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Sixty of Simon Goulden's best picks for sites in Israel, many of which are 'off the tourist trail'

(soon to be featured in the forthcoming book 'Israel on Wheels'. For more information contact )

    In and around Jerusalem

  1. Yad Vashem – simply a 'must'
  2. The U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art – a hidden gem
    3. Ein Hemed
  3. Emek Refaim – buzzing and full of history too
  4. The Natural History Museum – relive the lost world of museums
  5. Bet Ticho – great food, great location, great story
  6. Rehavia – Jerusalem's HGS
  7. Yemin Moshe – Thank you Sir Moses
  8. Ein Hemed – a park with a 2000 year history
  9. Park Canada – amazingly just off the main road
  10. Neot Kedumim – not a trip to the garden centre
  11. Park Rabin – relive the struggles of 1948
  12. Soreq Caves – stalactites in Israel

    13. Galilee and the North

  13. Park Tel Dan – Gushing waters and more than 3,000 years of history
  14. Tel Hai – Trumpeldor's Last Stand
    15. Tel Hai
  15. Nimrod Fortress – Amazing views
  16. Horshat Tal – Lawns, streams and magnificent oaks
  17. Hula Nature Reserve – The way it was
  18. Bar'am – Ancient synagogue and amazing views
  19. Rosh Haniqra – Beautiful sea caves at the end of the road
  20. Achziv – Ancient port and relaxing stopover
  21. Rosh Pinah – Still attractive after all these years
  22. S'fat – Artists and mystics together
  23. Arbel – Of history and tragedy
  24. Ginossar – Israel's own Mary Rose
  25. Tiberias – Steeped in rabbinic history and tourism
  26. Magdala – Mary and the salted fish
  27. Hammat Gader – Hot springs and crocodiles
  28. Akko – Crusader's city
  29. Sha'ar Hagalil – The accidental archaeologists
  30. Bet She'an - Amazing Roman city
  31. B'hai Gardens, Haifa – breathtaking
  32. Hecht Museum, Haifa University – surprises in every room
  33. Gan Hash'losha – A calm park in a hectic valley
  34. Mt Gilboa – Of triumph and tragedy
  35. Belvoir – a superb Crusader outpost
  36. Ein Harod – Take the Gideon Test
  37. Carmel / Nachal Me'arot Caves – A caveman's life for me
  38. Dor – Great beach, fascinating history
  39. Atlit – Staying at His Majesty's pleasure
  40. Tsiporri – The way we lived then
  41. Zichron Yaakov – Steeped in history
  42. Ramat Hanadiv – Suitable for a Rothschild
  43. Jabotinski National Park – From Romans to Irgun fighters
  44. Nahal haTaninim – old crocs and Roman waterways

    45. Central and South

  45. Park Afek – 4,000 years of history
  46. Bauhaus Tel Aviv – White City on sea
    47. Bauhaus Tel Aviv
  47. Bet Dizengoff – relive the founding of the State
  48. Shenkin Street – Alternative Tel Aviv
  49. Eretz Israel Museum – experience ancient life
  50. The Ayalon Institute – Wash, press and shoot
  51. Tel Yavneh – When Jerusalem was abandoned
  52. Bet Guvrin Caves– hiding from the Romans
  53. Ein Gedi – Cool walks for hot days
  54. Ovdat – meet the mysterious Nabateans
  55. Massada – Says it all
  56. Timna National Park – King Solomon's Mines, not!
  57. Maktesh Rimon/ Rimon Crater – a geological surprise
  58. Mamshit National Park – A Nabatean stud farm
  59. Tel Beersheva – Did Abraham stop here?
  60. Eilat's Coral Beach – No need for flippers and aqualungs
Tsippori mosaic