Our family has come to know Israel’s biggest cities quite well - although you could actually spend a lifetime delving into the melting pot of Jerusalem’s religious history and never get around to sampling all of Tel Aviv’s clubs, restaurants and shopping. But on one of my earlier trips, in 2005, I decided to make the whole northern region of Israel my focus. There is so much to see all the way up to the border of Lebanon and Syria: ancient coastal towns, the fertile Jordan Rift Valley, rivers and the lake district of the Sea of Galilee.
By traveling north along the culturally rich coastline - dotted with ancient towns and new attractions - then heading inland you can undertake one of Israel’s most scenic and fascinating road trips, and in my case, cycling holidays…