Cliff climbing in the Lower Galilee:Arbel National Park, 6 March 2012
The Horns of Hattin
Lupine
Look at the difference between this flower (a Crown Anemone) and the rare Sun’s-Eye Tulip in the
following frames
The Arbel Cliff featured eight cave complexes, in use since Herodian
times.The ruins are
remnants of a 17th century Druze fortress .
Judean viper’s bugloss (Echium Judaeum)
Climbing up to the top of the Arbel Plateau, to close the
loop on our way back to the parking area
The 4th century CE synagogue of Arbel, destroyed probably in the big earthquake of 749
The day’s last anemones .
In the last two frames : the Sea of Galilee from the terrace of the Tiberias Chinese restaurant
