The Galilee

A popular site to stop at for many Holy Land Israel tours is the Galilee because of its beautiful hills, streams, river, landscape, trees, etc. The natural wonders never cease in the Galilee. A mountainous region in northern Israel, the Galilee is divided into two parts-Upper Galilee and Lower Galilee. A rising peak that stretches 1,208 meters above sea level, Mt. Meron is the highest mountain in Upper Galilee while Mt. Kamon (602 meters above sea level) is the tallest summit in Lower Galilee. Due to its rich soil and ready supply of water, the valleys of the Galilee have always been fairly densely populated with an eclectic group of people-Druze villages (Beit Jan, Peki'in), Circassian (Reikhaniya, Kfar Kama), Arab villages (Kafr Yasif with a Muslim majority and Fasuta with a Christian majority) and Ma'aolt Tarkhisha.

The Galilee is a focal point for Israel's tourism with many sites to suit the itineraries of all tours to the Holy Land. Some of those sites include: national antiquities parks (Bar'am, Tsipori, Beit She'arim, Monfort and Kohav Hayarden), moshava farming communities (Metula, Yesud Ha-Ma'ala, Rosh Pina), gorgeous nature reserves (Hula Lak, Mt. Meron, Bar'am Forest, Nahal Kziv), Jewish holy cities (Safed Tsfat and Tiberias) and Christian holy cities (Nazareth, Kfar Nahum or Capernaum, the Jordan River and Lake Kineret). The Galilee is a popular stop on Israel Holy Land tours for a number of reasons, but the beauty of its landscape is an undeniable aspect that makes it that much more appealing regardless of your