Mediterranean Coast

Napoleon tried to take Akko in 1799 and failed. Beneath the Ottoman streets lies a Crusader city preserved for 700 years. A UNESCO World Heritage Site with unde

The ruins of a Crusader fortress on a cliff above the Mediterranean, with Roman, Byzantine, and Crusader layers and stunning sea views.

One of the five Philistine cities, where the Ark of the Covenant caused the idol Dagon to fall, now Israel’s largest port city.

One of the five Philistine cities, with a national park on the coast containing Canaanite, Philistine, Roman, and Crusader ruins.

Where Herod built one of the largest harbors in the ancient world and Pontius Pilate left the only physical evidence of his existence. Roman ruins, Crusader wal

A natural limestone arch framing Mediterranean views, a 20-minute hike from the parking lot, and one of the most photographed spots in northern Israel. Keshet C

In one night in 1938, settlers built a kibbutz on the Lebanese border under fire. They exploited an Ottoman legal loophole and helped draw the borders of a futu

A wild stretch of Mediterranean coastline with a glowing blue sea cave, tidal pools teeming with marine life, a shipwreck on the reef, and rocky coves that feel more like a Greek island than the Levant. Nature reserve beaches.

A nature reserve where a Roman aqueduct that once supplied Caesarea crosses a river that was home to crocodiles until the early 20th century.

A beautiful park of forests, springs, and archaeological ruins on the southern slopes of Mount Carmel.

White chalk cliffs, turquoise sea grottoes, the steepest cable car in the world, and a border with Lebanon. Rosh Hanikra is where Israel meets the Mediterranean

An ancient port city on the Carmel coast where Phoenicians, Sea Peoples, and Crusaders left their mark.

ttoman fortress that became a British prison for Jewish underground fighters. The daring 1947 breakout became a symbol of the struggle for independence.

The largest mosque in Israel outside of Jerusalem, built by the Ottoman governor who defeated Napoleon.

One of the most photographed beaches in Israel, where Roman aqueduct arches stand in the sand beside the Mediterranean waves.

Beneath the streets of Akko lies the Hospitaller fortress, a massive Crusader complex buried for centuries and remarkably preserved. Walk through 800-year-old G

A dazzling synagogue decorated entirely with mosaics, one of the most beautiful and unexpected interiors in Israel.

A secret underground passage built by the Knights Templar connecting their fortress to the port of Akko, rediscovered in 1994.

A Crusader castle built by the Teutonic Knights, expanded by an Ottoman warlord, and named after a fallen 1948 convoy. Yehi’am Fortress is one of the west

Founded in 1882 and saved by Rothschild, Zikhron Ya’akov is home to the first Israeli wineries, a charming pedestrian street, the NILI spy museum, and Ram

The memorial gardens and burial place of Baron Edmond de Rothschild, the man who financed the survival of Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel, on a hilltop overlooking the coast from Zikhron Ya’akov to Caesarea.