Discover Even Menachem through two distinct agricultural themes: berry growing at Barak's Berries and the wine tradition of a family winery. Seasonal harvesting and winegrowing across generations thus stand side by side as different highlights. This provides a clear guide when choosing a destination: you can focus on fields and picking your own fruit, or on traditional winemaking.

Berry Fields and Harvesting at Barak's Berries

The fields of Barak's Berries farm in the moshav of Even Menachem grow red and yellow raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, goji berries and blackcurrants; other berry fruits are available seasonally. Visitors can pick berries themselves. Which fruits are available for picking may vary by season. Before visiting, check which fruits are in season for picking and the farm's current visitor options.

The farm covers 20 dunams with fruit and vegetable crops. This places berry growing within a broader agricultural context. The farm also has picnic tables, sun umbrellas, restrooms and a shop selling farm produce. When planning a visit, you can take the farm's available facilities into account alongside the harvest.

Views, Wine Tradition and a Patch of Woodland

From the farm, visitors can look north toward the mountains of Lebanon, east toward Mount Adir and west toward the Mediterranean Sea. The view thus spans three distinct directions: mountains to the north, Mount Adir to the east and the sea to the west.

The family winery “יקב לגזיאל” in the moshav of Even Menachem continues a winemaking tradition spanning three generations. This offers a contrast between the seasonal harvest and a wine tradition passed down through generations. When planning your trip, you can choose to focus on a particular harvest or on the history of winemaking, depending on your interests.

Between Even Menachem and Shtula is a patch of woodland where you can sit in the shade of the trees. It takes about five minutes to drive there from Even Menachem; actual travel time may vary. The three directions in which you can look out from the farm and the woodland offer two distinct ways to connect with nature: taking in the views and sitting beneath the shade of the trees.

Culture in the Northern District

If you are also interested in cultural history, you can explore the Northern District as a destination in its own right. At Tel Hazor, the visit focuses on the upper city. Archaeological features include Solomon's Gate, with six chambers and two towers, dating to the 10th century BCE, and a Canaanite palace used by the kings of Hazor in the 14th and 13th centuries BCE. The water system also offers insight into the history of construction: the excavated shaft is 45 metres deep, with steps three metres wide cut into the walls of the vertical shaft. The underground water-collection system is considered an ingenious, geographically adapted engineering achievement for storing water.

Tel Megiddo is also in the Northern District and offers a different perspective on the past. This biblical tell preserves significant remains of a city with biblical connections. Its Iron Age orthogonal city plan has few parallels in the Levant. The Early Bronze Age temple complex is exceptional for the number of its temples, the continuity of its cult activity and its documented ritual practices. Thus, in the Northern District, questions of urban planning sit alongside archaeological evidence of religious practice.

Discover more destinations: Ma'ale Gamla, Kfar Ruppin, Kfar Rut, Avnei Eitan, Arbel, Kiryat Anavim, Shtula, Khavat Yair

For the broader travel overview: Israel.