Places to Explore

• Akko

  The Old City of Akko is an enchanting mix of mosques, markets, and vaulted Crusader ruins (many of them underground). A walk through the cobbled alleys and outdoor market stalls brings you to a small port... (more)

• Benyamina

  Picturesque Benyamina, the youngest settlement in the area, wasfounded in 1922. It was named after Baron Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1934), the head of the French branch of the famous family, who took a... (more)

• Caesarea

• Daliyat el Carmel

  Daliyat el Carmel is Israel's largest Druze village, and well worth exploring. You can do a little shopping here, too.... (more)

• Ein Hod

  A charming little village, Ein Hod is home to around 135 families of sculptors, painters, and other artists. The setting is an idyllic one, with rough-hewn stone houses built on the hillside and sweeping... (more)

• Haifa

  Spilling down from the pine-covered heights of Mt. Carmel, Haifa is a city with a vertiginous setting that has led to comparisons with San Francisco. Israel's largest port and third-largest city, Haifa... (more)

• Isfiya

  Very similar to neighboring Daliyat el Carmel, Isfiya is a village of flat-roof homes built closely together into the hillside, many of them raised on pillars and cut with arched windows. Hospitality is... (more)

• Mukhraka

• Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve

• Nahariya

  One of the region's most beautiful beaches is just at the end of the main street of Nahariya. Two others sit just north of town. The popular seaside town was built along the banks of a river, now dried... (more)

• Nahsholim-Dor

  Today the beautiful beach at Dor is fit for a king, but it has a long history with other royal associations. Founded 3,500 years ago, biblical Dor was once the maritime capital of the Carmel coast. Its... (more)

• Netanya

  Netanya has a pretty seaside promenade along the cliffs, endless sandy beaches, a pleasant town square, and plenty of cafés and restaurants. Once a sleepy place surrounded by orange groves, the... (more)

• Rosh Hanikra

• South Bat Shlomo

  The oldest part of South Bat Shlomo has just one street; it's a charming stroll past small, square houses with red-tile roofs, the spaces between each of them leaving just enough room for a farmer's horse... (more)

• Zichron Ya'akov

  A planted roundabout marks the main entrance to Zichron Ya'akov, a town named by its original settlers in honor of Baron Edmond de Rothschild's father, James, in 1882. Pick up a town map in the tourist... (more)