Caesarea Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
ancient Levantine city and depopulated village site
About Caesarea
Caesarea became known in the first century BCE, when Herod the Great built one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean on the spot. The city continued to flourish through the Byzantine era. For most of the Muslim period it was a notable city, and the Crusaders built impressive city walls which still stand. However, by the Ottoman period Caesarea was either uninhabited or home only to a small village. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Baron Edmond James de Rothschild purchased much of the land around Caesarea. With the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the Rothschild family gifted these holdings to the Caesarea Foundation. Caesarea is therefore the only locality in Israel which is managed by a private organization (the Caesarea Development Corporation), rather
Top Attractions in Caesarea
Explore the best things to see and do in Caesarea:
- ★Birds mosaic
- ★Caesarea Aqueduct
- ★Caesarea Beach
- ★Caesarea Golf Club
- ★Caesarea Jazz Festival
- ★Caesarea National Park
- ★International Opera Festival Caesarea
- ★Ralli Museums
Where to Stay in Caesarea
- 🏨Dan Caesarea Mediterranean Hotel
- 🏨Juha's Guesthouse - Zarqa Bay
- 🏨Suite-Alma
Caesarea Travel Guide Sections
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