6 best winter trails to hike in Israel
Put on your hiking boots and explore any of these trails that offer a safe experience with plenty of rain-kissed beauty along the way.
Put on your hiking boots and explore any of these trails that offer a safe experience with plenty of rain-kissed beauty along the way.
Jerusalem Botanical Gardens offers an illuminated winter wonderland route complete with symphonic music and warm comfort foods.
As the weather turns cooler, endangered wild Israeli gazelles shift their diet and habits, even going for warmup runs caught on camera.
Krembo is available only from October to February, generating an annual hype around this chocolate-covered, cream-filled treat on a cookie base.
Intense storms predicted for the year 2080 are already taking place now – and they’ve warmed up the South Pole by 30 degrees C.
With most of us still stuck at home, now is the ideal time to make sachlav, a blend of hot milk, vanilla and coconut. It’s Israel’s most popular wintertime drink.
For Israelis, plaid ankle-high na’alei bayit bedroom slippers are associated with the kibbutz, Rehov Sumsum and, strangely enough, onstage rock stars.
Follow our experts’ tips for keeping your mind and body in tip-top shape against Covid and other viruses.
To celebrate the Orthodox Christian Christmas on January 7, 50 Father Christmases from around the world toured Israel to bring some Santa cheer to the place where the whole thing began.
10 amazing photos plus rare videos of wet weather from decades gone by prove this is not the first time that Israelis have been deluged by rain.
At 7,335 feet above sea level, the northern Mount Hermon is Israel’s sole ski destination.
Buy a kumkum, fire up the dud, put on a pair of fuzzy socks and don’t waste money on an umbrella that’ll only get blown inside out.
From soup to sachlav, we’ve got your guide to foods and drinks that’ll warm you up on cold and rainy winter days, and where to get the best of them.
It’s been one of the rainiest winters in years in Israel – find out how it transforms the country with our gorgeous set of pictures.
In the second in our Tayim cooking videos, our chef shows you in less than a minute how to cook the warming Mideast beverage, sachlav.