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Suggestion 1: Romantic Akko
There is nothing like a romantic stay in Ancient Akko, one of the most beautiful cities in Israel, if not in the world!
Get two options to start the morning:
Option 1: Sama Chef Restaurant & Rooftop Bar — Weekends Only
The word “sama” in Arabic means sky, and the restaurant is named so because of its winning location — between the alleys of the colorful market and the historic city walls, between mosques and churches, cultures and languages. The restaurant is located on the roof of the most central building in the old city, and some say that it is the most valuable rooftop in the old city!
Brunch at Sama is served on weekends only. A winning combination of a classic breakfast, with a twist from the Shami cuisine (Syria and Lebanon). Breakfast includes fresh vegetable salad, falafel, eggplant schnitzel, bread from the tabon, sesame pretzels with olive oil and thyme, cheese platter, hard-boiled eggs, muesli with granola, and more. On the table, you will find sides such as hummus, green tahini, green hot sauce, eggplant salad, baba ganoush, and more! Brunch includes eggs, a glass of lemonade/oranges, and a hot drink.
Price: 89 NIS per person
Address: Saleh al-Din 14, Old Akko
Operating Hours: Friday & Saturday, 10 am – 2 pm
Option 2: Turkiz Restaurant
In a small and beautiful restaurant in the turquoise alley, Samir serves breakfast with local food, fresh fish, pastries from the Tabun, vegetables from the market, and the best knafe in town!
Price: Based on Menu
Address: Julius Caesar Street at the end of the market
Operating Hours: Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Saturdays from 10 am – 7 pm. Thursday to Friday, 10 am – 10 pm. It is recommended to reserve seats in advance.
After the indulgent breakfast, walk a few minutes down the colorful alley to the Oroca Studio of the artist Orly Coffler.
Treat yourself to a couple’s workshop to create a personal piece of jewelry under the guidance of Orly.
The workshop begins with a meeting with Orly Coffler, owner of the studio, an experienced designer, and goldsmith, alongside light refreshments. After getting to know the materials and tools, you will learn how to turn the raw material into a ring, pendant, bracelet, or earrings in your design. At the end of the workshop, you will leave with a piece of jewelry with a unique design — joint creation for two.
The workshop will be performed on brass wire and includes work with tools for tapping, soldering will be performed if necessary. Gold plating on brass is possible for an additional fee.
Price: 500 NIS per couple
Address: Artist Alley, Old Akko
Operating Hours: By Appointment Only
Let’s turn up the romance! Book a night at the romantic Akotika Boutique Hotel and don’t miss out on a pampering body treatment.
Inspired by travels in Nepal, India, and southern Italy, and after falling in love and being captivated by the charm of ancient Akko, the couple Tamar and Meir Davidson decided to develop urban tourism in the old city. Combining an authentic experience of accommodation in luxurious and modern rooms in beautiful and renovated ancient buildings that are integrated into the cultural and human fabric of the ancient city.
Price: According to Room Type
Address: Old Akko
Suggestion 2: A Heavenly Couple Experience
The TOP-IL company offers you a couples workshop on rappelling with or without the climbing experience. A different and unconventional way to travel and experience nature sites in Israel and throughout the Western Galilee in particular, in a challenging manner and with guided and professional accompaniment.
The activity takes place on adapted sites approved by KKL-JNF and the Israel Nature & Parks Authority based on your personal choice. You can combine a preliminary trip or arrive at the spot directly by prior arrangement.
Rappelling can be done at well-known sites in the Western Galilee such as Keshet Cave, Dalton Cliff, Alma Cave, and Hota Cave (especially for extreme enthusiasts), and anywhere approved for rappelling without harming nature.
Each session is secured by a guide.
After rappelling, you can take a walk in the selected area and have a picnic with a basket of delicacies for an additional fee.
Must Book In Advance
Price: 1500 NIS per couple
Suggestion 3: Nature, Recycling & Creativity
Skip between the villages of the Galilee, between evergreen mountains, and open the morning in the colorful Tin Time Studio in the village of Gilon. After that, continue to the village of Rakefet, where you can treat yourselves to a meal at the Yodfat Cafe and, if you wish, go shopping in the Boacha Yodfat complex.
The Tin Time Studio in Gilon is a design studio using recycled materials. It belongs to the artist Paula Rykin and is located in her house in front of a spectacular Galilean landscape. You can meet Paula, hear her story, try creating with reused materials, and sip a glass of wine. It is recommended to take a photo as a souvenir with the recycled creation you created. No prior knowledge is necessary and all you need to bring is imagination, creativity, and a little humor.
Price: 200 NIS per couple including two glasses of wine (you do not take the piece you created home)
Address: Gilon
By Appointment Only
West Galilee Now Tip: Stop at the Michal Lookout in Gilon for a beautiful view of the Galilee!
Fine Galilean Food at the Yodfat Cafe
Fine Galilean food made with joy and love in front of a breathtaking view. In the cafe, you can find special dishes such as spelt crepes alongside favorite dishes such as shakshuka, breakfast for two, poached eggs, and pickled salmon. Soups, stews, pasta, pizzas, and even fresh fish dishes. The dishes will be accompanied by freshly squeezed juices, fine coffee or Malka beer on tap, and Galician wine. And don’t forget to ask about the Elisheva drink!
Sitting in front of the breathtaking view of Mount Ha-S’avi makes people eat more slowly and, above all, enjoy it more!
After the meal, you are invited to enjoy a stroll through the shops of the meticulous Boacha Yodfat shopping complex, which is abundant in boutique shops of artists and producers.
Price: According to the Menu
Address: Yodfat
Operating Hours: Sunday to Thursday 8 am – 9 pm, Friday 8 am – 3 pm, Saturday 9 am – 4 pm
Boacha Yodfat — Galilean Tourist Complex
Boacha Yodfat is a pastoral Galilean entertainment and shopping complex, which includes 12 designed boutique stores and is located among oak trees. The place overlooks a breathtaking view of the Yodfat village and is open seven days a week and on holidays.
There you can find a variety of fashion and lifestyle design stores, a gallery, workshops, a delicatessen, a cafe, and a bakery.
Operating Hours: Open Daily. Opening hours vary depending on the stores.
Suggestiong 4: King & Queen For the Day!
We will open the morning with a particularly indulgent picnic with Brioche Catering and Picnic Baskets by the chef and baker Hagit Stern of Nahariya.
Hagit offers you a rich brunch in a particularly indulgent picnic basket. Everything is done with extensive and many years of knowledge in baking, cooking, and catering. Hagit, a graduate of the Perpignan school in France, gives her knowledge and her golden hands to an abundant basket full of goodies for maximum indulgence! Order a pampering basket to celebrate an event or simply to make the day especially festive.
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Western Galilee Now Tip: Recommended places for a picnic in the area – Yeh’iam Forest right next to the impressive Yeh’iam Fortress.
And if you are looking for royal treatment… Book a night at Chateau du Roi, in Mi’ilya!
If you have always dreamed of a night in a Crusader fortress, and waking up to an intoxicating mountain view, then this is the place for you!
The complex offers eight accommodation units, including two pampering double rooms, located above the Frankish (Crusader) wine factory and combining modern indulgence with a special atmosphere, an ancient archery house guarding the interior of the fort, and five additional accommodation units, so that the experience is reminiscent of staying in European fortresses with a small difference that it is located in the Galilee.
Chateau du Roi is located inside a historic building attached to a 12th-century Crusader fortress.
There is also an Italian restaurant with a local chef who studied and worked for many years in Italy. The restaurant and the special accommodation combine the flavors of Italian cuisine, rural charm, history, and cordial hospitality. An unforgettable experience!!
Price: According to room type/restaurant menu
Address: Mi’ilya
Suggestion 5: For Sweet Couples & Sweet Tooths!
Couples Chocolate Workshop at the Odette Chocolate Boutique in Regba
You are invited to an exciting and sweet couple’s workshop at the Odette Chocolate Boutique in Regba.
The workshop will start with fine wine, tasting pralines, and some interesting facts about chocolate.
During the workshop, you will make a bowl of various chocolate types. At the end, you will hear the exciting and inspiring story of chocolatier Shlomit Zamir, an engineer in the past, who will tell us about her life, and the great light and love that accompanied her in the greatest darkness.
Price: 700 NIS per couple
Address: Regba
Operating Hours: By Appointment Only
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From Regba, drive a short distance to Old Akko and head to the Port to enjoy a meal at the Elmarsa Restaurant.
The Elmarsa Restaurant in the Port of Akko, owned by the brothers Hamudi and Marwan Swaed, gives a new interpretation and adaptation to authentic Galilean-Arab food, and adds to the long-standing culinary tradition, a new twist with an international flavor. The menu offers fish, seafood, and meat dishes, as well as ingredients from authentic dishes that have been given a contemporary and up-to-date touch with innovative cooking techniques. The fish and seafood arrive fresh from the daily catch, from the fishermen’s net straight to the plate. The raw materials, vegetables, and herbs come fresh from the local market.
Price: According to the Menu
Address: Fishermen’s Port, Old Akko
Operating Hours: Open Daily 12 pm – Midnight
Western Galilee Now Tip: After the meal, we recommend that you enjoy malabi at Tina Khativ’s Malabi House in Turquoise Alley and authentic knafe at Kashash Sweets in the Akko market.
Suggestion 6: Boutique Accommodation & Chef Restaurant
You are invited to a unique accommodation experience for couples only: the Tamar & Gefen luxurious complex in Mitzpe Hila!
The complex consists of three hospitality suites that were all built by hand with attention to the smallest details, which will allow you a pampering and exclusive experience including a visit to the wine room that offers the finest house wine.
In each suite, you will enjoy a pampering jacuzzi facing the natural landscape surrounding the complex, the house wine, and a variety of delicious treats. There is a wine room with exclusive boutique wine for guests of the complex. You can get an explanation and a personal tour with Tamar.
The guests are invited to pre-order breakfasts with hand-made pastries – a meal fit for kings and queens!
Price: Check with Owners
Address: Mitzpe Hila
By Appointment Only
Hungry? We recommend you make a reservation at the excellent chef’s restaurant in Tarshiha.
Aluma Galilean Bistro
Modern cuisine with traditional touches is the living spirit in the kitchen of Aluma. Pieces of meat from the highest quality in the Galilee, fresh sea fish, and vegetables that have just been picked will be the heart of the meal.
The inspiration for the menu comes from the geographical space: the nature, the people, the tradition, and the atmosphere that characterizes mountainous regions.
The space of the restaurant is intimate and incorporates antique furniture items from Provence, instilling a homely and elegant relaxed atmosphere.
All of these are a great setting for a particularly romantic dinner or lunch!
Price: According to the Menu
Address: Tarshiha
Operating Hours: Monday to Thursday 7 pm – 10 pm, Friday 6 pm – 10 pm, Saturday 5 pm – 10 pm
Suggestion 7: Rural Romance
What do you think about a rustic breakfast in a kibbutz?
A communal pastoral spot, with a green lawn and a rich menu that combines the goat cheeses produced in the family dairy with pastries and breads produced in the local bakery.
Price: According to the Menu
Address: Kibbutz Shomrat
Operating Hours: Sunday to Thursday 8:30 am – 2 pm, Friday 8 am – 12:30 pm, Closed on Saturdays
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From there, go to Kibbutz Afek for a crafting experience at the Omanya Leather Studio.
The Omanya Studio in Kibbutz Afek is a place for leather creations founded by Eldad Bahar, an artisan and leather creator with over 25 years of experience. In the workshop, you can get a glimpse into a magical world of ancient art, experience professional tools, learn ancient and modern techniques of working with leather, and create an item of your choice. Enjoy a warm and inviting atmosphere full of charm and with Eldad’s accompaniment.
Price: Depends on the type of workshop
Address: Kibbutz Afek
Opening Hours: By appointment only.
Suggestion 8: Explore the Boutique Wineries of the Western Galilee
Get to know the boutique wineries of the Galilee.
In each of the wineries, you can also order wine tastings, or something delicious to eat, enjoy a pleasant atmosphere and a spectacular view of the Galilee, and return with renewed energy!
The Kishor vineyards and winery belong to Kibbutz Kishorit, a village for people with special needs. The winery includes a vineyard and visitor center that integrates the residents of the village into their daily activities.
Where? Kibbutz Kishorit
Operating Hours: Sunday to Friday 10 am – 3 pm
Recommended in the Area: Tefen Fortress
The Stern Winery in Kibbutz Tuval
Photograph: Itay Aviram
The Stern Winery, owned by Johnny Stern, a winemaker and chef, is a Galilean family boutique winery, which is located on one of the mountain peaks overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, in Kibbutz Tuval. Meeting Johnny is a recommended experience in itself.
Where? Kibbutz Tuval
Operating Hours: during the war, open on Wednesdays between 10 am – 2 pm for the purchase of wine and mingling. By appointment only!
Recommended in the Area: Tefen Fortress
The Julia Winery is a family boutique winery in Mi’ilya, which produces quality boutique wines from a selection of self-grown grapes and other Galilean vineyards. You are invited to tour the winery and participate in a tasting tour.
Where? Mi’ilya
Operating Hours: Monday to Saturday between 10 am – 6 pm. The tour of the winery and the tasting tour – by appointment only.
Recommended in the Area: a walk in the village alleys, a visit to the Chateau du Roi fortress
The Ofir Winery in Alon HaGalil
The Ofir Farm in Alon HaGalil is a family farm that includes a vineyard and a winery that wine lovers know by its previous name “Yiftah’el,” and an apiary. You can sit in the wooden cabin or among the oak trees and enjoy tasting homemade wine and honey.
Where? Alon HaGalil
Operating Hours: Fridays & Saturdays between 10 am – 3 pm
Recommended in the Area: HaSolelim Forest Reserve & Tzippori Forest
Lotem Organic Winery in Kibbutz Lotem
The visitor center of the Lptem Winery is open all week and provides a unique experience that combines wine tasting, an open Galilean view overlooking the Sea of Galilee, and a varied food menu.
Where? Kibbutz Lotem
Operating Hours: Daily 11 am – 6 pm, by reservation only
Recommended in the Area: Shirat Roim Dairy & Tzalmon River
Suggestion 9: A Vegan Workshop & Accommodation
Workshop & Overnight Stay at the Shahar Estate: A Special Deal for the Month of Love
A special deal for February — a pampering Galilean romantic experience at a reduced price in honor of the month of love! Enjoy a couple’s night in the beautiful and romantic stone house in the Shahar Estate in the pastoral village of Klil, on the banks of the Yehi’am River (on rainy days you will hear the sound of the lapping of the water just below the balcony). The Estate is immersed in a natural grove, sunsets, sunrises, and unique birds. In addition, you can enjoy a sweet and healthy experience — an hour-and-a-half personal workshop in which we will prepare together a variety of chocolates and great vegan desserts at your B&B under the guidance of Hagit Lidror.
Where? Shahar Estate, Klil
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