When choosing a hotel for a trip to Yesod Hamaala, the local historical sites can be a starting point: the Dubrovin Farm focuses on the history of settlement, while the restored fishing pier can be explored independently. You can therefore base your choice of location on whether you would rather focus on exhibitions and explanations or on exploring a site on your own.
The History of Settlement at the Dubrovin Farm
A museum on the grounds and in the rooms of the Dubrovin Farm presents the heritage of historic settlement. Its exhibitions introduce the first settlers and their way of life through objects, documents, and photographs. The focus is therefore both on specific exhibits and on the people and their everyday lives.
A museum visit includes an explanation and a film about the history of settlement in Yesod Hamaala. If you plan to include these, check the specific arrangements with the museum in advance.
Fishing Pier and Group Activities
The restored fishing pier in Yesod Hamaala offers a different kind of visit: it can be explored independently. While a museum visit includes an explanation and a film, the focus at the pier is on exploring on your own. This comparison can help you choose between a guided museum visit and an independently explored site.
The Dubrovin Farm also offers a hummus workshop for groups. Check the arrangements for groups in advance if you would like to include the workshop in your travel plans.
Archaeological Sites in the Wider Destination of the Northern District
Tel Hazor and Tel Megiddo are distinct archaeological sites in the wider destination of the Northern District. Their findings offer a different historical perspective from the settlement history of the Dubrovin Farm in Yesod Hamaala.
A visit to Tel Hazor focuses on the Upper City. Tel Hazor is home to Solomon’s Gate, with six chambers and two towers dating to the 10th century BCE. A Canaanite palace was used by the kings of Hazor in the 14th and 13th centuries BCE; it is considered the most elaborate in Israel and one of the most significant in the Levant. The excavated shaft is 45 meters deep, with steps three meters wide carved into its vertical walls. Tel Hazor also preserves significant remains of an underground water collection system, an engineering achievement adapted to the geography for storing water. Its fortifications are considered the finest example of their kind in the area from southern Turkey to the northern Negev.
Tel Megiddo also offers specific archaeological points of interest. Its Early Bronze Age temple complex is considered exceptional because of the number of its temples, the continuity of cult activity, and the documented ritual practices. Another point of interest is the orthogonal city plan from the Iron Age, which has few parallels in the Levant. Religious complexes and urban planning thus offer different ways to explore the history of the Northern District.
Tel Hazor National Park can be reached from the north and south via Route 90 toward Ayelet Hashahar. Check your navigation before setting out.
Discover more destinations: Bat Yam, Hazon, Kokhav Ya'ir, Eli Ad, Arbel, Kfar Shamai, Beit Hanania, Mevo Modi'im.
View the wider travel overview: Israel.
