Top places to visit in Tiberias

• Tomb of Maimonides (Rambam)

  Heritage · 4.8 rating · about 0.5 h

  The hilltop grave of the great medieval Jewish sage and physician Maimonides (the Rambam), one of the most-visited Jewish pilgrimage tombs in Israel.

• Hammat Tiberias National Park

  Heritage · 4.3 rating · about 1.5 h · entry ILS 28

  Hot mineral springs on the lake's edge with a fine Roman-era synagogue mosaic of the zodiac, spa pools and the remains of ancient bathhouses.

• Arbel National Park

  Viewpoint · 4.7 rating · about 2 h · entry ILS 28

  A dramatic cliff above the northwest shore with cave fortresses and one of the best panoramas over the Sea of Galilee and the Golan Heights.

• Yardenit Baptismal Site

  Heritage · 4.5 rating · about 0.8 h

  A landscaped spot where the Jordan River leaves the Sea of Galilee, a popular place for Christian pilgrims to be baptised or renew baptismal vows.

• Mount of Beatitudes

  Church · 4.7 rating · about 1 h

  A hill above the northern shore of the lake, the traditional site of the Sermon on the Mount, with an octagonal church in tranquil gardens overlooking the Kinneret.

• Tabgha – Church of the Multiplication

  Church · 4.6 rating · about 0.5 h

  A serene Benedictine church on the lakeshore over the traditional site of the miracle of the loaves and fishes, famous for its early Byzantine floor mosaics.

• Capernaum (Kfar Nahum)

  Heritage · 4.5 rating · about 1.3 h · entry ILS 15

  The lakeside town where the Gospels place much of Jesus's Galilean ministry, with a white limestone synagogue, the "House of Peter" and a modern memorial church.

• Ancient Galilee Boat (Yigal Alon Museum)

  Museum · 4.6 rating · about 1 h · entry ILS 25

  At Kibbutz Ginosar, a museum displaying the "Jesus Boat", a 2,000-year-old wooden fishing boat recovered from the Sea of Galilee.

• Sea of Galilee Promenade

  Nature · 4.5 rating · about 1 h

  Tiberias's lakefront boardwalk along the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret), with restaurants, boat docks and swimming spots on Israel's largest freshwater lake.

Things to do

• Sea of Galilee Boat Cruise Boat · 1 h · from ILS 70 per person
• Christian Galilee Sites Day Tour Day Trip · 6 h · from ILS 300 per person
• Mount Arbel Cliff Hike Hiking · 3 h · from ILS 120 per person
• Hammat Tiberias Hot Springs Spa Spa · 2 h · from ILS 150 per person

Day trips and tours

• Sea of Galilee Christian Sites 8 h · from ILS 340

Where to stay in Tiberias

• City Center & Promenade about ILS 700 per night

  Central Tiberias along the Kinneret waterfront, close to restaurants, boat docks and the promenade.

Hotels

• The Scots Hotel 5-star · ILS 1,500 to ILS 2,900 per night
• Rimonim Galei Kinnereth 5-star · ILS 1,300 to ILS 2,600 per night
• Leonardo Plaza Tiberias 4-star · ILS 700 to ILS 1,300 per night
• Tiberias Hostel 2-star · ILS 180 to ILS 420 per night

Where to eat

• Decks Grill, Mediterranean, Israeli · about ILS 210 per person
• Galei Gil Seafood, Mediterranean, Israeli · about ILS 130 per person
• Guy Restaurant Moroccan, Israeli, Mediterranean · about ILS 100 per person
• Little Tiberias Mediterranean, International, Seafood · about ILS 140 per person

Getting around

• Boat main way to get around

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