Eldad Bahar, a leather craftsman, founded Omanya, a leather craft center in Kibbutz Afek, in 2006, which offers a wide variety of workshops. The center offers handmade leather craft workshops for all ages, for families, small and large groups, courses for advanced students, and more. Workshops and visits by appointment.
Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk, a green gem near Akko, offers a variety of trips, unique tours, kosher breakfasts and lunches, and a rural overnight stay. Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk offers fascinating tours departing from the visitor center, combining a trip to the Ein Nimfit Nature Reserve and a tour of the kibbutz landscape, an Israeli art gallery, foraging and cooking tours in nature, bicycle tours, workshops, lectures, and musical performances.
Tours of the kibbutz landscape include a visit to the original kibbutz buildings that have undergone a beautiful preservation process and a glimpse into kibbutz life in its early years – the shoemaker’s shop, the pioneers, the costumes, the rooms, and leisure culture.
Pioneer dance workshops, public singing, painting on porcelain plates, a clog workshop at the shoemaker’s shop, foraging tours, a pioneer fashion show, old-time games, and more.
Hasi, a fiber artist and quilter, opens her studio for workshops and fun days by appointment. The workshop is also suitable for people from the textile industry who want to learn the techniques of dyeing fabrics using various methods.
The first and only Holocaust museum in the world established by Holocaust survivors. In 1995, the “Hand to Child” wing was established in the Ghetto Fighters’ Museum with the aim of commemorating the Jewish children who perished in the Holocaust, and creating an experiential encounter between young visitors and the world of the children who lived during that dark period.
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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