Good to know

  • Yardenit; a Baptismal site on River Jordan
    Yardenit is the site that pilgrims- from the all over the world- come to, in the Holy Land, in order to walk in the footsteps of Jesus.
  • Kfar Kanna; Village of Kanna;
    Kfar kanna has been identified, as of the middle-ages, with the New Testament's village of "Kanna", at which Jesus had performed his first miracle.
  • Jaffa
    Modern Jaffa is part of the city of Tel-Aviv.It used to be an ancient port/harbor, connected to Biblical times as well as to the Prophet Jonah.
  • Rosh-Hanikra
    Rosh-Hanikra's national park is a beautiful place located at the edge of Israel's north border with Lebanon, at the Western part of the Galilee.

    It is the only place where the mountain-stone enters the sea, without leaving a stretch of beach.
  • Zikhron-Ya'akov
    Zikhron Ya’akov means "the memory of Jacob”; an Israeli city located some 35 Kilometers south of Haifa, at the slopes of the Carmel mountain.

    The city is facing the Mediterranean Sea.
  • Netanya
    Netanya is the first, official Hebrew city. It is the largest city located between Haifa and Tel-Aviv.


    The city was named after the Zionist activist, Mr. Natan Strauss; its meaning I Hebrew is "God's gift".
  • Ashdod
    Ashdod, one of the largest port-towns of Israel, was founded in 1956. Today the city is home to some 211,000 inhabitants.

    Being located on the shores of the Mediterranean coast, Ashdod had evolved into the largest port in terms of cargo-ships and in terms of volume of cargo-handling.
    The other major ports of Israel are the ports of Haifa and of Eilat.
    Ashdod is not far from the center of the country; situated only some 30 minutes by car from Tel-Aviv.
  • A Zoological Center, "The Safari"
    The Safari in Ramat-Gan is a unique reservation at which animals of all kinds roam free of cages.
  • Important sites in the Holy Land
    Here is some info re the most sacred Christian sites that may be of importance to you, while traveling the Holy Land.