4 / 5 - 2 reviews
How to get there
2 hrs from Jerusalem by car
When to go
All year round
Minimum stay
2 to 3 days
Vallée du Jourdain (Israel)
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Philippine Lefas
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A torn political zone, the Jordan Valley is a region which extends from the Dead Sea to the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
My suggestion:
Despite the tensions, a trip can be organised in the region. Contact a local guide to immerse yourself and to gain a better understanding of its complexity.
My review
The Jordan Valley is full of historical sites: the shores of the Sea of Galilee, Caparnaum, Mount Tabor, Mount of Beatitudes... If you want a bit of nature then diving in the Dead Sea or hiking in the Judean Desert await you.
For those who are there in the context of a religious stay, such intensity! I had the chance to meet believers of many religions and talk with them about faith and politics, a very strong human experience. There are also many kibbutz along this fertile valley transformed by agricultural work of Jewish settlements.
And in the Jordan, would you like to re-enact the baptism of Jesus? This is a rather muddy little river, whose banks were built up in some places... the miracles are of those who do not get sick after bathing in it!
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Philippine Lefas
A torn political zone, the Jordan Valley is a region which extends from the Dead Sea to the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
My suggestion:
Despite the tensions, a trip can be organised in the region. Contact a local guide to immerse yourself and to gain a better understanding of its complexity.
My review
The Jordan Valley is full of historical sites: the shores of the Sea of Galilee, Caparnaum, Mount Tabor, Mount of Beatitudes... If you want a bit of nature then diving in the Dead Sea or hiking in the Judean Desert await you.
For those who are there in the context of a religious stay, such intensity! I had the chance to meet believers of many religions and talk with them about faith and politics, a very strong human experience. There are also many kibbutz along this fertile valley transformed by agricultural work of Jewish settlements.
And in the Jordan, would you like to re-enact the baptism of Jesus? This is a rather muddy little river, whose banks were built up in some places... the miracles are of those who do not get sick after bathing in it!
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Philippine Lefas
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