Timna Park

It was very fun and scary but in the end I loved it! And that's why I give it 5 stars.

Timna was startlingly beautiful. And after I read a bit of it history it seemed the perfect setting for ancient Egyptuan copper miners.

Being older adults , driving from site to site and taking short walks with great views, served our putposes perfectly. The fun bit was at the very end , when we came upon a fun happy and live musical rock concert . The park is clean, well maintained, with wonderful information provided in nice facilities. We definitely will return.

Possibly our favorite park in all of Israel. It's the only one that feels something like the scale of a US national park, in the sense that it covers a really large physical area. Unlike most Israeli national parks and nature sites, you have to drive between the main sites (unless you want to do a multi-day backpacking trip, which is also possible but we only had one day).

We stayed in the "glamping" tents, which include beds, a mini-fridge and air conditioning. Highly recommended but you have to book well in advance especially for popular times like holidays and weekends during peak season. There's a small restaurant near the camping area which we didn't try, but the breakfast that was included with our tent was fantastic and made in the same kitchen.

Highlights for us were the arches path, with sections accessible only by ladder and rungs bolted into the rock, as well as Soloman's pillars area. We definitely want to see the ancient copper mines next time, but we didn't have enough time to see all the main sites during our stay.