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Northern Israel covers the Galilee hills, the Hula bird-migration corridor, Mount Carmel, the Golan Heights, and the slopes of Mount Hermon. The posts here include hiking days (the Zavitan Stream, Nachal Amud) alongside the region’s settlement history and older sites: Crusader fortresses, Roman ruins, biblical narrative places.

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31 articles
Grove of the Forty
North · Carmel

Mount Carmel

A day on Mount Carmel, from the panoramic Mishmar HaCarmel viewpoint and the burn scars of the 2010 fire to Little Switzerland, the Chai Bar wildlife reserve, the Druze town of Daliyat-al-Carmel and the Muchraka monastery linked to the prophet Elijah.

Nov 2012 · 7 minute read
Panorama over Nachal Oren from Mishmar HaCarmel Limestone 'notch' (צניר) in Little Switzerland View over the Chai Bar Canaanite ruins at Derech HaDorot View over Akko Valley from Mitzpe HaMifratz Grove of the Forty Shrine to Abu Ibrahim in Daliyat-al-Carmel Traditional sweets in Daliyat-al-Carmel. Yum! Panoramic view from Muchraka
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