Tel Afek National Park (Antipatris)

Very convenient to the Tel Aviv area, so easy to go for a couple hours on a weekend or even weekday afternoon. There's a nice fort with a turret you can climb inside, plus a pleasant walk around a lake with viewpoints from different angles. There's also a less-visited path that goes past some winter pools (dry in summer) and through some cool Roman ruins (minor compared to other sites in Israel, but it felt like our own private discovery and still impressive).

There's also a picnic area and stream with pools that's popular in the summer for small kids to use as wading pools - our kids enjoyed the muddy bottom of the stream and pools, but it can get crowded on hot weekends. There's a place to buy popsicles and a few basic food items if you didn't bring your own picnic.

המקום הזה ממש כיף. יש שם עתיקות מדהימות. אני ממליצה לכם לבוא. ביי