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Can you guess where the biggest boom in tourism happening right now?
It seems as though the hottest tourist destination is .... the Holy Land.
I've lost track of how many people have told me recently that they are planning to go soon for a visit.
One of them asked, "I've been there many times, can you recommend something to do or see that I may not have done or seen?"
Since it's summertime, let's begin with some underground adventures:
In central Israel the Beit Guvrin caves are cool - in both senses of the word. You also have a world-class stalactite cave — Avshalom/Soreq Cave, in Stalactite Cave Nature Reserve. If you go to the Pool of Arches you can row a rowboat through a 1,200-year-old aqueduct.
(By the way, Harry Potter fans should stop and pay their respects at the nearby bona fide Harry Potter Tomb.)
Above ground, you surely won't be disappoint by a visit to Sataf Forest. Nearby is the celebrated Har Eitan goat/cheese farm.
Further north, Israel has a bird watcher's paradise - Hula Lake - where five hundred million migrating birds pause for a rest on their way from Europe to Africa and back.
Keep going north - a summertime visit to Israel just isn't the same without a water-walk, and one of my favorite is Tel Dan.
In the opposite direction, another of my personal favorites is the Ramon Crater - the world's largest canyon! Hire a jeep tour for a day to enjoy the natural beauty and walk (or drive) in the footsteps of the Israelites who wandered in the area for 39 years before entering the Promised Land. (Even if desert wandering ain't your thing, check out the fabulous Beresheet Hotel overlooking it.
By the way, if you think you've seen everything there is to see in Jerusalem, but haven't been to its wonderful Biblical Zoo, please treat yourself - it does not disappoint.
Question for your table - if you could go to Israel for just one day - where would you go, what would you do?
Shabbat Shalom
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Can you guess where the biggest boom in tourism happening right now?
It seems as though the hottest tourist destination is .... the Holy Land.
I've lost track of how many people have told me recently that they are planning to go soon for a visit.
One of them asked, "I've been there many times, can you recommend something to do or see that I may not have done or seen?"
Since it's summertime, let's begin with some underground adventures:
In central Israel the Beit Guvrin caves are cool - in both senses of the word. You also have a world-class stalactite cave — Avshalom/Soreq Cave, in Stalactite Cave Nature Reserve. If you go to the Pool of Arches you can row a rowboat through a 1,200-year-old aqueduct.
(By the way, Harry Potter fans should stop and pay their respects at the nearby bona fide Harry Potter Tomb.)
Above ground, you surely won't be disappoint by a visit to Sataf Forest. Nearby is the celebrated Har Eitan goat/cheese farm.
Further north, Israel has a bird watcher's paradise - Hula Lake - where five hundred million migrating birds pause for a rest on their way from Europe to Africa and back.
Keep going north - a summertime visit to Israel just isn't the same without a water-walk, and one of my favorite is Tel Dan.
In the opposite direction, another of my personal favorites is the Ramon Crater - the world's largest canyon! Hire a jeep tour for a day to enjoy the natural beauty and walk (or drive) in the footsteps of the Israelites who wandered in the area for 39 years before entering the Promised Land. (Even if desert wandering ain't your thing, check out the fabulous Beresheet Hotel overlooking it.
By the way, if you think you've seen everything there is to see in Jerusalem, but haven't been to its wonderful Biblical Zoo, please treat yourself - it does not disappoint.
Question for your table - if you could go to Israel for just one day - where would you go, what would you do?
Shabbat Shalom
PS - Shopping on Amazon? Please use https://smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate a % of the sale to the non-profit of your choice (such as Jewish Spiritual Literacy), at no extra cost to you. Why not?
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