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February 4, 2017
Seville was founded as the Roman city of Hispalis and later came under the jurisdiction of the Caliphate of Córdoba. The period of Islamic rule in Andalucia has left an indelible mark on the region and the Alcazar in Seville offers amazing insight into that period […]
January 25, 2017
If you have travelled through the Balkans at all, there is a good chance you visited Mostar. If you visited Mostar, there is no way you didn’t see the Stari Most and saw either some nutbag traveller or some entrepreneurial local jumping from it […]
January 20, 2017
Nazareth is best known as the home of Joseph and Mary and hence also Jesus. As the place where Jesus may have lived most of his life, Nazareth has for two thousand years been closely identified with Christianity and has attracted hundreds of millions of pilgrims from around the world. […]
January 16, 2017
Haifa is the third-largest city in the Israel and is also home to the Bahá’í World Centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a destination for Bahá’í pilgrims. The Bahá’í Gardens, located in the heart of Haifa, comprise a staircase of nineteen terraces extending all the way up the northern slope of Mount Carmel […]
January 16, 2017
Makhtesh Ramon is a geological feature of Israel’s Negev desert. The landform is not actually an impact crater, nor a volcanic crater, but rather formed by water erosion. The crater is 40 km long, 2–10 km wide and 500 meters deep, and is shaped like an elongated heart […]
January 14, 2017
The Old City of Jerusalem has a history that stretches back more than 3,000 years. At the crossroad of three continents, Jerusalem is one of the most fought over cities in human history. You do not need to be Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or even religious, to feel overwhelmed here […]
January 10, 2017
Tel Aviv is the city in Israel with the largest metropolitan area. Tel Aviv is the economic center of modern Israel and is less religious and more secular than Jerusalem. Tel Aviv, while not the capital, is Israel’s modern epicentre, culturally, economically, and especially socially. […]
