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While most Israeli tourist companies are trying to fit your stay to Israel, we try to do the exact opposite. Our mission is to allow you to discover Israel in a way which no tourist company did before. When we offer a service, we make sure you are provided with a full range of opportunities that will surprise you and make your next stay in Israel one to remember. Essentials not taken for-granted
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ur accommodation section offers not only well-known hotels but also peaceful romantic country-houses (a.k.a ‘Zimmers’) situated all across the country. For those of you who are into saving money for a longer stay, we spent months on gathering hostels and backpackers to make sure you sleep at the right price. We made sure we provide you with all other essentials such as flight booking and local car rentals, so you can focus your holiday bookings to one place and one place only. And there’s so much more
We take most of our pride on our unique services which are offered to international tourists for the very first time, all distinctively up-to-date and well-filtered to assure you visit nothing but the very best of places. We made sure that no trendy bar, night-club, or restaurant is left unspotted, so you stay within the local buzz. Our attractions sections offers you a thorough look at the entire spectrum of activities Israel has to offer. Ranging from water-sports to theme parks and so much more, there’s one for any age and wallet size, and all details are there so your time will be very well spent. We are collaborating with high-quality tourism service providers in order to allow you the widest scope of services ever offered in one stop on your way to Israel. Your wish is our challenge
Failed to find what you were looking for? Having difficulties organising your stay? This is where we come into play. Just let us know what your are after and we will make sure you find it. We truly believe that no request is too much. You will be surprised. Try once, use it forever
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15/03/2020

Jerusalem is sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam which consider it a holy city. Some of the most sacred places for each of these religions are found in Jerusalem and the one shared between all three is the Temple Mount.

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12/03/2020

Mount Herzl is the site of Israel's national cemetery and other memorial and educational facilities, found on the west side of Jerusalem beside the Jerusalem Forest. It is named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism. Herzl's tomb lies at the top of the hill. Mount Herzl is 834 meters above sea level.

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11/03/2020

The New Church of the Theotokos was a Byzantine church erected in Jerusalem by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565). It is sometimes referred to in English as "The Nea".
The church was completed in 543 but was severely damaged or destroyed during the Persian conquest of the city in 614. It was further used as a source of building material by the Umayyads a few decades later. The Nea is marked on the famous Madaba Mosaic Map, showing its location along the Cardo Maximus thoroughfare.

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10/03/2020

Aerial view of Capernaum, the town of Jesus, Galilee, Israel.
During Jesus’ lifetime, Capernaum was a fishing village and home to the disciples, Andrew, John, James and Peter who were all fishermen as well as the tax collector, Matthew. The Bible tells us that Jesus left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum where he based himself while traveling to villages in the Galilee to preach during a period of his life referred to as his ministry. Here in Capernaum, he saw the future disciples casting their nets into the sea and he called out to them to join him. In Mark 1:21 we head of how Jesus taught in the Capernaum synagogue. We also read of Jesus performing miracles in Capernaum. Jesus cured a man who was possessed; he cures Peter’s mother-in-law of a fever; cured a Roman centurion’s servant in Capernaum and cured a paralyzed man. Jesus must have spent a considerable amount of time in Capernaum as the Bible refers to it as “his own city.” Later Jesus cursed Capernaum and its people because of their lack of faith (Matthew 11:23).

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09/03/2020

Caesarea was originally a Phoenician port but it is better known as the site of an important Roman port city built by Herod in 22-10BC. Herod expanded the port building an artificial harbor with large concrete blocks. The port extended further but over the course of the last 2,000 years parts of the Roman harbor structure sank into the water. The archaeological remains of the Roman city have been excavated and are preserved in the Cesarean National Park which faces the Caesarea Port. 2,000 years ago Herod’s port covered 50 acres and could accommodate up to 100 cargo ships. The piers and docks began to sink in the Byzantine era but the port was still used into the Crusader era. Over the years Caesarea’s inner harbor filled with sand and today places of dining and entertainment dominate the waterfront.

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08/03/2020

In the Middle East, "sahlab" is a hot milk-based drink with a pudding-like consistency, sprinkled with finely shredded coconuts, chopped nuts and cinnamon. In Levant, it is usually sold in the streets as a hot beverage during the winter months. Sahlab was popular in the lands of the Ottoman Empire. Jews from Turkey and Egypt brought it to Israel. For sahlab (meaning “orchid” in Hebrew and Arabic) a flour made from the tubers of the orchid genus Orchis is used. These tubers contain a nutritious, starchy polysaccharide called glucomannan.

Photo credit: Jenny Ehrlich
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05/03/2020

Ashkelon National Park is situated in the heart of ancient Ashkelon and is surrounded by a wall built in the mid-12th century by the Fatimid Caliphate. The wall was originally 2,200 meters in length, 50 meters in width and 15 meters in height. The remains of the wall are located in the eastern and southern parts of the national park. The site contains archeological remains of the different civilizations that lived in the area, including Canaanites, Philistines, Persians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Muslims and Crusaders. Roman remains include marble and granite columns and capitals, a Roman basilica and Roman statues. The site also features a Middle Bronze Age gate with the world's earliest arch, dating back to approximately 1850 BCE.
Excavations have revealed the largest known dog cemetery in the ancient world.

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04/03/2020

Cows in Carmel forest

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03/03/2020

Poppies in Neve Ilan forest

Photo credit: Daria Debora Mikhaylova

01/03/2020

The Judean date palm is grown in Judea. It is not clear whether there was ever a single distinct Judean cultivar, but dates grown in the region have had distinctive reputations for thousands of years, and the date palm was anciently regarded as a symbol of the region and its fertility. Cultivation of dates in the region almost disappeared after the fourteenth century AD from a combination of climate change and infrastructure decay but has been revived in modern times.

Photo courtesy of Daria Debora Mikhaylova
Source: Wikipedia

27/02/2020

Railroad spikes of the old Jezreel Valley railway, which existed in Ottoman and British Palestine. The Valley Train is also a modern railway in Israel built in the 21st century. It runs from the Mediterranean coast inland along the length of the Jezreel Valley. The historical line, built at the beginning of the 20th century, was a segment of the longer Haifa–Dera'a Line, which was itself a branch of the larger Hejaz railway (from Damascus to Medina). It was a 1,050 mm narrow gauge line. The last stop of the Haifa–Dera'a line within the Mandate Palestine borders was at al-Hamma, today Hamat Gader. Planning and construction took four years. The railway was inaugurated in 1905, and regular services operated on it until 1948. Despite several renewal attempts, the line lay dismantled for decades until 2011 when construction started on a large-scale project to build a new 1,435 mm standard gauge railway from Haifa to Beit She'an along roughly the same route as the historic valley railway. Israel Railways began passenger service on the new valley railway in 2016.

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26/02/2020

Allium aschersonianum, which blooms in February-March in Israel, is one of the 46 species of garlic that grow wild in the Holy Land. They are all bulbous perennials. In nature, this species is confined to the Negev semi-desert and the slopes of the Jordan Valley, but, like many other bulbs, it has been cultivated to serve as a beautiful garden plant and a cut flower.

Photo courtesy of Oksana Mats
Source: www.botanic.co.il

25/02/2020

Kibbutz Tzova and Belmont Castle. Tel Tzova was the site of an ancient Jewish settlement in the days of King David and is mentioned in the Second Book of Samuel (2 Samuel 23:36). According to some scholars, it can be dated back even further to the time of Joshua Bin-Nun, based on Joshua 15:59 in the Septuagint. In 1170, a Crusader fortress, Belmont, was built on Tel Tzova to guard the route to Jerusalem. Belmont was conquered by Saladin in 1191.

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Source: Wikipedia

24/02/2020

Did you know peacocks are kosher? The birds are discussed in the Talmud. They are also mentioned in the Bible. "For the boat of Tarshish was for the king in the sea with the boats of Hiram; once in three years the boat of Tarshish would come carrying gold, silver, ivory, monkeys and peacocks.” The peacock is once again mentioned in the Bible in the Book of Ezekiel; when the prophet bemoans the destruction of Tyre he refers to the ivory and peacocks in which they traded. (Ez. 27:15).

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23/02/2020

Shahariyya Forest in the Judean Lowlands is one of the "green lungs" of the region. It covers an area of some 700 hectares (1750 acres). Because the hills are unsuitable for farming they have been designated for afforestation. The trees have been planted here since the mid-1950s. It is a gateway to many surrounding historical and heritage sites, as well.

Photo credit: Dmitry Mishin
Source: www.hanof.kkl.org.il

20/02/2020

Selaginella lepidophylla is not to be confused with Anastatica. Both species are resurrection plants and form tumbleweeds. They share the common name "rose of Jericho", in reference to the biblical city of Jericho, constantly reborn from its ashes. Similarly, the capacity of S. lepidophylla for revival on rehydration allows it to resurrect and resume growth after long periods of drought.

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19/02/2020

Tiberias is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. Established around 20 CE, it was named in honor of the second emperor of the Roman Empire, Tiberius. Jewish tradition holds that Tiberias was built on the site of the ancient Israelite village of Rakkath first mentioned in the Book of Joshua. In Talmudic times, the Jews still referred to it by this name. Since the 16th century, it has been considered one of Judaism's Four Holy Cities, along with Jerusalem, Hebron and Safed. In the 2nd–10th centuries, Tiberias was the largest Jewish city in the Galilee and the political and religious hub of the Jews in the Land of Israel. Its immediate neighbor to the south, Hammat Tiberias, which is now part of modern Tiberias, has been known for its hot springs, believed to cure skin and other ailments, for some two thousand years.

Source: Wikipedia

18/02/2020

Matbukha is a Maghrebi dish popular in Israel. It's cooked with tomatoes and roasted bell peppers seasoned with garlic and chili pepper. The name of the dish originates from Arabic and means "cooked". It is served as an appetizer, often as part of a meze table. It was brought to Israel by Jewish immigrants from Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya. It may be used as a base for an assortment of dishes including tagine, kofta and shakshouka.

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17/02/2020

An example of a Hebrew keyboard. Standard Hebrew keyboards have a 101-key layout. Like the standard QWERTY layout, the Hebrew layout was derived from the order of letters on Hebrew typewriters.

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16/02/2020

In 2019, there were 143,000 Druze living in Israel, 1.6% of the total population of the country. In 1957, the Israeli government designated the Druze a distinct ethnic community at the request of its communal leaders. The Druze are Arabic-speaking citizens of Israel who serve in the Israel Defense Forces. They live mainly in the north of the country. The Druze religion was created in the 10th and 11th centuries in Egypt, with aspects of Hindu and Greek philosophy incorporated into the tenets of Islam. Conversions are not permitted in the Druze religion, because they believe that the first generation after the establishment of the Druze religion had an opportunity than to join the religion, and everyone alive today is reincarnated from that generation. Much like the Abrahamic faiths, the Druze religion is monotheistic and recognizes many prophets, including Jesus, John the Baptist, Mohammed, and Moses. The most respected prophet in their religion is Jethro, Moses' father-in-law. Within the Druze community, there are 2 different sub-groups - the Ignorant, and the Knowledgeable. The first does not have permission to view the holy texts, and they do not attend religious meetings. About 80% of the Druze people fall into this category of the Ignorant. The Knowledgeable must follow ascetic rulings including following a dress code. The Druze are not allowed to drink alcohol, eat pork, or smoke to***co, similar to the dietary laws in Islam. Polygamy is prohibited, and men and women are viewed as equals.

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13/02/2020

Sde Dov Airport was an airport in Tel Aviv, Israel that mainly handled scheduled domestic flights to Eilat, northern Israel (Haifa and the Galilee), and the Golan Heights, as well as having served as a base for the Israeli Air Force (IAF). It was the largest airport in Tel Aviv proper, and the second largest in the area, after Ben Gurion Airport. The airport opened in 1938 and was named after Dov Hoz, one of the pioneers of Jewish aviation. It ceased operations on 30 June 2019 after a controversial, long-delayed plan came into effect to close the airport in order to build high-end residential apartments on its valuable beachfront property. Commercial flights were moved to Ben Gurion Airport and military flights were moved to other IAF bases.

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12/02/2020

Flamingos in Atlit, Israel

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11/02/2020

The American-German Colony of Tel Aviv and the Immanuel Church in Jaffa built in 1904 for the benefit of the German Evangelical community, which it served until its dissolution at the onset of World War II in 1940. Today the church is used by a variety of Protestant denominations as well as by Messianic Jews.

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10/02/2020

Jaffa coast

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09/02/2020

Titora hill, full of beautiful wildflowers and blossoming almond trees in early February, is the main and most important nature, scenery, and heritage site of its kind in the city of Modiin which offers scenic viewing points, history, archaeology, animal and plant life. At the top, the remains of a Crusaders fort can clearly be seen. Its original name, "Tantara", was adapted in Arabic to "Tanturah" and the Hebrew to "Titura" (brimmed hat). Remains from the Israelite period, and many hideouts from the time of the Bar-Kokhba rebellion were exposed during excavations.

06/02/2020

Montfort, or "Castle of the Little Horn" is a ruined Crusader castle in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, about 22 miles northeast of the city of Haifa and 10 miles south of the border with Lebanon. The site is now a national park inside the Nahal Kziv nature reserve, and is an important tourist destination attracting many visitors from inside and outside Israel. The name of the castle derives from the two French words mont, mountain, and fort, strong, meaning the "strong mountain". In German the castle was accordingly called Starkenberg, meaning the same phrase (stark meaning strong, and Berg meaning mountain). It was built on land that the Teutonic Order purchased from the French de Milly family in 1220 and is one of the finest examples of fortified building architecture in Outremer. Topographically, a spur is a narrow ridge projecting from a larger hill. Built on this defensible feature, Montfort is a spur castle. The defenses are concentrated at the most vulnerable eastern side where the spur joins the hill. On that side, there are two ditches in front of a large D-shaped tower. The entrance to the castle is on the opposite side, with a smaller entrance tower guarding it. As the top of the spur is quite narrow, the main residential buildings are arranged in sequence between these two towers along the top of the ridge. Together with a western gate zwinger, these elements constitute the upper ward, or the castle proper. The outer ward, possibly unfinished by the time the castle fell in 1271, is delineated by the remnants of an outer defensive wall extending down the northern and western slopes.

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05/02/2020

The Bell Tower of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer is clearly visible above the rooftops of Jerusalem. The church was constructed from 1892 to 1898. The location had been the site of the old church of St. Mary Minor. In 1898, Kaiser Wilhelm II made a trip to Jerusalem to personally dedicate the new church. The archaeological park "Durch die Zeiten" ("Through the centuries") below the nave of the Church of the Redeemer, opened in November 2012, offers the possibility to experience more than 2,000 years of history of the city of Jerusalem by walking through it. The archaeological excavations present to visitors the different stages of development and building of Jerusalem.

04/02/2020

Tiled facade of the Dome of the Rock decorated by a group of Persian potters during the mid-sixteenth century. In Jerusalem, the Persian potters advanced from the older techniques of tile mosaic and cuerda seca to develop true underglaze decoration.

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03/02/2020

Abbey of the Dormition is a Benedictine community in Jerusalem on Mt. Zion just outside the walls of the Old City near the Zion Gate. During his visit to Jerusalem in 1898 for the dedication of the Protestant Church of the Redeemer, Kaiser Wilhelm II bought this piece of land on Mount Zion for 120,000 German Goldmark from Sultan Abdul Hamid II and presented it to the "German Association of the Holy Land".
According to local tradition, it was on this spot, near the site of the Last Supper, that the Blessed Virgin Mary died, or at least ended her worldly existence. Both in Orthodoxy and Catholicism, as in the language of scripture, death is often called a "sleeping" – or "falling asleep" – and this gave the original monastery its name. The church itself is called Basilica of the Assumption (or Dormition). In the Catholic dogma of the Assumption of Mary, Christ's mother was taken, body and soul, to heaven. The foundation stone was laid on 7 October 1900. Construction was completed in only ten years; the basilica was dedicated on 10 April 1910 by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. The present church is a circular building with several niches containing altars, and a choir. Two spiral staircases lead to the crypt, the site ascribed to the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, and also to the organ-loft and the gallery, from where two of the church's four towers are accessible.

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02/02/2020

Beit She'arim is the ancient Jewish town in the Lower Galilee, made popular by its necropolis. The partially excavated archaeological site consists mainly of rock-cut tombs and some remains of the town itself. Although only a portion of the necropolis has been excavated, it has been likened to a book inscribed in stone. Its catacombs, mausoleums, and sarcophagi are adorned with elaborate symbols and figures as well as an impressive quantity of incised and painted inscriptions in Hebrew, Aramaic, Palmyrene, and Greek, documenting two centuries of historical and cultural achievement. The wealth of artistic adornments contained in this, the most ancient extensive Jewish cemetery in the world, is unparalleled anywhere.

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