Upper Galilee and the Golan Places

Places to Explore

  • Bar'am National Park

  • Katzrin

    Katzrin, founded in 1977 near the site of a 3rd-century town of the same name, has a suburban feel, despite its strategic location and attendant sensitivity. The water here, which comes straight from the... (more)

  • Kiryat Shmona

    The major urban center in the Upper Hula Valley, Kiryat Shmona offers fast food, a pharmacy, and other shopping in a mall on Route 90, but the Manara Cable Car is its major tourist attraction. For years... (more)

  • Merom Golan

    Kibbutz Merom Golan was the first settlement built in the Golan after the Six-Day War. Its fields and orchards are typical of local kibbutzim. Apples and cherries are especially good in these parts.... (more)

  • Mt. Meron

  • Rosh Pina

    The restored village of Rosh Pina is a gift-shop and gallery-browser's delight, and the dilapidated wooden doors and stonework of some still-abandoned premises are part of the charm.... Rosh Pina—literally... (more)

  • Tel Dan Nature Reserve

  • Tel Hatzor

  • Tzfat

    Tzfat attracts artists who look for inspiration, travelers charmed by its cobbled alleys, and religious people in search of meaning—a rare example of harmony between the secular and the spiritual... (more)