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Ripe for the picking. Photo: Rai Babian
tree. Enjoy an original Yemenite meal in this winds its way through a garden of spices and and enjoy a Poike dinner cooked over an
beautiful orchard with some 120 rare and herbs, with eight stops along the way allowing open ire (Tel. +972-50-7549648/9, www.
exotic trees. Fruit from the garden is served you to learn about the Seven Species, Four cactusfarm.co.il).
as part of the meal, which takes place in a Species and other biblical trees and plants.
lovely corner or the orchard. And you can Carmey Avdat Farm cultivates grapes
It is truly an unforgettable experience for
also buy some homemade liqueurs and jams children, who love to run around, get lost 11
and produces high-quality wine in their
as a souvenir (Tel. +972-8-9941285, www. and use clues to ind their way out. There are boutique winery, located on a 1,500-year-
ora.lanegev.co.il). also various activities to enjoy, from cooking old agricultural settlement on the ancient
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Tzeela Dairy was established in 1967, very with herbs to making soaps and perfumes. spice route. The farm is illed with fruit trees
and a beautiful vineyard near the road that
close to Ein Habesor. Four families now live Moonlit tours, birthdays or bar mitzvahs
leads to the farm buildings. The drive itself
on the farm, which produces sheep for meat, also available (Tel. +972-50-4272004, www.
a sheep dairy, potatoes, barley, wheat and mavochmiriam.co.il, in Hebrew). is an unexpected joy for tourists, who may
ornamental asparagus. Visit the sheep pens actually start believing they are in Tuscany
and milking shed, and taste of the various rather than the heart of the Negev desert.
San Pedro Cactus Farm is another oasis of
cheeses produced at the dairy. The farm 10 The farmyard has a shop that sells local
calm in Talmei Yosef. The biggest and richest
store sells local cheese and delicacies, and cactus farm in the world is a bona ide tourist products, a boutique winery with wine
Desert Wood is a carpentry workshop and attraction with lots of special activities that tasting and a short walking tour around
gallery displaying its wares in the yard of the farm, passing through a site illed with
make for an unforgettable experience. The
the dairy - unique designs that convey the ancient rock paintings. A bottle of local
beauty of the desert, made of solid wood, farm sits on ive acres, with thousands of wine and a personal gift may be ordered for
country-style (Tel. +972-52-8478935,www. beautiful cacti and succulent plants around. each visitor. The farm also ofers six B&B-
style rooms, and was chosen as one of the
tzeela.co.il). After you wander around a bit, sit on the
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porch and watch the sunset, while sipping
best vineyard hotels in the world by Lifestyle
Mavoch Miriam (Miriam’s Maze) is a mile- home-made Sabar wine. You can also book Mirror Magazine (Tel. +972-8-6535177,
an
long maze spread over an acre. The trail overnight stay in a tepee or Bedouin tent, www.carmey-avdat.co.il).
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tree. Enjoy an original Yemenite meal in this winds its way through a garden of spices and and enjoy a Poike dinner cooked over an
beautiful orchard with some 120 rare and herbs, with eight stops along the way allowing open ire (Tel. +972-50-7549648/9, www.
exotic trees. Fruit from the garden is served you to learn about the Seven Species, Four cactusfarm.co.il).
as part of the meal, which takes place in a Species and other biblical trees and plants.
lovely corner or the orchard. And you can Carmey Avdat Farm cultivates grapes
It is truly an unforgettable experience for
also buy some homemade liqueurs and jams children, who love to run around, get lost 11
and produces high-quality wine in their
as a souvenir (Tel. +972-8-9941285, www. and use clues to ind their way out. There are boutique winery, located on a 1,500-year-
ora.lanegev.co.il). also various activities to enjoy, from cooking old agricultural settlement on the ancient
8
Tzeela Dairy was established in 1967, very with herbs to making soaps and perfumes. spice route. The farm is illed with fruit trees
and a beautiful vineyard near the road that
close to Ein Habesor. Four families now live Moonlit tours, birthdays or bar mitzvahs
leads to the farm buildings. The drive itself
on the farm, which produces sheep for meat, also available (Tel. +972-50-4272004, www.
a sheep dairy, potatoes, barley, wheat and mavochmiriam.co.il, in Hebrew). is an unexpected joy for tourists, who may
ornamental asparagus. Visit the sheep pens actually start believing they are in Tuscany
and milking shed, and taste of the various rather than the heart of the Negev desert.
San Pedro Cactus Farm is another oasis of
cheeses produced at the dairy. The farm 10 The farmyard has a shop that sells local
calm in Talmei Yosef. The biggest and richest
store sells local cheese and delicacies, and cactus farm in the world is a bona ide tourist products, a boutique winery with wine
Desert Wood is a carpentry workshop and attraction with lots of special activities that tasting and a short walking tour around
gallery displaying its wares in the yard of the farm, passing through a site illed with
make for an unforgettable experience. The
the dairy - unique designs that convey the ancient rock paintings. A bottle of local
beauty of the desert, made of solid wood, farm sits on ive acres, with thousands of wine and a personal gift may be ordered for
country-style (Tel. +972-52-8478935,www. beautiful cacti and succulent plants around. each visitor. The farm also ofers six B&B-
style rooms, and was chosen as one of the
tzeela.co.il). After you wander around a bit, sit on the
9
porch and watch the sunset, while sipping
best vineyard hotels in the world by Lifestyle
Mavoch Miriam (Miriam’s Maze) is a mile- home-made Sabar wine. You can also book Mirror Magazine (Tel. +972-8-6535177,
an
long maze spread over an acre. The trail overnight stay in a tepee or Bedouin tent, www.carmey-avdat.co.il).
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