My Favorite Place to Visit in Israel

Israel: Places of interest

The following lines detail some of the most attractive places from Israel from the tourist point of view, presented in alphabetical order. In spite of everything, it is also highly recommended to visit some of the many kibbutzes existing when you do take a tour of Israel.

These are free towns, with a population that varies between 200 and 2,000 inhabitants and based on the agricultural exploitation of collective property. Each kibbutz functions as a self-sufficient colony in which a subsistence economy is practiced; no retribution is received for the work done; and where the housing and leisure needs are covered.

Acre:

Acre Israel

It is a small port city located in the vicinity of the Haifa Bay, in the extreme north of the country. The town, which today has a population of 45,800 people, has hosted several Mediterranean civilizations, as in the case of the Phoenicians. However, its main attraction is the work of the Ottoman Empire, architect of the fortified citadel, caravans, baths and mosques of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that rise in the old city.

Also, you can still admire many vestiges of the Crusader period, which correspond to the period between 1104 and 1291. The city of Acre, which held the capital of the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem in the Middle Ages, was declared a World Heritage Site. Humanity by UNESCO in 2001.

Beersheba:

Beersheba Israel

The name of this town located in the southern district of Israel (108 km from Tel-Aviv) and with a population of 193,000 inhabitants, means ‘Seven Wells’ in the Hebrew language. In fact, this element is related to one of its main attractions: the Well of Abraham, a well that, according to tradition, was excavated by the famous patriarch. Other places of interest are the Municipal Museum; dedicated to the history of the city; the Museum and Biological Institute and the British War Cemetery, in which tribute is paid to the soldiers who lost their lives when they snatched the area from the Turks during the First World War. However, the most important enclave of Beersheba is in its vicinity. Specifically, it is the tell (or mound) of Beersheba, inscribed on the list of World Heritage Sites in 2005,

Beit Shean:

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Located in the Jordan Valley, about 30 km from Lake Kinneret (or Sea of Galilee or Tiberias), this city exhibits a very important archaeological legacy corresponding to the Roman-Byzantine era. In turn, the different surveys carried out in the area have been settled with the discovery of findings from the Copper, Bronze and Iron Age. Among its main attractions, it is worth mentioning the arcaded streets of the ancient Roman city, as well as some civil constructions of this period, such as the baths, the theater or the amphitheater.

Bethlehem:

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With just 30,000 inhabitants and located about 9 km south of Jerusalem, this town is widely known to have been the scene, according to the Gospels of Luke and Matthew, of the arrival in the world of Jesus of Nazareth. The most outstanding monuments are the Church of the Nativity and the Grotto of the Nativity, as well as the chapels of San Jeronimo and San Jose.

Cesarea:

Cesarea israel

This tiny locality; it has a population of only 4,200 people; It is located in the vicinity of the municipality of Hadera, halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa. Erected in honor of Emperor Caesar Augustus, its past as a Roman and Byzantine city; without forgetting the footprint left by the crossed knights; it has turned it into an enclave of great archaeological interest. Among its most emblematic buildings, there is an aqueduct, a theater and a Roman amphitheater, as well as some remains from the time of the Crusades.