Horashim Forest is a large green area located on a beautiful hill on the edge of Samaria, overlooking the Sharon region to the west and the 1967 border (“the green line”) to the east. The forest is scattered with several campsites and picnic locations and is very popular among mountain bikers thanks to the many […]
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Nitzana National Park has a variety of light and smooth hills with strange shapes that are right on the border of Egypt, and offer a surreal trip to one of the most isolated areas in Israel. Nitzana hills is the name given to a natural rock park near the Egyptian border. The whitish, rounded, winding and
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Mount Hermon is the highest mountain in Israel (and in Syria) – and accordingly, it is really cold there. On the other hand, it should not deter us from visiting, we just need to make sure we dress properly! Keep reading to learn what to wear to Mount Hermon, the attractions on the mountain, and
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The Jesus Trail is a 65 km long hiking trail in the Lower Galilee and the Sea of Galilee in Israel that was completed ahead of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit on May 16, 2009, and has since attracted many Christian tourists. The Jesus Trail Hike will take you on an unforgettable walk through history, culture,
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The Church of the Primacy of Saint Peter is a Franciscan church located in Ein Sheva (Tabgha) in the northwest of the Sea of Galilee, near the waterfront. According to tradition, in this place, Jesus was revealed to seven of the apostles after his resurrection from the dead, performed the second miracle of the fish,
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The Church of the Multiplication is located in Ein Sheva, northwest of the Sea of Galilee. It was built on the site to commemorate the miracle of The feeding of the 4,000 (Loaves and Fish), which according to the New Testament was done by Jesus on the site, in which he fed five thousand people
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The Basilica of the Annunciation is a church located in the center of the city of Nazareth. It was established over what Catholic tradition holds to be the site of the house of the Virgin Mary, and where the angel Gabriel appeared to her and announced that she would conceive and bear the Son of
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The Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Apostles is the church at the center of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Holy Apostles at Capernaum, standing among the ruins of ancient Capernaum (Kfar Nachum) near the shore of the Sea of Galilee. It is also known as simply the Greek Orthodox church at Capernaum, to
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The St. Peter’s Church (also called the Pilgrimage Church of St. Peter) in Capernaum is a modern Catholic pilgrimage church found in the archaeological site of Capernaum, in northern Israel, as part of a Franciscan monastery. It is dedicated to St. Peter, which Catholics consider the first leader of the Church. Archaeological excavations at the
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The Church of the Beatitudes is a Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Beatitudes by the Sea of Galilee near Tabgha and Capernaum, the traditional “mount” on which Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount. Near the Church of the Mount of Beatitudes, there is also a hostel of Franciscan nuns, a garden, and a farm
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