MOUNT TABOR

Traditional site of the transfiguration.

MOUNT ZION

Western hill of Jerusalem. Place of the Upper Room and King David's tomb.

MUSEUM OF THE DIASPORA (Beit Hatfutsot)

On the campus of Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, unique museum tracing 2000 years of Jewish culture and history in the Diaspora.

NAZARETH

Site of the annunciation and the home of Jesus until the beginning of his ministry.

NEOT KEDUMIM

Biblical landscape reserve with a beautiful garden and a didactic display of all plant species mentioned in the Bible.

NES AMIM

Christian Moshav. Nes Amim has gathered volunteers from many countries for constructive work in agriculture.

PATER NOSTER

Church on the Mt. of Olives built over the cave, which tradition points out as the site Jesus taught the disciples to pray.

POOL OF BETHESDA

Pool where Jesus healed lame men.

POOL OF SILOAM

Reservoir built by King Hezekiah of Judah. Site of Jesus' healing of the blind man

QUMRAN

Site of the Dead Sea sect who copied and hid the Dead Sea Scrolls.

ROSH HANIKRA

Beautiful grottos carved by the sea in chalk cliffs.

SAFED

On the slopes of Mount Canaan of Upper Galilee. Birthplace of Kabbala movement in Judaism. Artist's colony.

SAINT ANNE'S

Best preserved Crusader Church in Israel. Traditional site of the birth of Mary.

SAINT CATHERINE'S

Catholic church next to the Church of the Nativity. Built over the grotto of Saint Jerome where he translated the Vulgate Bible.

SAINT PETER in GALLICANTU

Traditional house of the high priest Caiaphas, where Peter denied Jesus thrice before the cock crowed.

SEA OF GALILEE

Israel's only fresh water lake. Scene of Jesus' ministry and many miracles, including walking on the water.

SHECHEM (Nablus, Neapolis)

Joseph's Tomb, "Jacob's Well" Nearby.

SHRINE OF THE BOOK (Israel Museum)

Houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest books of the Bible ever discovered and other ancient documents found in the Dead Sea area.

SOREK CAVE (Absalom Cave)

On the western slopes of the Judean Hills. Varied range of stalactite and stalagmite formations formed between 8 and 25 million years ago by natural process.

SPRING OF GIHON

Ancient Jerusalem's source of water. Site of Solomon's coronation.

STELLA MARIS

Traditional site of Elijah's cave.

TABGHA

Traditional site of the Miracle of the Loaves and the Fishes.

TEL AVIV

Israel's metropolis. The cultural, business and entertainment center of the country.

TEL MARESHA

Ancient city in biblical times. Turned into Sidonese and Edomite's city and was conquered by Hasmonean King John Hyracanus 1.

TEMPLE MOUNT

Mount Moriah. Site of the First and Second Temples. Today the place of the El-Aksa Mosque.

TIBERIAS

On the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. Its hot springs have been used for medicinal purposes since ancient times.

TIMNA PARK

Nature Reserve with geological and archaeological sites, including Solomon's Pillars among others. Located north of Eilat.

TOMB OF DAVID

Traditional tomb of Israel's great king, on Mount Zion.

UPPER ROOM (or the Cenacle)

Site of the Last Supper and the Pentacost.

VIA DOLOROSA

The traditional way of the cross between the place of judgement of Jesus and the place of the crucifixion and tomb.

WESTERN (WAILING) WALL

Remnant of Herod's remaining wall around the Temple Mount. Holy place of the Jewish religion.

YAD VASHEM

Israel's museum and memorial to the six million Jews slaughtered during the Nazi Holocaust.

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