Parks & playgrounds
A valley in Nahal Gamzo in the Ben Shemen forest with the al-Habis cave, where monks' sleeping niches and crosses are carved, linked by legend to the sage Nachum Ish Gamzo; the old Roman road from Lod to Jerusalem passes nearby.
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Bik'at HaNezirim (Monks' Valley)
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Parks & playgrounds · Hevel Modiin (nearby sites)
A reserve of about 2,500 dunams by the Ben Shemen forest that shows the plants and farming of the Bible and Talmud along signposted trails, with about 7 km of paths accessible to wheelchairs.
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Parks & playgrounds · Hevel Modiin (nearby sites)
An archaeological mound from the Early Bronze Age, the biblical Gimzo and home of the sage Nachum Ish Gamzo, with views to Latrun, the Lod valley and the coast; best at sunrise or sunset.
Parks & playgrounds · Hevel Modiin (nearby sites)
A torch-shaped lookout tower from 1963 in the Ben Shemen forest, symbolising the Maccabean revolt, with views over the forest, the coastal plain and the Jerusalem hills; KKL also uses it as a fire lookout.
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