Holy Land Scenes|Cities|History & Culture

Holyland is a fascinating country forming a unique backdrop to people with different personalities and religious backgrounds. This is a land at the crossroads of history where profound beliefs, aspirations, and ideas have been realized. In order to appreciate and understand the Holyland, one must "see the land, what it is..." and visit the religious and archaeological sites to absorb its history.

It is unique in the sense of the values it represents, whether they are cultural, scientific or geographic. It is a junction on the Eastern Shore of the Mediterranean, joining the 3 continents of ancient World.

Holyland is at the heart of a global network of land, air and sea routes. Even those who do not have the chance to travel surely long for the birthplace of divine messages, miracles and prophets. History could be said to have originated in the Holyland, with its many pages full of stories about battles and revolutions that were regarded as turning points in the course of world events.

Holyland is blessed and characterized with an immense and outstanding range of tourist appeals. These are based on an exotic blend of the religious, historical, cultural and archaeological sites and inherent interests of ancient towns and varied scenery. The visitor encounters the remarkable physical contrasts that exist in The Holyland. In a few hours time, one can move from the sun-waved seashores to the snow capped mountains, from lush forests to scenic desert scopes.

Holyland is probably the only place in the world where geography and history are so closely cross-linked. Every inch of the land has a story to tell, every hill the scene of a battle, and every stone a monument or tomb. One cannot understand the geography of the Holyland without knowing its history and one cannot understand its history without knowing its geography. The Holyland always has been and is still making history, providing lessons for fixture generations to learn. In the process it extends the warmth of welcome and hospitality that are an age old characteristic of the Holyland people.

Distance between cities in KM

	Bethlehem	Nablus	Hebron	Jericho	Jerusalem	Gaza	Tel Aviv - Jaffa
Bethlehem		72	26	43	10	86	73
Nablus	72		99	78	63	134	57
Hebron	26	99		67	37	94	100
Jericho	43	78	67		36	136	98
Jerusalem	10	63	37	36		92	63
Gaza	86	134	94	136	92		82
Tel Aviv - Jaffa	73	57	100	98	63	82

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