This coming Saturday, June 18, 2022, is celebrating "International Picnic Day" around the world.
For the festive day, we have found for you together with the Nature and Parks Authority, the perfect picnic sites, from north to south.
"The picnic experience in nature and in front of the landscape is wonderful and recommended. In honor of International Picnic Day, we recommend trying to give up the smoking barbecue and go on another picnic - more natural, more environmentally friendly, more connected. Do not forget to organize a set of reusable tools Garbage, to leave the area exactly as you arrived, "says Mazi Magnaji Moskowitz, information director of the Nature and Parks Authority.
Before you get to the recommendations for picnic sites, it is important to remember to keep them clean, not to light fires in forbidden places, try to use consumables and of course - collect the waste after you.
Our recommendations for the perfect location
Tel Dan
Nahal Dan is the largest and most important source of the Jordan and has an abundance of water, which originates in the snow of Mount Hermon.
In addition, Tel Dan, located within the reserve, is identified with the biblical city of Dan, an important landmark on the northern border of ancient Israel.
It is one of the largest antiquities mounds in the country, preserving the remains of the 5,000-year-old city.
Among the finds at the site: a ritual compound, reminiscent of biblical stories about golden calves, and an ancient flour mill that has been preserved in its entirety.
Tel Dan Nature Reserve, Photo: Ancho Gush-Gini
Cliff Meadows
Einot Tzukim is a reserve located at the foot of towering cliffs in the heart of the lowest oasis in the world, making it one of the most unique and interesting reserves in the country, both due to the richness of its flora and fauna and the remnants of human activity.
In addition to spectacular views, you will find wonderful paddling pools that feed on the beautiful springs, and are therefore full all year round.
Einot Tzukim Nature Reserve, Photo: Doron Nissim
Besor National Park
Besor Park (Eshkol), a beautiful oasis, with spacious lawns, picnic facilities and playgrounds for children.
In the Besor Park you can enjoy a variety of additional activities: controlled bicycle tracks, a golf disc track - special facilities scattered on a special track for throwing Frisbee and more.
Besor National Park, Photo: Mano Greenspan
Nahal Prat Nature Reserve
The Euphrates River is a large "oasis" in the northern Judean Desert and the water of the river's springs flows all year round and maintains a constant flow of water in its channel.
There are three main springs in the river: Ein Prat (west), Ein Mabua (middle) and Ein Kelt (east).
The area of the Euphrates River and its springs attracted man past and present and along the creek you can see the remains of much human activity: monasteries, aqueducts, archeological mounds, pump houses and pipes.
Beit Guvrin National Park
Marsha is the heart of the "Land of a Thousand Caves".
The garden displays an ancient architectural marvel - countless caves designed for a wide variety of uses, an entire amphitheater from the Roman period and impressive remains of a fortress and a church from the Crusader period.
In the national park is a sparse grove and its Mediterranean daughter, rich in many species of animals and plants.
Beit Guvrin, Photo: Mano Greenspan
Apollonia
Apollonia, also called Arsuf and Tel Arshaf, is an ancient city whose remains are in the southern Sharon, west of the Nof Yam neighborhood in Herzliya, near the Sidna Ali beach.
Many fierce battles took place over control of the city, which was considered the second largest of the coastal cities, after Caesarea, where over the years the Persians, Greeks, Muslims, Crusaders passed over their brave and Mamluk knights, until the city was destroyed.
Apollonia National Park, Photo: Mano Greenspan
Tel Ashkelon
Tel Ashkelon National Park combines a fascinating antiquities site, a park for outdoor recreation and a great bathing beach.
The site revealed a city from the Middle Canaanite period, surrounded by a huge embankment with the oldest gate in the world bearing a built-in arch.
The southern part of the national park preserves the flora and fauna of the coastal plain sands.
Tel Ashkelon, Photo: Mano Greenspan
Tel Dor
A unique site on the beach with a spectacular view with nature and heritage, sea and land, rich past and present.
On a tour of Tel Dor, the old port city, one foot past and one present we will walk along a beautiful rugged beach, climb the kurkar ridge, discover the fascinating history of the port city Dor, where more than 20 sunken ships were found, and get to know the richness of the marine reserve today
Maayan Harod National Park
The national park is first and foremost a superbly maintained holiday park where you can spend long hours of fun, especially for families with children and children especially in the hot seasons.
At the foot of the Gilboa, where the stream of Nahal Harod flows comfortably, there is a variety of many things to see and do.
One of the "stars" of the place is Gideon's Cave, named after the biblical judge who gathered his warriors here to fight the Midianites.
Maayan Harod, Photo: Sarit Flacci Miara
Nahal Hermon Nature Reserve
In the Hermon River Nature Reserve (the Banias) there are the Banias springs and next to them unique remains of human heritage.
In addition, the reserve is a meeting of different rock fragments: dolomite, basalt and travertine, which form a rich variety of habitats.
The great importance of maintaining the continuity of these habitats, the high landscape value and the fact that the remains of the ancient city of Panias are also there, are the reason why the reserve was declared in 1977, and continues to operate by the Nature and Parks Authority.
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