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Attractions & sights
Visitor centre in Carmel's historic Zichron winery with cellar tours, workshops and tastings telling the story of Israel's wine industry; tours are adults-only (18+).
Attractions & sights
The restored main street of the 1882 moshava, lined with wine cellars, cafes, restaurants, galleries and shops, with a crafts fair on Friday mornings and festivals at Sukkot and Pesach. Many places here are not kosher - look for the certificate.
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Attractions & sights
Family winery founded by descendants of 1882 settlers, on the winding road from Binyamina up to Zichron; visitor centre with wine shop, guided tastings (wine, chocolate, cheese), dairy restaurant, bakery and chocolate-and-wine centre; wheelchair accessible.
Attractions & sights
Restored house of Yehezkel Hornstein, one of the 1882 founders, whom the Ottoman authorities appointed mukhtar; it stands at the highest point of the Midrachov, and a historic tunnel was found during the restoration.
Attractions & sights · Moshava Center (Old Zichron)
Water reservoir built by Baron Edmond (Binyamin) de Rothschild in 1891. A 12-horsepower steam engine pumped spring water up to it, and from there to public taps and the garden pond in the moshava.
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Attractions & sights · Moshava Center (Old Zichron)
The old farmyards behind the HaMeyasdim St houses, named after founding families, now restored as galleries, workshops, bars and guest rooms.
Attractions & sights
The hill where the first settlers arrived in December 1882, before the move to the present town. There is a square of mulberry trees at its entrance, opposite the Carmel winery.
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Lookout and memorial to lone soldier Yaakov (Zeljko) Marwitz on Maale HaRishonim, the old road up from Zamarin, overlooking Givat Zamarin, Meir Shfeya and Fureidis. The road is one-way downhill, so approach it from HaNadiv St.
Attractions & sights
12-screen Planet (formerly Yes Planet) cinema on the top floor of Mall Zichron; the council English page says many films are in English or have English subtitles and seniors pay NIS 10 on Tuesdays.
Attractions & sights · Moshava Center (Old Zichron)
Boutique winery in a 130-year-old farmyard off the Midrachov, making aged red wines from vineyards the family has worked for five generations. Tastings by appointment.
Attractions & sights · Moshava Center (Old Zichron)
Family winery in the centre of the moshava; the family has worked its vineyards in the Nadiv valley since 1882. Guided tastings with the winemaker for visitors aged 18 and over.
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Monument to the first families from Romania who settled in 1882, listing their names, with a small room of rare photographs of the first decade.
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