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Banias A major pilgrimage
Banias
LEB LEBANONANON
center since the 4th
Nahariyyaiyya
Nahar century AD, Jesus’
Saf Safeded Katzr Katzrinin
Akko Akko birthplace – centered on
Sea of
Sea of
Haifa
Haifa Tiber Tiberiasias Galilee the imposing Church of
Galilee
Nazar the Nativity – even today
Nazaretheth
Afula Afula retains the small-town
Caesar
Caesareaea
Beit She feel of centuries past
Beit She’an’an
Khaderaa
Khader
Netan (see pp26–7).
Netanyaya
Nablus
Nablus
WEST Jerusalem Tel Aviv-
WEST
Tel Aviv-Jaffaviv-Jaffa
Tel A BANK Old City SULTAN SULEIMAN
BANK
Beachfr Jaffa
Beachfrontont
Ramallah
Ramallah VIA DOLOROSA Beachfront
Jerusalem
Ashdod Jerusalem OLD The dynamic city of Tel
Ashdod
see inset map CITY
see inset map
Bethlehem
Ashkelon Bethlehem CHAIN ST Aviv-Jaffa has miles
Ashkelon
2.5 miles DAVID ST
Gaza Hebr Hebronon Dead (4 km) HURVA of glorious seafront,
Gaza
Dead
Ein Gedi Sea
GA GAZAZA Ein Gedi Sea SQUARE 0 meters 500 where you can swim,
dine, or visit Old Jaffa’s
Masada
Arad Arad Masada 0 yards 500
Be’er Shev Ein B Ein Bokekokek galleries (see pp28–9).
Be’er Shevaa
Mamshit
Mamshit
ISR
ISR AELAEL
Nitzana
Nitzana
Sde Bokeroker
Sde B
EGYPTPT
EGY
Mitzpe Ramonamon
Mitzpe R
JORDANAN
JORD
Be’er M
Be’er Menukhaenukha
The Siq,,
The Siq
Petr Petraa
Masada
Perched atop a
plateau, this fortress is
Yot Yotvatavata
where, in the 1st century AD,
around 1,000 Jewish rebels
Eila Eilatt chose suicide over surrender to
Aqaba
Aqaba
Roman rule (see pp30–31).
Sea of Galilee
Jesus spent most of his ministry around
the shores of Israel’s largest freshwater lake,
now peppered with ancient synagogues and
Christian pilgrimage sites (see pp32–3).
The Siq,
Petra
Known as the Siq, the
narrow gorge that
leads visitors to Petra
offers a spectacular
and dramatic intro-
duction to the “rose-
red city half as old as
time” (see pp34–5).
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