It is about 50 sq meter, built on two floors with pretty steep steps, so it is not suitable for children under 15 or people with mobility problems.
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The city of Nahariya
A German industrious and succesful city
Nahariya has long been known as the ‘Yekke’ city, a nickname given to the 40,000 Jews who came to Palestine in the 30’s, fleeing the Nazis. It all started in 1935 with a few dozen settlers who had just arrived from Germany.
Our flat in Nahariya – an excellent starting point to discover the North of Israel
It might look strange to find articles about the North of Israel in a blog called visitingnegev.com, but last July, on the day we received the keys to a holiday flat we just bought in Nahariya, we officially became people of the peripheries!
Mitzpe Revivim
A great place to visit that is finally opening to the public
For the last twenty years, the mere mention of Mitzpe Revivim would send me into a fit of mild depression. Not that the place in itself was depressing, as a matter of fact, quite the opposite, but because it was always closed.
The not so Secret Life of the Nubian Ibex
We are in the third week of our second lockdown and in order to keep sane and busy, I have tackled a new hobby (a favorite among visitors to the area): I am observing and photographing Nubian Ibex everyday for about two hours.
Rappelling with Adam Sela
We have neither bungee jumping nor sky-diving, but we have excellent rappelling (or snappling). It generally takes the form of a long and strenuous climb followed by a quick and thrilling descent.
The Lost City or the Halukim Enigma
Mount Karkom – The Mountain of God?
Har Karkom is a mystery. While it makes no doubt it was a major paleolithic worship place,
some believe it to be the Mountain of God, one of about 12 contendants to the title of Mount Sinai.
Ein Zik (and Ein Shaviv)
Ein Zik is an oasis located in a horseshoe valley surrounded on three sides by towering cliffs. Rainwater runs down and through the cliffs and is trapped in this basin close to the surface, a large, soggy underground lake (the technical name for this is ‘layer spring’). The Israel trail goes through it.
Iris Barazani, Tour Guide and Actress in Residence at Shivta
I met Iris for the first time about a year ago. We were taking a class for tourism operators together and one of our first exercises was to introduce ourselves and describe our work in less than two minutes. Given the mumbo-jumbo most of us were able to come up with, it turns out this is not such a simple task. But
