From Sallama, you can enjoy views of the mountains of Lower Galilee and Nahal Tzalmon. The nature reserve of the same name is located close to the village. Those looking for a holiday apartment in Sallama can therefore choose between two local highlights: the landscape around Nahal Tzalmon and a Bedouin experience that must be arranged in advance. The hiking trail along the middle section of Nahal Tzalmon is classified as easy; the cultural experience, by contrast, has a specific planning requirement.
Hiking and Mills at Nahal Tzalmon
A linear hiking trail classified as easy runs along the middle section of Nahal Tzalmon, close to the destination. Those who would like to explore the landscape on foot can consider the trail as a possible focus of their visit. There are also 14 grain mills along Nahal Tzalmon; only ruins remain of most of them. The trail and the mills offer different points of interest: the trail is a linear hiking route, while the mills are traces of grain processing.
A Bedouin Experience in Salama
The Galilean Bedouin Experience in Salama offers a different perspective. Ziad and his wife Zada welcome guests with refreshments under a mulberry tree in the courtyard of their home. They talk about Bedouin life, their connection with nature, and the changes in Bedouin society in recent years. Activities take place by prior arrangement. If you would like to include this meeting, arrange your visit in advance.
Archaeological Highlights in the Northern District
In the wider destination of the Northern District, Tel Hazor and Tel Megiddo complement the landscape and cultural perspective with archaeological remains. Both are biblical tells with significant remains of cities associated with the Bible; Tel Megiddo is one of three tells closely connected with events in the Bible.
A visit to Tel Hazor focuses on the upper city; the site includes Solomon’s Gate, dating to the 10th century BCE, with six chambers and two towers. The 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. Tel Hazor’s fortifications are also considered the finest example of their kind in the area from southern Turkey to the northern Negev. Tel Hazor preserves significant remains of an underground water-collection system, an ingenious feat of engineering adapted to the geography. An excavated shaft at Tel Hazor is 45 metres deep. Three-metre-wide steps are cut into the walls of the vertical shaft in the water system.
Tel Megiddo offers different archaeological highlights. The Early Bronze Age temple complex is considered exceptional because of the number of its temples, the continuity of its cultic activity, and the documented ritual practices. The orthogonal city plan from the Iron Age has few parallels in the Levant. Orthogonal means laid out at right angles; the term helps explain the distinctive form of the city plan. In regional comparison, the focus at Tel Hazor is therefore on the palace, gate, fortifications, and water engineering, while at Tel Megiddo it is on temple worship and urban planning.
Discover more destinations: Kibuz Kinneret, Kalia Beach, Kfar Adumim, Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Yuval, Nahalal, Giv'at Yo'av, Kahal.
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