A short account of Maresha, given by your Israel & Jerusalem private tour guide Maresha is one of the ancient cities that developed on a hill. It grew in elevation because of successive constructions and destructions of the cities that used to be on this hill. This resulted in the formation of a tel. Even [...]
A short account of the Elah Valley, given by your Israel & Jerusalem private tour guide "Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle. And they were gathered at Socoh, which belonged to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-Dammim. And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered, and encamped in the [...]
A short account of Beit Shemesh, given by your Israel & Jerusalem private tour guide Modern Beit Shemesh is a city with a population close to 100,000, located in between the metropolitan areas of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and in between the Ayalon Valley and the Elah Valley. Our tour here is not about the [...]
A short account of the Ayalon (Ajalon) Valley, given by your Israel & Jerusalem private tour guide Highway 1, connecting Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, crosses the Ayalon Valley, which is about halfway between the two cities in the lowland area. Historically and archeologically, this 40 sq km. (15 sq.mi.) valley is a very important area. [...]
A short account of the Dead Sea, given by your Israel & Jerusalem private tour guide What an amazing experience - floating in the water of one of the saltiest lakes on earth, located at the lowest point on earth! The Dead Sea is an experience like no other. click on all the photos to [...]
A short account of Masada, given by your Israel & Jerusalem private tour guide] There are very good reasons why UNESCO designated Masada as a World Heritage Site. Its location and the amazing view of the Judean desert and Dead Sea, its uniqueness as a mountain and fortress, and above all – its two unbelievable [...]
A short account of the Bethesda Pools and St. Anne’s Church, given by your Israel & Jerusalem private tour guide This article includes both sites because they are located in the same courtyard that has been owned by the French Catholic Order of the White Fathers since 1856. In the Christian tradition, though, there is [...]
A short account of St. Stephen’s Gate, given by your Israel & Jerusalem private tour guide St. Stephen’s Gate, now known as the Lions Gate, is the only gate in the eastern wall of the Old City of Jerusalem, and facing Mt of Olives and Gethsemane. Its current name comes from the two pairs of lions [...]
A short account of the Gethsemane area given by your Israel & Jerusalem private tour guide The Garden of Gethsemane is located on the slope of the Mt of Olives, very close to the Kidron Valley, and opposite the city walls and Temple Mount. The Garden consists of seven very old olive trees, and some [...]
A short account of the Mt. of Olives, given by your Israel & Jerusalem private tour guide Where is the Mount of Olives? The Mount of Olives is part of a 2 km (1.2 mi) long ridge. One of the two peaks of the ridge is called Mount Scopus, and the other one is the [...]
