Nazareth Village

When you travel to Israel you may want to consider visiting some place like Nazareth Village that gives you a unique, first-hand taste of what it would have been like to walk the streets when Jesus did. Nazareth Village is located in modern Nazareth on a piece of farmland complete with costumed "residents". You can watch someone drawing water from a well, bake bread, spin real cloth and many other time-appropriate activities. If you visit the olive oil press you will learn the story of the word "Nazareth", which comes from the Hebrew that describes a new shoot coming from an olive tree like a branch (Isaiah 11:1). You can also visit a house that has been completed reconstructed near a reconstructed synagogue similar to the type Jesus would have preached in while in Nazareth (Luke 4:16-28). Going to Nazareth Village on your Israel tour will definitely be a memorable experience you will treasure long after you've left.