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Samuel Green

Samuel has been a licensed tour guide in Israel since 2014 and has won multiple industry awards. In addition to his tour guide license, he has a BA and MA from the University of Cambridge in Hebrew and Israeli Studies. You can follow Samuel's adventures around Israel on his Instagram @myisraeliguide.

114 articles

114 articles
Bahai Gardens, Haifa
North · Carmel

Haifa

A day in Haifa: the Bahai Gardens spilling down Mount Carmel, the Ahmadiyya mosque, Stella Maris and the cave of Elijah, the German Colony, and a hike in Nachal Siach to round off.

Celebrating our 40th field trip: half way through! View over Haifa and its bay from the Louis Promenade. Bahai Gardens, Haifa Our kind host at the Centre for Ahmadiyya Islam in Israel Stella Maris Church, Haifa Cave of Elijah, Haifa Biblical quotation on the lintel of a building in the German Colony, Haifa Water pool at Ein Meshotetim in Nachal / Wadi Siach
Crusader capital in the Last Supper Room (Cenacle)
Centre · Jerusalem

Crusader Jerusalem

A walk through the Old City focused on the Crusader century: the Cenacle on Mount Zion, the Nea Church, the German Knights' hospice, the Crusader market, the Church of the Redeemer and the Holy Sepulchre.

Crusader capital in the Last Supper Room (Cenacle) Ruins of the Crusader Nea Church St Mary’s Hospice of the German Knights View over the Temple Mount and the Old City of Jerusalem The inimitable Bilal Abu Khalaf dons his traditional garb Crusader cloisters in the Church of the Redeemer Inside the cistern under the Coptic Church of St Helen Church of the Holy Sepulchre: site marking the creation of the world
Sidonite Burial Cave at Maresha
Centre · Judean Lowlands (Shfela)

The Shfela (Judean Lowlands) in the Roman & Byzantine Periods

A day across the Judean Lowlands: Tel Maresha's underground caves, the Roman city of Beit Guvrin (Eleutheropolis), and crawling through the Bar Kochba Revolt tunnels at Horvat Midras.

Underground columbarium at Tel Maresha Sidonite Burial Cave at Maresha Roman oval amphitheatre at Beit Guvrin Squeezing through the tunnels used during the Bar Kochba Revolt
Waterfalls at Banias
North · Golan Heights & Hermon

Campus Golan Day 3: Mount Hermon

Day 3 of our Golan Heights course: up the Mt Hermon chairlift for views into Syria and Lebanon, then the Druze tomb of Nabi Hazuri, the Nimrod Fortress, the waterfalls at Banias and a sombre stop at the Helicopters Memorial.

View over the Golan Heights from Mount Hermon Nabi Hazuri View over the Hula Valley from the Nimrod Fortress Waterfalls at Banias Helicopters Memorial
Tel Dan hike
North · Golan Heights & Hermon

Campus Golan Day 2: the Lower Hermon and the Northern Golan Heights

Day 2 of our Golan Heights course: Tel Dan's salamander, the world's oldest arch, the Hellenist temple at Banias, the Yom Kippur battlefields at Mt Bental and the Valley of Tears, and a kumzitz to close.

Salamander at Tel Dan The world's oldest arch at Tel Dan Tel Dan hike Beit Ussishkin Museum Agrippa's Palace at Banias View towards the Syrian border with Israel from Mt Bental Valley of Tears Memorial Jubat el-Kabiera (the Big Juba) Birket Ram Campfire songs at our kumzitz
Waterfall in Nachal Jilabun / Gilabon
North · Golan Heights & Hermon

Campus Golan Day 1: Central Golan Heights

Day 1 of the Golan Heights campus: a hike down Nachal Jilabun, wine tasting at the Golan Heights Winery, the Talmudic Village of Katzrin, and memorials at Mitzpe Gadot and Tel Faher.

Waterfall in Nachal Jilabun / Gilabon Wine tasting at the Golan Heights Winery Byzantine period Synagogue at Ancient Katzrin 'Venus of the Galil' at the Archaeological Museum of the Golan Heights in Katzrin Memorial at Mitzpe Gadot Memorial at Tel Faher (Mitzpe Golani)
Convent of the Sisters of Bethlehem, Beit Jamal
Centre · Jerusalem

Christianity in the Judean Hills

The final of five field trips on Christian sites: Abu Ghosh, Ein Kerem and Beit Jamal. Crusader churches, the birthplace of John the Baptist and a Salesian monastery on the way home.

Olivier - the wonderful Benedictine monk in Abu Ghosh Church of the Visitation, Ein Kerem Mary's Spring, Ein Kerem Church of St John the Baptist, Ein Kerem Spring at St John in the Desert, Even Sapir Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant, Kiriat Yearim Convent of the Sisters of Bethlehem, Beit Jamal Church of St Stephen, Beit Jamal
Dome of the Rock (Masjid Qubbat As-Sakhrah)
Centre · Jerusalem

Muslim Jerusalem

Exploring Muslim Jerusalem: a morning on the Temple Mount platform with the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa, then through the Muslim Quarter learning to read Mamluk architecture, with a stop at Abu Shukri and the Little Western Wall.

Dome of the Rock (Masjid Qubbat As-Sakhrah) Mamluk architecture: note the alternating dark and light stone in the ablaq style The Little Western Wall (kotel hakatan)
Excavations of the outer western (the Kotel) and southern walls of the Second Temple Mount
Centre · Jerusalem

Jerusalem in the Second Temple period

A field trip through Jerusalem's Second Temple period sites: the City of David, the Tyropoeon valley drainage channel, the Davidson Centre, the Burnt House, the Wohl Museum of Archaeology, and the excavations beneath the Western and southern walls of the Temple Mount.

Walking up the Roman drainage channel in the Tyropoeon valley Capital possibly from the second temple The Burnt House of the Katros family, Jerusalem The oldest mosaic in Israel in the Wohl Museum of Archaelogy, Jerusalem Mikve from the second temple period in the western wall excavations Herodian street from the second temple period
Arches Pool, Ramla
Centre

Ramla and Lod

A field trip to two adjacent cities in central Israel: the Karaite Centre, White Tower, Arches Pool and Great Mosque in Ramla, plus the Church of St George in Lod. A surprisingly rewarding day for return visitors.

Karaite Synagogue in Ramla Church of St Nicodemus and St Joseph of Arimathea in Ramla The White Tower, Ramla Arches Pool, Ramla The Great Mosque, Ramla Sarcophagus of St George, Lod
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