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Upper Galilee & Golan ﺍﻟﺠﻠﻴﻞ ﺍﻻﻋﻠﻰ ﻭﺍﻟﺠﻮﻻﻥ הגליל העליון והגולן
Why Go? The Upper Galilee ...... 226 The rolling, green hills of the Upper Galilee (the area north Tsfat (Safed) ...... 226 of Rte 85) and the wild plateaux and peaks of the Golan Mt Meron Area ...... 235 Heights off er an incredible variety of activities to challenge Rosh Pina ...... 238 the body and the soul – and nourish the stomach and the mind. Domestic tourists fl ock to the area – some come look- Around Rosh Pina ...... 240 ing for luxurious tzimmerim (B&Bs), boutique wineries and Hula Valley ...... 240 gourmet country restaurants, others in search of superb Kiryat Shmona hiking, cycling and horse riding through dazzling carpets & Tel Hai ...... 241 of spring wildfl owers, white-water rafting and even skiing. Metula ...... 241 Yet other visitors are attracted by some of the world’s best East of Kiryat Shmona ..243 birdwatching and the spiritual charms of Tsfat, the most im- The Golan Heights ...... 244 portant centre of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) for over fi ve Katzrin ...... 244 centuries. The entire region, its summits refreshingly cool South of Katzrin ...... 247 in summer, is just a short drive from the Christian sites and North of Katzrin ...... 249 refreshing beaches of the Sea of Galilee. Northern Golan ...... 251
Best Places to Eat When to Go » Dag Al HaDan (p 243 ) Tzfat » Misedet HaArazim (p 236 ) °C/°F Te m p Rainfall inches/mm 40/104 8/200 » HaBokrim Restaurant
(p 250 ) 30/86 6/150 » Villa Lishansky (p 242 ) 20/68 4/100 » Rishikesh (p 236 ) 10/50 2/50
Best Places to 0/32 0 Stay J FDNOSAJJMAM » Villa Tehila (p 239 ) Dec–Mar Dec–Aug Feb–mid-Jun » Villa Lishansky (p 242 ) Skiing on Mt Her- S p r i n g f l o w e r s Adventure rafting mon – if there’s bloom earliest in on the wild Yarden » Ohn Bar Guesthouse enough snow. Hula Valley, latest Harari (Mountain- (p 235 ) on Mt Hermon. ous Jordan River). » Golan Heights Hostel (p 252 ) 225 Mt Hermon To Beirut Mt Hermon Hatzbani Ski Centre
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0 10 km Nahal 0 6 miles Tel Dan Nature Reserve Banias Neve 98 Nature Ativ 'Shouting L E B A N O N Metula Ghajar Nimrod Nahal Iyyun ReserveFortress Point' Nature Reserve Kibbutz 989 Nimrod Kibbutz Kfar Dan Majdal Shams Kibbutz 99 Gil’adi Birket Tel Hai Ma’ayan Ram 99 Kibbutz Banias Ein Kinya 9977 Baruch Snir Waterfall Mas'ada HaGoshrim 1974 Kiryat Beit Hillel Israeli Line Shmona Buq'ata Manara 9888 918 978 90 Sde Nehemia Odem 98 Kibbutz Kibbutz Neot Kfar Blum Mordechai 977 Wasset Jct 959 Mt Bental 886 (1165m) Hula Merom Quneitra Valley Wasset Tourism Golan Center Mt Avital Ramot Quneitra Agamon HaHula 9881 Viewpoint Naftali Ein Zivan 899 Zivan Jct 886 978 Kerem Beit Yesud 90 Hula Windfarm Bar'am Nature 918 Zimra HaMa'ala Reserve Gilabon 98 Jct Nature Ramat Dalton Nafah Jct Yesud Reserve HaMa'ala 91 Ramot Dalton Jordan River Rafting Jish Industrial Park Zavitan UPPER GALILEE & GOLAN GALILEE UPPER UPPER GALILEE Ayalet & GOLAN GALILEE UPPER To Mt Meron Gadot GOLAN HaShahar Junction Summit (10km) Tel Hatzor Nahal HEIGHTS Kadita Bat Ya'ar Hatzor B'not Ya'akov Tomb of 91 Bridge Katzrin Katzrin Industrial Zone the Rashby HaGlilit Rosh Mahanayim 9088 87 Pina Makhanayim Yehudiya Nature Reserve 866 Meron Kfar Ani'am Artists' Village Junction Jct HaNasi Jordan River -Meshushim Parking Lot 888 Mt Meron Tsfat Yehudiya Nature Reserve Nature Reserve (Safed) 89 90 Had Nes Yehudiya Nature Reserve Moshav Amirim -Yehudiya Parking Lot To Akko (63km); Vered Korazim Almagor HaGalil Bethsaida 808 Haifa (78km) Gamla Arik HaYarden Park Nature Nahal 85
Bridge Nature Reserve Reserve Mt of the Beatitudes 87 Bethsaida 92 'Amud Capernaum Valley 869 Jct Capernaum Ramot 90 Tabgha Majrase To Tiberias (5km); Sea of To Giv'at Yo'av (10km); Nazareth (35km); Beit Tzemah Jct (20km); To Hamat She'an (42km) Ginnosar Galilee Beit She'an (47km) Gader (25km)
Upper Galilee & Golan Highlights 1 Gaze into the burbling, 4 Visit award-winning Safari Wagon at Agamon spring-fresh water below the wineries on Ramat Dalton HaHula (p240 ) Suspended Trail at Banias (p 237 and the Golan (p244 7 Stay at a luxury B&B in Nature Reserve (p 251 ) and p251 ) a fl owery old stone house in 2 Get lost in the mysticism 5 Hike the canyons and Rosh Pina (p 238 ) and ancient stories of Tsfat’s waterfalls of the Yehudiya 8 Go horse riding (p250 ) Synagogue Quarter (p 226 ) Nature Reserve (p 247 ) with a genuine Israeli cowboy 3 Breathe in the crisp alpine 6 Get a close-up view of from Kibbutz Meron Golan – air high atop Mt Hermon migrating cranes from the up a volcano (p 253 )