Gold-DateDate spots in and around the Carmel
Springs, lookouts, parks, and covered spots for rainy or hot days. Every place was found and checked by the community.
A joint project of the מקומות יפים לדייטים ("Beautiful Places for Dates") community and Gold-Date
Carmel areaHanadiv Gardens, Ramat Hanadiv
A large, well-maintained garden with plants and benches in memory of Baron Rothschild. The path through the garden is a circular route along paved concrete trails. You can also visit the Rothschild to
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Carmel areaEin Tzur
A shallow spring with benches and shade all around. 50 m above the spring there is a lovely lookout with a tree and a bench where you can see all the fields and, on the horizon, the mountains of the n
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Carmel areaEin Kedem
A sweet spring and water tunnel near Tirat Carmel, with comfortable, shady surroundings all around.
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Carmel areaEin Alroi Spring
A pool that is about 20 by 5 meters with clean, cool water about a meter deep. The spring water passes through a water conduit under the train tracks and flows into a pool with a mulberry tree above i
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Carmel areaEin Meshotetim
The map link apparently leads to Ein Siah. Ein Meshotetim is located about 300 meters upstream.
An outdoor pool measuring 4x4m. The tunnel itself is 1.5x0.5m.
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Carmel areaEin Nili
A cute, small spring nestled among eucalyptus trees
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Carmel areaYad LaBanim Lookout / Mount Carmel National Park (Carmel Park Offices)
At the entrance to the left of the parking area there are picnic tables, and if you go inside there is a really beautiful lookout over the green Carmel views.
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Carmel areaHaTzuk Picnic Area
A picnic area in Carmel Park, about half a kilometer from the Little Switzerland (Shveitzaria HaKtanah) picnic area, set in Mediterranean woodland with rocky cliffs. The site has vehicle parking, rest
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Carmel areaHai-Bar Carmel
According to the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, the reserve is open mainly on Shabbat and chagim, and midweek only for groups by prior arrangement. It's worth checking before heading out.
Hai-Bar Carmel is an Israel Nature and Parks Authority nature reserve in the Carmel, in the Nahal Galim basin, dedicated to breeding animals that once vanished from Israel's landscapes in order to rei
Carmel areaEin Alon
Ein Alon is a small spring in the heart of the Carmel, near Bik'at Alon and Nahal Oren. The spring water arrives through a pipe and a short channel into a wide, shallow pool at the foot of a small aba
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Carmel areaNahal HaShofet
A short, accessible trail with water and waterfalls. There are seating areas and benches. Recently renovated.
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Carmel areaFrom Dor Beach to Habonim Beach
A trail along the Mediterranean coast. You can hike the trail or just sit in the national park.
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Carmel areaTel Dor National Park
The beach in the national park is not an authorized beach, and swimming is forbidden.
Tel Dor National Park, opened in 2021, sits on a kurkar ridge on the Carmel coast, near Kibbutz Nahsholim, and holds the mound of the biblical city of Dor, which was once an important port city. From
Carmel areaNahsholim Beach
The beach is not an authorized swimming beach, and swimming there is at your own risk. It is forbidden to go onto the islands opposite the beach.
Nahsholim Beach is a shallow lagoon opposite Kibbutz Nahsholim, between Tel Dor to the north and Dor Beach to the south. Off the shores of Dor and Nahsholim lie small kurkar (sandstone) islands that f
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Carmel areaGivat HaPrahim in Ma'agan Michael
Givat HaPrahim (Flower Hill), also known as Givat HaTzivonim (Tulip Hill), is a remnant of a kurkar ridge near Kibbutz Ma'agan Michael, between the fish ponds and the Coastal Highway. Almost every sea
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Carmel areaMegiddo Airfield
Megiddo Airfield is a small airfield in the Jezreel Valley, about three kilometers southwest of Afula, north of Route 65. Mostly light aircraft from a flight school and a gliding club take off from he
Carmel areaJisr az-Zarqa Promenade
A promenade about 650 meters long along the beach of Jisr az-Zarqa, north of Caesarea. It opened in 2021 and begins at a stone bridge over the estuary of Nahal Taninim, at the northern entrance to the
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Carmel areaEtzba Cave
Around the cave there are rock steps and cliffs, so walk only on the marked trail.
Etzba Cave is a karst cave on the southern slope of Nahal Oren in the Carmel, above the mouth of the stream near Route 4. Inside are three chambers in a row, resembling the joints of a finger, and in
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Carmel areaBustan Khayat
Two square pools in southwest Haifa, pretty clean
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Carmel areaEin Rihaniya and Rihaniya Falls
Entering the spring pool is prohibited, according to the Nature and Parks Authority.
Ein Rihaniya is one of the springs that feeds Nahal HaShofet in Ramot Menashe, near Moshav Ein HaEmek, and at its base there is a bench and a wooden deck. About a 15-minute downhill walk east from the
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Carmel areaHaAgam Picnic Area
A picnic site with picnic tables, and sometimes an ice cream truck comes by to visit.
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Carmel areaEin Yagur - Ein Sodot
Ein Yagur, also called Ein Sodot, is a small spring on the banks of Nahal Kishon, near Kibbutz Yagur. In 1927, members of the kibbutz built a pumping pit to channel the spring water to the kibbutz, bu
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Carmel areaEin Arubot, Magav Junction
The reserve was closed for restoration in July 2025 (according to the Nature and Parks Authority), and we haven't found an announcement that it has reopened. It's worth checking before heading out.
Ein Arubot is a small nature reserve at the spot where Nahal Iron opens into the Sharon plain, east of Moshav Ein Iron and right by Tel Esur. It features two seasonal springs that dry up at the end of
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Carmel areaHecht Park Haifa
Right on the sea. A promenade, with benches and grass. There are restrooms at the entrance, but they are really dirty..
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Aqueduct Beach
A Mediterranean beach in Caesarea with stone arches right nearby that you can sit under instead of on the sand
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Mitzpe Ofer Lookout - At Sunset
A beautiful viewpoint overlooking the entire northern coastal plain area (with wooden pergolas). There is a forester's tower on-site, but it is locked.
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The Muhraka
There is a Carmelite monastery (church) at the site.
On site is a Carmelite monastery open to the public belonging to the Discalced Carmelite Order, a souvenir shop, a statue of Eliyahu HaNavi, and a wonderful scenic lookout from the monastery's roof.
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Gan HaTishbi
Benches and grass, you can continue further in toward the stream
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Ein Ahuza - Haifa
A nice little spring in the heart of the forest that collects into a concrete pool. You can get into the pool (water depth is about a meter). Beautiful open view all the way to the sea.
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Raz Reservoir - Gal'ed
Wastewater is pumped into Raz Reservoir, and the water in it is polluted. The water is deep, and there is no lifeguard.
An amazing lake full of water, at least 5 meters deep, with spots to jump into the lake. The water is cold but quite polluted from the herd of cows that hangs around in it. The reservoir was created u
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Ein Ayala
A small spring about 70 m west of the parking lot on the green-marked trail. Also called Ein Ayala (named after the nearby yishuv, Ein Ayala). There are hammocks at the spot. As of 4/2015 the spring i
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Ein Aviel
Not a single isolated spring, but a series of springs scattered along Nahal Taninim that flow into a large pool, even during the summer months
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The Heart at Ma'agan Michael
A heart sculpture located on the beach, a stunning and quiet shore (if you walk a bit along it, there's a spot with tables to sit right on the beach).
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HaHazirim Cave
A cave overlooking the sea in the middle of the Sovev Zichron trail. Requires a bit of a challenging climb, has an amazing view, and is really beautiful at sunset.
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Gador Beach and Beach 50
Stunning beaches that aren't overly crowded. There are benches in various spots and small cliffs where you can look out over the sea.
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Har Alon Picnic Area
The starting point of the Nahal Alon trail (blue trail markers). A spot with picnic tables and lovely green views.
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Little Switzerland
An area with lots of trees where you can hike trails or just sit on benches facing the view. A classic, short circular route – descend along the red trail markers and climb back up along the green. Th
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The Last Fortress Picnic Area
The Last Fortress Campground is an Israel Nature and Parks Authority day-use site in Carmel Park, and you can reach it on Waze by its name. The name comes from a defense plan prepared by the British A
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Park HaMoshava Zikhron Ya'akov
A park with lawns, benches, playground equipment, and fountains
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Har Zevulun, Givat Olga, Hadera
A lookout with a bench on a kurkar ridge overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. There is a bench placed there as part of the "Safsal HaSimcha" (Bench of Joy) project in memory of Ofir Hai and Eliad Ohayon
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