Afula
Afula sits at the meeting point of the Jezreel and Harod valleys, the main road junction of Israel’s lower north. Posts here include a Valley of Springs day cooling off in the Harod-fed pools, and a stop at Mifgash Golani, the famous flying-falafel place on the Tiberias road.
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Cooling off in the Valley of Springs
A day relaxing in the springs of the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel: the Park of Springs, the Harod Spring at Maayan Harod National Park, and a pelican migration in the fish pools.
Flying falafel at Mifgash Golani
Mifgash Golani in Afula is famous for its falafel, but really for the falafel acrobatics performed by the staff. Quite remarkable, and well worth a stop on the way north.
Settlement of the Jezreel Valley
A field trip across the Jezreel Valley tracing the early-Zionist settlement of the area: Tel Yoqneam, the Valley Railway museum, the Templer villages of Bethlehem of Galilee and Waldheim, the Nahalal cemetery, Merhavia and Sejera.
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Amol Rajan, BBC presenter and broadcaster
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Seasoned Israel traveller
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