a dark room for observing nocturnal species.

Timna Park in southern Israel offers geological wonders such as Solomon’s Pillars, towering sandstone columns so perfectly formed that it is almost impossible to believe they were not man-made.

A walk through the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Meah She’arim is a rare opportunity for immersion in a fascinating religious and cultural experience that contrasts sharply surrounding modernity.

The Garden Tomb is an alternative site for the burial and Resurrection of Jesus, and despite questions of veracity is well worth a visit for the atmosphere of peace and the beauty of the gardens.

A visit to the Rockefeller Museum leaves archaeology buffs wondering what fascinated them more – this magnificently eclectic complex or the exhibits it houses.

The first thing one notice as one walks into the entrance foyer of the Supreme Court building, is the narrow staircase leading -as it were - into the sky.

Visitors to of the Garden of Gethsemane are amazed when they learn that the gnarled olive trees they see could have been young saplings when Jesus came here with the disciples on that fateful night after the Last Supper.

Pool of Bethesda is the site of the miraculous healing of a paralyzed man by Jesus, as recounted solely in the gospel of John, and also of the birth of Mary's mother, "Anne".

Located east of Jerusalem’s Old City and separating it from the Judean Desert, the Mount of Olives is one of the most prominent sites in Jerusalem.

The impressive Church of All Nations is known also as the Basilica of Agony, where Jesus endured his agony before his arrest, in the Garden of Gethsemane, on Mount of Olives.

This beautiful teardrop chapel, the Dominus Flevit, commemorates the occasion of Jesus looking at the city of Jerusalem and, when realising that it was going to destroy itself by violence, weeping bitterly.

The Via Dolorosa is the road Jesus walked from the place of Pontius Pilate’s sentencing to Golgotha. The name literaly means “way of sorrows.”

The Bible Lands Museum's every exhibit, large or small, keeps visitors anchored to one great theme – biblical heritage and the Bible lands. You will come away enriched with greater understanding of the Bible’s influence on Western civilization and world events.

The Knesset is the House of Representatives of the State of Israel. The complex includes a plenary, conference rooms, works of art and a hall for State receptions. Visitors may join guided tours.

The Christian quarter has more than 40 churches, monasteries, and hostels that were built for Christian pilgrims, including the Church of Holy Sepulchre, or the Church of the Ressurection.

The view from the Mount of Olives is wondrous: The densely packed walled city of Jerusalem embraced by the Hinnom and Kidron valleys, the Golden Gate to Mount Moriah, the Temple Mount, Mount Zion, David’s City and more, bring alive both prophecy and Psalms.

The Kidron Valley is one of Jerusalem’s most sacred locales, due to its location between the Temple Mount and the Mount of Olives.

The Model of Second Temple Jerusalem occupies 21,500 square feet next to the Shrine of the Book. Ancient Jerusalem’s palaces, homes and more are depicted in intricate detail, crowned by the Temple, the spiritual center of the Jewish People. 

When King Solomon constructed his first Temple in Jerusalem, the hillside on which he did so became the most important cultic site of the monotheistic world, and is still reverenced by Jews and Muslims today.

You can behold the Dead Sea Scrolls themselves at the Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book. Its landmark dome gleams white against the adjacent black wall

The Dome of the Rock, the magnificent octagon that dominates the city, is a shrine for Islam’s third most holy site and is the place where Abraham tried to sacrifice Ishmael.

The Israel Museum, the largest museum in Israel, includes an Art Wing, the Shrine of the Book, a Youth Wing, Archeology department and Judaica and Jewish Ethnography. The Art Wing includes permanent exhibits and temporary exhibits of Israeli artists and art from all over the world.

Easily the most celebrated, yet most contentious, church in Christianity, Church of the  Holy Sepulchre contains the traditional sites of the crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus under one roof.

The Western Wall Tunnel is a treat for archaeology and history buffs, who are astounded to discover that as massive as the open-air portion of the Western Wall is, most of its nearly 1,700-foot original length lies beneath today’s Old City.

The Western Wall was part of the most magnificent building Jerusalem had ever seen, built by Herod the Great as part of the plaza on which the Temple stood. Today, the Western Wall is an inseparable part of the Jewish People.

Every step you take in the Jewish Quarter brings you closer to discovering tangible remains of a dramatic chapter in Jewish history, especially of the period of its greatest grandeur: the time of the Second Temple.

At the Tower of David Museum, not only do the captivating exhibits deepen your understanding of Jerusalem, its very stones are part of this city’s living history.

The Ariel Museum offers an audiovisual presentation and a permanent exhibit of the day to day life in 701 BCE Jerusalem and during the Assyrian siege.

The Western Wall is a popular choice as a venue for Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebrations since it symbolizes Jewish spirit and heritage. Bar Mitzvah services are held on Monday and Thursday mornings when Torah portions are traditionally read.

The Burnt House is the house that used to belong to the Katros family, a priestly family mentioned in the Talmud. The house was burnt when Jerusalem was captured by the Romans.

The Cardo is a typical Roman street built in the 6th century, consisting of stores situated between two rows of columns. The remains of the tall columns, arches, and stone floor can still be seen in the Cardo.

The Davidson Center, which is built in the basement of an eighth-century building, offers to take you back through the ages where you’ll meet colorful figures of Jerusalem’s exploration in days gone by.

The Ramparts Walk is a promenade situated along the walls of the Old City, from which there is a view of large portions of the Old City and of western Jerusalem. The promenade starts at the Tower of David and ends at the Jewish Quarter or at the Kotel.

The Yemin Moshe neighborhood, named after the philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore, is built on narrow stone lanes with rural houses. The old flour mill now houses an exhibition on the philanthropist's activity. Montefiore's reconstructed carriage stands in a display-window next to the flour mill.

Dung Gate’s unusual name derives from the refuse dumped here in antiquity, where the prevailing winds would carry odors away. This gate leads directly to the Western Wall.

The City of David is the birthplace of the city of Jerusalem, the place where King David established his kingdom, and where the history of the People of Israel was written.

Warrens Shaft is the name of the underground waterworks system dating from the age of the kings of Judea.

Bearing Jerusalem’s earliest biblical name in Hebrew and English, Zion Gate’s Arabic name is the Gate of the Prophet David, as the Tomb of King David, on adjacent Mount Zion, is only a few steps away.

Hezekiah’s Tunnel, or the Siloam Tunnel, is one of the greatest adventures of a Jerusalem tour. It is a highlight of the visit to the City of David, where visitors experience an amazing engineering feat: the 1,500-foot-long-tunnel created by King Hezekiah in 701 BCE.

Nestled in the terraced hills southwest of Jerusalem is the village of Ein Karem, where picturesque lanes lead you to the traditional spot where Elizabeth “felt life” when she met her kinswoman Mary, and where John the Baptist was born and raised.

Yad Vashem, Israel’s main Holocaust memorial museum and holocaust archive, is situated on the green slopes of Har HaZikaron, the Memorial Mountain (Mount of Remembrance) in Jerusalem.

Ein Kerem has had a long Association with John the Baptist, being the reported town of his birth. The Church of the Visitation honors the visit paid by Mary, Jesus' mother, to Elizabeth, John's mother.

The charming hillside paths, linking chapel to church to cottage to dining hall on the grounds of the Russian Orthodox Gorney Convent in Ein Karem, may best reveal themselves as the “village in the hill country of Judea” where Mary came to visit Elizabeth

St. Peter in Gallicantu is believed to be the location of Caiaphas' house, the setting for Peter's denial of his connection with Jesus on the night of his trial and the shedding of his self-recriminatory tears.

The marvelous Church of the Dormition is a landmark of the city, and is the site where the Virgin Mary is said to have died, or fell into 'eternal sleep'. Its Latin name is "Dormition Sanctae Mariae" (Sleep of St. Mary).

A thousand-year-old building houses the Tomb of King David, Israel’s famous king and ancestor of the Messiah. Some come here to pray and pay homage to him, while others pour over sacred texts all day long in the anteroom next to the tomb.

The Coenaculum is the traditional place for the "upper room" where the Last Supper was held. It is also associated with the room belonging to John Mark's mother in which the disciples were baptised in the Holy Spirit.

Spreading over 62 acres, Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo centers on a vast man-made lake complete with waterfalls and side pools. The park includes a wildlife savannah with free-roaming animals and a visitor's train that provides transportation throughout the park.

Herodium is the most outstanding among King Herod’s building projects. This is the only site that carries his name and the site where he chose to be buried and to memorialize himself, all of this with the integration of a huge, unique palace at the fringe of the desert.

The unique displays of the Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora showcase Jewish experience from the exile after the destruction of the First Temple 2,600 years ago to the present.

At the renovated Tel Aviv Port the sea surges underneath an old wharf and an impressive wooden promenade, wide space suitable for bicycles and strollers. Many restaurants and cafes are scattered across the deck. In the Summer, visitors can enjoy many carnivals, parties and street fairs.

During the period between the 1920s and the 1940s, the part of Tel Aviv known as “The White City” was built. Tel Aviv is the largest open-air Bauhaus museum in the world, and a declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The Tel Aviv Art Museum is the largest art museum in Israel, with both permanent and periodically changing exhibits of artists from Israel and abroad. There is a sculpture exhibition in the plaza in front of the museum

Independence Hall is a museum located inside Dizengoff House, where the State of Israel’s declaration of independence took place. Visitors can get a taste of recent history while enjoying a recreation of the hall and an exhibit portraying the background to the founding of the state.

The Azrieli Observatory is an observatory situated on top of the Azrieli center, overlooking all of Gush Dan. High-powered telescopes, viewer activated audio guide and a short 3D film describing the history of the city of Tel Aviv.

The Palmah Museum is a center for teaching the heritage of the Palmah - pre-state fighting units. The permanent exhibit at this site traces the Palmah’s history until the end of the War of Independence. The museum also provides a memorial hall, rotating exhibits, guided tours and various educational activities.

The Nahum Gutman Museum is housed in building where several writers once lived and in which the first workers’ newspaper was edited.

The steeple of St. Peter's Church in Old Jaffa, overlooking the picturesque fishing port, has for over a century been a beacon signaling to sea-weary pilgrims that the Holy Land was near.

Jaffa, Tel Aviv’s “older sister” boasts bountiful biblical history, along with charming lanes, antiquities, quiet churches, galleries and a picturesque fishing port.

 The underwater observatory offers aquariums rich in marine life. There is also a simulator of an undersea journey and a submarine ride that dives to a depth of 60 meters.