Omanya was founded in 2006 by Leather Artist Eldad Bahar, as a creative tourism center which offers its visitors varied fun workshops. The center combines a handmade leather workshop, a training center, a school for the art of leather and a boutique shop for unique leather design products. Workshops available upon request.
A true Kibbutz experience. Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk, a green gem next to Akko, offers various trips, unique tours, kosher breakfasts and lunch and country-style overnight stays. Fascinating tours start at the Visitors Center and combine a visit to Ein Nimfit nature reserve with a tour through the kibbutz, Israeli art gallery, food gathering and cooking in nature tours, bicycle tours, workshops, lectures and music shows. The kibbutz tours include a visit to the historic and beautifully preserved buildings and a glimpse at kibbutz living in its early years – the early settlers (Haluzim), clothes, rooms and past-time culture.
Visitors can book folk dancing workshops, group singing, porcelain plate painting, sandals making workshop, gathering tours, early settlement fashion show, old-time games and more.
Hasi Naveh, artist and quilter, opens her studio for workshops and recreation day activities (advance booking is necessary). The workshops are also suitable for people from the textile industry wanting to learn Tai Dai techniques.
The Ghetto Fighters’ Museum is the world’s first Holocaust museum and the only one founded by Holocaust survivors. Yad Layeled wing was founded in 1995 at The Ghetto Fighters’ House, it aims to commemorate the memory of the children who perished during the Holocaust and have young visitors get acquainted with the world of the children who lived in that dark time.
Western Galilee Now is a registered non-profit grassroots organization (NGO) promoting awareness and appreciation for the region’s boutique wines, beers, food and produce, along with its cultural diversity, its historic traditions and the area’s scenic routes nestled between the mountains and the Mediterranean Sea acting as a Chamber of Commerce to boutique tourism operators in the region.
We expose the visitors to the unique heritage and hospitality through workshops, culinary events, art, music, guides tours, festivals and also through our Tourist Information Center in Akko, owned by JNF USA which we were chosen to operate since Jan. 2016.
Our vision is to develop local and foreign tourism based on close cooperation between all the interested parties in the region.
Come and Taste Experience Discover – the Westen Galilee is NOW!
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